National Humanities Institute

{{Short description|American conservative think tank (1984-)}}

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The National Humanities Institute is a nonprofit interdisciplinary educational organization founded in 1984. It is known to be affiliated with traditionalist conservatism.

It publishes Humanitas (journal){{cite web|url=http://www.nhinet.org/hum.htm|title=Humanitas|website=www.nhinet.org}}William F. Byrne, "On Claes Ryn's Political Philosophy," Modern Age 49:2 (Spring 2007), p. 115 and the Epistulae Occasional Papers.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhinet.org/epistulae-web.htm|title=Epistulae–National Humanities Institute|website=www.nhinet.org}}

The National Humanities Institute operates the Irving Babbitt Project{{cite web|url=http://www.nhinet.org/babbitt2.htm|title=Irving Babbitt Project|website=www.nhinet.org}}"Babbitt, Irving, 1865-1933. Papers of Irving Babbitt : an inventory", http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hua10004 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703001847/http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hua10004 |date=2018-07-03 }} and the Center for Constitutional Studies.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhinet.org/ccs/ccs-new.htm|title=The Center for Constitutional Studies|website=www.nhinet.org}}

Claes G. Ryn is the institute's chairman.{{cite web|url=http://www.nhinet.org/boards.htm|title=NHI Boards|website=www.nhinet.org}}

Joseph Baldacchino is the institute's president.

Robert F. Ellsworth 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, Walter A. McDougall, Jacob Neusner, James Seaton, Peter J. Stanlis,{{Cite web |url=http://www.frostfriends.org/stanlis.html |title=Introducing Peter J. Stanlis |access-date=2010-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107213912/http://www.frostfriends.org/stanlis.html |archive-date=2010-11-07 |url-status=dead }} and Michael A. Weinstein.