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The Kluge Center was founded in 2000 with a gift to the Library of Congress by philanthropist John W. Kluge.The gift was announced on October 5, 2000, in a joint press conference by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), then Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, Rep. Bill Thomas (R-California), then Vice-Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, and James H. Billington, then the ...
The prize is awarded by the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.The Prize is conferred in a ceremony in the Great Hall of the Jefferson Building, attended by American political leaders to dramatize America's commitment to these areas of human inquiry.
John Werner Kluge (/ ˈ k l uː ɡ i /; September 21, 1914 – September 7, 2010) [1] was a German-American entrepreneur who became a television industry mogul in the United States. At one time he was the richest person in the U.S. [ 2 ]
The Kluge Scholars Council is a body of distinguished scholars, convened by the Librarian of Congress to advise on matters related to scholarship at the Library, with special attention to the John W. Kluge Center and the Kluge Prize. Through discussion and reflection, the Council assists in implementing an American tradition linking the ...
Kluge Center, started with a grant of $60 million from John W. Kluge in 2000, brings international scholars and researchers to use library resources and to interact with policymakers and the public.
Chervinsky was a historian at the White House Historical Association [3].She was then a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, [4] a fellow at the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, [5] and the Kundrun Open Rank Fellow at the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. [6]
In October, 2016, Widmer was appointed Director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. [1] In 2018, he joined the faculty of Macaulay Honors College as a lecturer where he has led courses on Walt Whitman and The People of New York. [11]
Kluge Prize: John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress: Deep intellectual accomplishment in the human sciences Japan: Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy: Inamori Foundation: Lifetime achievements in the arts and philosophy Switzerland: Lakatos Award: Latsis Foundation: Outstanding contribution to the philosophy of science, widely ...