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Colonialism and Its Aftermaths

How have colonial and post-colonial subjects created community, organized resistance, and preserved Indigenous culture and values in disparate places across the world?

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  • Kathleen DuVal (NHC Fellow, 2008–09; 2025–26) faces the camera on the NHC interior mezzanine

    Announcements

    Embracing Curiosity and Inspiring Courage

    Jun 15, 2026

    Kathleen DuVal (NHC Fellow, 2008–09; 2025–26) shares insights from her acclaimed book “Native Nations” with NHC President and Director Blair LM Kelley.

  • Headshot of Ben Vinson III

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    Ben Vinson III Re-Appointed as NHC Presidential Scholar-in-Residence

    Jun 12, 2026

    Dr. Ben Vinson III has been re-appointed as a 2026–27 Presidential Scholar-in-Residence at the National Humanities Center.

  • Featured Research

    Representation and Resistance

    Jun 2, 2026

    Complicated dimensions of political affiliation, organization, and resistance are created from intersections of ideology, imagination, and commitment.

  • Announcements

    National Humanities Center Announces 2026 Scholarly Writing Institute Participants

    May 11, 2026

    Twenty scholars from sixteen universities and colleges will be in residence at the NHC for a nine-day intensive writing and research program in early July.

  • Announcements

    National Humanities Center Unveils New Website and Visual Identity 

    May 5, 2026

    The enhanced presence highlights the Center's continuing evolution as a dynamic hub of critical thought, active collaboration, and accessible scholarship.

  • Featured Research

    Humanities and the Natural World

    May 1, 2026

    Complex relationships between humans and the natural world are revealed in depictions of fauna and flora.

  • Announcements

    National Humanities Center Announces Lineup for 2026 Being Human Festival (US)

    Apr 6, 2026

    Events to be Held in Communities Across the US April 17–May 3, 2026

  • Featured Research

    Suffering, Narrative, and the Public Sphere

    Apr 2, 2026

    The ways we characterize and tell stories about human rights and public policy issues affect what we think about them.