In commemoration of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the founding of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Center for the Humanities at Loyola University Maryland is hosting a free two-day symposium, “Democracy and the Humanities.” The symposium, cosponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council, will be held on Loyola’s Baltimore campus from September 25 to 26. Featured speakers include NEH Chairman William Adams, who is here now to reflect on the last fifty years of the National Endowment for the Humanities.