Join the John W. Kluge Center for an event exploring the ways that the United States grappled with the post-emancipation future for Black Americans.

This event will be viewable live on Zoom at 4pm on May 15.

Free registration is available here. There will be no in-person component for this event. A video will be available at loc.gov in the weeks following the event.

• Corey Brooks, York College of Pennsylvania (chair and moderator)

• Frank Cirillo, University of Michigan

• Myisha Eatmon, Harvard University

• Sarah Gronningsater, University of Pennsylvania

In the years preceding and during the American Civil War, antislavery reformers began to imagine what a world without slavery might look like—what shape a post-emancipation society might take. As such ideas clashed with realities in the wake of wartime emancipation, activists came to understand the ways in which the struggles for Black freedom and justice would be ongoing.

Join the John W. Kluge Center for an event exploring the ways that the United States grappled with the post-emancipation future for Black Americans.

This event will be viewable live on Zoom at 4pm on May 15.

Free registration is available here. There will be no in-person component for this event. A video will be available at loc.gov in the weeks following the event.

• Corey Brooks, York College of Pennsylvania (chair and moderator)

• Frank Cirillo, University of Michigan

• Myisha Eatmon, Harvard University

• Sarah Gronningsater, University of Pennsylvania

In the years preceding and during the American Civil War, antislavery reformers began to imagine what a world without slavery might look like—what shape a post-emancipation society might take. As such ideas clashed with realities in the wake of wartime emancipation, activists came to understand the ways in which the struggles for Black freedom and justice would be ongoing.

Annual Jay I. Kislak Lecture: "The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals After 1492"

Múscraí Singing Tradition of Country Cork Ireland

March 26, noon, Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building

Get free tickets here.

Cormac ÓhAodha is the current Lomax Scholar – Lovelace Fellow at the Kluge Center and comes from Cúil Aodha which is a village in the Múscraí Gaeltacht of Co. Cork in Ireland. He is conducting extensive research in the archive of the American Folklife Center on the Alan Lomax Collection here at the Library of Congress, which includes material Lomax collected some 73 years ago from singers in the Múscraí singing tradition, the same singing tradition he grew up in and is a part of.

He will discuss his current project, which focuses on the preservation, publication, availability and sharing of Irish creative heritage, specifically of the Irish song tradition. His research is aimed at digital discoverability and preservation in a global web environment for scholars and citizens alike. Cormac ÓhAodha is himself a singer in this tradition and will perform several songs.

The Botkin Lecture series is part of AFC's ongoing public programming activities highlighting the fields of folklife, ethnomusicology, oral history and related disciplines; foregrounding its archival holdings; and fulfilling its congressionally mandated mission.

Múscraí Singing Tradition of Country Cork Ireland

March 26, noon, Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building

Get free tickets here.

Cormac ÓhAodha is the current Lomax Scholar – Lovelace Fellow at the Kluge Center and comes from Cúil Aodha which is a village in the Múscraí Gaeltacht of Co. Cork in Ireland. He is conducting extensive research in the archive of the American Folklife Center on the Alan Lomax Collection here at the Library of Congress, which includes material Lomax collected some 73 years ago from singers in the Múscraí singing tradition, the same singing tradition he grew up in and is a part of.

He will discuss his current project, which focuses on the preservation, publication, availability and sharing of Irish creative heritage, specifically of the Irish song tradition. His research is aimed at digital discoverability and preservation in a global web environment for scholars and citizens alike. Cormac ÓhAodha is himself a singer in this tradition and will perform several songs.

The Botkin Lecture series is part of AFC's ongoing public programming activities highlighting the fields of folklife, ethnomusicology, oral history and related disciplines; foregrounding its archival holdings; and fulfilling its congressionally mandated mission.

It will be available to watch live, virtually as well as in person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress.

Today, Wednesday, February 28 at 4pm we have Dana R. Fisher and Dharna Noor discussing climate change and climate action.

Fisher, a recent Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Kluge Center, is the author of “Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action.” In it, she argues there is a realistic path forward for climate action—but only through mass mobilization that responds to the growing severity and frequency of disastrous events. She assesses the current state of affairs and shows why public policy and private sector efforts have been ineffective and how, spurred by this lack of progress, climate activism has become increasingly confrontational.

