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NEH Announces $22.6 Million for 219 Humanities Projects Nationwide
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NEW NEH GRANTS! NEH awards $22.6 million for 219 humanities projects nationwide.
Grants will support curriculum projects on college campuses, public programs at small museums, new digital resources in the humanities, and more. ow.ly/9LfB50UG4xg
Grants will support curriculum projects on college campuses, public programs at small museums, new digital resources in the humanities, and more. ow.ly/9LfB50UG4xg
NEH Announces $34.79 Million in Grants for 97 Humanities Projects tinyurl.com/ympbr56k
NEH Announces $34.79 Million for 97 Humanities Projects
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August 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Check out the now-complete series, featuring 16 women in #philosophy from antiquity to the 20th century, and supported by a grant from @nehgov.bsky.social, at www.philosophytalk.org/wisewomen.
Wise Women - Philosophy Talk
Wise Women is a sixteen-episode series about women in philosophy from antiquity to the twentieth century, generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The first season focuses on hi...
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July 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Check out the now-complete series, featuring 16 women in #philosophy from antiquity to the 20th century, and supported by a grant from @nehgov.bsky.social, at www.philosophytalk.org/wisewomen.
Award-winning Arkansas architect Fay Jones wove natural and organic elements into his designs. With help from an #NEHgov grant, the University of Arkansas is developing an immersive app and kiosks to teach visitors about Jones’s lasting impact on modern architecture. Learn more: ow.ly/f9Y850VpJlx
April 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Award-winning Arkansas architect Fay Jones wove natural and organic elements into his designs. With help from an #NEHgov grant, the University of Arkansas is developing an immersive app and kiosks to teach visitors about Jones’s lasting impact on modern architecture. Learn more: ow.ly/f9Y850VpJlx
The spring 2025 edition of Humanities Magazine is now available! Read more: ow.ly/g9B550Vt2uM
April 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The spring 2025 edition of Humanities Magazine is now available! Read more: ow.ly/g9B550Vt2uM
Beginning in the late 19th century, newspapers started to publish and celebrate April Fools' Days. Browse this guide to historical articles about April Fools pranks and other celebrations of the holiday at the #NEHgrant-funded #ChronAm database of American newspapers: ow.ly/OM0X50VpTsy
April 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Beginning in the late 19th century, newspapers started to publish and celebrate April Fools' Days. Browse this guide to historical articles about April Fools pranks and other celebrations of the holiday at the #NEHgrant-funded #ChronAm database of American newspapers: ow.ly/OM0X50VpTsy
The American Revolution is often seen through the lens of those who fought the battles. Whose Revolution, a new #NEHgov-supported exhibit at the Concord Museum in Concord, Mass., takes a fresh look at the stories of those who experienced it from a different perspective. ow.ly/RH6450VpHth
March 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The American Revolution is often seen through the lens of those who fought the battles. Whose Revolution, a new #NEHgov-supported exhibit at the Concord Museum in Concord, Mass., takes a fresh look at the stories of those who experienced it from a different perspective. ow.ly/RH6450VpHth
Check out the new “Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum” from gallup ARTS.
This #NEHgrant-supported online museum brings together New Deal architecture, Spanish Colonial-style tinwork, Native art and more, from Gallup,NM- a New Deal art hub during the 1930s and 40s.
Learn more: ow.ly/3Scu50Vm9Ou
This #NEHgrant-supported online museum brings together New Deal architecture, Spanish Colonial-style tinwork, Native art and more, from Gallup,NM- a New Deal art hub during the 1930s and 40s.
Learn more: ow.ly/3Scu50Vm9Ou
March 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Check out the new “Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum” from gallup ARTS.
This #NEHgrant-supported online museum brings together New Deal architecture, Spanish Colonial-style tinwork, Native art and more, from Gallup,NM- a New Deal art hub during the 1930s and 40s.
Learn more: ow.ly/3Scu50Vm9Ou
This #NEHgrant-supported online museum brings together New Deal architecture, Spanish Colonial-style tinwork, Native art and more, from Gallup,NM- a New Deal art hub during the 1930s and 40s.
Learn more: ow.ly/3Scu50Vm9Ou
Now on view through Sept. 2 at The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens is the #NEHgov-funded traveling exhibition “Knowing the West”, which examines perceptions of the American West, telling stories of diverse groups who contributed to art and life in and about the West.
Learn more: ow.ly/qxBc50Vm9sv
Learn more: ow.ly/qxBc50Vm9sv
March 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Now on view through Sept. 2 at The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens is the #NEHgov-funded traveling exhibition “Knowing the West”, which examines perceptions of the American West, telling stories of diverse groups who contributed to art and life in and about the West.
Learn more: ow.ly/qxBc50Vm9sv
Learn more: ow.ly/qxBc50Vm9sv
A Save America’s Treasures grant to the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama helped preserve oral history interviews with the surviving Airmen.
