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Foreign Policy | Insights
Eminent Historian and Kluge Prize Winner Yu Ying-shih Passes Away at 91 August 13, 2021 Posted by: Andrew Breiner Yu Ying-shih, considered by many to be the greatest Chinese historian of his time, passed away on August 1st at age 91 in his Princeton, New Jersey home. Yu was Gordon Wu ’58 Professor of Chinese Studies, Emeritus, at Princeton University. Born in Tianjin, China, he received his PhD from Harvard University in 1962. Over … Posted in: Foreign Policy, General News, Government, History
Digital Revolution | Insights
Of Astronettes and Parastronauts September 28, 2023 Posted by: Andrew Breiner This is a guest post by Sheri Wells-Jensen, Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation at the Kluge Center. Wells-Jensen is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Category: Visual & Performing Arts
25 for 25, “Duke Ellington’s America” by Harvey G. Cohen December 11, 2025 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.
Archive: January 2025 (2 Posts)
Kluge Center Welcomes Shannon Mattern and Nelson Tebbe January 29, 2025 Posted by: Sophia Zahner The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Shannon Mattern as Kluge Chair in Modern Culture. Mattern began her time at the Kluge Center in January. Shannon Mattern is the Penn Presidential Compact Professor of Media Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and the Director of … Posted in: Government, Media & Communications, Uncategorized
Indigenous Studies | Insights
Seminoles: Power Brokers in the Florida Borderlands December 13, 2019 Posted by: Giselle M. Avilés When I found out that Kluge Fellow John Paul Nuño, who is an Associate Professor of History at California State University, Northridge, was using a borderlands framework to inform his research on socio-political processes affecting Americans Indians, I wanted to learn more about his topic and methodology.
Archive: February 2024 (1 Post)
Kluge Center Welcomes Jeremy Greene February 9, 2024 Posted by: Sophia Zahner The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeremy Greene as Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Greene began his time at the Kluge Center in January 2024. Greene, MD, PhD, is the William H. Welch Professor of Medicine and the History of Medicine, Director of the Department of … Posted in: Uncategorized
Native American | Insights
Highlights from the Kluge Center’s 2023 Events January 23, 2024 Posted by: Andrew Breiner In 2023, the John W. Kluge Center continued its work bringing scholars, writers, and lawmakers to the Library of Congress for public programming that informs, entertains, and shines a spotlight on the collections of the Library.
Archive: 2023 (11 Posts)
Results: 1 - 9 of 11 | Refined by: (Year) 2023 Why Send a Poem Into Space? November 6, 2023 Posted by: Andrew Breiner This is a guest post by Sheri Wells-Jensen, Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation at the Kluge Center. Wells-Jensen is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Archive: September 2023 (5 Posts)
Exploring Knowledge and Policy: My Journey as an Intern with the Kluge Center September 7, 2023 Posted by: Andrew Breiner This is a guest post by Amanda Escotto. Escotto is a 2023 Kluge Center summer intern where she works with Kluge Chair in American Law and Governance Michael Jones-Correa in his research on social interaction and civic engagement of undocumented immigrants.
Archive: April 2023 (1 Post)
A Movie Mystery at the Kluge Center April 14, 2023 Posted by: Sophia Zahner It started with a sneeze, or so we thought. Since the 1950s, film historians counted “The Sneeze” from 1894 as the earliest surviving film copyrighted in the United States. At this time, the film began being shown as a motion picture after being copied back to film from a photograph.
Archive: February 2023 (1 Post)
Timothy Frye Appointed Library of Congress Chair in US-Russia Relations February 27, 2023 Posted by: Sophia Zahner The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Timothy Frye as the Library of Congress Chair in US-Russia Relations. Frye began his time at the Kluge Center in January. Frye is the Marshall D.
Archive: 2022 (23 Posts)
Results: 1 - 9 of 23 | Refined by: (Year) 2022 Joining In at the Kluge Center December 15, 2022 Posted by: Andrew Breiner This is a post by Kevin Butterfield, Director of the John W. Kluge Center. One of the more remarkable coincidences of my professional life happened on September 12, 2022, when I arrived for my first day of work at the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress as the new Director of the John W.
Archive: October 2022 (2 Posts)
Kluge Center Welcomes New Director Kevin Butterfield October 6, 2022 Posted by: Andrew Breiner Kevin Butterfield, noted historian of American history and most recently executive director of the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon, has joined the Library of Congress as Director of the John W. Kluge Center.
Deepak Nayyar Joins Kluge Center as Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Deepak Nayyar as Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South. Nayyar began his time at the Kluge Center this September. Deepak Nayyar is Emeritus Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College Oxford.
Stephanie Wood Joins Kluge Center as Jay I. Kislak Chair for the Study of the History and Cultures of the Early Americas
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephanie Wood as Jay I. Kislak Chair for the Study of the History and Cultures of the Early Americas. Wood will begin her time at the Kluge Center this October. Wood is the Director and Research Associate at the Wired Humanities Projects at the University of Oregon. Prior to this position, Wood was adjunct faculty in Latin American History at the University of Oregon.
Archive: September 2022 (2 Posts)
Sophia Rosenfeld Joins Kluge Center as Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North September 28, 2022 Posted by: Sophia Zahner The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Sophia Rosenfeld as Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North. Rosenfeld began her time at the Kluge Center this September. Rosenfeld is Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches … Posted in: General News, History
Sophia Rosenfeld Joins Kluge Center as Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Sophia Rosenfeld as Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North. Rosenfeld began her time at the Kluge Center this September. Rosenfeld is Walter H.
Archive: July 2022 (2 Posts)
Three Objects, Three Composers July 14, 2022 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: … Posted in: History, Media & Communications, Uncategorized
Three Objects, Three Composers
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: Stephen Sondheim, William Schuman, and David Diamond.
Archive: June 2022 (2 Posts)
A 16th Century Codex Tells a Story of Resistance to Colonial Rule June 10, 2022 Posted by: Sophia Zahner Jay I. Kislak Chair Barbara E. Mundy is an art historian whose scholarship explores zones of contact between Native peoples and settler colonists as they forged new visual cultures in the Americas.
How the Web Remembers: Cookies, Characters, and Consent
Meg Jones is a Kluge Fellow as well as Associate Professor in the Communication, Culture & Technology program at Georgetown University where she researches rules and technological change with a focus on privacy, memory, innovation, and automation in digital information and computing technologies. “Ctrl+Z: The Right to be Forgotten,” Meg’s first book, is about the social, legal, and technical issues surrounding digital oblivion.
Archive: February 2022 (2 Posts)
How the Web Remembers: Cookies, Characters, and Consent February 28, 2022 Posted by: Sophia Zahner Meg Jones is a Kluge Fellow as well as Associate Professor in the Communication, Culture & Technology program at Georgetown University where she researches rules and technological change with a focus on privacy, memory, innovation, and automation in digital information and computing technologies.
Witch Week: It's Time to Come Out of the Broom Closet
I am the first to admit that some of my wardrobe choices in high school were not necessarily optimal; however, one beautiful, amazing fashion creation was born of my high school experience: Witch Week. Ever since my senior year of high school (the past three years), I have participated in a fashion holiday of my own creation. The week before the night of Halloween, beginning the Monday before, I dress every day in a different witch-themed outfit.
Know When to No | Her Campus
There was a movie out some time ago titled “Yes Man.” Remember it? Jim Carrey stars in the film where, according to IMDB, “A guy challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for an entire year.” A guy being the technical term. The movie is super inspirational, arguing that people need to try things in life and say “yes” to new experiences. While I agree to trying new things, saying “yes” to everything is the absolute worst way to live life. Why?
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