Dana R. Fisher is Director of the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity and Professor in the School of International Service at American University. She currently serves as the President of the Eastern Sociological Society, a Non Resident Senior Fellow in the Governance Program at the Brookings Institution, and the chair-elect of the Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Dharna Noor is Fossil Fuels and Climate Reporter at the Guardian US. She has previously reported for The Boston Globe, Earther, Gizmodo, and The Real News.

Next month, on Wednesday, March 27 at 4pm we have Kislak Chair Marcy Norton delivering the annual Kislak Lecture on "The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals after 1492" 

In Norton's new book "The Tame and the Wild," she describes the way that Native American and European beliefs about animal life transformed societies on both sides of the Atlantic. In this event, she will discuss the changes wrought by the introduction of European farming to the Americas as well as Native American taming of animals to European colonizers.

Marcy Norton is a historian of the early modern Atlantic World at the University of Pennsylvania, with a focus on Latin America and Spain. Much of her research is guided by two questions: How did colonialism shape the Americas? And how did Native America shape European modernity? Thematically she is most interested in writing history that explores the intersections of environment, embodiment, and thought, concerns that have guided her work on the history of food, drugs, science and inter-species relationships. Her publications include “Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic,” “Subaltern Technologies and Early Modernity in the Atlantic World,” “Tasting Empire: Chocolate and the Internalization of Mesoamerican Aesthetics,” and “The Chicken or the Iegue: Human-Animal Relationships and the Columbian Exchange.”

It will be available to watch live, virtually as well as in person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 28 at 4pm we have Dana R. Fisher and Dharna Noor discussing climate change and climate action.

Fisher, a recent Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Kluge Center, is the author of “Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action.” In it, she argues there is a realistic path forward for climate action—but only through mass mobilization that responds to the growing severity and frequency of disastrous events. She assesses the current state of affairs and shows why public policy and private sector efforts have been ineffective and how, spurred by this lack of progress, climate activism has become increasingly confrontational.

Dana R. Fisher is Director of the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity and Professor in the School of International Service at American University. She currently serves as the President of the Eastern Sociological Society, a Non Resident Senior Fellow in the Governance Program at the Brookings Institution, and the chair-elect of the Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Dharna Noor is Fossil Fuels and Climate Reporter at the Guardian US. She has previously reported for The Boston Globe, Earther, Gizmodo, and The Real News.

Next month, on Wednesday, March 27 at 4pm we have Kislak Chair Marcy Norton delivering the annual Kislak Lecture on "The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals after 1492" 

In Norton's new book "The Tame and the Wild," she describes the way that Native American and European beliefs about animal life transformed societies on both sides of the Atlantic. In this event, she will discuss the changes wrought by the introduction of European farming to the Americas as well as Native American taming of animals to European colonizers.

Marcy Norton is a historian of the early modern Atlantic World at the University of Pennsylvania, with a focus on Latin America and Spain. Much of her research is guided by two questions: How did colonialism shape the Americas? And how did Native America shape European modernity? Thematically she is most interested in writing history that explores the intersections of environment, embodiment, and thought, concerns that have guided her work on the history of food, drugs, science and inter-species relationships. Her publications include “Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic,” “Subaltern Technologies and Early Modernity in the Atlantic World,” “Tasting Empire: Chocolate and the Internalization of Mesoamerican Aesthetics,” and “The Chicken or the Iegue: Human-Animal Relationships and the Columbian Exchange.”

Both events will be available to watch live, virtually as well as in person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress.

Next week on Wednesday, February 28 at 4pm we have Dana R. Fisher and Dharna Noor discussing climate change and climate action.

Fisher, a recent Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Kluge Center, is the author of “Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action.” In it, she argues there is a realistic path forward for climate action—but only through mass mobilization that responds to the growing severity and frequency of disastrous events. She assesses the current state of affairs and shows why public policy and private sector efforts have been ineffective and how, spurred by this lack of progress, climate activism has become increasingly confrontational.

