jo News from the John W. Kluge Center: Happening TOMORROW: Fergus Bordewich on Congress at War By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:57:48 -0500 Tomorrow, join the John W. Kluge Center for an Author Salon with Fergus M. Bordewich on Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America. Get your free tickets here. On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Fergus M. Bordewich will be interviewed by Becky Brasington Clark, director of the Library of Congress Publishing Office about the role of Congress during the Civil War. A reception will follow the discussion. Get your free tickets here. The event is free, but tickets are recommended. Visit the event ticketing site for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed. Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov Full Article
jo News from the John W. Kluge Center: Applications Now Open for New Fellowship in Congressional Policymaking By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 13:15:47 -0500 Applications are now open for the Library of Congress Fellowship in Congressional Policymaking. Negotiation is vital to public policymaking in the U.S. Congress. In fact, legislative productivity is dependent on effective legislative negotiations, given the complexities of our system of separated branches with a bicameral legislature. In an effort to support scholarship in this area, the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress invites qualified scholars to apply for a post-doctoral fellowship in the field of congressional policymaking, with a special focus on legislative negotiations. Apply here. And check the fellowship requirements and eligibility information here. The application deadline is currently set for June 15, but we will be revisiting this deadline as the COVID-19 situation develops. Please respond to this email if you are currently applying or interested in applying for this fellowship and are having trouble meeting the deadline. Kluge staff will be in touch with you. The fellowship program is made possible by generous support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Full Article
jo News from the John W. Kluge Center: In the Know - A Newsletter of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:22:36 -0500 In the Know A Newsletter of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress We at the Kluge Center extend our heartfelt support for all affected by this outbreak and recognize the need for connection in these difficult times. In that spirit, we introduce this newsletter to our supporters and friends who may be missing the intellectual stimulation of our panel discussions and author salons. Below please find helpful links to resources for viewing past discussions, blog posts, and updates for current fellowship applications. We will also use this newsletter to announce upcoming events. If you know others who may also be interested in our activities, please forward this email their way. As always, the Kluge Center remains committed to bringing the best in publicly engaged conversations your way. Be well, and let’s keep the conversation going. JH, Director Insights: The Kluge Center’s Blog It’s a great time to check out the Kluge Center’s blog. We’ve recently published a Women’s History Month look at scholars in residence, an interview with a scholar of the history of energy security and energy policy in the US, and one post in which several scholars shared their most interesting recent finds at the Library. Fellowship Applications: We are still processing fellowship applications, and will be assessing whether deadline extensions are appropriate. Please respond to this email if you are currently applying or interested in applying for a fellowship and are having trouble meeting the deadline. Kluge staff will be in touch with you. Currently open applications: Kluge Staff FellowshipUpdated Deadline: May 1 Philip Lee Phillips Society FellowshipCurrent Deadline: April 15 David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and SpiritualityCurrent Deadline: May 1 Library of Congress Fellowship in Congressional PolicymakingCurrent Deadline: June 15 Events: Public events are currently postponed. Watch this space for updates as we continue monitoring the situation and decide when it is appropriate to begin scheduling in-person public events. In the meantime, dozens of videos of our past events are available on the Library of Congress Youtube. Social Media: Be sure to follow our Twitter account to get all the latest on our blog posts, open applications, and any future events. We Want to Hear From You: Do you have thoughts on what would make an interesting blog post? What about an idea for event programming when public events are back up and running? Please reply to this email or contact Andrew Breiner at abreiner@loc.gov. Full Article
jo News from the John W. Kluge Center: Applications Open April 15 for Kluge Fellowships By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:21:07 -0500 Applications open next Wednesday, April 15 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. You will be able to apply here. And in the meantime check the fellowship requirements and eligibility information here. The application deadline is currently set for July 15, but we will be revisiting this deadline as the COVID-19 situation develops. Please email scholarly@loc.gov if you are currently applying or interested in applying for this fellowship and are having trouble meeting the deadline. Kluge staff will be in touch with you. Full Article
jo 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 By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:33:19 -0500 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. Full Article
jo News from the John W. Kluge Center: In the Know, The Newsletter of the John W. Kluge Center By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 11:37:56 -0500 In the Know #2: The Newsletter of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress We at the Kluge Center continue to extend our heartfelt support for all affected by this outbreak. This newsletter is for supporters and friends who may be missing the intellectual stimulation of our panel discussions and author salons. Below please find helpful links to resources for viewing past discussions, blog posts, updates for current fellowship applications, and information on virtual events. If you know others who may also be interested in our activities, please forward this email their way. As always, the Kluge Center remains committed to bringing the best in publicly engaged conversations your way. Be well, and let’s keep the conversation going. John Haskell, Director of the Kluge Center Events: We’re pleased to announce our first virtual event, a Conversation on the Future of Democracy with Yuval Levin. It will go live on the Library of Congress Engage! page on May 13 at 2pm. Levin, a distinguished scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies, will be interviewed by Kluge Center Director John Haskell. They will be discussing Levin's new book, A Time to Build, which is a fascinating look at the importance of formative institutions in society, their deterioration in recent decades, and practical steps to begin addressing the problem. Get your free tickets here, and check this link on or after May 13, 2pm to watch the event. We have more virtual events in store, so keep watching this space. Research Guides: Research guides are a great way to get to know Kluge Center Chairs, and their current and past holders. Check out our guide to the Chair in American Law and Governance, most recently Andrea Campbell. You can learn about Campbell’s work