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Archive: 2020 (4 Posts)

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Scholar Spotlight: Carla Freeman and Sarah Smeed on the Women Who Have Inspired Them

Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés

Women have made incredible strides forward in academia. In 2018, 53% of the 79,000 doctoral degrees in the United States were awarded to women. That said, women still face unique challenges when faced with life after the Ph.D. During March, which is Women’s History Month, the Library, in partnership with the National Archives and Records …

Sweeping view from the floor of a great room, looking upwards past marble columns and arches to a grand golden-colored dome

The Entanglement of Power, Security, and Energy Supply – Part Two

Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés

I talked with Kluge Fellow Gaetano Di Tommaso about his research project, “Petro-Modernity and Statecraft: The U.S. Energy-National Security Nexus Reconsidered (1890s-1920s).” Before coming to the Kluge Center, Tano, as we call him here, was a Teaching Fellow at Sciences Po-Paris (Reims campus), in France. This is part two of the two-part interview. Click here for part one. …

Sweeping view from the floor of a great room, looking upwards past marble columns and arches to a grand golden-colored dome

The Entanglement of Power, Security, and Energy Supply

Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés

I talked with Kluge Fellow Gaetano Di Tommaso about his research project, “Petro-Modernity and Statecraft: The U.S. Energy-National Security Nexus Reconsidered (1890s-1920s).” Before coming to the Kluge Center, Tano, as we call him here, was a Teaching Fellow at Sciences Po-Paris (Reims campus), in France. Giselle: How did you become interested in U.S. history and …