The National Humanities Center is pleased to announce an exciting collaboration with the Stanford Humanities Center. Need to Know: Conversations About Stories That Matter is a new webinar series which puts Fellows from the NHC and SHC into conversation about their work and the stories which drive their research. Join award-winning authors as they talk about their books and the urgent stories behind them.
2025–2026 Events
Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment
Rhae Lynn Barnes, Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University (SHC Fellow, 2020–21) in conversation with Blair LM Kelley, President and Director of the National Humanities Center (NHC Fellow, 2022–23)
Rhae Lynn Barnes, Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University (SHC Fellow, 2020–21) in conversation with Blair LM Kelley, President and Director of the National Humanities Center (NHC Fellow, 2022–23)
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | 4:00–5:30 p.m. EDT