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The Ugly Sweater Contest at the Kluge Center

Posted by: Mary Lou Reker

I want to update you on a Kluge Center holiday event that may become a seasonal ritual. In December last year, Wendy W. Fok (Kluge Fellow in Digital Studies, 2014) suggested that the Center’s Fellows hold an “ugly holiday sweater contest.” The mood was, “Yes. Let’s do it.” Thus the Center’s first “ugly holiday sweater” …

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

Let’s Do Lunch

Posted by: Mary Lou Reker

It’s Wednesday, and in the Kluge Center that means lunch. In a tradition that dates back to the earliest days of the Center, scholars and staff gather each Wednesday for a brown-bag lunch that fosters collegiality and a lively exchange of ideas. Romila Thapar was the first person to suggest we meet regularly over lunch, …

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