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Hear from a recent scholar-in-residence about his experience at the John W. Kluge Center. Kluge Fellow, Dr. Robin Kornman, a noted Buddhist scholar who worked on a translation of the Epic of Gesar of Ling, discusses his time at the Library of Congress with Robert Saladini of the John W. Kluge Center.
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Resident Scholars
Maroun Aouad, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, 2008, Director of Research, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, “Philosophy of public discourse in Medieval Islam and its modern political debates.”
Johanna Bockman, Kluge Fellow, 2008, George Mason University, “The socialist origins of neoliberalism.”
Adam Burns, British Research Council Fellow, 2008, University of Edinburgh, “Race, immigration and U.S. imperialism: William Howard Taft and East Asian policy, 1900-1921.”
Marcy Dinius, Kluge Fellow, 2008, University of Delaware, “The role of the daguerreotype in the literature, rhetoric, and visual culture of American abolition, 1833-1860.”
Monica Dominguez Torres, Kluge Fellow, 2008, University of Delaware, "Armorials of the Anahuac: The Production, Regulation and Comsumption of Indigenous Heraldy in 16th Century Mexico."
Petr Eltsov, Kluge Fellow, 2008, Freie Universität, Berlin, "Rejecting the State: A Study of the Harappan society from the point of view of archaological data and ancient Indian sociopolitical theory."
Christine Johnson, Kluge Fellow, Washington University, "The German nation of the Holy Roman Empire, 1440-1556."
Agnes Kefeli, Kluge Fellow, Arizona State University, "The contest over education and civic identity: Islam, Christianity, and Secularism in Post-Soviet Tatarstan."
Don Leggett, British Research Council Fellow, 2008, University of Kent, “What shapes a ship?: The cultural construction of U.S. naval science, 1880-1914.”
Jacqueline Messing, Kislak Fellow in American Studies, 2008, University of South Florida, “Identity, ideology and social change in 16th century Tlaxcala.”
Linda Morenus, Kluge Staff Fellow, 2008, “Color printing in the Italian
16th-17th century chiaroscuro woodcuts of the Library of Congress’
Pembroke Album: the relation between the artist’s technique and style.”
Article: Linda Stiber Morenus Selected Kluge Staff Fellow
Kelly Pemberton, David B. Larson Fellow in Health and Spirituality, 2008, George Washington University, “Women and the institutionalization of Islamic medical knowledge.”
Bohdan Piasecki, British Research Council Fellow, 2008, Warwick University, “Contemporary Polish poetry in English translation in the U.S.: A study of the critical reception in newspapers and journals published after 1980.”
Marcia Ristaino, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, 2008, US-China Policy Foundation, “Chinese cartoonist and caricaturist Ding Cong.”
Natalie Sappleton, British Research Council Fellow, 2008, Manchester Metropolitan University, “Occupational segregation and entrepreneurial segregation in the U.S.: Exploring the links.”
Zachary Schrag, Kluge Fellow, George Mason University, "History of riot control from the 1870s to the present in America"
Srividhya Swaminathan, Kluge Fellow, 2008, Long Island University, "In service of commerce: British arguments for slavery in the era before abolition, 1660-1790."
Letty Ten Harkel, British Research Council Fellow, 2008, University of Sheffield, “Lincoln (UK) in the Viking age: A town in context.”
Matthew Thompson, British Research Council Fellow, 2008, Kingston
University, “A model for demonstration: Architecture and marching on
the city.”