The John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress hosts lectures, book talks, symposia, workshops and round-table discussions.

Links to more information and/or webcasts are provided as available. Unless otherwise noted, events listed on this page are free and open to the public. Reservations are not required. Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

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Upcoming Events & News

May 22, 2013
Book talk: Tobie Meyer-Fong, Kluge Fellow 2006.
“What Remains: Coming to Terms with Civil War in 19th Century China.”
Tobie Meyer-Fong discusses what preoccupied Chinese and Western survivors of one of the most brutal civil wars in human history. Co-sponsored by the Asian Division.
12:00 – 1:00 p.m., LJ-113, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. <view map>

May 28, 2013
Lecture: Daniel Schwartz,  Kluge Fellow.
“What's in a Name? The Ghetto Comes to America.”
The term "ghetto" was first applied to overcrowded Jewish quarters in late nineteenth-century American cities like New York and Chicago. Over the course of the next century the word was thoroughly Americanized and primarily associated with urban segregation in the United States. Schwartz will illustrate the word's diverse history, usage and meaning.
12:00 – 1:00 p.m., LJ-113, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. <view map>

May 30, 2013
Lecture: Ilaria Andreoli, Kluge Fellow.
“Illustrated Books of the 15th and 16th Centuries.”
Utilizing the Lessing Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress, one of the richest collections of European Illustrated books of the 15th and 16th centuries in United States, Andreoli will show how images circulated from books to other media and how techniques and printing traveled as well.
12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Room 113, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress. <view map>

June 4, 2013
Lecture: Morton Kondracke, Jack Kemp Chair in Political Economy.
“Jack Kemp: A Congressman Who Changed America.”
Drawing in part on the Jack Kemp Papers in the Library of Congress—comprising nearly 200,000 items and spanning the years 1963-1996—Kondracke will discuss Kemp’s impact on national and international policy.
4:00 p.m., Room 119, Thomas Jefferson Building. <view map>
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June 6, 2013
Book Talk: Marie Arana, Scholars Council Member.
"Bolivar: American Liberator." Books will be available for purchase and signing after the lecture.
4:00 p.m., Room 119, Thomas Jefferson Building. <view map>

Upcoming Deadlines

Deadline July 15, 2013
Application deadline for the Kluge Fellowship.

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