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Archive: 2021 (5 Posts)

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Announcing the 2020 Jon B. Lovelace Fellow

Posted by: Michael Stratmoen

The John W. Kluge Center is pleased to announce that Camille Moreddu has been selected as the newest Jon B. Lovelace Fellow for the Study of the Alan Lomax Collection at the Library of Congress. Camille Moreddu is a French cultural historian from Paris-Nanterre University. She has researched the emergence of the concept of “American …

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Announcing a Single Consolidated Deadline for Our Endowed Fellowship Programs

Posted by: Michael Stratmoen

The Kluge Center is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for our endowed fellowship programs at the Library of Congress. The Center offers residential fellowships to scholars and thought leaders to make use of the Library’s vast collections and digital resources. This year, four of our programs will have a new consolidated …

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Rishad Choudhury on Studying the Breakdown of Muslim Empires Through the Hajj

Posted by: Michael Stratmoen

Rishad Choudhury is a Kluge Fellow as well as Assistant Professor of History at Oberlin College. He is currently working on a book-length project, ‘‘Hajj between Empires: Indo-Muslim Pilgrimage and Political Culture, 1739–1820.’’ Mike Stratmoen: Could you describe your project for us? Rishad Choudhury: My book on the hajj pilgrimage is set in an age …