The 41st Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities
“It All Turns on Affection”
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Monday April 23, 7:30 p.m.
Ticket inquiries 202 606 8446 or info@neh.gov
Explore the Humanities
Websites, apps, and digital projects supported by NEH grants
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Ungoverned Passion
Founding Father and ladies' man Gouverneur Morris flees revolutionary Paris to discover the delights of central Europe.
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The Strange Politics of Gertrude Stein
Was the den mother of modernism a fascist?
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Humanities on the Brain
New collaborations between neuroscientists and humanists look to reunite the "two cultures" of the academy.
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Dating Fashionable Middle-Aged People
A scholar's epic journey to catalog two hundred years of medieval dress.
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Deaf Meets Wonderstruck
An NEH-funded documentary inspires a cinematic novel, one to be seen as well as read.
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Modern Love
Charles and Ray Eames forged a new sensibility while doing everything and nothing.
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Words of America
The final volume of the Dictionary of American Regional English approaches
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Henry James and the American Idea
The Atlantic Monthly helped establish the expatriate author as a literary great.
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The Well-Wrought Textbook
The making of the midcentury English department classic, Understanding Poetry.
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The Right to Love
The freedom to marry across racial lines was tested by a shy Virginia couple, who were very much in love.
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Audubon the Writer
The celebrated bird portraitist was also a great artist of the written word.
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A Diplomatic Education
Early in the Civil War, the Union narrowly avoided war with Britain.
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The Everlasting Bible
New translations of the Bible have sought to make it accessible to everyone.
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All the Art
The records division at the Frick continues working toward the great goal of its founder.
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The Islamic Scholar Who Gave Us Modern Philosophy
Averroës' writings on Aristotle shaped Western philosophy as we know it.
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Zora's Place
To understand her, you need to understand Eatonville—and vice versa.
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Public Parking
Frederick Law Olmsted designed pastoral escapes for the urban masses.
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Reading the Civil War
The moral and political dilemmas of the time seem so clear in retrospect.
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"Moving and Memorable"
The complete poems of Philip Larkin
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California's Cold War Museum
All things communist -- from the Berlin Wall to Soviet tchotchkes -- find a home at the Wende.
