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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. Susan Schneider’s book Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind (Princeton University Press, 2019) …
Posted in: Astrobiology, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Posted by: Sophia Zahner
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Costica Bradatan as Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Costica Bradatan is Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the Honors College at Texas Tech University, USA, and an Honorary Research Professor of Philosophy at University of Queensland, Australia. He …
Posted in: Philosophy
Posted by: Andrew Breiner
This is a guest post by Carrie Rosefsky Wickham. Wickham is the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South at the Library of Congress and Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Emory University. Can one be both a religious person and a humanist? If so, what kind of worldview might this entail? Together …
Posted in: Culture & Society, Ethics & Morality, Government, History, Media & Communications, Philosophy, Religion, United States
Posted by: Andrew Breiner
On February 22, 2021, the Kluge Center released a Conversation on the Future of Democracy titled “A History of African American Political Thought,” with political theorists Melvin Rogers and Jack Turner. Outreach and Partnerships Program Specialist Janna Deitz interviewed Rogers and Turner on their recent book, African American Political Thought: A Collected History. The book …
Posted in: Culture & Society, Education, Government, Philosophy, Politics
Posted by: Dan Turello
Susan Schneider is associate professor of philosophy and the director of the A.I., Mind and Society Group at the University of Connecticut. She was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Kluge Center in the spring and will be back in residence as the Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology beginning in October 2019. She …
Posted in: Culture & Society, Digital Revolution, Economics, Ethics & Morality, Health & Medicine, Philosophy, Psychology & Psychiatry, Uncategorized
Posted by: Dan Turello
On a rainy day in late spring, a pan-Asian noodle restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue offered the perfect nook for a spirited conversation about big data, algorithms, and the construction of our legal and social realities. Among those at the table with me were Martin Hilbert, who was a Kluge Distinguished Visiting Scholar and is Associate …
Posted in: Culture & Society, Digital Revolution, Government, History, Media & Communications, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, Uncategorized
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
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 …
Posted in: General News, Philosophy
Posted by: Dan Turello
Jürgen Habermas and Charles Taylor will arrive at the Library of Congress next week to receive this year’s Kluge Prize. Dan Turello reflects. For bibliophiles, meeting a new author on paper is like making a new friend in person. First impressions matter: how do they start a paragraph, is it slow or speedy, are there …
Posted in: General News, Philosophy
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
The following is a guest post by Lauren Sinclair, Program Assistant at The John W. Kluge Center. It is the eighth post in a series on past recipients of the Library of Congress Kluge Prize. The first-ever Kluge Prize was awarded to Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski in 2003. In conferring the Prize, Librarian of Congress …
Posted in: History, Philosophy