TODAY, Thursday, November 16 at 4pm, Join the John W. Kluge Center for an event titled A Big Deal: The Role of Heresthetic in Negotiating the Affordable Care Act of 2010, looking at the history and strategy surrounding the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Kluge Center Director Kevin Butterfield will interview Kluge Fellow in Congressional Policymaking Alex P. Smith, who has extensively studied the negotiation strategies lawmakers used to overcome stalemate in the US Congress and pass a major overhaul of the health care system.

Free registration is available here.

This event will take place in person in the Montpelier Room of the Madison Building at the Library of Congress, as well as being broadcast live virtually. Please register on Zoom to watch in-person or virtually.

Smith will discuss the ways that Democratic Party leaders used the heresthetic strategies of strategic voting and dimension manipulation to secure votes in the House and Senate and gain support from key stakeholders in the health care industry. As unexpected events like Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter switching his party affiliation, the death of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, and the victory of Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate special election shaped the course of negotiations, policy options became more and less viable in each legislative chamber, and policymaking strategies shifted frequently. With this example of overcoming stalemate in Congress, Smith argues the methods used prioritized legislative action over policy efficacy.

And on December 11 at 4pm, join the John W. Kluge Center and the Library's African and Middle Eastern Division for "Confluence of Cultures: Lithographed Book Design in 19th Century Iran, India, and Central Asia," with Kluge Fellow Ali Boozari, who is in residence studying Iranian and Indian lithographed books in the Library's collections. Boozari will lead a panel discussion on the topic in conjunction with a display of materials from the collections.

Free registration is available here.

This event is viewable live on December 13 at 4pm EST, virtually or in-person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Register here whether you intend to watch in-person or virtually. A recording of the event will be available.

Boozari is Associate Professor at Tehran University of Art. His main research interest is the Persian arts in the 19th century. His PhD dissertation (2017) is A Study of the Portraits of NAser-al-din ShAh in the Thousand and One Nights Manuscript. Over the years, he devoted most of his time and energy to exploring the history of illustration in Iran, the history of the printing industry in Iran, the Persian illustrated lithographed books, and the Persian versions of the Thousand and One Nights.

TOMORROW, Thursday, November 16 at 4pm, Join the John W. Kluge Center for an event titled A Big Deal: The Role of Heresthetic in Negotiating the Affordable Care Act of 2010, looking at the history and strategy surrounding the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Kluge Center Director Kevin Butterfield will interview Kluge Fellow in Congressional Policymaking Alex P. Smith, who has extensively studied the negotiation strategies lawmakers used to overcome stalemate in the US Congress and pass a major overhaul of the health care system.

Free registration is available here.

This event will take place in person in the Montpelier Room of the Madison Building at the Library of Congress, as well as being broadcast live virtually. Please register on Zoom to watch in-person or virtually.

Smith will discuss the ways that Democratic Party leaders used the heresthetic strategies of strategic voting and dimension manipulation to secure votes in the House and Senate and gain support from key stakeholders in the health care industry. As unexpected events like Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter switching his party affiliation, the death of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, and the victory of Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate special election shaped the course of negotiations, policy options became more and less viable in each legislative chamber, and policymaking strategies shifted frequently. With this example of overcoming stalemate in Congress, Smith argues the methods used prioritized legislative action over policy efficacy.

And on December 11 at 4pm, join the John W. Kluge Center and the Library's African and Middle Eastern Division for "Confluence of Cultures: Lithographed Book Design in 19th Century Iran, India, and Central Asia," with Kluge Fellow Ali Boozari, who is in residence studying Iranian and Indian lithographed books in the Library's collections. Boozari will lead a panel discussion on the topic in conjunction with a display of materials from the collections.

Free registration is available here.

This event is viewable live on December 13 at 4pm EST, virtually or in-person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Register here whether you intend to watch in-person or virtually. A recording of the event will be available.

Boozari is Associate Professor at Tehran University of Art. His main research interest is the Persian arts in the 19th century. His PhD dissertation (2017) is A Study of the Portraits of NAser-al-din ShAh in the Thousand and One Nights Manuscript. Over the years, he devoted most of his time and energy to exploring the history of illustration in Iran, the history of the printing industry in Iran, the Persian illustrated lithographed books, and the Persian versions of the Thousand and One Nights.

