Center of the American West Event Podcast

An Evening of Conversation with the Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Jon Parrish Peede. Event Date: Sep 18, 2018 Event Time: 6:30pm Location: Hale 270 On April 26, 2018, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jon Parrish Peede as the 11th Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Mr. Peede has devoted many years to enhancing the well-being of the humanities and the arts. He has served as the Publisher of the Virginia Quarterly Review (VQR) at the University of Virginia, Literature Grants Director at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Counselor to NEA Chairman Dana Gioia, and Director of the NEA Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience program. In his tour of duty as Chair, Mr. Peede has been an indefatigable advocate for the NEH, taking every opportunity to make the case for the value of the humanities to the United States, and maintaining a healthy level of support for the NEH. Chairman Peede joined the Center of the American West's Faculty Director Patty Limerick, who was