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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
The following is a guest post by Amanda Lahikainen, teacher of art and art history at Aquinas College and a 2013 Kluge Fellow at The John W. Kluge Center. After participating in last June’s #ScholarFest at The John W. Kluge Center, I became inspired to create a similar event at my home institution, Aquinas College …
Posted in: General News
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
Our big event at the Kluge Center this April is the second annual Daniel K. Inouye Distinguished Lecture. Last year’s inaugural “lecture” featured former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell discussing shared values in U.S. foreign policy. This year’s event features Norman Y. Mineta, former Secretary of Transportation, and Alan K. Simpson, retired …
Posted in: Foreign Policy, Government
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
The following is a guest post by Levon Avdoyan, Armenian and Georgian Area Specialist in the Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division. As Jason Steinhauer mentioned in his recent blog post about studying the Middle East at the Library of Congress, the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division is among the most important …
Posted in: Culture & Society, History, Religion
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
February is Black History Month, and three past lectures at the Kluge Center focus on lesser known aspects of African American history in the U.S. and Britain. In 2009, Kluge Fellow Srividhya Swaminathan examined the dialogue between British pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists in the later part of the 18th century. Swaminathan wondered how slavery became …
Posted in: History
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
Profiling books, articles and other publications written by scholars-in-residence at The John W. Kluge Center and researched using the Library of Congress collections. Today, in recognition of African American History Month, a look at a case study of the Congressional Black Caucus written by former Congressman Major R. Owens. Upon his retirement from Congress, U.S. …
Posted in: Politics
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
During the period of Muslim-Spanish rule from 711 to 1492, The Kingdom of Spain was known to Arabs as Al-Andalus. Apart from a name and historical location, Al-Andalus has also played an important role in Arab nationalism and Arab culture. For some, it is an imagined space that connotes an era of fine art, grand …
Posted in: Culture & Society, History, Religion
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
Last week the Kluge Center issued our annual call for applications for the David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality. This unique fellowship supports research on the connection between religion, spirituality and health, whether it be physical, mental or social health. Made possible by a generous endowment from the International Center for the Integration …
Posted in: Culture & Society, Health & Medicine, Psychology & Psychiatry, Religion
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
Profiling books, articles and other publications written by scholars-in-residence at The John W. Kluge Center and researched using the Library of Congress collections. The Second Seminole War was the longest and most expensive war between the United States and Native Americans. A violent and miserable conflict, the war began in 1835 after an Indian leader …
Posted in: History
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
In a new series, we profile books, articles and other publications written by scholars-in-residence at The John W. Kluge Center and researched using the Library of Congress collections. Jason Steinhauer begins with the newly published “The Impact of Discovering Life Beyond Earth,” edited by 2013-14 Astrobiology Chair Steven Dick. Extraterrestrial life has not been discovered, …
Posted in: Astrobiology