Featured Research: Trade and National Identity
This month we highlight the research of Fellows from the class of 2021–22 who are exploring the ways that commerce engages with and helps shape national character.
Featured Research
Fellows at the National Humanities Center explore an astonishingly diverse array of topics, touching on people, events, and ideas across time and geography.
Below you'll find Fellows sharing a little about how they were inspired to pursue the subjects they study, insights they've gained through their research, and how their work contributes to their disciplines and to our understanding of the human experience.
Featured Research: Art and Identity
This month we highlight the research of Fellows from the class of 2021–22 who are exploring how forms of personal and public expression have been used to create touchpoints that allow us to situate ourselves within the context of the world around us.
Featured Research: Religious Practice and Influence
This month we highlight the research of Fellows from the class of 2021–22 who are exploring the ways that religious thinking and practice have been interwoven in the fabric of our societies.
Featured Research: Science Across Cultures
This month we highlight the research of Fellows from the class of 2021–22 who are exploring science and technology across cultures and regional boundaries.
Featured Research: Exploring the Experiences of Africans and People of African Descent
This month we highlight the research of Fellows from the class of 2021–22 who are exploring the lived experiences of Africans and those of African descent in settings around the world.
Featured Research: Political Orders
This month we highlight the research of Fellows from the class of 2021–22 who are exploring the making and unmaking of political orders, especially the establishment and dissolution of colonies.
Featured Research: Colonialism
This month we highlight the research of Fellows from the class of 2021–22 who are looking at colonialism’s lasting effects, not only on the lives of humans that inhabit a colonized place, but on the indigenous plants and animals with whom they share it.
Featured Research: Listening and Dancing
This month we highlight the research of Fellows from the class of 2021–22 who are exploring the ways that we interact with music and sound to create a sense of ourselves and connect with the world around us.
Featured Research: HBCU Scholars
This month we highlight the research of three Fellows from the class of 2021–22, all of whom are part of the Center’s ongoing initiative to support research by scholars from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.