National Humanities Institute

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National Humanities Institute
AbbreviationNHI  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Established1984  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (41 years ago)
Types think tank, publisher   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Legal status nonprofit corporation   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Headquarters Bowie   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
CountryUnited States  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website www.nhinet.org  

The National Humanities Institute is a nonprofit interdisciplinary educational organization founded in 1984 by Claes G. Ryn. [1] [2] It is known to be affiliated with traditionalist conservatism.

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Programs and publications

The institute publishes Humanitas (journal) [3] and the Epistulae Occasional Papers. [4]

The National Humanities Institute operates the Irving Babbitt Project [5] [6] and the Center for Constitutional Studies. [7]

Important people

Claes G. Ryn is the institute's chairman. [8]

Joseph Baldacchino is the institute's president. [2]

Robert F. Ellsworth and Anthony Harrigan serve on its board of trustees. [2]

Among its academic board are George W. Carey, Jude P. Dougherty, David C. Jordan, Ralph Ketcham, Forrest McDonald, Walter A. McDougall, Jacob Neusner, James Seaton, Peter J. Stanlis, [9] and Michael A. Weinstein. [2]

References

  1. "Claes G. Ryn". The Center for the Study of Statesmanship. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NHI Boards". www.nhinet.org.
  3. "Humanitas". www.nhinet.org.
  4. "Epistulae–National Humanities Institute". www.nhinet.org.
  5. "Irving Babbitt Project". www.nhinet.org.
  6. "Babbitt, Irving, 1865-1933. Papers of Irving Babbitt : an inventory", http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hua10004 Archived 2018-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "The Center for Constitutional Studies". www.nhinet.org.
  8. William F. Byrne, "On Claes Ryn's Political Philosophy," Modern Age 49:2 (Spring 2007), p. 115
  9. "Introducing Peter J. Stanlis". Archived from the original on 2010-11-07. Retrieved 2010-06-24.