The National Humanities Institute is a nonprofit interdisciplinary educational organization founded in 1984. It is known to be affiliated with
traditionalist conservatism
Traditionalist conservatism, often known as classical conservatism, is a political and social philosophy that emphasizes the importance of transcendent moral principles, manifested through certain natural laws to which society should adhere ...
.
It publishes
Humanitas (journal)[William F. Byrne, "On Claes Ryn's Political Philosophy," ''Modern Age'' 49:2 (Spring 2007), p. 115] and the ''Epistulae'' Occasional Papers.
The National Humanities Institute operates the Irving Babbitt Project and the Center for Constitutional Studies.
Claes G. Ryn
Claes Gösta Ryn (born 12 June 1943) is an American conservative academic and educator, who hails from Sweden.
Background
Ryn was born and raised in Norrköping in Sweden. He attended the Latin Gymnasium, Norrköpings Högre Allmänna Läroverk ...
is the institute's chairman.
Joseph Baldacchino is the institute's president.
and Anthony Harrigan serve on its board of trustees.
Among its academic board are George W. Carey, Jude P. Dougherty, David C. Jordan, Ralph Ketcham,
Forrest McDonald
Forrest McDonald, Jr. (January 7, 1927 – January 19, 2016) was an American historian who wrote extensively on the early national period of the United States, republicanism, and the presidency, but he is possibly best known for his polemic on the ...
,
Walter A. McDougall, Jacob Neusner, James Seaton,
Peter J. Stanlis,
and Michael A. Weinstein.
References
External links
National Humanities Institute
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Political organizations based in the United States