on the US welfare state, then go back and learn about past chair William Julius Wilson. Then take a look at our guide to the NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation, and learn about current chair Susan Schneider’s work on artificial intelligence. Kluge Kudos and Media Mentions Bruce Jentleson Receives Duke Alumni Teaching Award William and Mary's Michelle Lelièvre Named ACLS Burkhardt Fellow University of Michigan's Gabriel Mendlow Named ACLS Burkhardt Fellow David Ignatius reviews Thomas Rid's new book, Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare in The Washington Post. Rid will join the Kluge Center as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the fall. Constanze Stelzenmüller writing on COVID 19 impact on governing in Germany for Lawfare and on how women leaders around the world govern during the pandemic in The Washington Post: Insights: The Kluge Center’s Blog There’s more than ever to read on the Kluge Center’s blog. You can read about how Kluge Center China experts view the relationship between the US, China, and the European Union, and how data and surveillance fits into the US-China relationship as well. Make sure to take a moment to pause for art with 2018 Kluge Prize recipient Drew Gilpin Faust. And with Earth Day recently gone by, look back to a great event we held last year on the famous Earthrise photograph and its connection to the environmental movement. Read about the first woman filmmaker at the turn of the century. Finally, you can look to the Kluge Center’s future with the announcement of our new cohort of Kluge Fellows. Fellowship Applications: We are still processing fellowship applications, and will be assessing whether deadline extensions are appropriate. Please respond to this email if you are currently applying or interested in applying for a fellowship and are having trouble meeting the deadline. Kluge staff will be in touch with you. Currently open applications: Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship Updated Deadline: May 15 David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality Updated Deadline: June 1 Library of Congress Fellowship in Congressional Policymaking Current Deadline: June 15 Social Media: Be sure to follow our Twitter account to get all the latest on our blog posts, open applications, and any future events. We Want to Hear From You: Do you have thoughts on what would make an interesting blog post? What about an idea for event programming when public events are back up and running? Please reply to this email or contact Andrew Breiner at abreiner@loc.gov. Full Article
jo News from the John W. Kluge Center:Join us for a Conversation on the Future of Democracy with Yuval Levin By content.govdelivery.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 11:07:57 -0500 On May 13, join the John W. Kluge Center for the first in our Conversations on the Future of Democracy series featuring Yuval Levin, who will be discussing his new book, A Time to Build, a look at the critical importance of formative institutions in society, their deterioration in recent decades, and practical steps to begin addressing the problem. Find the event on May 13 at the Library’s showcase for everything you can access while the doors are closed: Library of Congress: Engage! And sign up for a free ticket to get a reminder when the event happens. Yuval Levin is a distinguished scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies. Levin is also the editor-in-chief of National Affairs. Also, we’ve got a packed schedule of virtual events lined up, so stay tuned for more. Full Article
jo Chhattisgarh's first CM Ajit Jogi suffers cardiac arrest, put on ventilator, condition serious By Published On :: Saturday, May 09, 2020, 16:46 +0530 A bureaucrat-turned politician, Ajit Jogi had served as the first CM of Chhattisgarh from November 2000 to November 2003 in then Congress government, after the state came into existence. Full Article
jo Magnonics / Abdellatif Akjouj [and six others] By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 09:34:13 EDT Barker Library - QC176.A35 2019 Full Article
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jo Peers and Politics, c. 1650 - 1850: Essays in Honour of Clyve Jones By www.wiley.com Published On :: 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z A collection of essays in honour of Clyve Jones who has made an incomparable contribution to our understanding of the history of the Westminster house of lords – its politics, procedures and business – and to the history of the English and Scottish peerage more generally Read More... Full Article
jo Urban spaces in nineteenth-century Ireland / edited by Georgina Laragy, Olwen Purdue and Jonathan Jeffrey Wright By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 06:00:02 EDT Rotch Library - HT145.I7 U77 2018 Full Article
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jo Shaping cities in an urban age / [a joint project of the] London School of Economics and Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft ; edited by Ricky Burdett and Philipp Rode By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 06:00:02 EST Rotch Library - HT361.S4963 2018 Full Article
jo Mega cities, mega challenge: informal dynamics of global change: insights from Dhaka, Bangladesh and Pearl River Delta, China / Frauke Kraas, Kirsten Hackenbroch, Harald Sterly, Jost Heintzenberg, Peter Herrle and Volker Kreibich (eds.) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 06:00:02 EST Rotch Library - HT169.B342 D435 2019 Full Article
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jo A research agenda for regeneration economies: reading city-regions / edited by John R. Bryson, Lauren Andres, Rachel Mulhall By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 06:00:02 EST Rotch Library - HT321.R47 2018 Full Article
jo The communication ecology of 21st century urban communities / Yong-Chan Kim, Matthew D. Matsaganis, Holley A. Wilkin, and Joo-Young Jung, editors By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 06:00:02 EST Rotch Library - HT153.C5947 2018 Full Article
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jo Cities & the Sea: Port City Planning in Early Modern Europe / Josef W. Konvitz By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 8 Mar 2020 06:00:02 EDT Online Resource Full Article
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jo New World cities: challenges of urbanization and globalization in the Americas / edited by John Tutino & Martin V. Melosi By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 06:00:01 EDT Rotch Library - HT153.N49 2019 Full Article
jo Tchaikovsky: the man revealed / John Suchet By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 06:08:17 EST STACK BOOKS ML410.C4 S8 2019 Full Article
jo Artificial intelligence in education: 17th International Conference, AIED 2015, Madrid, Spain, June 22-26, 2015. Proceedings / Cristina Conati, Neil Heffernan, Antonija Mitrovic, M. Felisa Verdejo (eds.) By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 06:17:38 EDT Online Resource Full Article
jo Passage through the threshold of technological change: insights into leading qualities of a teacher / Elizabeth Majocha By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 06:17:38 EDT Online Resource Full Article
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jo Visible learning and the science of how we learn / John Hattie and Gregory C.R. Yates By library.mit.edu Published On :: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 06:16:31 EDT Hayden Library - LB1067.5.H36 2014 Full Article
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