Excerpts from the prepared statement
     of NEH Chairman James A. Leach before the
     Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior,
     Environment, and Related Agencies
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
March 17, 2010

“Civility in a Fractured Society” (Exceprts)
John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress
New York University
New York, New York
March 4, 2010

“The Tension between Speaking and Listening: Democracy v. Oligarchy”
Wayne State University Law School
Detroit, Michigan
February 3, 2010

“The New Digital Class”
An Address to the Social Sciences and Humanities
     Research Council of Canada
Ottawa, Canada
December 3, 2009

“Bridging Cultures”
National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
November 20, 2009

“With Malice Toward None”
The Convocation of State Humanities Councils
Omaha, Nebraska
November 6, 2009

“Lincoln’s Unfinished Work: The Morrill Act
and the Future of Higher Education”
The University of Illinois
Urbana, Illinois
October 24, 2009

“Two Poets”
Embassy of the Russian Federation
Washington, D.C.
October 20, 2009

“U.S.A. and UNESCO”
35th Session of the General Conference
Paris, France
October 8, 2009

On the Posthumous Presentation of the
Iowa Award to Grant Wood
Iowa City, Iowa
October 2, 2009

“Bridging Cultures: NEH and the Muslim World”
Carnegie Corporation of New York
New York, New York
September 29, 2009

“Humanities and the Role of NEH”
Washington, D.C.
September 25, 2009

“Civility and Hate Speech”
California Humanities Council
Los Angeles, California
September 17, 2009

“Bringing Perspective
to the Challenges of the Day”
The Newberry Library
Chicago, Illinois
September 11, 2009

“Is There an Inalienable Right to Curiosity?”
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
September 10, 2009