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IN THE NEWS

 National Humanities Center Names Fellows for 2008-09 - The Center has announced the appointment of 42 Fellows for the academic year 2008-09.

 Center Remembers Trustee Emeritus Stephen Weiss - Businessman and philanthropist died April 16.

 Poet John Wilkinson Previews New Work at Center - Public reading by Fellow highlights National Poetry Month.

 Center Mourns Loss of Cofounder Robert Goheen - Former president of Princeton and Center cofounder died March 31.

 New Exhibit Evokes Jewish Tradition and the Search for Hope - Todd Weinstein's "The Thirty-Six Unknown" on display at the Center March 1 - June 30.
FROM THE DIRECTOR

"The Humanities in America" -
Keynote address to the symposium on "The Humanities in a New Era: Surviving or Setting the Agenda?," April 23, 2008, University of Copenhagen.

NOTEWORTHY

Recent Books by Fellows - Recent books published by Fellows of the Center.

 Notes - A sampling of good news from our Trustees, Fellows, and Staff.

 New Education Toolbox Video - "The Making of African American Identity."

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COMING EVENTS

SUMMER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS

Jessie Ball duPont Summer Seminars for Liberal Arts College Faculty
(June 1 – June 20) »»

"Human Nature: Ethical Implications of Biological, Cultural, and Technological Transformation"

"The Globalization of American Literary Studies"

Summer Institute for High School Teachers of History, Literature, and Art
(June 23 – July 4) »»

"Making the Revolution: America, 1763 – 1789"

Summer Institutes in Literary Studies
(July 6 – 11) »»

"Chaucer: Past, Present, and Future"

"Forms of Life in Emily Dickinson's Poetry"



ON EXHIBIT

 March 1 - June 30
"The Thirty-Six Unknown," Color Photographs by Todd Weinstein, New York, NY
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