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Posted by: Sophia Zahner
Jacob Berkowitz The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Jacob Berkowitz as Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation. Berkowitz will begin his time at the Kluge Center this October. Berkowitz is the author of three science-based books, including …
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Posted by: Michael Stratmoen
The John W. Kluge Center is pleased to announce the newest cohort of Kluge Fellows at the Library of Congress. Each year, we consider dozens of applications from scholars in the social sciences and humanities for the Kluge Fellowship and select twelve that are best-suited to the Library’s collections and the Kluge Center’s mission. Fellows …
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Posted by: Sophia Zahner
Steve Swayne’s lecture, titled “Three Objects, Three Composers,” is now available on the Library’s YouTube Channel. In a public event hosted on June 9, Swayne, the 2022 Kluge Chair in Modern Culture, discussed the lives of three composers he has studied at the Library, both currently and during his visits over the last twenty years: …
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Posted by: Michael Stratmoen
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Dana R. Fisher as Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Fisher will begin her time in residence in May, 2022. At the Kluge Center, she will work on the book project “Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action,” set to …
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Posted by: Michael Stratmoen
Spring has arrived in Washington, DC, and with it, the Kluge Center is preparing for the return of in-person events here at the Library of Congress. In April alone, the Kluge Center will host four book conversations with authors, as well as the next event in the Pillars of Democracy series. Here is what’s in …
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Posted by: Michael Stratmoen
The John W. Kluge Center is pleased to announce that Camille Moreddu has been selected as the newest Jon B. Lovelace Fellow for the Study of the Alan Lomax Collection at the Library of Congress. Camille Moreddu is a French cultural historian from Paris-Nanterre University. She has researched the emergence of the concept of “American …
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Posted by: Andrew Breiner
The major institutions in American society are in a moment of crisis. From the branches of government to religious and civic organizations, the media, and political parties, these key foundations of American life are less respected, less trusted, and less involved in forming the character of individuals than at any point in our history. The …
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Posted by: Michael Stratmoen
The John W. Kluge Center is pleased to announce that Anthony Cerulli, Director of the Center for South Asia and an Associate Professor of South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been selected as the 2020 David B. Larson Fellow in Health and Spirituality. This fellowship, made possible by a generous endowment from …
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Posted by: Michael Stratmoen
Rishad Choudhury is a Kluge Fellow as well as Assistant Professor of History at Oberlin College. He is currently working on a book-length project, ‘‘Hajj between Empires: Indo-Muslim Pilgrimage and Political Culture, 1739–1820.’’ Mike Stratmoen: Could you describe your project for us? Rishad Choudhury: My book on the hajj pilgrimage is set in an age …
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