John W. Kluge Center
| Founder(s) | John Kluge, James H. Billington |
|---|---|
| Established | 2000 |
| Mission | To bring together scholars and researchers from around the world to stimulate and energize one another, to distill wisdom from the Library's rich resources, and to interact with policymakers and the public. |
| Focus | Humanities, social sciences, politics, foreign policy, astrobiology |
| Faculty | appx 100 scholars per year |
| Staff | 6 |
| Key people | John Kluge, James H. Billington, Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Robert Gallucci, Jason Steinhauer, Mary Lou Reker, Dan Turello, Travis Hensley |
| Endowment | $60 million |
| Location | 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, D.C., United States |
| Website | www |
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress invites and welcomes scholars to the Library of Congress to conduct research and interact with policymakers and the public. It also manages the Library of Congress Kluge Scholars' Council and administers the Kluge Prize.
Established in 2000 within the restored Thomas Jefferson Building, the Center is named for its benefactor, John W. Kluge who donated $60 million to support an academic center where accomplished senior scholars and junior post-doctoral fellows might gather to make use of the Library's collections and to interact with members of Congress.
In addition, his gift established a $1 million Kluge Prize to be given in recognition of a lifetime of achievement in the human sciences.
The Kluge Center invites three levels of scholars: senior scholars, post-doctoral fellows, and doctoral candidates. Past scholars have included Václav Havel, Jaroslav Pelikan, John Hope Franklin, Robert V. Remini, Romila Thapar, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Abdolkarim Soroush, David Grinspoon, Steven J. Dick, and Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick among many.
The Kluge Center hosts frequent public lectures, conferences, symposia and other scholarly events based on the work of its scholars.
The Kluge Center was founded in 2000 with a gift to the Library of Congress by philanthropist John W. Kluge. The gift was announced on October 5, 2000, in a joint press conference by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), then Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, Rep. Bill Thomas (R-California), then Vice-Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, and James H. Billington, then the Librarian of Congress. The Center opened in summer 2002, welcoming its first scholars in July and August.
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