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Amy Lifson
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Assistant Editor, Humanities
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By Danny Heitman Verified, Victoria Cooney, Amy Lifson Verified, Meredith Hindley| Humanities@ In this excerpt from Henry David Thoreau: A Life (University of Chicago Press, 2017), NEH grantee Laura Dassow Walls chronicles the turning point when Thoreau sold his first articles and began recording the observations that would make him famous. He was thirty years old, and, though not yet an established writer, he understood that “beauty & art” were his vocation.
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By Danny Heitman Verified, Victoria Cooney, Amy Lifson Verified, Meredith Hindley| Humanities@ In this excerpt from Henry David Thoreau: A Life (University of Chicago Press, 2017), NEH grantee Laura Dassow Walls chronicles the turning point when Thoreau sold his first articles and began recording the observations that would make him famous. He was thirty years old, and, though not yet an established writer, he understood that “beauty & art” were his vocation.
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Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency established in 1965. Its mission is to advance humanities education, research, and public engagement across the United States. The NEH has awarded over $6 billion in grants to support projects that preserve cultural heritage, enhance educational curricula, and foster public understanding of history, literature, and philosophy. The NEH provides grant funding and programmatic support in several key areas. It strengthens education through professional development for educators, funds preservation projects for historical documents and artifacts, and supports public engagement initiatives like exhibitions and documentaries. The agency also awards grants for scholarly research in various humanities fields. Key divisions include the Division of Education Programs, the Division of Preservation and Access, and the Division of Public Programs, each focusing on enhancing access to and understanding of the humanities.
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