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About This Program

Danielle Allen is the 2020 Kluge Prize Recipient

Allen, who is Director of Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, will work with the Library to share her expertise on justice, citizenship, and democracy with a wide audience. Watch her first virtual event. Read the press release. And learn more about Danielle Allen here.

Our Past and Future of Living With COVID-19

Check out our second virtual event with Stephen Morrison, epidemic expert, available now!

Jill Lepore on How This Pandemic Will Go Down in History

Watch Harvard historian Jill Lepore, talking about what fiction and history can tell us about how this epidemic will be remembered: Available now!

COVID-19 Update for Prospective Scholars

Please watch this space and our Chairs & Fellowships page for updates, as well as information on open opportunities. Do not hesitate to contact Kluge Center staff with questions or requests at scholarly@loc.gov.

The John W. Kluge Center brings together the world's best thinkers to contribute to the conversation about the challenges facing democracies in the 21st century.

Featured Posts

Early China's Economy Ken Pomeranz, Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North, answers five questions about the economy of early China.

Carl Elliott Answers Five Questions About COVID-19 and the Ethics of Medical Research Carl Elliott, 2019 Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History, talks vaccines and advanced directives.

The First Woman Director and the Beginning of Cinema Former Kluge Scholar Kim Tomadjoglou talks about Alice Guy-Blache, considered the first woman film director.

A Route of Her Own: Women’s Road Narratives in the Library of Congress French Association of American Studies Fellow Catherine Morgan-Proux talks about a less-known Kerouac

Watch: A Celebration of Earthrise Bruce Clarke, this year’s Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, organized and moderated Earthrise Day: Celebrating the Photograph That Changed (How We View) the World.

Christian Monks and Muslim Villagers in Medieval Egypt: A Library of Congress Story Kluge Fellow Lev Weitz tells the fascinating story of Christian Monks using Islamic Law

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