The event today, Wednesday November 1 at 5:15pm, will be held in the Mumford Room of the James Madison Building, not the Whittall Pavilion of the Thomas Jefferson Building.

The Kluge Center and the American Trust for the British Library will co-host Digital Outreach in the British Library's Asian and African Collections.

British Library curators will share their stories, successes, and challenges using digital media to showcase the Library's Asian and African collections. 

This event will take place in the Mumford Room of the James Madison Building at the Library of Congress. Registration is not required. This event will be in-person only.

Tomorrow, Wednesday November 1 at 5:15pm, the Kluge Center and the American Trust for the British Library will co-host an event, Digital Outreach in the British Library's Asian and African Collections.

British Library curators will share their stories, successes, and challenges using digital media to showcase the Library's Asian and African collections. 

This event will take place in the Whittall Pavilion in the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress. Registration is not required. This event will be in-person only.

Thursday, November 16 at 4pm, Join the John W. Kluge Center for an event titled A Big Deal: The Role of Heresthetic in Negotiating the Affordable Care Act of 2010, looking at the history and strategy surrounding the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Kluge Center Director Kevin Butterfield will interview Kluge Fellow in Congressional Policymaking Alex P. Smith, who has extensively studied the negotiation strategies lawmakers used to overcome stalemate in the US Congress and pass a major overhaul of the health care system.

Free registration is available here.

This event will take place in person in the Montpelier Room of the Madison Building at the Library of Congress, as well as being broadcast live virtually. Please register on Zoom to watch in-person or virtually.

Smith will discuss the ways that Democratic Party leaders used the heresthetic strategies of strategic voting and dimension manipulation to secure votes in the House and Senate and gain support from key stakeholders in the health care industry. As unexpected events like Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter switching his party affiliation, the death of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, and the victory of Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate special election shaped the course of negotiations, policy options became more and less viable in each legislative chamber, and policymaking strategies shifted frequently. With this example of overcoming stalemate in Congress, Smith argues the methods used prioritized legislative action over policy efficacy.

George Chauncey, Historian of LGBTQ+ Life and Kluge Prize Recipient, Releases New Video Series “Through History to Equality”

 

George Chauncey, recipient of the 2022 John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity, released three videos today with the Library of Congress examining the experiences of LGBTQ+ Americans. These are now available to watch on loc.gov and the Library’s YouTube channel.

In “From Sexual Regulation to Antigay Discrimination,” Chauncey is interviewed by Library of Congress Chief Communications Officer Roswell Encina on the history of how LGBTQ+ people in the United States were treated throughout the 20^th century; the ways that their legal, social, and political treatment changed over the years; and the lives that people created for themselves in the shadow of discrimination.

In “Why Marriage Equality Became a Goal,” Chauncey interviews civil rights attorney Mary Bonauto, who has worked on the most significant legal cases dealing with marriage equality over the past 30 years. In this interview, Chauncey and Bonauto discuss the significance of the goal of marriage and why they think both the law and public opinion changed so rapidly as equality became the law of the land.

In “AIDS: A Tragedy and a Turning Point,” Chauncey convened a panel of experts to discuss the AIDS crisis that took the lives of a generation of gay people, including many who were writers and community leaders, even as it also set the stage for changes to come by prompting a new wave of activism and leading to an outpouring of LGBTQ+ people embracing their identities. In the discussion, Chauncey, Deborah Gould, Duane Cramer and Jafari Allen revisit the early history of AIDS and discuss the fear and loss as well as the action and assertiveness that came from that dark time.

 

Learn more about George Chauncey here and watch his speech upon receiving the John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity here.

 

About George Chauncey

Chauncey is the first scholar in LGBTQ+ studies to receive the Kluge Prize. He is known for his pioneering 1994 history “Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940,” his 2004 book “Why Marriage? The History Shaping Today’s Debate over Gay Equality,” and his testimony and other work as an expert witness in more than 30 court cases related to LGBTQ+ rights. These include such landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases as Romer v. Evans (1996), Lawrence v. Texas (2003), and the marriage equality cases United States v. Windsor (2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015).

