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The fellowship is designed to continue Dr. Larson’s legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of these two important and increasingly interrelated fields. It seeks to encourage the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the scientific study of the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. The fellowship provides an opportunity for a period of six to twelve months of concentrated use of the collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency in the Library’s John W. Kluge Center. The Kluge Center is located in the splendid Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library, and it furnishes attractive work and discussion space for its scholars as well as easy access to the Library’s specialized staff and to the intellectual community of Washington. If necessary, special arrangements may be made with the National Library of Medicine for access to its materials as well.
Deadline extended to March 31 for applications to the Lomax Fellowship in Folklife Studies
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The Alan Lomax Fellows Program, established for a period of five years, supports scholarly research that contributes significantly to a greater understanding of the work of Lomax and the cultural traditions he documented over the course of a vigorous and highly productive seventy-year career. It provides an opportunity, for a period of up to 8 months, for concentrated use of materials from the Lomax Collection and other collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency at the Library. The program supports research projects in the disciplines of anthropology, ethnomusicology, ethnography, ethno-history, dance, folklore and folklife, history, literature, linguistics, and movement analysis, with particular emphasis on the traditional music, dance, and narrative of the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the Caribbean, as well as methodologies for their documentation and analysis. We encourage interdisciplinary projects that combine disciplines in novel and productive ways.
May, who held the Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History in 2007 at the Library of Congressa John W. Kluge Center, will talk about his book “Testing the National Covenant: Fears and Appetites in American Politics” at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29 in Room 119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Kluge Center, the lecture is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are needed. A reception with special guest Cary Maguire will follow. May founded and chaired the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University and the Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility at Southern Methodist University. He also held the Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Chair at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. He is currently a senior fellow at the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life at the University of Virginia. His honors include national service on the subgroup Ethical Foundations for the Clinton Task Force on Health Care Reform and on the Presidentas Council on Bioethics (2002-2004). He has received distinguished teaching awards from Indiana University, the American Academy of Religion and Southern Methodist University. From the Yale Divinity School, he received the Alumni Award for Distinction in Theological Education. He was selected as a national lecturer by the Phi Beta Kappa Society. The Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History was established to explore the history of America with special attention to the ethical dimensions of domestic economic, political, and social policies. Cary Maguire is Chair and President of Maguire Oil Company and Maguire Energy Company and Chair of Components Corporation of America and Staco Inc. Maguire is a member of the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress. Through a generous endowment from John W. Kluge, the Library of Congress established the Kluge Center in 2000 to bring together the worldas best thinkers to stimulate and energize one another, to distill wisdom from the Libraryas rich resources and to interact with policymakers in Washington. For further information on the Kluge Center, visit www.loc.gov/kluge/. Deadline extended for the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology.
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An odd pattern in old court records has revealed a financial conspiracy at the beginning of the Civil War. Planters in the border state of Missouri had bet on the South’s victory, but the scheme they devised had backfired. John W. Kluge Fellow Mark W. Geiger will tell how he discovered the story, which resulted in his award-winning book, “Financial Fraud and Guerrilla Warfare in Civil-War Missouri.” Join us for the book talk, which is cosponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. The talk is free; no reservations or tickets are required. Information: 202-707-7678 Request ASL and ADA accommodations five days in advance at 202-707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.
Applications and nominations must be postmarked by Tuesday, November 1.
The Kislak Fellowship is open to scholars worldwide. It is awarded for a period of up to eight months at a stipend of $4,200 per month. Applications must be postmarked by Saturday, October 15, 2011.
Location: Room LJ 119, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St., S.E., Washington, D.C. Free and open to the public. scholarly@loc.gov, (202) 707-3302 “Decolonization–A History of Failure?”
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Location: Room LJ 119, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St., S.E., Washington, D.C. Free and open to the public. scholarly@loc.gov, (202) 707-3302
Conversation: “Dignity of the Human Person”
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Seven senior scholars associated with the Kluge Center will engage in an informal, scholarly conversation on “the dignity of the human person,” a concept that informs innumerable contemporary issues. What is “human dignity”? How does the concept shape what we think and how we behave? Jean Bethke Elshtain will moderate the discussion among Dr. George Chrousos, Roshi Joan Halifax, Jennifer Hochschild, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Abdulkarim Soroush, and John Witte, Jr. Tuesday, April 26 Library of Congress conference on history
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The Library of Congress’s Kluge Center invites qualified scholars to apply for a post-doctoral fellowship for advanced research based on the Alan Lomax Collection. The Lomax Collection is a major collection of ethnographic field audio recordings, motion pictures, photographs, manuscripts, correspondence and other materials that represent Lomaxas lifetime of work to document and analyze traditional music, dance, storytelling and other expressive genres that arise from cultural groups in many parts of the world, particularly the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the Caribbean. Lomax (1915-2002) was one of the greatest documenters of traditional culture during the twentieth century. For more information, contact Mary Lou Reker at 202-707-3302. Robert Saladini David Laitin discusses discrimination against Muslims in France, March 3, Library of Congress
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David Laitin, a political science professor who has examined the causes of religious discrimination in France, will discuss the rationales that sustain discrimination against Muslims in the French labor market. Laitin will present “aOne Muslim is Enough!aaEvidence from a Field Experiment in France” at the Library of Congress at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, in Room 119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. This event is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are needed. Robert Saladini http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-028.html
From John Witte Jr. Named Distinguished Visiting Scholar at John W
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has appointed John Witte Jr., a professor at Emory University, as distinguished visiting scholar at the Libraryas John W. Kluge Center. At the Library, Witte will pursue research on the history of law, religion and marriage in the Western tradition. Witte is Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law, Alonzo L. McDonald Family Distinguished Professor and director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion Center at Emory. Robert Saladini, Program Officer
A rare, six-page letter written by Alfred North Whitehead, one of the major philosophers and mathematicians of the 20th century, will be the subject of a half-day symposium at the Library of Congress. The letter was recently donated to the Library and will be housed in the Manuscript Division. The symposium will focus on the historical context of the letter and on Whitehead and his intellectual focus in a number of fields. The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17, in Room 119 on the first floor in the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Libraryas John W. Kluge Center and the Manuscript Division, the symposium is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are needed. The letter and a transcript will be on display. Robert Saladini, Program Officer Motorcycle Accident Attorneys Orange County
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