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NEH Fed/State retweeted
9/30 is the application deadline for the new grants program to open access more fully to our National Humanities Conference, 11/10-11/13. The Federation and the National Humanities Alliance thank NEH for funding the attendance and travel expenses of up to 15 attendees.
NEH Fed/State retweeted
“Throughout it all, the mission of the South Dakota Humanities Council has not wavered. Ann Volin has not flinched.” Lori Walsh writes on how the executive director of @SDHumanities helped her state during Covid.
neh.gov/article/south-dakota…
NEH Fed/State retweeted
We are thrilled to announce that last night the U.S. Senate confirmed Shelly C. Lowe as the next Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Please join us in congratulating #NEHChairLowe!
bit.ly/3ol8pQs
NEH Fed/State retweeted
In New York City, the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens will receive $30,000 to support a digital mapping project exploring the history of jazz and hip-hop in the borough. nyti.ms/3GhEAYh
NEH Fed/State retweeted
Today: @NEHgov announces $24.7 million in new #NEHgrant awards to support 208 humanities projects nationwide.
Grants will support #humanities initiatives at college campuses, innovative digital resources, infrastructure projects, and more: bit.ly/33plpgh
NEH Fed/State retweeted
There are two Museum on Main Street exhibits touring Kentucky!
Crossroads: Change in Rural America is on display in Loretto until July 31. #Crossroads
Voices and Votes: Democracy in America is in Somerset at The Center for Rural Development. #VoicesVotes
NEH Fed/State retweeted
Mark your calendar for August 6-7 for our "Fifties in Focus" event in Ashland, NE where we'll discuss topics like the Space Race and many more aspects to the 1950s. We'll have online and socially distant in-person programming.
NebraskaChautauqua.org
NEH Fed/State retweeted
Join us next Wednesday at 10am for "The First Ohioans and Climate Change!" @OhioHistory archaeologist Brad Lepper will discuss how humans became active agents in a changing climate. Register at eventbrite.com/e/16060020252….
NEH Fed/State retweeted
Join @humanitiestexas for TEXAS STORYTIME W/ DON TATE! This movement-themed virtual family reading program will feature a read-aloud session and a series of fun, interactive activities. THU, JULY 8 @ 6:15P. RSVP for Zoom link: bit.ly/3hhpqXH #txstorytime @Devas_T
Fed/State welcomes Rebecca Lemos-Otero!
We are pleased to announce Rebecca Lemos-Otero as our next Executive Director!
humanitiesdc.org/news/humani…
NEH Fed/State retweeted
The @SCAAHC1993 will open a new exhibit this weekend at the SC Department of Archives and History. "Black Carolinians Speak: Portraits of a Pandemic" is the culmination of a year-long oral history project that captured more than 100 voices.
schumanities.org/news/black-…
NEH Fed/State retweeted
Rock-and-roll played a very important 'role' in the 1950s and changed the way we spent our free time.
Join us on August 6 & 7 in Ashland, Nebraska (and online) where we'll cover different topics like this, that had a great influence in the 1950s.
NebraskaChautauqua.org
NEH Fed/State retweeted
Also born today was Aaron Henry, who spent decades fighting to improve Mississippi. Both Henry and Evers, among others, should be considered founders of our state's democracy. #MorePerfectUnion mississippiencyclopedia.org/…
Philly’s poet laureate and @PAHumCouncil have teamed up to share kindness through the #PAKindnessPoem Project.
Learn how you can share your kindness at pahumanities.org/kindness #Pride #Humanities
Listen to @ThinkWY’s podcast "First, But Last" as guests explore how open-mindedness can lead to civil conversation.
Find the podcast here: tinyurl.com/pncwtwwb #ThursdayThoughts #Humanities
NEH Fed/State retweeted
Join us July 15, 7 PM for a virtual @vabookfest #ShelfLife author talk w/ @rebeccagiggs & @PyensonLab, authors of two critically acclaimed, whale-centric books, "Fathoms" and "Spying on Whales."
FREE and open to the public! Register: loom.ly/-meUGtA
Want to learn about local queer history in the 1970s? Explore @NVHumanities’s Virtual Salon discussing Reno’s Gay Rodeo which sparked the National Gay Rodeo movement.
Watch the Virtual Salon here: tinyurl.com/ym8pduza #PrideMonth #Pride
NEH Fed/State retweeted
Join us on July 7 @ 10am for "To Save Lake Erie: Engineers in the Age of Ecology." @uofcincy & @UCHistoryDept professor David Stradling will discuss Cleveland’s late 1960s & early 1970s efforts to improve water quality in Lake Erie. Register at eventbrite.com/e/16059789763….
NEH Fed/State retweeted
Mass Humanities is sponsoring a total of 20 readings, set all over the state, of #FrederickDouglass's “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” #RFDT21
Learn more about the events happening near you in our recent feature in the @BostonGlobe! bit.ly/3h1qQGS
NEH Fed/State retweeted
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER! From JULY 5–9, @humanitiestexas will hold an online institute for Texas teachers exploring diverse perspectives on American life in the years immediately following the American Revolution. Apply by 5P CT, THU, JULY 1 at bit.ly/3AfawKi! #htxedu