“Gay New York,” released in 1994 during the 25^th anniversary of the LGBTQ+ rights protests at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, looks at the gay community in New York City before World War II, utilizing newspapers, police records, oral histories, diaries and other primary sources to show that there was a much more vibrant and visible gay world than previously believed and to argue that there was a permeable boundary between straight and gay behavior, especially among working-class men. “Gay New York” won numerous prizes for its scholarship including the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize from the Organization of American Historians, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men’s Studies.

“Why Marriage?” draws on Chauncey’s extensive research prepared for court cases in which he provided expert testimony. It traces the history of both gay and anti-gay activism and discusses the origins of the modern struggle for gay marriage.

 

About the Kluge Prize

The Kluge Prize recognizes individuals whose outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences has shaped public affairs and civil society. Awarded by the Library of Congress to a scholar every two years, the international prize highlights the value of researchers who communicate beyond the scholarly community and have had a major impact on social and political issues. The prize comes with a $500,000 award.

The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States — and extensive materials from around the world — both on-site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov; access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov; and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov.

Apply Before Midnight ET TODAY, September 15, for Paid Research Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

If you have an application in progress, it must be submitted by 11:59pm ET TODAY or it will be discarded.

Applications are open with a deadline of midnight September 15, 2023, for multiple fellowship positions at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

The Kluge Center exists to further the study of humanity through the use of the large and varied collections of the Library of Congress. All fields and disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, including interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research, are welcome. Fellows hold book borrowing privileges and are in residence with desk space in the historic Thomas Jefferson Building with access to specialized librarians throughout the Library. Applicants may be US citizens or foreign nationals, and foreign nationals will be assisted in obtaining necessary visas.

Click here to begin your applications.

The National Governing Institutions Fellowship supports research on the capacity of US national governing institutions to fulfill their Constitutional responsibilities to the American people. Such research could include the nature of these institutions, their functioning, policy making, structural limitations, adaptation to change, and/or delve into the relationship between the branches. The Fellowship is open not only to scholars in political science, but other disciplines including but not limited to organizational management, history, social science, law, legislative negotiation, etc. Emerging scholars are especially be urged to apply.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality is designed to continue epidemiologist and psychologist David B. Larson's legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of health and spirituality, two important and increasingly interrelated fields. It seeks to encourage the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the scientific study of the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. The fellowship provides an opportunity for a period of six to twelve months of concentrated use of the collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency in the Library's John W. Kluge Center. Fellowships are for a period of up to twelve months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the required venue for your research (maximum 1 paragraph)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Kluge Fellowship hosts 12 scholars each year. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend. Applicants must have received a terminal advanced degree in the last seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or a professional discipline like law or architecture.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• An abstract describing your proposed research (maximum 500 words)
• An explanation of how the Library of Congress and its collections will benefit your work (maximum 1 page, 500 words)
• A completed project proposal including a work plan that identifies project outcomes (maximum 3 pages)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies is open to scholars whose work encompasses digital scholarship, digital humanities, data science, data analysis, data visualization, and digital publishing that utilize digital collections, tools, and methods. The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Digital Studies program. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A complete project proposal, including:
  • A single-paragraph abstract
  • A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
  • An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the appropriate venue for your research and what collections you will utilize, if any (maximum 1 paragraph)
  • Description of your technical approach and/or methodology (maximum 2 paragraphs)
  • A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

 

The Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship allows qualified scholars to conduct research at the Kluge Center using the Geography and Map Division's collections and resources for a period of two months, with a monthly stipend of $5,750.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

 

For more information, visit the John W. Kluge Center’s website and email scholarly@loc.gov with any questions.

Apply Before the September 15 Deadline for Paid Research Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

Applications are open with a deadline of September 15, 2023, for multiple fellowship positions at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

The Kluge Center exists to further the study of humanity through the use of the large and varied collections of the Library of Congress. All fields and disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, including interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research, are welcome. Fellows hold book borrowing privileges and are in residence with desk space in the historic Thomas Jefferson Building with access to specialized librarians throughout the Library. Applicants may be US citizens or foreign nationals, and foreign nationals will be assisted in obtaining necessary visas.

