Jefferson Lecture

The Jefferson Lecture is “the highest honor" that the government of the United States gives for very good work in a subject of the humanities.^[1]

The award began in 1972. It is given almost every year. The person who is chosen gives a lecture or long speech about his or her area of study. The leader of the National Endowment for the Humanities chooses the winner for each year.^[2]

Jefferson lecturers have included such famous people as film director Martin Scorsese, playwright Arthur Miller, novelist John Updike, historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and poet Gwendolyn Brooks.^[3]

1. ↑ "Jefferson Lecture". The National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
2. ↑ "Andrew Delbanco Named the 2022 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities". The National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
3. ↑ "The National Endowment for the Humanities". The National Endowment For The Humanities. Retrieved 2023-01-01.