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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
Today the Library of Congress announced that Edward L. (Ted) Widmer will be the next director of The John W. Kluge Center. Widmer is a historian, author, and former presidential speechwriter who most recently has served as a senior fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and as a senior fellow and …
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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 …
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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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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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Today we announced the call for Kluge Fellowship applications. The deadline is July 15. The Kluge Fellowship is the Kluge Center’s flagship fellowship program. Inaugurated with the inception of the Center in 2000, the Kluge Center charter stipulates that: “The Kluge Center will also accommodate at any given time up to a dozen Fellows, pursuing …
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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 …
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Finish 2015 with some of the best posts from our blog, “Insights.” Don’t forget to keep up with the Kluge Center in real time by following us on Twitter: @KlugeCtr. From our blog: While conducting research in the Library, scholar Ben Reed discovered a manuscript that traces an Archbishop’s tour through Mexico in the 1680s. …
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The sixth Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity was conferred upon Jürgen Habermas and Charles Taylor on September 29, 2015. The Kluge Center was privileged to welcome these two distinguished philosopher to the Library of Congress for the ceremony and related events. Here are some photographs from a wonderful three days… Tour …
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On Tuesday, September 29th, the Library of Congress will once again confer the Kluge Prize upon two individuals whose outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences has shaped both public affairs and civil society. Here’s a look at all the recipients of the Kluge Prize, past and present… Leszek Kolakowski Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski …
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