Click here to begin your applications.

The National Governing Institutions Fellowship supports research on the capacity of US national governing institutions to fulfill their Constitutional responsibilities to the American people. Such research could include the nature of these institutions, their functioning, policy making, structural limitations, adaptation to change, and/or delve into the relationship between the branches. The Fellowship is open not only to scholars in political science, but other disciplines including but not limited to organizational management, history, social science, law, legislative negotiation, etc. Emerging scholars are especially be urged to apply.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality is designed to continue epidemiologist and psychologist David B. Larson's legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of health and spirituality, two important and increasingly interrelated fields. It seeks to encourage the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the scientific study of the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. The fellowship provides an opportunity for a period of six to twelve months of concentrated use of the collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency in the Library's John W. Kluge Center. Fellowships are for a period of up to twelve months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the required venue for your research (maximum 1 paragraph)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Kluge Fellowship hosts 12 scholars each year. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend. Applicants must have received a terminal advanced degree in the last seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or a professional discipline like law or architecture.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• An abstract describing your proposed research (maximum 500 words)
• An explanation of how the Library of Congress and its collections will benefit your work (maximum 1 page, 500 words)
• A completed project proposal including a work plan that identifies project outcomes (maximum 3 pages)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies is open to scholars whose work encompasses digital scholarship, digital humanities, data science, data analysis, data visualization, and digital publishing that utilize digital collections, tools, and methods. The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Digital Studies program. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A complete project proposal, including:
  • A single-paragraph abstract
  • A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
  • An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the appropriate venue for your research and what collections you will utilize, if any (maximum 1 paragraph)
  • Description of your technical approach and/or methodology (maximum 2 paragraphs)
  • A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

 

The Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship allows qualified scholars to conduct research at the Kluge Center using the Geography and Map Division's collections and resources for a period of two months, with a monthly stipend of $5,750.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

 

For more information, visit the John W. Kluge Center’s website and email scholarly@loc.gov with any questions.

The John W. Kluge Center has opened applications for the next Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation.

The Blumberg Chair is open to scholars and leading thinkers in the fields of philosophy, history, religion, literature, astrobiology, astronomy, planetary science, the history of science, paleontology, earth and atmospheric sciences, geological sciences, ethics, or other related fields. Within the parameters of NASA’s mission, the Blumberg Chair is designed to promote research on astrobiology, exploration, and innovation, with emphasis on their societal implications.

Applications are due October 15, 2023. Find out more information on our website.

Apply Before the September 15 Deadline for Paid Research Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

Applications are open with a deadline of September 15, 2023, for multiple fellowship positions at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

The Kluge Center exists to further the study of humanity through the use of the large and varied collections of the Library of Congress. All fields and disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, including interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research, are welcome. Fellows hold book borrowing privileges and are in residence with desk space in the historic Thomas Jefferson Building with access to specialized librarians throughout the Library. Applicants may be US citizens or foreign nationals, and foreign nationals will be assisted in obtaining necessary visas.

Click here to begin your applications.

The National Governing Institutions Fellowship supports research on the capacity of US national governing institutions to fulfill their Constitutional responsibilities to the American people. Such research could include the nature of these institutions, their functioning, policy making, structural limitations, adaptation to change, and/or delve into the relationship between the branches. The Fellowship is open not only to scholars in political science, but other disciplines including but not limited to organizational management, history, social science, law, legislative negotiation, etc. Emerging scholars are especially be urged to apply.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality is designed to continue epidemiologist and psychologist David B. Larson's legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of health and spirituality, two important and increasingly interrelated fields. It seeks to encourage the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the scientific study of the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. The fellowship provides an opportunity for a period of six to twelve months of concentrated use of the collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency in the Library's John W. Kluge Center. Fellowships are for a period of up to twelve months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the required venue for your research (maximum 1 paragraph)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Kluge Fellowship hosts 12 scholars each year. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend. Applicants must have received a terminal advanced degree in the last seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or a professional discipline like law or architecture.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• An abstract describing your proposed research (maximum 500 words)
• An explanation of how the Library of Congress and its collections will benefit your work (maximum 1 page, 500 words)
• A completed project proposal including a work plan that identifies project outcomes (maximum 3 pages)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies is open to scholars whose work encompasses digital scholarship, digital humanities, data science, data analysis, data visualization, and digital publishing that utilize digital collections, tools, and methods. The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Digital Studies program. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A complete project proposal, including:
  • A single-paragraph abstract
  • A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
  • An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the appropriate venue for your research and what collections you will utilize, if any (maximum 1 paragraph)
  • Description of your technical approach and/or methodology (maximum 2 paragraphs)
  • A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