Dana R. Fisher is Director of the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity and Professor in the School of International Service at American University. She currently serves as the President of the Eastern Sociological Society, a Non Resident Senior Fellow in the Governance Program at the Brookings Institution, and the chair-elect of the Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Dharna Noor is Fossil Fuels and Climate Reporter at the Guardian US. She has previously reported for The Boston Globe, Earther, Gizmodo, and The Real News.

On Wednesday, March 27 at 4pm we have Kislak Chair Marcy Norton delivering the annual Kislak Lecture on "The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals after 1492" 

In Norton's new book "The Tame and the Wild," she describes the way that Native American and European beliefs about animal life transformed societies on both sides of the Atlantic. In this event, she will discuss the changes wrought by the introduction of European farming to the Americas as well as Native American taming of animals to European colonizers.

Marcy Norton is a historian of the early modern Atlantic World at the University of Pennsylvania, with a focus on Latin America and Spain. Much of her research is guided by two questions: How did colonialism shape the Americas? And how did Native America shape European modernity? Thematically she is most interested in writing history that explores the intersections of environment, embodiment, and thought, concerns that have guided her work on the history of food, drugs, science and inter-species relationships. Her publications include “Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic,” “Subaltern Technologies and Early Modernity in the Atlantic World,” “Tasting Empire: Chocolate and the Internalization of Mesoamerican Aesthetics,” and “The Chicken or the Iegue: Human-Animal Relationships and the Columbian Exchange.”

Free registration is available here and is valid for both virtual and in-person attendance.

Fisher, a recent Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Kluge Center, is the author of “Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action.” In it, she argues there is a realistic path forward for climate action—but only through mass mobilization that responds to the growing severity and frequency of disastrous events. She assesses the current state of affairs and shows why public policy and private sector efforts have been ineffective and how, spurred by this lack of progress, climate activism has become increasingly confrontational.

Dana R. Fisher is Director of the Center for Environment, Community, & Equity and Professor in the School of International Service at American University. She currently serves as the President of the Eastern Sociological Society, a Non Resident Senior Fellow in the Governance Program at the Brookings Institution, and the chair-elect of the Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Dharna Noor is Fossil Fuels and Climate Reporter at the Guardian US. She has previously reported for The Boston Globe, Earther, Gizmodo, and The Real News.

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This event is viewable live today December 11 at 4pm EST, virtually or in-person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Register here whether you intend to watch in-person or virtually. A recording of the event will be available.

Boozari is Associate Professor at Tehran University of Art. His main research interest is the Persian arts in the 19th century. His PhD dissertation (2017) is A Study of the Portraits of Nāser-al-din Shāh in the Thousand and One Nights Manuscript. Over the years, he devoted most of his time and energy to exploring the history of illustration in Iran, the history of the printing industry in Iran, the Persian illustrated lithographed books, and the Persian versions of the Thousand and One Nights.

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This event will take place in person in the Montpelier Room of the Madison Building at the Library of Congress, as well as being broadcast live virtually. Please register on Zoom to watch in-person or virtually.

Smith will discuss the ways that Democratic Party leaders used the heresthetic strategies of strategic voting and dimension manipulation to secure votes in the House and Senate and gain support from key stakeholders in the health care industry. As unexpected events like Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter switching his party affiliation, the death of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, and the victory of Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate special election shaped the course of negotiations, policy options became more and less viable in each legislative chamber, and policymaking strategies shifted frequently. With this example of overcoming stalemate in Congress, Smith argues the methods used prioritized legislative action over policy efficacy.

And on December 11 at 4pm, join the John W. Kluge Center and the Library's African and Middle Eastern Division for "Confluence of Cultures: Lithographed Book Design in 19th Century Iran, India, and Central Asia," with Kluge Fellow Ali Boozari, who is in residence studying Iranian and Indian lithographed books in the Library's collections. Boozari will lead a panel discussion on the topic in conjunction with a display of materials from the collections.

Free registration is available here.

This event is viewable live on December 13 at 4pm EST, virtually or in-person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Register here whether you intend to watch in-person or virtually. A recording of the event will be available.

