Library of Congress: News from the John W. Kluge Center
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- Symposium: "Art, Culture, and Government: The New Deal at 75"
Leading scholars from throughout the United States will join experts from the Library of Congress in the program, "Art, Culture, and Government: The New Deal at 75," on Thursday and Friday, March 13 – 14. The two-day program is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Robert Saladini
Library of Congress
Email: rsal@loc.gov
- The Druze Heritage is Subject of Feb. 7 Symposium, Library of Congress
The Druze are a thousand-year-old religious community of the Middle East, whose members today live primarily in Lebanon, Syria and Israel, while others have emigrated to the United States, Europe and Africa. Their historical and intellectual legacy will be examined by 10 scholars from the U.S. and Middle East who will participate in a symposium to be held at the Library of Congress from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7 in Room LJ-119, located on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington D.C. - Smyser appointed to Kissinger Chair at Library of Congress
W. R. Smyser, adjunct professor in the BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, has been appointed to the Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. - Tom Zeller lectures on parkways in Germany and U.S., 1920-70; 1/23 at Library of Congress
Library of Congress Kluge Fellow, Thomas Zeller, presents a lecture titled “Consuming Landscapes: Parkways in Germany and the United States, 1920-1970" on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. in LJ-119, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. This event is free and open to the public. - Van Der Wee on Economic Globalization through history, 1/17 at Library of Congress
Economic globalization is a new word for an old process, according to economic historian Herman Van der Wee, holder of the Chair of the Countries and Cultures of the North in the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.
Van der Wee will explain this concept in a lecture titled "Economic Globalization in the Mirror of History" at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17, in Room 119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.
Sponsored by the Kluge Center, the event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are needed. - Lecture: Mario del Pero on Henry Kissinger and international repercussions of the Portuguese Revolution, Library of Congress 12/12
December 12 at 12:00 noon
Lecture: "Which Chile, Allende? Henry Kissinger and the International Repercussions of the Portuguese Revolution,” Mario del Pero, Kluge Fellow, at 12:00 in LJ-119, Thomas Jefferson Building. This event is free and open to the public; no reservations or tickets are required. - Michael Schiltz to give lecture on Japanese diplomat, Megata Tanetaro, at Library of Congress, 12/5
Lecture: âA Money Doctor from Japan: Megata Tanetaro in Korea, 1904-1907),â Michael Schiltz, Kluge Fellow, at 12:00 in LJ-119, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. This event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required. - Ethicist William F. May gives lecture on Nov. 29 at 4, Library of Congress
"Containing Runaway Fear in Foreign Policy: Recovering Our National Identity" will be discussed by William F. May, holder of the Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in American History and Ethics, at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.
The lecture starts at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, in Room 119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington D.C. Sponsored by the Kluge Center, the event is free and open to the public; no reservations are needed.
In his presentation, May will discuss the religious apprehensions, such as good versus evil, embedded in American politics. He will look at American foreign policy during the last 60 years, as political anxieties in the West shifted from the mind-set during the Cold War (the West vs. tyranny) to the current apprehensions (the West vs. anarchy). - Writers From Iowa's International Writing Program Read Their Works, Nov. 15 at Library of Congress
Writers from the distinguished International Writing Program at the University of Iowa will read from their works at the Library of Congress at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, in the Mumford Room on the sixth floor of the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC. This event is free and open to the public, no tickets are required.
- David Orique on Bartolome de las Casas, Oct. 18 at Library of Congress
Kislak Fellow, David Orique, presents a lecture titled “What seemed to be or not to be a 1528 letter of Bartolomé de las Casas to Charles V: an historiographical opinion about the Parecer” on October 18, 2007 at 12:00 in Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. This event is free and open to the public; no reservations are required. - Congressman Major Owens and Distinguished Panel To Discuss "A New Challenge to Black Congressional Caucus" on 10/1 at Library of Congress
What did Ossie Davis envision in 1971 when he proclaimed to the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) that "it’s not the man, it’s the plan"? In a special forum on Oct. 1 at the Library of Congress, Congressman Major Owens will host a distinguished panel of U.S. representatives and political scientists in a discussion of his forthcoming book, "The Peacock Elite: A Subjective Case Study of the Congressional Black Caucus and Its Impact on National Politics."
The forum will start at noon on Monday, Oct. 1, in the Members’ Room on the first floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. The event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are needed. - William F. May Appointed to Maguire Chair in American History at Library of Congress Kluge Center
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed William F. May to the Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in American History and Ethics at the John W. Kluge Center for a three-month tenure from September to December. May will conduct research on the shift of political anxieties in the West, from the mindset during the Cold War (the West vs. tyranny) to the current apprehensions (the West vs. anarchy). He will bring a religious interpretation to the political analysis. May is conducting the research to prepare for the Stone Lectures at Princeton Theological Seminary. - Princeton Professor, Jenna Joselit, on the 10 Commandments in America, 10/11 at Library of Congress
Jenna Weissman Joselit, a Princeton University professor who spent the summer as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Library's, John W. Kluge Center, will wrap up her research with a lecture titled "Holy Moses! A Cultural History of the Ten Commandments in Modern America."
Joselit will present the talk at the Library of Congress at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, in Room 119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. The event, sponsored by the Library’s Kluge Center, is free and open to the public; no tickets are required. - Charles Kupchan discusses bipartisanship at Library of Congress on 9/20
Charles A. Kupchan, holder of the Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress, will give a lecture titled "Dead Center: The Collapse of Bipartisanship and Its Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy" at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sep. 20, in Room 119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C.
The event, sponsored by the Library’s John W. Kluge Center, is free and open to the public; no tickets are required. - Kay Shelemay on Ethiopian American music at Library of Congress on Sep. 6
Harvard scholar, Kay Shelemay, presents "Music in the Ethiopian American Diaspora: A Preliminary Overview" at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 6, in Room 119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. This event is free and open to the public; no tickets are required.
