| You are subscribed to News from the John W. Kluge Center for Library of Congress. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Coming up at The John W. Kluge Center: “B.R. Ambedkar: The Life of the Mind and a Life in Politics” with Ananya Vajpeyi, Kluge Fellow Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 4:00 p.m. LJ-113, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building (view map) A biography and intellectual history of the politician, jurist and principle architect of the Indian Constitution. With Ananya Vajpeyi, intellectual historian based at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi; Global Ethics Fellow with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, New York; and Kluge Fellow at The John W. Kluge Center. --------------------------------- “Mapping New World Peoples in Renaissance Europe” with Surekha Davies, Kislak Fellow Tuesday, December 3, 2014, 12:00 p.m. Location to be confirmed Kislak Fellow Surekha Davies discusses how Renaissance mapmakers devised distinctive motifs for the inhabitants of different parts of the Americas, and how images of Brazilian cannibals or Patagonian giants, for example, were careful syntheses that helped mapmakers market their works as uniquely suited for comparing the influence of environment on human bodies and temperaments. Co-sponsored by the Geography and Map Division --------------------------------- “American Centuries: Henry Wallace, Herbert Hoover, and Cold War America's Rise in the World” with Kevin Kim, Jameson Fellow Thursday, December 4, 2014, 12:00 p.m. LJ-113, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building (view map) Kevin Kim, Senior Lecturer in History at Vanderbilt University and 2014 Jameson Fellow in American History at The John W. Kluge Center, discusses how prominent New Dealer and former U.S. vice-president Henry Wallace and former U.S. president and revived Cold War statesman Herbert Hoover challenged and often transformed America and the world’s experiences in the Cold War. --------------------------------- Lecture with Peter Zilahy, Black Mountain Institute-Kluge Fellow Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 12:30 p.m. Location to be confirmed A special lecture and reading by Hungarian-born author and poet Peter Zilahy, in residence at The John W. Kluge Center as Black Mountain Institute-Kluge Fellow. More details to be announced. --------------------------------- “The Swastika Epidemic: Jewish Politics and Human Rights in the 1960s” with James Loeffler, Kluge Fellow Thursday, December 11, 2014, 12:00 p.m. LJ-119, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building (view map) Kluge Fellow James Loeffler shares research from his book-in-progress, a dual history of international human rights and Jewish politics across the twentieth century. His focus will be the outbreak of global antisemitism in 1960 that prompted a United Nations investigation, resulting in the creation of the world's first international law against racism and the new ideological charge: "Zionism is Racism." Co-sponsored by the Hebrew Language Table of the Library of Congress Events are held inside the historic Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. Reservations are not required. All events are free and open to the public. Can't join us in person? Watch webcasts of Kluge Center events on YouTube or download lectures on iTunes U. The John W. Kluge Center is pleased to welcome all patrons. Please request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov. Received this email from a friend? Subscribe to our RSS feed to stay up-to-date on events at The John W. Kluge Center. The John W. Kluge Center was established at the Library of Congress in 2000 to foster a mutually enriching relationship between the world of ideas and the world of action, between scholars and political leaders. The Center attracts outstanding scholarly figures to Washington, D.C., facilitates their access to the Library’s remarkable collections, and helps them engage in conversation with policymakers and the public. Learn more at: http://www.loc.gov/kluge.  This service is provided by the Library of Congress at www.LOC.gov.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Upcoming Events at the Kluge Center—Dispatch November 10, 2014
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