Since 1977, promoting the life of the mind, past, present, and future, and charting a course for the public humanities in New York City and beyond.https://bsky.app/profile/nyihumanities.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nyihumanities.bsky.social/post/3miew3boy4o2oNYIH Fellow André Aciman shared his advice for young writers in a 2020 episode of NYIH Conversations. Revisit the conversation and listen to the full episode at www.nyihumanities.org/podcasts31 Mar 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:vmea6codwclbgnmesozhvqrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3miew3boy4o2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/nyihumanities.bsky.social/post/3mgn4swozyv2gIn 1983, ten years after W. H. Auden’s death, the NYIH organized a series of readings and discussions of his work. In this episode from the Vault, Edward Mendelson moderates a discussion between Christopher Isherwood and Stephen Spender. Listen to the full episode at www.nyihumanities.org/podcasts09 Mar 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:vmea6codwclbgnmesozhvqrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgn4swozyv2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/nyihumanities.bsky.social/post/3mg6zrmzzuv22In the newest episode of The Vault, we revisit Nadine Gordimer's 1982 James Lecture on living in South Africa's interregnum. Visit nyihumanities.org/podcasts to hear the full episode.04 Mar 2026 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:vmea6codwclbgnmesozhvqrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6zrmzzuv22https://bsky.app/profile/nyihumanities.bsky.social/post/3mdnntbyk4625In the most recent episode from the Vault, we revisit a 1982 lecture by the composer Lukas Foss, a leader of the American musical avant-garde of the 1960s and 70s. Listen to the rest of the episode: https://newbooksnetwork.com/lukas-foss-a-new-american-music-series-gallatin-lecture-april-15-198230 Jan 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:vmea6codwclbgnmesozhvqrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnntbyk4625https://bsky.app/profile/nyihumanities.bsky.social/post/3maou6k3tve2kIn 1979, our founder, sociologist Richard Sennett, and philosopher Michel Foucault discussed the connections between the history of sexuality and self-consciousness. In an episode from the Vault, the two discuss their research and, by extension, the underpinnings of the idea of solitude.23 Dec 2025 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:vmea6codwclbgnmesozhvqrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3maou6k3tve2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nyihumanities.bsky.social/post/3ma7higf4r22iNYIH Notes: Jeremy Bernstein (1929-2025) on J. Robert Oppenheimer https://open.substack.com/pub/nyih/p/nyih-notes-jeremy-bernstein-1929?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web17 Dec 2025 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:vmea6codwclbgnmesozhvqrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7higf4r22i