Supplementary humanities at harvard [the abigail adams institute (?AAI? Or ?the institute?), located in harvard square in cambridge, massachusetts, seeks to expand and scale up three of our existing…

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded The Abigail Adams Institute, Inc. $1.756 million on September 1, 2026, under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to expand and scale three existing humanities programs geared toward undergraduate education reform at Harvard University.

The Institute, located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will leverage partnerships with Harvard faculty to revive the study of traditional works of Western and American literature, history, and philosophy within the Harvard intellectual community. The programs aim to engage students with enduring humanistic questions and motivate disinterested study of the humanities while recalling the university to its core mission of truth-seeking.

The award runs through August 31, 2028. Performance takes place in Massachusetts.

Supplementary humanities at harvard [the abigail adams institute (?AAI? Or ?the institute?), located in harvard square in cambridge, massachusetts, seeks to expand and scale up three of our existing humanities programs geared towards the pressing reform of undergraduate education from both within and without harvard. Uniquely positioned beside the campus, with a track record of successful initiatives and partnerships with prominent faculty, AAI would like to leverage its uncommon strengths to revive the study of traditional works of western and american literature, history, and philosophy within the harvard intellectual community. By engaging students with inspiring works about the enduring human questions, we aim to motivate the disinterested study of the humanities, and at the same time to recall harvard university to its core mission of truth-seeking.]