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Posted by: Andrew Breiner
Kluge Center staff held events and peer visits in the United Kingdom during the last week of May 2025, commemorating the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary as well as the 20th anniversary of partnering with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to bring scholars to the Library of Congress. Kluge Center staff met with officials from …
Posted in: Government, Literature, Media & Communications
Posted by: Andrew Breiner
The Kluge Center is very pleased to welcome Michael Auslin into residence as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar. A historian by training, Auslin is the Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and previously was an associate professor of history at Yale University. He is the author of the award-winning Negotiating with …
Posted in: General News, Government, History
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: 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
Posted by: Andrew Breiner
This is a guest post by Sylvi Rose Stein, Benjamin Charles Germain Lee, and Brandon Webb Sylvi Stein is an undergraduate at Columbia University and a research assistant at the Kluge Center. She is a recipient of the Laidlaw Research Fellowship. Benjamin Charles Germain Lee is an Assistant Professor in the University of Washington’s Information …
Posted in: Culture & Society, Digital Revolution
Posted by: Michael Stratmoen
The John W. Kluge Center is pleased to announce the 2024 selectees for our Kluge Staff Fellowship Program. Each year, we welcome applications from Library staff, eventually selecting up to two people whose projects are best suited to the Library’s collections and the Kluge Center’s mission. Nathan Dorn is a Librarian within the Global Legal …
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Posted by: Andrew Breiner
This is a guest post by Kluge Center Chair in Technology and Society Ainissa Ramirez. Ramirez is an award-winning scientist and science communicator, who is dedicated to making science engaging and meaningful to the general public. A graduate of Brown University, she received her doctorate in materials science from Stanford University. She began her career …
Posted in: Culture & Society, Education, History, Media & Communications
Posted by: Andrew Breiner
Rena Gabber was a Kluge Center intern, where she worked with PhD candidates Adelaide Mandeville of Harvard University and Dan Baker of Cardiff University, as well as Kluge Center Director Kevin Butterfield. Gabber is a senior at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service in International Politics. …
Posted in: Culture & Society, Environment, History
Posted by: Andrew Breiner
This is a guest post by Sofia Zamora Morales. Sofia is a 2024 Kluge Center spring and summer intern, where she worked with Kluge Fellow Andrew Dean and J. Franklin Jameson Fellow in American History Hardeep Dhillon. She is currently pursuing a BS in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Northeastern University as an Honors student. …
Posted in: Culture & Society, Literature