Video: NEH Chairman Bruce Cole speaks about "The State of the Humanities"

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Bruce Cole, chairman of the
National Endowment for the Humanities, speaks about “The State of the Humanities” Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. at Vanderbilt's Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music.

As chairman of the NEH, Cole has launched two important programs: The Digital Humanities Initiative, which is spearheading the application of digital technology to the humanities, and We the People.

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