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Magazine Article

Historian Gertrude Himmelfarb

First published in the May/June 1991 issue of Humanities magazine.

An interview by Lynne V. Cheney

Magazine Article

Revisiting Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon

Until recently, the legendary Cold War novel was known only through its English translation

Michael Scammell

Blog

Humanities on the Move: NEH projects around the country, January through March 2020

Division of Public Programs

December 19, 2019

Magazine Article

“Ornament of the World” and the Jews of Spain

Jane S. Gerber

Blog

NEH Announces Open Access Grant Program for Fellowship Books

Office of Digital Humanities

December 11, 2019

Blog

Challenging America in “The First Frontier”: The American Dream

Office of Challenge Programs

November 26, 2019

Award/Honor

The Claremont Institute

National Humanities Medal

2019

Award/Honor

Teresa Lozano Long

National Humanities Medal

2019

Award/Honor

Patrick J. O’Connell

National Humanities Medal

2019

Award/Honor

James Patterson

National Humanities Medal

2019

Magazine Article

Patrick O’Connell

2019 National Humanities Medalist

Amy Lifson

Magazine Article

James Patterson

2019 National Humanities Medalist

Steve Moyer

Magazine Article

Teresa Lozano Long

2019 National Humanities Medalist

David Skinner

Magazine Article

The Claremont Institute

2019 National Humanities Medalist

David Skinner

Blog

Planning Your Next DHAG 3: Managing and Sustaining the Project Assets

Office of Digital Humanities

November 4, 2019

Blog

2020 Summer Seminars and Institutes, and Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops

Division of Education Programs

November 1, 2019

Magazine Article

I, Humanist

Returning to the roots of the liberal arts.

Dabney Park

Magazine Article

Wendell Berry in the Library of America

The great writer from Kentucky (and former Jefferson Lecturer) is published in the Library of America

Danny Heitman

Magazine Article

Radio Broadcasts Local Stories

Lucius Reibel

Magazine Article

Ka‘iulani Haunts Empire in Waikīkī

Stephanie Nohelani Teves

Magazine Article

Documents of Yiddish Life

David Skinner

Magazine Article

Herculaneum Scrolls

Meredith Hindley

Magazine Article

Dead Sea Scrolls

Michael F. Bishop

Magazine Article

Early Buddhist Manuscripts

Jennifer Howard

Magazine Article

First Draft of the King James Bible

An interview with Jeffrey Alan Miller

David Skinner

Magazine Article

Zaydi Manuscript Tradition

Erica Machulak

Magazine Article

Finding the Words

New technology and new thinking are helping Native American communities revitalize their languages

Xiaxun Ding

Magazine Article

Editor’s Note

David Skinner

Magazine Article

Coptic Language Manuscripts

Alex Stern

Magazine Article

The Complicated Role of the Modern Public Library

Something for everyone

Jennifer Howard