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Now accepting applications: NEH's Landmarks of American History and Culture and Summer Institutes for K-12 Educators and Higher Education grant programs.

Apply by June 25 to hold a summer professional development program for humanities educators. www.neh.gov/grants

William English Appointed Acting NEH Chairman

NEH is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Acting Chairman, William English. shorturl.at/DqfS7

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DEADLINE | Applications for Fellowships, Public Scholars, Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan, and Awards for Faculty at HBCUs are due TODAY!

Visit neh.gov/grants for more information.

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NEH's new Curriculum Development: Western Civilization grant program is now accepting applications!

Deadline to apply is June 25, 2026. Learn more at neh.gov/grants.

Grant Deadline of April 22, 2026 for Fellowships, Public Scholars, Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan, and Awards for Faculty at Historically Black Colleges & Universities

REMINDER: Applications for Fellowships, Public Scholars, Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan, and Awards for Faculty at HBCUs are now open!

Deadline to apply is April 22. Learn more at neh.gov/grants or go to grants.gov to apply.

A Message from the Blue and White in the Red, White, and Blue In this year’s Jefferson Lecture, Ruth Wisse delivers a love letter to her adoptive country and a warning to her fellow citizens.

In this year’s Jefferson Lecture, Ruth Wisse delivers a love letter to her adoptive country and a warning to her fellow citizens.

52nd Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities YouTube video by National Endowment for the Humanities

ICYMI | Ruth Wisse delivered her Jefferson Lecture, “A Message from the ‘Blue and White’ in the ‘Red, White, and Blue’” on March 25, 2026, at the Trump Kennedy Center. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlgU...

NEH Jefferson Lecture Ruth R. Wisse, scholar of Yiddish literature and Jewish literature and culture, delivers the 52nd National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, “A Message from the ‘...

TONIGHT! Join us online as Dr. Ruth Wisse delivers the 52nd Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. She will deliver her lecture “A Message from the ‘Blue and White’ in the ‘Red, White, and Blue’” beginning at 7 p.m. which will stream live: shorturl.at/C0mcD

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NEH's Media Projects grant program is accepting applications!

Deadline to apply is June 25, 2026.

Learn more: www.neh.gov/grants

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NEH's new Collections Stewardship grant program is accepting applications.

Deadline to apply is May 11, 2026. Learn more at neh.gov/grants.

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Applications for Fellowships, Public Scholars, Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan, and Awards for Faculty at HBCUs are now open!

Deadline to apply is April 22. Learn more at www.neh.gov/grants

NEH awards $75.1 million in grants to 84 humanities projects, including research, education, and public programs on the U.S. 250th anniversary. tinyurl.com/3a37thbk

NEH Announces $34.79 Million for 97 Humanities Projects

NEH Announces $34.79 Million in Grants for 97 Humanities Projects tinyurl.com/ympbr56k

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...

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.

Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas lit up at dusk surrounded by barren trees and snow on the ground.

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

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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

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

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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

A beaded luggage case with a blue background; there are several people standing next to hanging baskets and working with horses. In the foreground are hanging blankets in front of a teepee. Around the border are several horses in different colors: brown, yellow, white, and blue.

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

A movie poster for "The Tuskegee Airmen: Sacrifice and Triumph". There are five men wearing brown jumpsuits walking across a field, with military tanks in the background. Above them are airplanes and the tag line "Victory At Home. Victory Abroad".

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

Front page of the Honolulu Sunday Advertiser in 1908.

#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

Portrait of Maria Edgeworth by John Downs circa 1807.

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

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.

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

The book cover for "Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English" by Valerie Fridland. In the bottom lefthand corner is an open mouth with the words "Like, Literally, Dude" coming out. The title and author's name is in black text.

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

A photograph of Kilcolman Castle.

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

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,...

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

The Coffin Ship Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2022Honorable Mention, Theodore Saloutos Book Award, given by the Immigration and Ethnic History SocietyA vivid, new portra...

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