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News from the John W. Kluge Center:Applications are now open for Kluge Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

Applications are now open for Kluge Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.

Twelve Kluge Fellowships are awarded each year through a competitive selection process. Kluge Fellowships are offered for a period of four to eleven months.

Since the inception of the Kluge Center, dozens of Kluge Fellows have gone on to distinguished academic careers; many have made lasting contributions as public intellectuals. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Fellowship program. The fellowship is open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences with special consideration given to those whose projects demonstrate relevance to contemporary challenges.

Apply here. And check the fellowship requirements and eligibility information here.

The application deadline is currently set for July 15. Please email scholarly@loc.gov if you are applying for this fellowship and having trouble meeting the deadline due to the crisis surrounding the covid-19 epidemic. Kluge staff will be in touch with you.




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Aurangabad train mishap: Mortal remains of 16 migrant labourers sent to MP

The mortal remains of the 16 migrant labourers, who were killed after a goods train ran over them in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad on Friday, had been sent to their native state Madhya Pradesh on a special train.




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Sub-Inspector, 4 Naxals killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh; 1 AK-47 rifle, 1 SLR weapon seized

One Chhattisgarh Police Sub Inspector (SI) lost his life and 4 banned CPI-M Maoists were killed in an encounter near Pardhoni village under Manpur police station limits on Saturday.




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NHRC issues notice to Maharashtra govt over deaths of migrant workers in Aurangabad train mishap, seeks details

Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports, the Commission has directed State Chief Secretary and District Magistrate of Aurangabad to submit a detailed report within four weeks.




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Two held in Shamli for 'objectionable' WhatsApp post against PM Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi

A case was registered against the two men under Sections 67 and 67A of the Information Technology Act and Indian Penal Code Sections 500




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Protests in Visakhapatnam over gas leak incident, locals demand closure of LG Polymers chemical plant

The incident took place even as state Director General of Police DG Sawang was inspecting the vapour leak spot and talking to the management on the measures taken to restore normalcy.




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Political Geography: A Critical Introduction


 

Brings political geography to life—explores key concepts, critical debates, and contemporary research in the field. 

Political geography is the study of how power struggles both shape and are shaped by the places in which they occur—the spatial nature of political power. PoliticalGeography: A Critical Introduction helps students understand how power is related to space, place, and territory, illustrating how everyday life and the world of global conflict



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Image Beyond the Screen: Projection Mapping


 

Videomapping with its use of digital images is an audiovisual format that has gained traction with the creative industries. It consists of projecting images onto diverse surfaces, according to their geometric characteristics. It is also synonymous with spatial augmented reality, projection mapping and spatial correspondence.

Image Beyond the Screen lays the foundations for a field of interdisciplinary study, encompassing the audiovisual, humanities



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Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: An International Perspective


 

Provides multidisciplinary coverage of stalking behavior worldwide from both academic and practical approaches

Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: The International Perspective is a thorough, up-to-date overview of stalking perpetration and victimization in different regions of the world. This authoritative book brings together contributions from a team of leading scholars and practitioners that discuss a diverse range of interrelated



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Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: An International Perspective


 

Provides multidisciplinary coverage of stalking behavior worldwide from both academic and practical approaches

Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: The International Perspective is a thorough, up-to-date overview of stalking perpetration and victimization in different regions of the world. This authoritative book brings together contributions from a team of leading scholars and practitioners that discuss a diverse range of interrelated



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Quantum Brownian Motion Revisited: Extensions and Applications.

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Optical thin films and coatings: from materials to applications / edited by Angela Piegari and François Flory

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Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Condensed Matter Physics: RACMP-2018: conference date, 12-13 October 2018: location, Kurukshetra, India / editors, R. K. Moudgil, Annu Sharma and Manish K. Kashyap

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Quantum versus classical mechanics and integrability problems: towards a unification of approaches and tools / Maciej Błaszak

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The Quantum Mechanics Solver: How to Apply Quantum Theory to Modern Physics / by Jean-Louis Basdevant, Jean Dalibard

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Nanoparticle design and characterization for catalytic applications in sustainable chemistry / edited by Rafael Luque and Pepijn Prinsen

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Nanophotonics, Nanooptics, Nanobiotechnology, and Their Applications: Selected Proceedings of the 6th International Conference Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials (NANO2018), August 27-30, 2018, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Introduction to optical and optoelectronic properties of nanostructures / Vladimir V. Mitin, Viacheslav A. Kochelap, Mitra Dutta, Michael A. Stroscio

Hayden Library - QC176.8.N35 M58 2019




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Multidimensional Periodic Schrödinger Operator: Perturbation Theory and Applications.

