Friday, December 05, 2008

Eyecatchers-125: "Dr Romila Thapar wins Kluge Prize!"

Dr Romila Thapar, Emeritus Professor of History, Jawaharlal Nehru University has been chosen for the Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Humanity instituted by the United States Library of Congress. She will receive the one million dollar prize along with Peter Robert Lamont Brown, Professor of History at Princeton University, in a ceremony on December 10 at the Library of Congress.
Source: The Hindu, Madurai, Dec.5, 2008.
Detailed Wikipedia articles on "Kluge Prize" and "Romila Thapar" with her picture:
Grateful thanks to The Hindu and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

No comments:

Post a Comment