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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
This May the Kluge Center joined with the European Union Delegation to the U.S. to mark the European Month of Culture 2016. Recently the EU wrote about the collaboration on Medium, an online publishing platform. Read the EU’s story about the Kluge Center here Each year the Kluge Center welcomes top scholars from around the …
Posted in: General News
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
We at the Kluge Center are very pleased to announce our 2016 Kluge Fellows. This diverse group of scholars hails from institutions across the U.S. as well as one scholar from Ireland and one scholar from Russia. They represent the disciplines of political science, romance languages, modern language and literature, art history, foreign affairs, and …
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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
We should think about the Supreme Court not as a separate and isolated institution, but rather as an integral and interconnected part of the federal political apparatus in the 19th century. –Rachel Shelden In her lecture “Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Politics of Slavery“, historian Rachel Shelden examined Lincoln’s relationship with the …
Posted in: History
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
If you think about the way people occupied space then and think about the way people occupy space now, we might be able to come up with better strategies for managing the Amazon. –Anna Browne Ribeiro In her lecture “Imagining the Amazon, European Colonialism and the Making of Modern Day Amazonia“, geoarchaeologist Anna Browne Ribeiro …
Posted in: Latin America
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
Pioneers of the internet and the world wide web unveiled their ideas on how to preserve the web’s contents at a day-long symposium called “Saving the Web” held Thursday, June 16 at The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Hosted by computer scientist Dame Wendy Hall, the event featured web pioneers and …
Posted in: Digital Revolution
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
It is with fond memories that we remember this day last year, when we began to welcome back more than 100 former scholars to the Kluge Center for our first-ever #ScholarFest. Through its first 15 years the Kluge Center supported and showcased exceptional scholarship by more than 1,000 scholars and invited speakers. #ScholarFest was our …
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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
As part of the European Month of Culture in May 2016, we focus on scholars from European Union member states who have conducted research at The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Wish to apply for a fellowship at the Library? Applications are now being accepted for Kluge Fellowships. Scholars worldwide who …
Posted in: Literature
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
As part of the European Month of Culture in May 2016, we focus on scholars from European Union member states who have conducted research at The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Wish to apply for a fellowship at the Library? Applications are now being accepted for Kluge Fellowships. Scholars worldwide who …
Posted in: Culture & Society
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
As part of the European Month of Culture in May 2016, we focus on scholars from European Union member states who have conducted research at The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Wish to apply for a fellowship at the Library? Applications are now being accepted for Kluge Fellowships. Scholars worldwide who …
Posted in: Culture & Society