Skip to main content
The National Endowment for the Humanities
Close
  • Grants
    • Divisions and Offices
    • Grants Search
    • Manage Your Award
    • NEH's Application Review Process
    • Professional Development
    • Grantee Communications Toolkit
    • NEH Virtual Grant Workshops
  • Our Work
    • Awards & Honors
    • Events
    • Humanities Magazine
    • NEH Resources for Native Communities
    • Search Our Work
  • About
    • Office of Communications
    • Office of Congressional Affairs
    • Budget / Performance
    • Contact NEH
    • Equal Employment Opportunity
    • FOIA
    • History
    • Human Resources
    • Information Quality
    • National Council on the Humanities
    • Office of the Chair
    • Office of the Inspector General
    • Privacy Program
    • State and Jurisdictional Humanities Councils
  • News
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • GovDelivery
The National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Grants
  • News
  • Our Work
  • About
  • Search
Americans and Vietnamese refugees in Hue in 1968
Photo caption

March 1, 1968, Americans and Vietnamese refugees in Hue after one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. Read about the making of The Vietnam War and about new scholarship.

Terry Fincher / Getty Images

Fall 2017
Volume 38, Issue 4

SUBSCRIBE FOR HUMANITIES MAGAZINE PRINT EDITION Browse all issues Sign up for HUMANITIES Magazine newsletter

HUMANITIES: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities

In This Issue

Black and white photograph of two American soldiers in Pleiku, South Vietnam
Studying the Vietnam War

How the scholarship has changed.

Mark Atwood Lawrence
Side profile of Lady Gaga, wearing a black sculptural headdress, reaching her hand around the back of her neck
Addicted to Fame: From the Greeks to Lady Gaga

Today‘s students recognize themselves in Saint Augustine‘s “thirst for praise.”

David Haven Blake
O'hare, wearing a heavy dark overcoat, his hair ruffled by wind, with a cloudy gray sky behind him
Edgar Allan Poe’s Hatchet Jobs

The great short story writer and poet wrote many a book review.

Mark Athitakis
A Still Life of a Tazza with Flowers by Jan Brueghel the Younger.
Philosophers Who Like Stuff

Their case against frugality

Emrys Westacott

Also in this issue

An interview about interviewing with Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein of The Vietnam War

Unlocking the past one person at a time.

Meredith Hindley
On My Obsession with Sherwood Anderson

Revisiting Winesburg, Ohio again and again

Bruce Falconer
A Capote Holiday Story Reminds Us How a Moment Is Suddenly Here and Then Gone
Danny Heitman
A Christmas Carol Was Not His Best Holiday Novel, Charles Dickens Thought
Danny Heitman
How Do You Get Students to Study Ancient Greek on a Modern Campus?
Steve Moyer
Pop Up Archive Filled a Need for Audio Archiving, and Apple Noticed

A service for transcribing and cataloging audio files hits the big time.

Jennifer Howard
One Artist’s Vision of Nebraska, County by County

The European landscape made him think of his home state.

Hannah Niemeier
A Field Trip Near the Twin Cities Brings Understanding of Dakota History
Victoria Cooney
From Facts to Frankenstein: Looking to the Humanities to Support Innovation
Michael Adams
Tools of the Bookbinding Trade Can Be Found in Pennsylvania
Steve Moyer
Stuart Rockoff of Mississippi

In Mississippi, the humanities council takes on tough conversations about history

Sherry Lucas
Building a Bridge Without a Plan

An endangered language and ancient lore allow Quechua communities to cross the Apurímac River in Peru.

Erica Machulak
Editor’s Note
David Skinner

Scam Advisory: Recent reports indicate that individuals are posing as the NEH on email and social media. Report scam

Edsitement! American Tapestry A More Perfect Union Chronicling America: History American Newspapers
  • Grants
    • Search All Grant Programs
    • Manage a Grant
    • Search All Past Awards
  • Our Work
    • Awards & Honors
    • Events
    • Humanities Magazine
    • NEH Resources for Native Communities
    • Search Our Work
  • About
    • Careers & HR
    • Staff Directory
    • Contact Us

National Endowment for the Humanities

400 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20506

202-606-8400

@email

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • GovDelivery
  • FOIA
  • No Fear Act
  • Office of the Inspector General
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
  • Website Disclaimers
  • Open Gov
  • Plain Writing at NEH
  • USA.gov
  • NEH Equity Action Plan
  • Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
  • Vulnerability Disclosure Submission Form
  • Acquisition
  • NEH Return to Building Operational Plan
  • NEH Return to Building FAQs