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President Joseph R. Biden presented the 2022 and 2023 National Humanities Medals, in conjunction with the National Medals of Arts, on Monday, October 21, 2024, at a White House ceremony. The 19 distinguished medal recipients included writers, historians, educators, and filmmakers. Video of the ceremony, which included remarks by President Biden, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, National Endowment for the Arts Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD, and National Endowment for the Humanities Chair Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo), is available at the White House’s YouTube channel.
“The National Humanities Medal recipients have enriched our world through writing that moves and inspires us; scholarship that enlarges our understanding of the past; and through their dedication to educating, informing, and giving voice to communities and histories often overlooked,” said NEH Chair Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo). “I am proud to join President Biden in recognizing these distinguished leaders for their outstanding contributions to our nation’s cultural life.”
The National Humanities Medal honors an individual or organization whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the human experience, broadened citizens’ engagement with history or literature, or helped preserve and expand Americans’ access to cultural resources.
Read more about the 19 recipients that comprise the 2022 and 2023 cohorts of the National Humanities Medal here.
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The cover of Fall 2024 Humanities magazine
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What better way to enjoy autumn than cozying up with a nice hot cup of coffee and the newest issue of Humanities magazine?
Our cover story, “The Indelible Charm of Mary Cassatt,” looks at the life and art of the American Impressionist in connection with the NEH-supported traveling exhibition “Mary Cassatt at Work.”
The first major survey of Cassatt’s work in 25 years, the exhibition opened at the Philadelphia Museum of Art before traveling to the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, where it is now on view through January 26, 2025.
 Chair Shelly C. Lowe (Navajo) with the Pacific Islands Humanities Network working group and Pacific humanities council staff during FestPAC 2024.
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September marked the one-year anniversary of NEH’s Pacific Islands Cultural Initiative, an agency initiative focused on fortifying cultural heritage and resilience in Amerika Samoa, Guåhan (Guam), Hawaiʻi, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI). Launched in September 2023, the $1.3 million initiative offers new funding opportunities to strengthen the cultural and educational sectors across Hawaiʻi and the three U.S. jurisdictions in the Pacific. In June, representatives of NEH's Pacific affiliates—Amerika Samoa Humanities Council, Humanities Guåhan, Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, and the Marianas Humanities Council—gathered in Hawaiʻi to formally launch a new Pacific Islands Humanities Network, a permanent regional network to facilitate regional network to facilitate collaboration and knowledge-sharing among the four humanities councils. Read more.
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