Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
Kluge Chair in Modern Culture Elizabeth Currid-Halkett began her time at the Kluge Center in July 2022. Currid-Halkett is the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning and professor of public policy at the Price School, University of Southern California. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Industry Strategy Officers and … Continue reading Elizabeth Currid-Halkett →
2020
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Steve Swayne
Swayne is the Jacob H. Strauss 1922 Professor of Music at Dartmouth College, where he teaches courses in art music from 1700 to the present day, opera, American musical theater, Russian music, and American music. Swayne is President of the American Musicological Society, the premier organization for musicologists in the English-speaking world as well as … Continue reading Steve Swayne →
2018
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Henry Jenkins
Henry is professor of communication, journalism, civic arts and education at the University of Southern California. Previously, he was on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As one of the first media scholars to chart the changing role of the audience in an environment of increasingly pervasive digital content, Henry has been at the … Continue reading Henry Jenkins →
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Gwendolyn Wright
Gwendolyn Wright was Professor, now Professor emerita, at Columbia University where, in 1985, she was the first woman to receive tenure in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. She received her M.Arch. and PhD. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. Academic awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Getty Fellowship, and election … Continue reading Gwendolyn Wright →
2017
Biography
David Bordwell
An influential theorist and historian of film and cinema, Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At the Kluge Center, Bordwell will work on a project titled, “The Art of Cinema: 1908-1920,” making use of the Library’s unparalleled film collections.News ReleasesNew Scholars Working on American Film, History and … Continue reading David Bordwell →
2009
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Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
Ohnuki-Tierney is William F. Vilas Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Ohnuki-Tierney explored general theories about the role of symbolism and folk aesthetic in Japan’s history and culture and the importance of symbolism in political and military affairs.News ReleasesAnthropologist Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney Named To Kluge Center’s Chair … Continue reading Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney →
2007
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Kay Kaufman Shelemay
Shelemay is G. Gordon Watts Professor of Music at Harvard University. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Shelemay researched a book on Ethiopian music and musicians in the United States.News ReleasesKay Kaufman Shelemay Appointed To Chair of Modern Culture in the John W. Kluge CenterJuly 2, 2007“Capturing a Moment in Time: Documenting Musicians from … Continue reading Kay Kaufman Shelemay →
2006
Biography
Shigemi Inaga
Inaga is a professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, Japan. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Inaga completed the third volume of his trilogy on the history of modern art in a cross-cultural context, titled, “The Limit of Painting: Eastern Tradition in Confrontation with the Western Experience.”News ReleasesShigemi Inaga … Continue reading Shigemi Inaga →
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Cecelia Tichi
Tichi is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Titchi studied the shift that occurred in U.S. culture from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era.News ReleasesCecelia Tichi Appointed to Chair of Modern Culture in Library of Congress John W. Kluge CenterMay 16, 2006Lectures & … Continue reading Cecelia Tichi →
2005
Biography
Václav Havel
Václav Havel, playwright, poet, political dissident and former president of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, occupied the Kluge Chair in Modern Culture from March – June 2005 and December 2006 – March 2007. During his first residency, Havel conducted research on human rights and worked on his final play, “Leaving.” During his second residency he … Continue reading Václav Havel →
2004
Biography
Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov
A renowned philologist and translator, and professor at UCLA, Ivanov was the first holder of the Chair of Modern Culture. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Ivanov explored the symbols of the Old Slavic, Proto and Ancient Indian, Ancient Near Oriental, and Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures.News ReleasesVyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov Appointed Holder of the Chair of … Continue reading Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov →
BiographyMARC 21 Format for Authority Data: 003: Control Number Identifier (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress) David Harrington is the founder and first violinist of the Kronos Quartet. Since Kronos began in 1973, Harrington has been its artistic director, curating all of the 1,200 commissioned works composed for the group. Known worldwide for revolutionizing the string quartet, Kronos has performed thousands of concerts and made more than 70 recordings which have … Continue reading David Harrington →
BiographyElizabeth Currid-Halkett Kluge Chair in Modern Culture Elizabeth Currid-Halkett began her time at the Kluge Center in July 2022. Currid-Halkett is the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning and professor of public policy at the Price School, University of Southern California. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Industry Strategy Officers and … Continue reading Elizabeth Currid-Halkett →
BiographySteve Swayne Swayne is the Jacob H. Strauss 1922 Professor of Music at Dartmouth College, where he teaches courses in art music from 1700 to the present day, opera, American musical theater, Russian music, and American music. Swayne is President of the American Musicological Society, the premier organization for musicologists in the English-speaking world as well as … Continue reading Steve Swayne →
BiographyHenry Jenkins Henry is professor of communication, journalism, civic arts and education at the University of Southern California. Previously, he was on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As one of the first media scholars to chart the changing role of the audience in an environment of increasingly pervasive digital content, Henry has been at the … Continue reading Henry Jenkins →
BiographyGwendolyn Wright Gwendolyn Wright was Professor, now Professor emerita, at Columbia University where, in 1985, she was the first woman to receive tenure in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. She received her M.Arch. and PhD. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. Academic awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Getty Fellowship, and election … Continue reading Gwendolyn Wright →
BiographyDavid Bordwell An influential theorist and historian of film and cinema, Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At the Kluge Center, Bordwell will work on a project titled, “The Art of Cinema: 1908-1920,” making use of the Library’s unparalleled film collections.News ReleasesNew Scholars Working on American Film, History and … Continue reading David Bordwell →
BiographyEmiko Ohnuki-Tierney Ohnuki-Tierney is William F. Vilas Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Ohnuki-Tierney explored general theories about the role of symbolism and folk aesthetic in Japan’s history and culture and the importance of symbolism in political and military affairs.News ReleasesAnthropologist Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney Named To Kluge Center’s Chair … Continue reading Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney →
BiographyKay Kaufman Shelemay Shelemay is G. Gordon Watts Professor of Music at Harvard University. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Shelemay researched a book on Ethiopian music and musicians in the United States.News ReleasesKay Kaufman Shelemay Appointed To Chair of Modern Culture in the John W. Kluge CenterJuly 2, 2007“Capturing a Moment in Time: Documenting Musicians from … Continue reading Kay Kaufman Shelemay →
BiographyShigemi Inaga Inaga is a professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, Japan. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Inaga completed the third volume of his trilogy on the history of modern art in a cross-cultural context, titled, “The Limit of Painting: Eastern Tradition in Confrontation with the Western Experience.”News ReleasesShigemi Inaga … Continue reading Shigemi Inaga →
BiographyCecelia Tichi Tichi is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Titchi studied the shift that occurred in U.S. culture from the Gilded Age to the Progressive Era.News ReleasesCecelia Tichi Appointed to Chair of Modern Culture in Library of Congress John W. Kluge CenterMay 16, 2006Lectures & … Continue reading Cecelia Tichi →
BiographyVáclav Havel Václav Havel, playwright, poet, political dissident and former president of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, occupied the Kluge Chair in Modern Culture from March – June 2005 and December 2006 – March 2007. During his first residency, Havel conducted research on human rights and worked on his final play, “Leaving.” During his second residency he … Continue reading Václav Havel →
BiographyVyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov A renowned philologist and translator, and professor at UCLA, Ivanov was the first holder of the Chair of Modern Culture. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Ivanov explored the symbols of the Old Slavic, Proto and Ancient Indian, Ancient Near Oriental, and Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures.News ReleasesVyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov Appointed Holder of the Chair of … Continue reading Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov →