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Chairman's Speeches

Chronicling America: the National Digital Newspaper Program
Annual awardees’ meeting of the National Digital Newspaper Program
Washington
,
DC

August 29, 2011
Civility and the American Spirit
Chautauqua 2011
Chautauqua
,
NY

July 4, 2011
The Health of our Nation
Des Moines University
Des Moines
,
IA

May 29, 2011
Poetries of the Islamic World
Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York
,
NY

May 7, 2011
Conference on Holocaust-era Art Provenance Research
National Archives
Washington
,
DC

May 6, 2011
Defending the Liberal Arts
American Council of Learned Societies
Washington
,
DC

May 6, 2011
Comments by Jim Leach, NEH Chairman, on the occasion of the Congressional screening of the film Freedom Riders
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
Washington
,
DC

April 13, 2011
Comments by Jim Leach, NEH Chairman, at preview screening of the documentary The Loving Story
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington
,
DC

January 17, 2011
The Rights and Nature of Man
International Conference organized by Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and the National Endowment for the Humanities
Rome
,

December 10, 2010
A Looming Crisis in the Humanities
The American Academy of Arts and Science
Cambridge
,
MA

October 8, 2010
The Importance of Citizen Diplomacy
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Washington
,
DC

July 23, 2010
Welcome Address--National History Day
University of Maryland
College Park
,
MD

June 13, 2010
“Let Your Speech Be Always with Grace” Commencement Address
Westminster College
Salt Lake City
,
UT

May 29, 2010
Introduction of Jonathan Spence at the 39th Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities
The Warner Theatre
Washington
,
DC

May 20, 2010
“First, Let Your Gentleness Be Known” Commencement Address
LaGrange College
LaGrange
,
GA

May 15, 2010