Program
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress
Chair Holders
2024
Biography
Sabina Leonelli
Sabina Leonelli is Professor of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Exeter since 2017. From September 2024, she will hold the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at the Technical University of Munich, where she will co-direct the Ethical Data Initiative and the Public Science Lab while maintaining an … Continue reading Sabina Leonelli →
2023
Biography
Ainissa Ramirez
Ainissa Ramirez is an award-winning scientist and science communicator, who is dedicated to making science engaging and meaningful to the general public. A graduate of Brown University, she received her doctorate in materials science from Stanford University. She began her career as a scientist at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, and later worked … Continue reading Ainissa Ramirez →
2021
Biography
Thomas Mullaney
Thomas S. Mullaney is 2021 Kluge Chair in Technology and Society and Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University, and Curator of the international exhibition, Radical Machines: Chinese in the Information Age.He is the author of The Chinese Typewriter: A History (MIT Press 2017), Coming to Terms with the Nation: Ethnic Classification in Modern China … Continue reading Thomas Mullaney →
2019
Biography
Helen Margetts
Helen Margetts is a Professor of Internet and Society at the University of Oxford, and served as Director of the Oxford Internet Institute from 2011 to 2018. She is a political scientist specializing in digital era governance and politics, investigating political behavior and political institutions in the age of the internet, social media, and big data. … Continue reading Helen Margetts →
2016
Biography
Dame Wendy Hall
Dame Wendy Hall is Professor of Computer Science and a director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton. She is also managing director of the Web Science Trust. Previously, she was Dean of the Faculty of Physical Science and Engineering from 2010-2014 and head of the School of Electronics and Computer Science … Continue reading Dame Wendy Hall →
2012
Biography
Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells is University Professor and the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He is also Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and holds joint appointments in the Department of Sociology, in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development, and in the … Continue reading Manuel Castells →
2011
Biography
George Chrousos
Chrousos is Professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Athens University Medical School in Greece. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Chrousos wrote a comprehensive study on the profound impact of stress.News ReleasesGeorge Chrousos Named to Kluge Chair in Technology and SocietyMarch 8, 2011Lectures & Symposia“The Profound Impact of Stress” | Day 1 | Day … Continue reading George Chrousos…
2007
Biography
Raymond Dwek
The director of the Glycobiology Institute at Oxford University, Dwek was the first holder of the Kluge Chair of Technology and Society. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Dwek researched desertification in the Negev, the development of an AIDS vaccine, and university/industry relationships.News ReleasesOxford University Professor Raymond Dwek Appointed To Chair of Technology and … Continue reading Raymond Dwek →
BiographySabina Leonelli Sabina Leonelli is Professor of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Exeter since 2017. From September 2024, she will hold the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at the Technical University of Munich, where she will co-direct the Ethical Data Initiative and the Public Science Lab while maintaining an … Continue reading Sabina Leonelli →
BiographyAinissa Ramirez Ainissa Ramirez is an award-winning scientist and science communicator, who is dedicated to making science engaging and meaningful to the general public. A graduate of Brown University, she received her doctorate in materials science from Stanford University. She began her career as a scientist at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey, and later worked … Continue reading Ainissa Ramirez →
BiographyThomas Mullaney Thomas S. Mullaney is 2021 Kluge Chair in Technology and Society and Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University, and Curator of the international exhibition, Radical Machines: Chinese in the Information Age.He is the author of The Chinese Typewriter: A History (MIT Press 2017), Coming to Terms with the Nation: Ethnic Classification in Modern China … Continue reading Thomas Mullaney →
BiographyHelen Margetts Helen Margetts is a Professor of Internet and Society at the University of Oxford, and served as Director of the Oxford Internet Institute from 2011 to 2018. She is a political scientist specializing in digital era governance and politics, investigating political behavior and political institutions in the age of the internet, social media, and big data. … Continue reading Helen Margetts →
BiographyDame Wendy Hall Dame Wendy Hall is Professor of Computer Science and a director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton. She is also managing director of the Web Science Trust. Previously, she was Dean of the Faculty of Physical Science and Engineering from 2010-2014 and head of the School of Electronics and Computer Science … Continue reading Dame Wendy Hall →
BiographyManuel Castells Manuel Castells is University Professor and the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He is also Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and holds joint appointments in the Department of Sociology, in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development, and in the … Continue reading Manuel Castells →
BiographyGeorge Chrousos Chrousos is Professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Athens University Medical School in Greece. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Chrousos wrote a comprehensive study on the profound impact of stress.News ReleasesGeorge Chrousos Named to Kluge Chair in Technology and SocietyMarch 8, 2011Lectures & Symposia“The Profound Impact of Stress” | Day 1 | Day … Continue reading George Chrousos…
BiographyRaymond Dwek The director of the Glycobiology Institute at Oxford University, Dwek was the first holder of the Kluge Chair of Technology and Society. As a scholar-in-residence at the Kluge Center Dwek researched desertification in the Negev, the development of an AIDS vaccine, and university/industry relationships.News ReleasesOxford University Professor Raymond Dwek Appointed To Chair of Technology and … Continue reading Raymond Dwek →