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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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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
This post originally appeared on AHA Today, a blog of the American Historical Association. What happens when you take 70 scholars from multiple disciplines, put them in a room together, and ask them to exchange knowledge, wisdom, and ideas? We don’t know. But we’ll find out on June 11, 2015, at the first-ever ScholarFest. Technically …
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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
May is a busy month at the Kluge Center, with a full schedule of events featuring scholars at the Library of Congress: Thursday, May 7 at 4:00 p.m. “Navigating the Blood-Dimmed Tides: Was U.S. Military Intervention in the First World War Worth the Cost?” with Bradford Lee, Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations …
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Posted by: Travis Hensley
As I write this post I can see the sun shining through the windows of the Kluge Center. It seems the winter we never thought would end, finally has. Personally I am looking forward to spring with all that it brings: warmer weather, renewal, and a new cohort of fellows. During the chillier months of …
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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
Seventy top scholars in foreign policy, history, ethics, religion and other fields within the humanities and social sciences will convene on Capitol Hill over a two-day period to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress with the premiere #ScholarFest, a unique mixture of rapid-fire dialogues, panels and …
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Posted by: Dan Turello
The following is a guest post by Nancy Lovas, Library Technician at The John W. Kluge Center. For the past six months, I’ve been able to tell people that I work in The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. This statement is invariably followed by two questions: “What is the Kluge Center?” …
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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
The following is a guest post by Dr. Jane McAuliffe, Director of The John W. Kluge Center. Later this year, the Librarian of Congress will make someone a millionaire. No, this noble institution has not suddenly entered the world of TV games shows nor, for those of you whose memories reach back to the 1950s, …
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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
The Kluge Center is pleased to announce that the Library of Congress will award one of the largest cash prizes for scholarship in the humanities and social sciences when it confers its John W. Kluge Prize in September 2015. The John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity and its accompanying $1.5 …
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Posted by: Travis Hensley
Happy New Year from the Kluge Center. The Center is preparing for a busy and exciting 2015. This year we’ll be celebrating our 15th anniversary and we’ll also be awarding the Kluge Prize. As 2014 came to a close and we embark on 2015, the Center welcomed seven new fellows during the months of December …
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