25 for 25, “The Peacock Elite: A Case Study of the Congressional Black...
This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory...
View Article25 for 25, “Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital...
This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory...
View Article25 for 25, “The House: The History of the House of Representatives” by Robert...
This post is part of the Kluge Center’s 25 for 25, in honor of the Kluge Center’s 25th anniversary, celebrating 25 books that were written thanks to the Kluge Center’s support. Read the introductory...
View ArticleKluge Center Convenes UK Anniversary Events, Visits
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...
View ArticleKluge Center Welcomes Michael Auslin
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...
View ArticleKluge Center Welcomes Shannon Mattern and Nelson Tebbe
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....
View ArticleWatch Now: The President Richard Nixon Impeachment Inquiry, 50 Years Later
On May 4, 2024, the John W. Kluge Center hosted the lawyers, researchers, and other staff who, in 1974, considered the question of whether sufficient evidence existed to impeach President Richard...
View ArticleExploring Knowledge and Policy: My Journey as an Intern with the Kluge Center
This is a guest post by Amanda Escotto. Escotto is a 2023 Kluge Center summer intern where she works with Kluge Chair in American Law and Governance Michael Jones-Correa in his research on social...
View ArticleA Movie Mystery at the Kluge Center
It started with a sneeze, or so we thought. Since the 1950s, film historians counted “The Sneeze” from 1894 as the earliest surviving film copyrighted in the United States. At this time, the film began...
View ArticleTimothy Frye Appointed Library of Congress Chair in US-Russia Relations
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is pleased to announce the appointment of Timothy Frye as the Library of Congress Chair in US-Russia Relations. Frye began his time at the Kluge...
View ArticleJoining In at the Kluge Center
This is a post by Kevin Butterfield, Director of the John W. Kluge Center. “Join In: Voluntary Associations in America” opens to the public Dec. 16. Photo by Shawn Miller One of the more remarkable...
View ArticleThe Study of Mystical Traditions is Opening a Path Toward New Forms of...
This is a guest post by Carrie Rosefsky Wickham. Wickham is the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South at the Library of Congress and Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Emory...
View ArticleEquitable Infrastructure, Democracy, and Why Private Industry Can’t Address...
Now, more than ever, vast amounts of digital information are instantly available to the public. And yet, accessing digital information and online services remains a challenge for those in areas without...
View ArticleHow Liberal Protestants Shaped America, Part 2
This is part two of our interview with Gene Zubovich. For the first part, click here. What drew the attention of activist Protestants towards international affairs, and what impact did that have? In...
View ArticleHow Liberal Protestant Activists Shaped America
Gene Zubovich is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, as well as a Kluge Fellow at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. He is the...
View ArticleNavigating Liberty’s Promise: Black Women in Washington, DC and the End of...
Nineteenth-century Washington, DC was home to thousands of enslaved people, as well as a hotbed of abolitionist activism. Black women were subject to incredible levels of legal and social restriction,...
View ArticleThe Kluge Center Remembers Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright
In 2015, the Inaugural Daniel K. Inouye Lecture featured Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell. We highlight it here again, in memory of two dedicated patriots and public servants who exemplified the...
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