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Posted by: Travis Hensley
This past month’s #ScholarFest was a huge success, and I’m grateful to all who made it so. It was such a delight to have so many familiar faces back at the Center; it was an amazing two days, one that could not have happened without our team at the Kluge Center and all of the …
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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
Seventy scholars–all past, current or future residents of the Kluge Center–converged on Capitol Hill on June 11th for a day-long festival of scholarship to celebrate 15 years of The John W. Kluge Center. #ScholarFest featured more than 30 “lightning conversations” throughout the morning, followed by an afternoon panel on freedom of expression and why it …
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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
By 12:30pm of last Thursday’s #ScholarFest, 62 scholars had participated in 31 conversations on topics that included cognition and database design, the term “ghetto” and its role in the formation of Jewish and African-American identities, the universal declaration of human rights, the contemporary relevance of the Cold War, marriage law, life beyond earth and ISIS. …
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Posted by: Travis Hensley
Over the past fifteen years the Kluge Center has been fortunate to host several distinguished foreign policy scholars and practitioners through our Kissinger Program. Fifteen scholars have held the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations, conducting research in the Library’s collections and engaging in dialogue with policymakers and the public. Several …
Posted in: Foreign Policy, General News
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
Scholars today think and write about a myriad of pressing issues confronting humanity. For me, one of the most exciting aspects of this week’s #ScholarFest is to gain insight into what’s on the minds of some of the world’s top scholars, and the questions they’re examining through their research. Thursday’s “lightning conversations” –10-minute dialogues between …
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Posted by: Travis Hensley
May has been one of the busiest months I can remember at the Center. Preparations for the Kluge Center’s 15th anniversary celebration, #ScholarFest, are nearing completion. Summer lectures are being planned, meetings are being arranged, and the Center is “sprucing-up” its environs as we prepare to welcome hundreds of summer visitors. During all of this …
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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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