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.

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.

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

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...

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

NEH's Media Projects grant program is accepting applications! Deadline to apply is June 25, 2026. Learn more: www.neh.gov/grants

NEH's new Collections Stewardship grant program is accepting applications. Deadline to apply is May 11, 2026. Learn more at neh.gov/grants.

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 in Grants for 97 Humanities Projects tinyurl.com/ympbr56k

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.

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

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

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

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 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

#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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Happy Pi Day! While the number is a mouthful, we're celebrating with a slice of Annie Laura Squalls’ Mile High Pie. With support from an #NEHgrant, the Southern Food Alliance at the University of Mississippi is preserving stories behind regional recipes. Listen to the podcast: ow.ly/20oq50VcGbh

Celebrate Women’s History Month with a selection of #NEHgov-supported projects highlighting women’s contributions and achievements in history, culture, and society. ow.ly/6wON50VhaWZ

Applications for the Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan program are open! This program is a joint activity of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and #NEHgov. Learn more: ow.ly/xrfN50VcFXX

DEADLINE TODAY! Applications for the Fellowships Open Book Program are DUE TODAY. Learn more: ow.ly/uyGk50VcFTG

"Yiddish: A Global Culture," an #NEHgrant-supported exhibition at The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, immerses visitors in 150 years of modern Jewish culture through an interactive display of rare objects, books, family heirlooms, photos, music, videos and more. Read more from WSJ: ow.ly/K0BA50VcCYQ

With the help of an @neh-odh.bsky.social Digital Humanities Advancement grant, Darren DeFrain and Aaron Rodriguez at Wichita State University are furthering the development of a smartphone app for visually impaired readers. Read more: ow.ly/n11y50VcC8R

#NEHgov’s Fellowships program is now accepting applications. Fellowships support scholars in conducting #humanities research and producing various written works. Learn more: ow.ly/qpEh50VcBYn

In the NEH-supported film "Obsessed with Light" filmmakers pull back the curtain on Loïe Fuller’s life and how she created an immersive and transformative experience from the ground up, paving the way for how artists design their productions today. ow.ly/OiwO50V8wGh #WomensHistoryMonth

For scholars working on BRAID-DOT applications, we've posted an update to the Grants.gov instructions for US applicants (www.neh.gov/initiatives/...). No fundamental changes, but we hope to make it clearer which section of your AHRC application should be uploaded to which part of Grants.gov!

Applications for Awards for Faculty are now open! These programs strengthen the humanities at universities and colleges by encouraging and expanding humanities research opportunities for individual faculty and staff members. ow.ly/Juon50V8wBI

#DYK there are actually two famous Michelangelos from the Lombardy region of Italy? #NEHgov Public Scholar Bette Talvacchia writes about the significant, yet little-known connections between the sculptor and the painter in the award-winning book, "The Two Michelangelos." ow.ly/nE0p50V8wqF

DEADLINE TODAY! Applications for the #NEHgov 2025 summer Landmarks and Institutes are DUE TODAY. Explore the offerings and learn more at ow.ly/BHcH50Utj86.

Laissez les bons temps rouler! Influenced by African, Caribbean, European & Indigenous cultures, Mardi Gras is full of masks and revelry. With the support of an #NEHgov grant, Kim Vaz-Deville is exploring the influence of spirituality on masking traditions in New Orleans’s Mardi Gras. bit.ly/4i3PzXV

It’s National Reading Month! #DYK that NEH grants support writers through various stages of research, writing, and publication? Check out some of these fantastic #NEHgov-supported books. ow.ly/mjox50V4lUB

DEADLINE APPROACHING: The NEH Fellowships Open Book Program is accepting applications through March 12, 2025. This program makes outstanding #NEHgrant -funded humanities books digitally available to a wide audience. Read more about the program here: ow.ly/Vo7450V8uC8

Clarksdale, MS, is home to the first museum dedicated to the “land where the blues began.” The Delta Blues Museum has worked to preserve this uniquely American music tradition. In 2018, the museum was awarded an NEH grant to expand their space for “The Story of America’s Music.” ow.ly/NFmQ50V4lJF

Discover the international singer who captivated royalty in Europe and defied the conscience of 1939 America, with the #NEHgrant- funded @pbs.org documentary, “Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands”: www.pbs.org/wnet/america...

“Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry”, an #NEHPublicScholars book by Adam Plunkett, analyzes Frost’s poems under the spotlight of personal relationships and the tension between themes of withholding and disclosure, privacy and intimacy: ow.ly/N1fl50V4kOY @panmacmillan.bsky.social

#NEHgov is pleased to announce the appointment of a new state humanities council! Humanities Iowa has been designated as NEH’s newest permanent humanities council and joins the network of 56 state and jurisdictional humanities council affiliates. Read more: ow.ly/v8qH50V6mpF

“Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP” premieres tonight: ow.ly/ok6J50V4kme #NEHgrant

On view @umfa.bsky.social: the #NEHgrant- funded exhibition “Gateway to Himalayan Art.” Learn about the Himalayan region through themes of “Symbols and Meanings”, “Materials and Technologies”, and “Living Practices.” Plan your visit: ow.ly/MQVo50V4iWX 🖼️: Stories of Noble Deeds (Avadana)

The #NEHPublicScholars book "Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words" by Michael Erard reflects on humans’ earliest utterances in comparison to their last ones across eras, religions, and cultures around the world: ow.ly/ZYMn50V5jjt @mitpress.bsky.social

Now on view: NEHgov funded exhibition “Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World” @ McMullen Museum of Art Explore art & science through the lens of scholar Zakariyya al-Qazwini: ow.ly/1kj350V4gxb 🖼️: Abu’l Hasan Sufi, "Constellation of the Dragon (al-tinnin)"