 

The Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship allows qualified scholars to conduct research at the Kluge Center using the Geography and Map Division's collections and resources for a period of two months, with a monthly stipend of $5,750.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

 

For more information, visit the John W. Kluge Center’s website and email scholarly@loc.gov with any questions.

Apply Before the September 15 Deadline for Paid Research Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

Applications are open with a deadline of September 15, 2023, for multiple fellowship positions at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

The Kluge Center exists to further the study of humanity through the use of the large and varied collections of the Library of Congress. All fields and disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, including interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research, are welcome. Fellows hold book borrowing privileges and are in residence with desk space in the historic Thomas Jefferson Building with access to specialized librarians throughout the Library. Applicants may be US citizens or foreign nationals, and foreign nationals will be assisted in obtaining necessary visas.

Click here to begin your applications.

The Kluge Fellowship hosts 12 scholars each year. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend. Applicants must have received a terminal advanced degree in the last seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or a professional discipline like law or architecture.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• An abstract describing your proposed research (maximum 500 words)
• An explanation of how the Library of Congress and its collections will benefit your work (maximum 1 page, 500 words)
• A completed project proposal including a work plan that identifies project outcomes (maximum 3 pages)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies is open to scholars whose work encompasses digital scholarship, digital humanities, data science, data analysis, data visualization, and digital publishing that utilize digital collections, tools, and methods. The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Digital Studies program. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A complete project proposal, including:
  • A single-paragraph abstract
  • A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
  • An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the appropriate venue for your research and what collections you will utilize, if any (maximum 1 paragraph)
  • Description of your technical approach and/or methodology (maximum 2 paragraphs)
  • A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

 

The David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality is designed to continue epidemiologist and psychologist David B. Larson's legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of health and spirituality, two important and increasingly interrelated fields. It seeks to encourage the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the scientific study of the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. The fellowship provides an opportunity for a period of six to twelve months of concentrated use of the collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency in the Library's John W. Kluge Center. Fellowships are for a period of up to twelve months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the required venue for your research (maximum 1 paragraph)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship allows qualified scholars to conduct research at the Kluge Center using the Geography and Map Division's collections and resources for a period of two months, with a monthly stipend of $5,750.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

 

The National Governing Institutions Fellowship supports research on the capacity of US national governing institutions to fulfill their Constitutional responsibilities to the American people. Such research could include the nature of these institutions, their functioning, policy making, structural limitations, adaptation to change, and/or delve into the relationship between the branches. The Fellowship is open not only to scholars in political science, but other disciplines including but not limited to organizational management, history, social science, law, legislative negotiation, etc. Emerging scholars are especially be urged to apply.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

 

For more information, visit the John W. Kluge Center’s website and email scholarly@loc.gov with any questions.

Representation Gone Viral: Digital Demand and Congressional Capacity

 

Thursday, August 3, 4pm – Room LJ-119

 

Former Article One Fellow at the John W. Kluge Center Annelise Russell will convene a discussion on changes in digital communication by Members of Congress and how those changes affect relationships between staffers, journalists, and policymakers. Panelists Carrie Adams, Matthew Lira, and Steve Dwyer will bring a wealth of experience from the executive and legislative branches as well as the business of social media to the conversation.

 

A reception will follow the discussion.

 

Free registration is available here.

