Global Humanities Initiative

FAIN: GA-278055-21

Meridian International Center (Washington, DC 20009-4004)
Lindsay Amini (Project Director: August 2020 to July 2024)

A cooperative agreement between NEH and the Meridian International Center for a two-year series of public programs on U.S. cultural diplomacy.

Meridian International Center, in close coordination with NEH, will implement the Global Humanities Initiative to promote the humanities in Meridian's work and expand NEH's international portfolio. Meridian will be published in an edited volume for distribution. In addition to each yearly symposium , Meridian will coordinate two ancillary programs outside of the Washington, DC-area to further delve into relevant topics in the humanities field. In order to reach a broad audience, Meridian will also produce a podcast series beginning in January 2020 highlighting stories of cultural diplomacy and how it has advanced the global exchange of the arts, scholarship, and humanities. All programming will be free and open to the public.