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A performance of Julius Caesar at the Globe Theatre, 1999.

Shakespeare Uncovered: A Documentary Series

 Shakespeare like your high school english teacher never taught you

John Brown tries to persuade Frederick Douglass to join his assault.

The Longest Struggle in American History: "The Abolitionists"

Premiering January 8, 15, & 22, 2013, on American Experience

woman with a flask hidden in her garter during prohibition, 1926

American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

Step back in time to an era of flappers and suffragists, bootleggers and temperance lobbyists, and real-life legends like Al Capone and Carry Nation.

14-year-old apprentice Nat Wheeler in Mission 1: “For Crown or Colony?”

Mission US Receives Top Honors

A gold-medal winner!

Elizabeth I’s copy of the Bishops’ Bible

Strong Media Coverage for King James Bible Exhibition

It was all about disseminating information in 1611 just as it is today.

Photograph of sanitation workers' protest in Memphis, TN, 1968

Extended Travel for a Civil Rights Photography Exhibition

A smaller version of the ‘For All the World to See’ exhibition is now making its way around the country.

Posted: January 8, 2013

Chosen Food: Cuisine, Culture, and American Jewish Identity

If every meal is a set of choices, what does the food we choose to eat say about who we are?

Posted: December 26, 2012

Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes

A civilization older than the Incas.

Posted: December 26, 2012

Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe

The hidden presence of Africans in Renaissance society

Posted: December 26, 2012

Besa: The Promise Film Festival Schedule

The incredible story of Albanian Muslims saving nearly 2,000 Jews during the Holocaust

Posted: December 6, 2012

November 2012 Awards List

List of Awards from November 2012 Council

Posted: November 28, 2012

Humanities on the Move: NEH projects opening around the country, January to March 2013

Many events, exhibitions, and programs funded by this division are now circulating around the country—see what may be coming to a location near you.

 

Posted: November 28, 2012

The Loving Story Receives Prestigious Award

Outstanding interpretation of history

Posted: February 7, 2013

College Art Association 101st Annual Conference

February 13-16, in New York City

Posted: November 30, 2012

Recent Staff Travel

Where we have been

Posted: November 28, 2012

World Congress of Science & Factual Producers Conference

An annual international conference of film and television industry professionals, November 29, 2012

Posted: June 6, 2012

Division Director Karen Mittelman at the Making Media Now Annual Conference

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts, June 8, 2012

Posted: May 22, 2012

Deputy Director Michael Shirley at Games for Change

New York University’s Skirball Center, New York City, June 18-20, 2012

Posted: May 21, 2012

Program Officer David Weinstein at THATCamp: The Humanities and Technology Camp

George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, June 15-17, 2012