 

Annelise Russell is an expert at analyzing how organizations and lawmakers tell their story in a digital space. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of Kentucky, an external scholar with the Sunwater Institute, and a faculty associate of the U.S. Policy Agendas Project and the Princeton Article One Initiative. She was formerly a research fellow at the Library of Congress, working on a project to detail the history and currently trajectory of digital politics in Congress and what that means for congressional capacity, media relations, and political reputation-making. Her book, Tweeting is Leading, explains how senators use social media to build a reputation that matches the expectations of the constituents they aim to please. Additionally, she spent more than six years at news organizations such as National Journal, Congressional Quarterly and the San Francisco Chronicle, and worked as a press assistant for the Oklahoma Lt. Governor. She received her PhD and MA from the University of Texas, and BAs from the University of Oklahoma in both Political Science and Journalism.  

 

Carrie Adams is the founding principal of CAPR. Prior to founding CAPR, Carrie directed Meta’s Programs & Partnerships bipartisan national team, leading the company’s efforts to ensure that Members of Congress, the federal government, civic influencers, and advocacy organizations harness Meta’s Family of Apps to the height of their potential. She personally managed the federal Democratic portfolio, including the Biden White House, the House, and the Senate. Before joining Meta, Carrie served as deputy digital director for Senate Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer, heading up long term planning, staff training, and web development for Leader Schumer and the Senate Democratic Caucus. In the summer of 2016, she orchestrated digital content for the Democratic National Convention Committee in Philadelphia. Prior to that, she served as digital director for then-House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, where she spearheaded digital strategy, graphic design, and digital messaging for Leader Pelosi and the House's Democrats. 

 

Mathew Lira is the former Special Assistant to President Trump for Innovation Policy and Initiatives at the White House Office of American Innovation, where he worked to coordinate priority policy initiatives for the office. Matt’s work centers on politics, government and the emerging digital economy. Prior to his time at the White House, Lira spent over a decade on Capitol Hill working on the senior congressional Leadership staff, serving as a Senior Advisor to then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. During the 2014 election cycle, Lira served as the Deputy Executive Director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. In 2015, Matt served as an Institute of Politics Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.

 

Steve Dwyer is the Senior Director for Innovation in U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Chief Administrator, where he works closely with House Digital Services to support modernization and digital tools for Congress. Steve has previously worked in a leadership office on Capitol Hill for 20 years, focused on technology, telecommunications, and online communication for former Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. He has designed and managed numerous advanced digital systems for House Democrats, including a caucus intranet and the popular app, Dome Watch. He has a J.D. from Georgetown Law and double-majored in Computer Science and Philosophy at the University of Vermont.

 

Note: The correct application due date is October 15, 2023

The John W. Kluge Center has opened applications for the next Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation.

The Blumberg Chair is open to scholars and leading thinkers in the fields of philosophy, history, religion, literature, astrobiology, astronomy, planetary science, the history of science, paleontology, earth and atmospheric sciences, geological sciences, ethics, or other related fields. Within the parameters of NASA’s mission, the Blumberg Chair is designed to promote research on astrobiology, exploration, and innovation, with emphasis on their societal implications.

Applications are due October 15, 2023. Find out more information on our website.

The John W. Kluge Center has opened the competition for the next Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology

The Blumberg Chair is open to scholars and leading thinkers in the fields of philosophy, history, religion, literature, astrobiology, astronomy, planetary science, the history of science, paleontology, Earth and atmospheric sciences, geological sciences, ethics, or other related fields. Possibilities for research subjects are many. The following are meant to inspire, not to limit creativity: legal issues related to governance of planets and space; the ethical implications of cross-contamination; scientific and philosophical definitions of life; conceptions of the origins of life in theistic and non-theistic religions; comparison of the discussion of these issues in multiple nations and cultures. The Chair may also consider life’s collective future—for humans and other life, on Earth and beyond, examining the impacts on life and future evolutionary trajectories that may result from both natural events and human-directed activities.

Applications are due December 1, 2023. Find out more information on our website.

Join the us tomorrow for a conversation with Tamika Y. Nunley, award-winning social historian, Associate Professor of History at Cornell University, and Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History at the Kluge Center.

This event will take place today, Wednesday, July 19 at 4pm ET.

