The Campaign

“The National Humanities Center . . . is the only center for advanced study devoted specifically to the humanities—to fields that survive solely through the efforts of those who are committed to them and not because of any immediate economic or policy utility. It provides a model of a sensitive, humane, and generous scholarly community.”

“The Center creates an environment in which you're free to think, to ask questions, to learn from scholars outside your field. At a specialized research institution or back home, you're surrounded by people who either know your work or have a perspective similar to yours. The interdisciplinary setting the NHC provides adds a different dimension, and enables you to think about your work with a larger perspective.”

"The opportunity to actually sit and think, to read, to write, to be alone with one's thoughts when one wants to be alone and to talk to others when they can help is an extraordinary and unique opportunity."

"For me as for most other scholars who have the good fortune to study at the Center, the place occupies a very important place in the ongoing development of the nation's scholarly life. It is an enormously successful institution, and certainly deserves funding to permit it to flourish in the future."

"Since '92-'93, I have sung the praises of the Center and encouraged many colleagues to think about applying. As I tell them, it's one thing to have a Guggenheim or NEH or ACLS fellowship, all of which I've been privileged to hold. But it's another to become part of a small community of scholars involved with all sorts of interesting issues in the humanities."

"The most appealing aspect of the program was the program itself-that there WAS a program. Seminars such as this offer teachers an opportunity to refresh themselves intellectually, and they offer hope that there really ARE elements and depths to teaching and learning that are not to be associated with end-of-course tests."

"The seminar materials were fascinating and the insights are new and energetic. These programs are something to use and inspire not only us as teachers, but our students as well."

"The National Humanities Center and its programs are top-notch. It is the most rewarding professional development I have experienced and used on a consistent basis."

"Interactive online learning, complete with the ability to speak to one another, is incredible."

"Everything the National Humanities Center does is top flight. Their resources are tremendous and essential."