Emily Monty

There are certain books we pick up again and again. We take delight in the characters, plots, and language because […]

Did you know that turkeys have a field vision of about 270 degrees, or that they fly between 50-55 miles […]

When I visited The New York Public Library last winter in order to learn more about their research collections, I […]

Last month the federal/state partnership staff of the National Endowment for the Humanities posted a piece titled “56 Ways to […]

A garden may not be the first place one looks for public humanities programming, but the current exhibition at The […]

This week I voraciously downloaded all of the podcasts available on the Monticello website in anticipation of my first trip […]

The Digital Public Library of America is an extraordinary new resource worth checking out immediately, especially if you have some […]

I was inspired to write this post while teaching a continuing education course called “Perspectives in Renaissance Art History.” Teaching […]

How can the internet change the way that we conduct research in the humanities? This is a question that scholars […]

As a teacher and museum educator, one of my most difficult tasks is helping students move from a mode of […]