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Upcoming Kluge Center Events

 

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The, John W. Kluge Center hosts lectures, book talks, panel discussions and symposia that highlight the work of its scholars-in-residence.

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2017 Press Releases

November 29, 2017 (17-173)
Kluge Fellow To Present Cutting-Edge Research on Social Media and Politics

November 13, 2017 (17-169)
Library to Host Symposium on Early Research of Papers of King George III

October 30, 2017 (17-162)
Kluge Center Lectures to Explore Early Mapping in China, Persia

September 21, 2017 (17-135)
John Haskell Named Director of John W. Kluge Center

September 8, 2017 (17-124)
Library Astrobiology Symposium Explores "Life As It Could Be"

July 10, 2017 (17-094)
Walkowicz Named Astrobiology Chair at Kluge Center

April 7, 2017 (17-047)
Kluge Center to Host Panel on Religious Belief in American History, May 4

March 27, 2017 (17-039)
Wayne Wiegand, Timothy Breen, and Jose Casanova To Deliver Kluge Center Lectures

March 2, 2017 (17-025)
Discussion on "Fiction, Faith and the Imagination" To Honor Marilynne Robinson

January 12, 2017 (17-002)
New Scholars Working on American Film, History and Library Studies Arrive at Kluge Center

2016 Press Releases

December 1, 2016 (16-206)
Symposium on Contemporary African Immigrants in the United States, Dec. 15

November 15, 2016 (16-198)
Italian Art of Papermaking Is Subject of New Library Publication

November 2, 2016 (16-195)
Swann Foundation Now Accepting Fellowship Applications

October 12, 2016 (16-182)
Sociologist Bruce Carruthers to Discuss Trust and Credit in America, Oct. 28

September 29, 2016 (16-172)
Edward Widmer Appointed Director of The John W. Kluge Center

September 6, 2016 (16-151)
Toyin Falola Begins as Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South

September 6, 2016 (16-150)
Barry Posen Begins as Kissinger Chair

August 18, 2016 (16-137)
Wayne Wiegand Appointed Distinguished Visiting Scholar

August 15, 2016 (16-135)
Astrobiology Symposium to Explore the Emergence of Life, Sept. 15

July 29, 2016 (16-123)
Peace and the Quran Subject of Kluge Center Lecture

July 7, 2016 (16-113)
Peng Guoxiang Named Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North

June 28, 2016 (16-111)
Luis Campos Named Astrobiology Chair

June 21, 2016 (16-109)
Barry Posen Named Kissinger Chair

May 27, 2016 (16-095)
“Fathers of the Internet” Headline Saving the Web Symposium, June 16

May 11, 2016 (16-085)
Juan Cole Named Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South

May 10, 2016 (16-087)
Bruce Carruthers Named Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History

May 9, 2016 (16-086)
Peter Brooks to Discuss 1871 “Bloody Week” of Paris, June 2

April 25, 2016 (16-073)
John Sexton to Discuss the Future of American Research Universities, May 26

April 22, 2016 (16-072)
Bruce Jentleson to Discuss Transformational Statesmanship of 20th Century, May 19

April 14, 2016 (16-069)
Scientists to Discuss New Findings about Depression and Its Treatment, May 5

April 5, 2016 (16-064)
Wendy Hall Named Kluge Chair in Technology and Society

March 17, 2016 (16-054)
Norman Mineta and Alan Simpson to Discuss Privacy and Civil Liberties at the Daniel K. Inouye Distinguished Lecture, April 19

February 29, 2016 (16-046)
Four Pioneering Scientists to Discuss “The Origins of the RNA World,” March 17

February 11, 2016 (16-027)
Peter Brooks Appointed Distinguished Visiting Scholar

February 9, 2016 (16-028)
Maguire Lecture Rescheduled to April 26

January 8, 2016 (16-009)
John Sexton Named Kluge Chair in American Law and Governance

January 5, 2016 (16-003)
David Hollenbach to Discuss Humanitarian Crises and People Displaced by War

2015 Press Releases

November 19, 2015 (15-205)
Mary Dudziak to Discuss America’s Entry into World War I

October 30, 2015 (15-197)
John Witte to Discuss the Lasting Impact of the Protestant Reformation

October 23, 2015 (15-191)
Marie Arana Named Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South

October 16, 2015 (15-185)
Comfort Begins Tenure as Third Chair in Astrobiology

September 17, 2015 (15-162)
Ambassador Robert Gallucci to Serve as Director of the John W. Kluge Center

September 11, 2015 (15-160)
John Witte, Jr. Named Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North

August 11, 2015 (15-125)
Philosophers Habermas and Taylor to Share $1.5 Million Kluge Prize

July 28, 2015 (15-128)
Third Blumberg Dialogue to Focus on Astrobiology and the Arts

July 27, 2015 (15-127)
Mary Dudziak Named Kluge Chair in American Law and Governance

June 25, 2015 (15-114)
Sreten Ugričić Appointed Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Kluge Center

June 17, 2015 (15-109)
Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell Announced as Inaugural Speakers for Daniel K. Inouye Distinguished Lecture Series

June 12, 2015 (15-093)
Ed Ayers to Discuss “The Shape of the Civil War,” June 24

May 21, 2015 (15-088)
Top Scholars Engage in Rapid-Fire Dialogues at ScholarFest, June 11