Boozari is Associate Professor at Tehran University of Art. His main research interest is the Persian arts in the 19th century. His PhD dissertation (2017) is A Study of the Portraits of Nāser-al-din Shāh in the Thousand and One Nights Manuscript. Over the years, he devoted most of his time and energy to exploring the history of illustration in Iran, the history of the printing industry in Iran, the Persian illustrated lithographed books, and the Persian versions of the Thousand and One Nights.

Free registration is available here.

This event will take place in person in the Montpelier Room of the Madison Building at the Library of Congress, as well as being broadcast live virtually. Please register on Zoom to watch in-person or virtually.

Smith will discuss the ways that Democratic Party leaders used the heresthetic strategies of strategic voting and dimension manipulation to secure votes in the House and Senate and gain support from key stakeholders in the health care industry. As unexpected events like Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter switching his party affiliation, the death of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, and the victory of Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate special election shaped the course of negotiations, policy options became more and less viable in each legislative chamber, and policymaking strategies shifted frequently. With this example of overcoming stalemate in Congress, Smith argues the methods used prioritized legislative action over policy efficacy.

And on December 11 at 4pm, join the John W. Kluge Center and the Library's African and Middle Eastern Division for "Confluence of Cultures: Lithographed Book Design in 19th Century Iran, India, and Central Asia," with Kluge Fellow Ali Boozari, who is in residence studying Iranian and Indian lithographed books in the Library's collections. Boozari will lead a panel discussion on the topic in conjunction with a display of materials from the collections.

Free registration is available here.

This event is viewable live on December 13 at 4pm EST, virtually or in-person in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Register here whether you intend to watch in-person or virtually. A recording of the event will be available.

Boozari is Associate Professor at Tehran University of Art. His main research interest is the Persian arts in the 19th century. His PhD dissertation (2017) is A Study of the Portraits of Nāser-al-din Shāh in the Thousand and One Nights Manuscript. Over the years, he devoted most of his time and energy to exploring the history of illustration in Iran, the history of the printing industry in Iran, the Persian illustrated lithographed books, and the Persian versions of the Thousand and One Nights.

The Kluge Center and the American Trust for the British Library will co-host Digital Outreach in the British Library's Asian and African Collections.

British Library curators will share their stories, successes, and challenges using digital media to showcase the Library's Asian and African collections. 

This event will take place in the Mumford Room of the James Madison Building at the Library of Congress. Registration is not required. This event will be in-person only.

British Library curators will share their stories, successes, and challenges using digital media to showcase the Library's Asian and African collections. 

This event will take place in the Whittall Pavilion in the Thomas Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress. Registration is not required. This event will be in-person only.

Thursday, November 16 at 4pm, Join the John W. Kluge Center for an event titled A Big Deal: The Role of Heresthetic in Negotiating the Affordable Care Act of 2010, looking at the history and strategy surrounding the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Kluge Center Director Kevin Butterfield will interview Kluge Fellow in Congressional Policymaking Alex P. Smith, who has extensively studied the negotiation strategies lawmakers used to overcome stalemate in the US Congress and pass a major overhaul of the health care system.

Free registration is available here.

This event will take place in person in the Montpelier Room of the Madison Building at the Library of Congress, as well as being broadcast live virtually. Please register on Zoom to watch in-person or virtually.

Smith will discuss the ways that Democratic Party leaders used the heresthetic strategies of strategic voting and dimension manipulation to secure votes in the House and Senate and gain support from key stakeholders in the health care industry. As unexpected events like Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter switching his party affiliation, the death of Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, and the victory of Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate special election shaped the course of negotiations, policy options became more and less viable in each legislative chamber, and policymaking strategies shifted frequently. With this example of overcoming stalemate in Congress, Smith argues the methods used prioritized legislative action over policy efficacy.

George Chauncey, recipient of the 2022 John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity, released three videos today with the Library of Congress examining the experiences of LGBTQ+ Americans. These are now available to watch on loc.gov and the Library’s YouTube channel.

