Below is a listing of events at the Kluge Center of the Library of Congress, including lectures, book talks, symposia, workshops and round-table discussions. Links to more information and/or webcasts are given when available. Unless otherwise indicated, all events are free and open to the public; no reservations are required. Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at 202-707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.
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June 5-6, 2012
Conference: Jurji Zaidan: “His Contributions to Modern Arab Thought and Literature.”
June 5, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, LJ-119 & LJ-113 <view map>
June 6, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, African and Middle Eastern Division, LJ-220 <view map>
June 13, 2012
Book Talk: “The Creative Society -- and the price Americans paid for it,” by Lou Galambos, Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. , LJ-119 <view map>
June 21, 2012
Lecture: Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya: “The Creative Legacy of Russian Émigré Sculptors and Their Porcelain Chefs-d'œuvre”
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m., LJ119 <view map>
June 28, 2012
Lecture: “Of All the Physicians is There a Physician? Irony in the Practice of Medicine, by Farr Curlin,” David B. Larson Fellow in Health and Spirituality Fellow
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m., LJ-119 <view map>
July 17, 2012 - Kluge Fellowship application deadline
Lecture: “History of Imperialism and Decolonization,” W. Roger Louis, Scholars Council Member.
4:00 - 6:00 p.m., LJ-119 <view map>
July 19, 2012
Lecture: Emily Kadens: "The Use and Abuse of Custom in the Interpretation of Contract: A History"
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m., LJ119 <view map>
July 24, 2012
Lecture: Decolonization Seminar Lecture
4:00 - 6:00, LJ-119 <view map>
September 27, 2012
Lecture: John Hessler: “Chasing Krüger's Dream: Reconstructing Justinian's Code Using Binary Galois Lattices.”
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m., LJ119 <view map>
October 15, 2012 - Kislak Fellowship in American Studies deadline