Free registration to watch in-person or virtually is available here. Registration is for viewing virtually on Zoom or in-person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress

Nunley will discuss her newest book, The Demands of Justice: Enslaved Women, Capital Crime, & Clemency in Early Virginia. In it, she looks at cases of enslaved women charged by their owners with capital crimes, and the ways that even clemency could be a punishment for the accused.

Join the us for a conversation with Tamika Y. Nunley, award-winning social historian, Associate Professor of History at Cornell University, and Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History at the Kluge Center.

This event will take place Wednesday, July 19 at 4pm ET.

Free registration to watch in-person or virtually is available here. Registration is for viewing virtually on Zoom or in-person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress

Nunley will discuss her newest book, The Demands of Justice: Enslaved Women, Capital Crime, & Clemency in Early Virginia. In it, she looks at cases of enslaved women charged by their owners with capital crimes, and the ways that even clemency could be a punishment for the accused.

Paid Research Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center

Applications are open with a deadline of September 15, 2023, for multiple fellowship positions at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

The Kluge Center exists to further the study of humanity through the use of the large and varied collections of the Library of Congress. All fields and disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, including interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research, are welcome. Fellows hold book borrowing privileges and are in residence with desk space in the historic Thomas Jefferson Building with access to specialized librarians throughout the Library. Applicants may be US citizens or foreign nationals, and foreign nationals will be assisted in obtaining necessary visas.

Click here to begin your applications.

The Kluge Fellowship hosts 12 scholars each year. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend. Applicants must have received a terminal advanced degree in the last seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or a professional discipline like law or architecture.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• An abstract describing your proposed research (maximum 500 words)
• An explanation of how the Library of Congress and its collections will benefit your work (maximum 1 page, 500 words)
• A completed project proposal including a work plan that identifies project outcomes (maximum 3 pages)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies is open to scholars whose work encompasses digital scholarship, digital humanities, data science, data analysis, data visualization, and digital publishing that utilize digital collections, tools, and methods. The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Digital Studies program. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A complete project proposal, including:
  • A single-paragraph abstract
  • A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
  • An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the appropriate venue for your research and what collections you will utilize, if any (maximum 1 paragraph)
  • Description of your technical approach and/or methodology (maximum 2 paragraphs)
  • A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

 

The David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality is designed to continue epidemiologist and psychologist David B. Larson's legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of health and spirituality, two important and increasingly interrelated fields. It seeks to encourage the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the scientific study of the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. The fellowship provides an opportunity for a period of six to twelve months of concentrated use of the collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency in the Library's John W. Kluge Center. Fellowships are for a period of up to twelve months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the required venue for your research (maximum 1 paragraph)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship allows qualified scholars to conduct research at the Kluge Center using the Geography and Map Division's collections and resources for a period of two months, with a monthly stipend of $5,750.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

 

The National Governing Institutions Fellowship supports research on the capacity of US national governing institutions to fulfill their Constitutional responsibilities to the American people. Such research could include the nature of these institutions, their functioning, policy making, structural limitations, adaptation to change, and/or delve into the relationship between the branches. The Fellowship is open not only to scholars in political science, but other disciplines including but not limited to organizational management, history, social science, law, legislative negotiation, etc. Emerging scholars are especially be urged to apply.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

 

For more information, visit the John W. Kluge Center’s website and email scholarly@loc.gov with any questions.

Join Kluge Prize winner George Chauncey TOMORROW, June 27 at 4pm, for a public event looking at the legacy of the AIDS crisis and the activism surrounding it. This event will be available livestreamed and in-person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress.

Free registration available here.

Today’s college students were born a decade after antiretroviral drugs turned HIV into a manageable condition. High schools, and most colleges, simply do not teach about the early years of the epidemic. But AIDS took the lives of a generation of gay male writers, activists, leaders, and ordinary people, even as it also set the stage for changes to come by prompting a new wave of militant activism and leading unprecedented numbers of people to come out. As part of a series of public programs on the broader theme of “Through History to Equality,” Kluge Prize winner George Chauncey will moderate a panel discussion addressing the impact of AIDS prior to the development of antiretroviral drugs, along with the history of some of the communities that mobilized to create change.