May 8, 2015 (15-082)
Second Blumberg Dialogue on Astrobiology May 27-28

May 1, 2015 (15-074)
William Julius Wilson to Discuss Race and Economic Class, May 21

April 22, 2015 (15-070)
Bradford Lee to Lecture on U.S. Military Intervention in WWI

April 15, 2015 (15-067)
David Hollenbach Named to Maguire Chair at the Kluge Center

April 7, 2015 (15-055)
Nathaniel Comfort Named to Chair in Astrobiology at John W. Kluge Center

April 6, 2015 (15-054)
Bruce Jentleson Named Kissinger Chair at John W. Kluge Center

April 2, 2015 (15-046)
Kluge Center Celebrates 15 Years with ScholarFest June 10-11

March 11, 2015 (15-036)
Kislak Lecture to Examine Forensic Imaging of Historic Manuscripts

March 2, 2015 (15-033)
First Blumberg Dialogue to Focus on Astrobiology and Religion

February 11, 2015 (15-025)
William Julius Wilson Named Kluge Chair

January 9, 2015 (15-003)
Kluge Center Announces Blumberg Dialogue Series in Astrobiology

2014 Press Releases

October 28, 2014 (14-191)
Bradford Lee Appointed Kissinger Chair

October 14, 2014 (14-180)
McAuliffe to Serve as Director of John W. Kluge Center

October 10, 2014 (14-182)
How Discovery of Life in the Universe Will Transform Our Thinking

August 15, 2014 (14-146)
Astrobiology Symposium “Preparing for Discovery” Explores Impact of Finding Life Beyond Earth, Sept. 18-19

June 30, 2014 (14-115)
Origins of the Tet Offensive, 1958 Referendum in French West Africa Subject of July Lectures

May 27, 2014 (14-091)
Kluge Center Hosts Astrobiology and Theology Discussion June 18

February 21, 2014 (14-030)
Lecture Series Looks at Foreign Policy Through the Lens of Realpolitik

February 3, 2014 (14-017)
Scholars to Discuss World Christianity, Immigration and the United States, Feb. 26

January 10, 2014 (14-006)
Leading Authorities in Astrobiology to Discuss the Societal Implications of the Search for Life in the Universe

January 2, 2014 (14-002)
Robin Lovin to Discuss Moral Vocabulary in Politics, Jan. 23

2013 Press Releases

October 18, 2013 (13-177)
John Bew Named Kissinger Chair at John W. Kluge Center

October 17, 2013 (13-179)
New Chair in Astrobiology at Kluge Center Arrives Nov. 1

September 30, 2013 (13-171)
Scholars to Discuss World Christianity, Immigration and the U.S.

September 13, 2013 (13-158)
Shrinking Moral Vocabulary in Politics

August 15, 2013 (13-142)
Longevity of Human Civilization Symposium at Kluge Center

August 5, 2013 (13-140)
Former College President Appointed Distinguished Visiting Scholar

June 21, 2013 (13-123)
Scholar Uncovers the Autobiographies of India, July 11

June 11, 2013 (13-115)
Kluge Center Announces Summer 2013 Lecture Season

May 20, 2013 (13-103)
Morton Kondracke to Discuss the Life and Career of Jack Kemp, June 4

April 30, 2013 (13-083)
Steven Dick Named Chair in Astrobiology at Kluge Center

April 15, 2013 (13-074)
"The Ike Age: Eisenhower, America & the World of the 1950s," Lecture

April 8, 2013 (13-067)
"Why Two in One Flesh? The Western Case for Monogamy over Polygamy" April 30

March 27, 2013 (13-061)
Advisory: Igniting Conversations, Illuminating Minds, April 29-May 2

March 13, 2013 (13-049)
Indian Historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam Appointed Chair At The John W. Kluge Center

February 15, 2013 (13-027)
Scholars to Examine Human & Moral Relationship to the Environment

January 31, 2013 (13-018)
Library of Congress Seeks Applicants for Fellowships in the John W. Kluge Center

January 31, 2013 (13-016)
Robin Lovin Named to the Cary & Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History

January 18, 2013 (13-010)
Kluge Center Announces Winter/Spring Lecture Season

For More Information

Press contact:
Donna Urschel, (202) 707-1639

Public contact:
Jason Steinhauer, (202) 707-0213

Email:
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Current Issue

Celebrating 15 Years

In this issue
A record Kluge Prize, the first ever #ScholarFest & the inaugural Daniel K. Inouye Memorial Lecture cap a celebration of 15 years of The John W. Kluge Center.

Open the Fall 2015 Newsletter (PDF, 714 KB)

Past Issues

• Fall 2014 (PDF, 746 KB)
• Fall 2013 (PDF, 4.22 MB)
• Fall 2012 (PDF, 2.53 MB)
• Winter 2012 (PDF, 459 KB)
• August 2011 (PDF, 291 KB)
• Spring 2010 (PDF, 154 KB)
• Fall 2010 (PDF, 136 KB)
• Spring 2009 (PDF, 454 KB)
• Fall 2009 (PDF, 149 KB)
• May 2008 (PDF, 214 KB)
• October 2008 (PDF, 114 KB)

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