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East German border guard, Hans Konrad Schumann, dressed in his uniform, leaps over barbed wire.

25 for 25, “The Light that Failed: Why the West is Losing the Fight for Democracy” by Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes

Posted by: Lillian Williams

This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. At the end of the Cold War, there was strong hope for the global spread of liberal democracy and …

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25 for 25, “Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism” by Paul S. Hirsch

Posted by: Lillian Williams

This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. The 24th edition of All-Star Comics hit global newsstands, drug stores, and military bases in 1945. Titled “This Is …

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25 for 25, “Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty” by Aynne Kokas.

Posted by: Lillian Williams

  This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory post to the series here. In 2020, the United States government attempted to force TikTok, the popular social media app …

Highlights from the Kluge Center’s 2023 Events

Posted by: Andrew Breiner

In 2023, the John W. Kluge Center continued its work bringing scholars, writers, and lawmakers to the Library of Congress for public programming that informs, entertains, and shines a spotlight on the collections of the Library. With 2023 behind us, we’ve collected some of our favorite events we’ve hosted in the last year, all available …

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Timothy Frye Appointed Library of Congress Chair in US-Russia Relations

Posted by: Sophia Zahner

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Timothy Frye as the Library of Congress Chair in US-Russia Relations. Frye began his time at the Kluge Center in January. Frye is the Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy in the Department of Political Science …

Kluge Center's Dan Turello interviewing Gene Zubovich

How Liberal Protestants Shaped America, Part 2

Posted by: Andrew Breiner

This is part two of our interview with Gene Zubovich. For the first part, click here. What drew the attention of activist Protestants towards international affairs, and what impact did that have? In Before the Religious Right I discuss the work liberal Protestants were doing to fight racism, economic inequality, and to reshape American foreign …

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How Liberal Protestant Activists Shaped America

Posted by: Andrew Breiner

Gene Zubovich is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, as well as a Kluge Fellow at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. He is the author of “Before the Religious Right.”  On April 19, 2022 at 4pm, Zubovich will discuss “Before the Religious …

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Eminent Historian and Kluge Prize Winner Yu Ying-shih Passes Away at 91

Posted by: Andrew Breiner

Yu Ying-shih, considered by many to be the greatest Chinese historian of his time, passed away on August 1st at age 91 in his Princeton, New Jersey home. Yu was Gordon Wu ’58 Professor of Chinese Studies, Emeritus, at Princeton University. Born in Tianjin, China, he received his PhD from Harvard University in 1962. Over …

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Kissinger Chairs Reflect on the 20th Anniversary of the Chair’s Establishment

Posted by: John Haskell

Introduction from the Director of the Kluge Center Around the turn of the century, then-Librarian of Congress James Billington secured a generous gift to endow the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations, concurrent with the opening of the Kluge Center. Many of Dr. Kissinger’s friends and colleagues, as well as foundations, …