In “From Sexual Regulation to Antigay Discrimination,” Chauncey is interviewed by Library of Congress Chief Communications Officer Roswell Encina on the history of how LGBTQ+ people in the United States were treated throughout the 20^th century; the ways that their legal, social, and political treatment changed over the years; and the lives that people created for themselves in the shadow of discrimination.

In “Why Marriage Equality Became a Goal,” Chauncey interviews civil rights attorney Mary Bonauto, who has worked on the most significant legal cases dealing with marriage equality over the past 30 years. In this interview, Chauncey and Bonauto discuss the significance of the goal of marriage and why they think both the law and public opinion changed so rapidly as equality became the law of the land.

In “AIDS: A Tragedy and a Turning Point,” Chauncey convened a panel of experts to discuss the AIDS crisis that took the lives of a generation of gay people, including many who were writers and community leaders, even as it also set the stage for changes to come by prompting a new wave of activism and leading to an outpouring of LGBTQ+ people embracing their identities. In the discussion, Chauncey, Deborah Gould, Duane Cramer and Jafari Allen revisit the early history of AIDS and discuss the fear and loss as well as the action and assertiveness that came from that dark time.

Learn more about George Chauncey here and watch his speech upon receiving the John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity here.

About George Chauncey

Chauncey is the first scholar in LGBTQ+ studies to receive the Kluge Prize. He is known for his pioneering 1994 history “Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940,” his 2004 book “Why Marriage? The History Shaping Today’s Debate over Gay Equality,” and his testimony and other work as an expert witness in more than 30 court cases related to LGBTQ+ rights. These include such landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases as Romer v. Evans (1996), Lawrence v. Texas (2003), and the marriage equality cases United States v. Windsor (2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015).

“Gay New York,” released in 1994 during the 25^th anniversary of the LGBTQ+ rights protests at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, looks at the gay community in New York City before World War II, utilizing newspapers, police records, oral histories, diaries and other primary sources to show that there was a much more vibrant and visible gay world than previously believed and to argue that there was a permeable boundary between straight and gay behavior, especially among working-class men. “Gay New York” won numerous prizes for its scholarship including the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize from the Organization of American Historians, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men’s Studies.

“Why Marriage?” draws on Chauncey’s extensive research prepared for court cases in which he provided expert testimony. It traces the history of both gay and anti-gay activism and discusses the origins of the modern struggle for gay marriage.

About the Kluge Prize

The Kluge Prize recognizes individuals whose outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences has shaped public affairs and civil society. Awarded by the Library of Congress to a scholar every two years, the international prize highlights the value of researchers who communicate beyond the scholarly community and have had a major impact on social and political issues. The prize comes with a $500,000 award.

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If you have an application in progress, it must be submitted by 11:59pm ET TODAY or it will be discarded.

Applications are open with a deadline of midnight September 15, 2023, for multiple fellowship positions at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

The Kluge Center exists to further the study of humanity through the use of the large and varied collections of the Library of Congress. All fields and disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, including interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research, are welcome. Fellows hold book borrowing privileges and are in residence with desk space in the historic Thomas Jefferson Building with access to specialized librarians throughout the Library. Applicants may be US citizens or foreign nationals, and foreign nationals will be assisted in obtaining necessary visas.

Click here to begin your applications.

The National Governing Institutions Fellowship supports research on the capacity of US national governing institutions to fulfill their Constitutional responsibilities to the American people. Such research could include the nature of these institutions, their functioning, policy making, structural limitations, adaptation to change, and/or delve into the relationship between the branches. The Fellowship is open not only to scholars in political science, but other disciplines including but not limited to organizational management, history, social science, law, legislative negotiation, etc. Emerging scholars are especially be urged to apply.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality is designed to continue epidemiologist and psychologist David B. Larson's legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of health and spirituality, 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. Fellowships are for a period of up to twelve months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the required venue for your research (maximum 1 paragraph)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Kluge Fellowship hosts 12 scholars each year. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend. Applicants must have received a terminal advanced degree in the last seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or a professional discipline like law or architecture.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• An abstract describing your proposed research (maximum 500 words)
• An explanation of how the Library of Congress and its collections will benefit your work (maximum 1 page, 500 words)
• A completed project proposal including a work plan that identifies project outcomes (maximum 3 pages)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies is open to scholars whose work encompasses digital scholarship, digital humanities, data science, data analysis, data visualization, and digital publishing that utilize digital collections, tools, and methods. The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Digital Studies program. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A complete project proposal, including:
  • A single-paragraph abstract
  • A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
  • An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the appropriate venue for your research and what collections you will utilize, if any (maximum 1 paragraph)
  • Description of your technical approach and/or methodology (maximum 2 paragraphs)
  • A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship allows qualified scholars to conduct research at the Kluge Center using the Geography and Map Division's collections and resources for a period of two months, with a monthly stipend of $5,750.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

