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Next Generation Humanities PhD

New NEH grant program seeks to transform humanities doctoral programs to connect post-graduate...
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Chronicling America Data Challenge

NEH competition calls upon hackers and data enthusiasts to delve into historic newspapers
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NEH Turns 50

The National Endowment for the Humanities kicks off year-long celebration of the agency’s 50th...
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Who Were the Pilgrims?

New NEH-funded documentary THE PILGRIMS, by Ric Burns, premieres on PBS on November 24
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White House 50th Anniversary Message

President Obama joins NEH in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the National...
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Posted: December 17, 2015

The National Endowment for the Humanities and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announce New Grants to Bring Back Essential Out-of-Print Books

Posted: December 15, 2015

National Endowment for the Humanities Announces $434,864 for “Common Heritage” Community History Projects

Posted: December 14, 2015

NEH Announces $3.6 Million for “Humanities in the Public Square”

Posted: December 10, 2015

NEH Announces $21.8 Million for 295 Humanities Projects

Posted: October 28, 2015

NEH announces Chronicling America Data Challenge

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Posted: December 14, 2015

Last week, NEH Chairman Adams toured Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum, the preeminent regional museum documenting how Asian-Americans and Asian culture have shaped the settlement and development of the Pacific Northwest, from Northwest Asian Weekly.

Posted: December 11, 2015

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida has been awarded with a $500,000 NEH Challenge Grant to support the institution’s shift toward non-traditional public programming using “innovative ways to make scholarship relevant to contemporary issues," from the Florida Times-Union.

Posted: December 9, 2015

Thanks to NEH funding and hosting, the Archaeological Institute of America and ASOR (American Schools of Oriental Research) were able to hold an international summit bringing together leading groups and organizations working to document, preserve and protect cultural artifacts being destroyed or threatened in war-torn Syria and Iraq, from Government Executive.

Posted: December 9, 2015

Nancy Pierce, head librarian at Glenbard North High School in Illinois, has built upon her attendance at an NEH-funded seminar on Mozart to incorporate opera into her school’s curriculum, including registering her school to participate in the New York Metropolitan Opera’s “HD Live in Schools” program, from the Daily Herald.

Posted: December 8, 2015

Sumarsam, a Professor of Music at Wesleyan, has received a $50,400 NEH Fellowship grant to complete his project “Expressing and Contesting Java: Islam through Performing Arms in Indonesia” and Wesleyan’s Humanities Open Book program has been awarded a $100,000 NEH grant to reissue 18 foundational books in dance and theater, from Wesleyan News.

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