National Endowment for the Humanities
Project Title
For support of the 2016 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities
Date
Mar. 03, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Corporation will provide support for the annual Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. Established in 1972, the Jefferson Lecture, the nation’s highest honor in the humanities, serves both to honor distinguished scholarship and offer a public forum to examine the insights provided by work in the humanities. In addition to the 2,000 or so guests who hear the lecturer, press and media coverage convey the lecturer’s remarks to a broad audience, the lecture is published by the NEH, and the endowment’s magazine, Humanities, devotes a special issue to it. These activities ensure wide dissemination of the lecturer’s ideas and provide an opportunity for the endowment and its supporters to claim the public’s attention for some of the most serious and essential ideas of time. In 2016, the Jefferson Lecture will be delivered by the American filmmaker and historian Ken Burns.
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Project Title
Toward distribution of books and other resources reflecting the diversity of Muslim cultures to U.S. libraries
Date
Sep. 16, 2010
Duration
48 months
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Project Title
One-time funding for its 2006 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities
Date
Mar. 02, 2006
Duration
12 months