For more information, visit the John W. Kluge Center’s website and email scholarly@loc.gov with any questions.

Applications are open with a deadline of September 15, 2023, for multiple fellowship positions at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

The Kluge Center exists to further the study of humanity through the use of the large and varied collections of the Library of Congress. All fields and disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, including interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research, are welcome. Fellows hold book borrowing privileges and are in residence with desk space in the historic Thomas Jefferson Building with access to specialized librarians throughout the Library. Applicants may be US citizens or foreign nationals, and foreign nationals will be assisted in obtaining necessary visas.

Click here to begin your applications.

The National Governing Institutions Fellowship supports research on the capacity of US national governing institutions to fulfill their Constitutional responsibilities to the American people. Such research could include the nature of these institutions, their functioning, policy making, structural limitations, adaptation to change, and/or delve into the relationship between the branches. The Fellowship is open not only to scholars in political science, but other disciplines including but not limited to organizational management, history, social science, law, legislative negotiation, etc. Emerging scholars are especially be urged to apply.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality is designed to continue epidemiologist and psychologist David B. Larson's legacy of promoting meaningful, scholarly study of health and spirituality, 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. Fellowships are for a period of up to twelve months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the required venue for your research (maximum 1 paragraph)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Kluge Fellowship hosts 12 scholars each year. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend. Applicants must have received a terminal advanced degree in the last seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or a professional discipline like law or architecture.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• An abstract describing your proposed research (maximum 500 words)
• An explanation of how the Library of Congress and its collections will benefit your work (maximum 1 page, 500 words)
• A completed project proposal including a work plan that identifies project outcomes (maximum 3 pages)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies is open to scholars whose work encompasses digital scholarship, digital humanities, data science, data analysis, data visualization, and digital publishing that utilize digital collections, tools, and methods. The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Digital Studies program. Fellowships are for a period of up to eleven months with a $5,000 monthly stipend.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
• A complete project proposal, including:
  • A single-paragraph abstract
  • A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
  • An explanation of why the Library of Congress is the appropriate venue for your research and what collections you will utilize, if any (maximum 1 paragraph)
  • Description of your technical approach and/or methodology (maximum 2 paragraphs)
  • A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

The Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship allows qualified scholars to conduct research at the Kluge Center using the Geography and Map Division's collections and resources for a period of two months, with a monthly stipend of $5,750.

Applicants must submit, via our application portal:

• A completed application form, in English
• A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages; additional pages will be discarded)
• A single paragraph abstract
• A statement of proposed research (maximum 3 pages)
• An explanation of why the proposal requires the use of the Geography and Map Division’s map, manuscript, or archival collections (maximum 250 words)
• A bibliography of works you have consulted for your proposal (maximum 3 pages)
• Three letters of reference with completed reference forms from people who have read the research proposal

For more information, visit the John W. Kluge Center’s website and email scholarly@loc.gov with any questions.

The Blumberg Chair is open to scholars and leading thinkers in the fields of philosophy, history, religion, literature, astrobiology, astronomy, planetary science, the history of science, paleontology, earth and atmospheric sciences, geological sciences, ethics, or other related fields. Within the parameters of NASA’s mission, the Blumberg Chair is designed to promote research on astrobiology, exploration, and innovation, with emphasis on their societal implications.

Applications are due October 15, 2023. Find out more information on our website.