The 2016 National Humanities Conference will be the first in a series of three joint national meetings that will bring the humanities community together as a whole to consider how, by leveraging our strengths, we can achieve broader public impact and showcase the fundamental role the humanities play in addressing both local and global challenges. We look forward to partnering with the National Humanities Alliance over the next few years to increase awareness and collaboration between public humanities programming and academia.

The National Humanities Alliance (NHA), founded in 1981, is an advocacy coalition dedicated to the advancement of humanities education, research, preservation, and public programs. NHA is supported by more than 140 national, state, and local member organizations.