Browse Items · Sharing the Wealth of Knowledge: 50 years of NEH Engagement at the University of Illinois

An Interview with NEH Grant-Recipient François Proulx

François Proulx talks his work on reading and French masculinity and the role played by the NEH in it.

Jennifer Hain Teper talks about the NEH and the Illinois Digital Newspaper Project

An Interview with NEH Grant-Recipient Ted Underwood

Ted Underwood talks about his research on genre and the "great unread."

Mara Wade talks about the impact of her recent NEH grant, "Emblematica Online," on Illinois students

Sokoro binyi in Konwuna, March 23 1990 funeral masks beating the mamaden (grandsons)

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Young Man and Skull (Jeune homme à la tête de mort)

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Paul Cézanne, French, 1839–1906
Young Man and Skull (Jeune homme à la tête de mort)
1896–1898
Oil on canvas, 51 3/16 x 38 3/8 in. (130 x 97.5 cm)
The Barnes Foundation, BF929

Mesopotamian inscribed clay tablet, 2050 BCE

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Mesopotamian inscribed clay tablet, 2050 BCE. Record of wages paid in silver, with a seal impression of the administrator involved. The impression shows Lama, the presenting goddess, leading a shy worshipper before a seated god. Dated to the 45th…