Humanities Staff

Czechoslovakia had well-wishers, but no friends

A group who saved Western art from Nazi looting and a California farmer who redefined ancient warfare are included in the latest list of National Humanities Medalists.

A Conversation with Jill Lepore

An Irish poet reflects on his time in Idaho

Ethnic tensions between Irish and French Canadians in Fall River

Renaissance remedies to keep the terrors at bay

On the creative life of Orson Welles.

Congressman Jim Leach comes to NEH

Where is the earthy language in the English tongue’s greatest epic tale?

Marilynne Robinson on the reception of Gilead