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Mott insulators: physics and applications / Sindhunil Barman Roy

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Collapse of the wave function: models, ontology, origin, and implications / edited by Shan Gao, Shanxi University

Hayden Library - QC174.26.W3 C65 2018




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Applied Physics of Condensed Matter (APCOM 2019): conference date, 19-21 June 2019: location, Strbske Pleso, Slovak Republic / editors, Jozef Sitek, Ján Vajda and Igor Jamnický

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Proceedings of PPS-33: the 33rd International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society: conference papers: conference date, 10-14 December 2017: location, Cancun, Mexico / editors, Octavio Manero and Fausto Calderas

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High-Energy Processes in Condensed Matter (HEPCM 2019): proceedings of the XXVI Conference on High-Energy Processes in Condensed Matter, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of S.A. Chaplygin: conference date, 3-5 April 2019: location, Novosibi

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The theory and applications of instanton calculations / Manu Paranjape (Université de Montréal)

Hayden Library - QC174.17.M35 P36 2017




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Applied general relativity: theory and applications in astronomy, celestial mechanics and metrology / Michael H. Soffel, Wen-Biao Han

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AdS3/CFT2 and holographic entanglement entropy / Jie-qiang Wu

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Parabolic wave equations with applications / Michael D. Collins, William L. Siegmann

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Atomicity through fractal measure theory: mathematical and physical fundamentals with applications / Alina Gavriluţ, Ioan Mercheş, Maricel Agop

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Introductory solid state physics with MATLAB applications / Javier E. Hasbun, Trinanjan Datta

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Holographic quantum matter / Sean A. Hartnoll, Andrew Lucas, and Subir Sachdev

Barker Library - QC173.457.H65 H37 2018




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Particle adhesion: applications and advances / edited by David J. Quesnel, Ronald S. Rimai and Louis H. Sharpe

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Quantum field theory: Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism and its applications / Pavel Mnev

Hayden Library - QC174.45.M635 2019




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Carbon nanotubes, graphene, and emerging 2D materials for electronic and photonic devices IX: 28-31 August 2016, San Diego, California, United States / Manijeh Razeghi [and three others], editors ; sponsored by SPIE

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Magnetorheological materials and their applications / edited by Seung-Bok Choi and Weihua Li

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Reduced GATE score, lateral entry option for PM Research Fellowship applicants: HRD Ministry

The National Institutes of Technology (NITs) among the top 25 institutions as per NIRF ranking will also be eligible to grant the fellowship. The scheme announced in the 2018-19 Budget is aimed at improving the quality of research in various higher educational institutions in the country.




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etting tired of your friends [electronic resource] : the dynamics of venture capital relationships / Qianqian Du, Thomas F. Hellmann

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019




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Crimes Unspoken: The Rape of German Women at the End of the Second World War


The soldiers who occupied Germany after the Second World War were not only liberators: they also brought with them a new threat, as women throughout the country became victims of sexual violence. In this disturbing and carefully researched book, the historian Miriam Gebhardt reveals for the first time the scale of this human tragedy, which continued long after the hostilities had ended.

Discussion in recent years of the rape of German women committed

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AP U.S. History Prep


 

You’ve studied the history, but are you ready for the test?

The AP U.S. History exam is notoriously tough. This Wiley Prep guide will help you maximize your score and earn the college credits you’ve been working for all year. AP U.S. History Prep explains exactly how your test responses will be scored. You’ll also learn strategies for answering multiple choice questions as quickly and accurately as possible, even if you aren’t sure of the answers.



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Urban composite development index for 17 Shandong cities: ranking and simulation analysis based on China's five development concepts / Tan Khee Giap [and four others]

Rotch Library - HT384.C62 S428 2018




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Smart cities, green technologies and intelligent transport systems: 7th International Conference, SMARTGREENS, and 4th International Conference, VEHITS 2018, Funchal-Madeira, Portugal, March 16-18, 2018: revised selected papers / Brian Donnellan, Cornel K

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Which way to livable and productive cities?: a road map for Sub-Saharan Africa / Kirsten Hommann and Somik V. Lall

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Transit-oriented displacement or community dividends?: understanding the effects of smarter growth on communities / Karen Chapple and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

Rotch Library - HT241.C424 2019




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Future Cities Laboratory / Stephen Cairns, Devisari Tunas (ed.), ETH Zürich / Singapore - ETH Centre

Rotch Library - HT166.F892 2019




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Urban ethics under conditions of crisis: politics, architecture, landscape sustainability and multidisciplinary engineering / editors, Konstantinos Moraitis, Stamatina Th. Rassia

Rotch Library - HT167.U715 2019




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Amsterdam Human Capital.

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Urban world history: an economic and geographical perspective / Luc-Normand Tellier

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Uneven urbanscape: spatial structures and ethnoracial inequality / Paul M. Ong, Silvia R. Gonzalez

Rotch Library - HT151.O67 2019




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Coastal ecosystems of the tropics -- adaptive management / Velmurugan Ayyam, Swarnam Palanivel, Sivaperuman Chandrakasan

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A future of polycentric cities: how urban life, land supply, smart technologies and sustainable transport are reshaping cities / Cole Hendrigan

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