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The National Humanities Center Announces 2026–27 Fellows

Twenty-nine leading scholars will come to the Center from universities and colleges in fifteen US states, the District of Columbia, and Ghana.

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    Twenty-nine leading scholars will come to the Center from universities and colleges in fifteen US states, the District of Columbia, and Ghana.