Watch “Tuskegee Airmen: Sacrifice and Triumph” here: ow.ly/TwfC50Vm9kT
Watch “Tuskegee Airmen: Sacrifice and Triumph” here: ow.ly/TwfC50Vm9kT
March 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A Save America’s Treasures grant to the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama helped preserve oral history interviews with the surviving Airmen.
Watch “Tuskegee Airmen: Sacrifice and Triumph” here: ow.ly/TwfC50Vm9kT
Watch “Tuskegee Airmen: Sacrifice and Triumph” here: ow.ly/TwfC50Vm9kT
#OTD in 1871, Hawaiian Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Piʻikoi was born. The only member of Congress to have been born into royalty, Prince Kūhiō served as the 2nd elected congressional delegate from the territory of Hawai’i. Read more about his re-election in 1908 via #ChronAm: ow.ly/KJk950Vm8Fu
March 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#OTD in 1871, Hawaiian Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Piʻikoi was born. The only member of Congress to have been born into royalty, Prince Kūhiō served as the 2nd elected congressional delegate from the territory of Hawai’i. Read more about his re-election in 1908 via #ChronAm: ow.ly/KJk950Vm8Fu
Anglo Irish author Maria Edgeworth wrote children’s literature & several novels. With the help of an NEH grant, Wake Forest University collaborated with 3 other universities to digitally publish & archive unpublished letters and correspondence. ow.ly/G8o950Vm8ay
#IrishAmericanHeritageMonth
#IrishAmericanHeritageMonth
March 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Anglo Irish author Maria Edgeworth wrote children’s literature & several novels. With the help of an NEH grant, Wake Forest University collaborated with 3 other universities to digitally publish & archive unpublished letters and correspondence. ow.ly/G8o950Vm8ay
#IrishAmericanHeritageMonth
#IrishAmericanHeritageMonth
As the 1st Black woman elected to Congress & 1st woman to run for president on a major party ticket, Shirley Chisholm left her mark on history. Learn more at the NEH-supported exhibit, "Changing the Face of Democracy: Shirley Chisholm at 100," at the Musem of the City of New York. ow.ly/eW1Z50Vifiw
Changing the Face of Democracy
Explore the life and legacy of barrier-breaking Brooklyn-born politician Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to US Congress.
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March 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
As the 1st Black woman elected to Congress & 1st woman to run for president on a major party ticket, Shirley Chisholm left her mark on history. Learn more at the NEH-supported exhibit, "Changing the Face of Democracy: Shirley Chisholm at 100," at the Musem of the City of New York. ow.ly/eW1Z50Vifiw
The art of Indonesian puppetry, or "wayang," dates to the 9th century. Intricately carved wooden puppets create illusions & nuanced form of theater. With support from an #NEHfellowship, Matthew Cohen from UConn is researching & writing a history of this 1,000-year-old tradition. ow.ly/VcwJ50Vif1k
March 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The art of Indonesian puppetry, or "wayang," dates to the 9th century. Intricately carved wooden puppets create illusions & nuanced form of theater. With support from an #NEHfellowship, Matthew Cohen from UConn is researching & writing a history of this 1,000-year-old tradition. ow.ly/VcwJ50Vif1k
So, um, this is like so hella fire! The #NEHgrant-supported book “Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English,” by linguist Valerie Fridland traces the evolution and innovation of the English language through some of its most despised quirks. ow.ly/OnV850VieSE
March 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
So, um, this is like so hella fire! The #NEHgrant-supported book “Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English,” by linguist Valerie Fridland traces the evolution and innovation of the English language through some of its most despised quirks. ow.ly/OnV850VieSE
Built in the 1420s, Ireland's Kilcolman Castle was refurbished by poet Edmund Spenser in the 1580s.
An NEH grant-supported digital humanities project offers a VR model of the castle during Spenser’s time plus teaching modules with connections between the castle and his writings. ow.ly/xV3G50VielF
An NEH grant-supported digital humanities project offers a VR model of the castle during Spenser’s time plus teaching modules with connections between the castle and his writings. ow.ly/xV3G50VielF
March 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Built in the 1420s, Ireland's Kilcolman Castle was refurbished by poet Edmund Spenser in the 1580s.
An NEH grant-supported digital humanities project offers a VR model of the castle during Spenser’s time plus teaching modules with connections between the castle and his writings. ow.ly/xV3G50VielF
An NEH grant-supported digital humanities project offers a VR model of the castle during Spenser’s time plus teaching modules with connections between the castle and his writings. ow.ly/xV3G50VielF
In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the 1st woman in the U.S. to receive a medical degree. In The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine, NEH Public Scholar Janice P. Nimura chronicles the lives of these two pioneers. ow.ly/6Z8l50VicQV
The Doctors Blackwell
<em>New York Times</em> Bestseller<br /> Finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Biography<br /><br /> 'Janice P. Nimura has resurrected Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell in all their feisty, thrilling,...
