Menand wins National Humanities Medal
Louis Menand, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English, has been named a recipient of the National Humanities Medal, recognizing his literary and scholarly contributions to the study of cultural history. President Obama will award the medal at a White House ceremony Sept. 22. Menand, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for “The Metaphysical Club: A Study of Ideas in America,” was surprised when he got the call from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). “It’s not something I ever imagined I would receive,” said the scholar and New Yorker staff writer, sharing his initial response: “Did you get the wrong person?” Menand’s “influential works of intellectual and cultural history probe the power of ideas from one era to the next as they ripple across politics and culture,” reads the NEH citation. View all posts in Campus & Community Explore: Great adventures By Corydon Ireland, Harvard Staff Writer | May...