Panelists will include:

Duane Cramer, National AIDS Memorial, on the devastation of AIDS and the AIDS Quilt as a memorial

Deborah Gould, UC Santa Cruz, on community mobilization in response to AIDS

Jafari Allen, Columbia University, on Black gay cultural responses to AIDS

Join Kluge Prize winner George Chauncey this coming Tuesday, June 27 at 4pm, for a public event looking at the legacy of the AIDS crisis and the activism surrounding it. This event will be available livestreamed and in-person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress.

Free registration available here.

Today’s college students were born a decade after antiretroviral drugs turned HIV into a manageable condition. High schools, and most colleges, simply do not teach about the early years of the epidemic. But AIDS took the lives of a generation of gay male writers, activists, leaders, and ordinary people, even as it also set the stage for changes to come by prompting a new wave of militant activism and leading unprecedented numbers of people to come out. As part of a series of public programs on the broader theme of “Through History to Equality,” Kluge Prize winner George Chauncey will moderate a panel discussion addressing the impact of AIDS prior to the development of antiretroviral drugs, along with the history of some of the communities that mobilized to create change.

Panelists will include:

Duane Cramer, National AIDS Memorial, on the devastation of AIDS and the AIDS Quilt as a memorial

Deborah Gould, UC Santa Cruz, on community mobilization in response to AIDS

Jafari Allen, Columbia University, on Black gay cultural responses to AIDS

Join us for The Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs: Digital Resources Illuminating a Graphic Communication System of Sixteenth-Century Mexico on TOMORROW, Wednesday, June 21 at 4pm.

Watch online or in person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress. Free registration is available here.

Historian of Mesoamerica Stephanie Wood will discuss the Nahuatl hieroglyphic writing system and discoveries she made through Library collections while in residence as Jay I. Kislak Chair. She will also highlight an exciting project to collect these hieroglyphs in a free, online, annotated database that serves as a reference work for teachers, a cultural preservation resource, and a decipherment aid.

Join Kluge Prize winner George Chauncey for a public event looking at the legacy of the AIDS crisis and the activism surrounding it. This event will be available livestreamed and in-person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress.

Free registration available here.

Today’s college students were born a decade after antiretroviral drugs turned HIV into a manageable condition. High schools, and most colleges, simply do not teach about the early years of the epidemic. But AIDS took the lives of a generation of gay male writers, activists, leaders, and ordinary people, even as it also set the stage for changes to come by prompting a new wave of militant activism and leading unprecedented numbers of people to come out. As part of a series of public programs on the broader theme of “Through History to Equality,” Kluge Prize winner George Chauncey will moderate a panel discussion addressing the impact of AIDS prior to the development of antiretroviral drugs, along with the history of some of the communities that mobilized to create change.

Panelists will include:

Duane Cramer, National AIDS Memorial, on the devastation of AIDS and the AIDS Quilt as a memorial

Deborah Gould, UC Santa Cruz, on community mobilization in response to AIDS

Jafari Allen, Columbia University, on Black gay cultural responses to AIDS

Join us for The Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs: Digital Resources Illuminating a Graphic Communication System of Sixteenth-Century Mexico on Wednesday, June 21 at 4pm. Watch online or in person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress. Free registration is available here.

Historian of Mesoamerica Stephanie Wood will discuss the Nahuatl hieroglyphic writing system and discoveries she made through Library collections while in residence as Jay I. Kislak Chair. She will also highlight an exciting project to collect these hieroglyphs in a free, online, annotated database that serves as a reference work for teachers, a cultural preservation resource, and a decipherment aide

Join us tomorrow at 4pm ET for a conversation with Deepak Nayyar, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

He was Distinguished University Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research, New York, from 2008 to 2012 and he was Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, from 1986 to 2011. Earlier he taught economics at the University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, and the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi from 2000 to 2005. His distinguished career in academia has been interspersed with short periods in the government. He was, to start with, in the Indian Administrative Service. Later, from 1983 to 1985, he worked as Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Commerce. He served as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and Secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 1989 to 1991. He was educated at St. Stephen’s College and the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. As a Rhodes Scholar, he went on to study at Balliol College, University of Oxford, where he obtained a B. Phil and a D. Phil in Economics.