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March 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the 1st woman in the U.S. to receive a medical degree. In The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine, NEH Public Scholar Janice P. Nimura chronicles the lives of these two pioneers. ow.ly/6Z8l50VicQV
A new grant program from NEH’s Office of Data and Evaluation will support data-grounded research on the state, impact, and value of the humanities in the United States. Learn more: ow.ly/jjv550VicOi
March 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A new grant program from NEH’s Office of Data and Evaluation will support data-grounded research on the state, impact, and value of the humanities in the United States. Learn more: ow.ly/jjv550VicOi
More than 2 million people fled Ireland during the Great Famine. Cian T. McMahon used an #NEHgov Summer Stipend to research his book, The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea During the Great Irish Famine, documenting the brutal conditions of Irish immigrants on their way to the U.S. ow.ly/pWAY50Vhran
The Coffin Ship
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2022Honorable Mention, Theodore Saloutos Book Award, given by the Immigration and Ethnic History SocietyA vivid, new portra...
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March 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
More than 2 million people fled Ireland during the Great Famine. Cian T. McMahon used an #NEHgov Summer Stipend to research his book, The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea During the Great Irish Famine, documenting the brutal conditions of Irish immigrants on their way to the U.S. ow.ly/pWAY50Vhran
Happy Pi Day! While the number is a mouthful, we're celebrating with a slice of Annie Laura Squalls’ Mile High Pie.
With support from an #NEHgrant, the Southern Food Alliance at the University of Mississippi is preserving stories behind regional recipes. Listen to the podcast: ow.ly/20oq50VcGbh
With support from an #NEHgrant, the Southern Food Alliance at the University of Mississippi is preserving stories behind regional recipes. Listen to the podcast: ow.ly/20oq50VcGbh
Annie Laura Squalls and Her Mile High Pie | Southern Foodways Alliance
Gravy tells how Annie Laura Squalls created the famed Mile High Pie when she was head baker at The Caribbean Room, the in-house restaurant at New Orleans' Pontchartrain Hotel.
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March 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Happy Pi Day! While the number is a mouthful, we're celebrating with a slice of Annie Laura Squalls’ Mile High Pie.
With support from an #NEHgrant, the Southern Food Alliance at the University of Mississippi is preserving stories behind regional recipes. Listen to the podcast: ow.ly/20oq50VcGbh
With support from an #NEHgrant, the Southern Food Alliance at the University of Mississippi is preserving stories behind regional recipes. Listen to the podcast: ow.ly/20oq50VcGbh
Celebrate Women’s History Month with a selection of #NEHgov-supported projects highlighting women’s contributions and achievements in history, culture, and society. ow.ly/6wON50VhaWZ
Virtual Bookshelf: Women’s History Month
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March 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Celebrate Women’s History Month with a selection of #NEHgov-supported projects highlighting women’s contributions and achievements in history, culture, and society. ow.ly/6wON50VhaWZ
Applications for the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program are open! This program is a joint activity of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and #NEHgov. Learn more: ow.ly/xrfN50VcFXX
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Applications for the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program are open! This program is a joint activity of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and #NEHgov. Learn more: ow.ly/xrfN50VcFXX
DEADLINE TODAY! Applications for the Fellowships Open Book Program are DUE TODAY. Learn more: ow.ly/uyGk50VcFTG
March 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
DEADLINE TODAY! Applications for the Fellowships Open Book Program are DUE TODAY. Learn more: ow.ly/uyGk50VcFTG
"Yiddish: A Global Culture," an #NEHgrant-supported exhibition at The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, immerses visitors in 150 years of modern Jewish culture through an interactive display of rare objects, books, family heirlooms, photos, music, videos and more. Read more from WSJ: ow.ly/K0BA50VcCYQ
‘Yiddish: A Global Culture’ Review: A Language in the Spotlight
The Yiddish Book Center’s permanent exhibition offers much to kvell about, including a wide-ranging collection of volumes and tributes to Yiddish theater, music and history.
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March 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"Yiddish: A Global Culture," an #NEHgrant-supported exhibition at The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, immerses visitors in 150 years of modern Jewish culture through an interactive display of rare objects, books, family heirlooms, photos, music, videos and more. Read more from WSJ: ow.ly/K0BA50VcCYQ
With the help of an @neh-odh.bsky.social Digital Humanities Advancement grant, Darren DeFrain and Aaron Rodriguez at Wichita State University are furthering the development of a smartphone app for visually impaired readers. Read more: ow.ly/n11y50VcC8R
WSU professor’s app will help visually impaired read ‘rich visual content’
A Wichita State University professor has received $150,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to further develop his smartphone app.
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March 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
With the help of an @neh-odh.bsky.social Digital Humanities Advancement grant, Darren DeFrain and Aaron Rodriguez at Wichita State University are furthering the development of a smartphone app for visually impaired readers. Read more: ow.ly/n11y50VcC8R
#NEHgov’s Fellowships program is now accepting applications. Fellowships support scholars in conducting #humanities research and producing various written works. Learn more: ow.ly/qpEh50VcBYn
March 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
#NEHgov’s Fellowships program is now accepting applications. Fellowships support scholars in conducting #humanities research and producing various written works. Learn more: ow.ly/qpEh50VcBYn