September Council Program Snapshot 

In September, the state and jurisdictional humanities councils are hosting nearly 200 programs that address histories of racism, social injustice, racial biases, women’s suffrage and the right to vote, civic engagement, democracy and journalism, history, and more. Each council created or adapted their programming into virtual experiences due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The programs range from lectures to workshops and online exhibits to virtual book clubs.

Check out what’s happening virtually across the country as you read through the programs listed below. Connect and engage in conversations about these programs on social media using #humanitiesconnect. Feel free to submit programs by emailing us at connect@statehumanities.org.

Council Programs at-a-Glance, September 

ARIZONA

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

  • Sept. 1-30: 1918 Durango: The Pandemic, The War, and The Peace History Live Durango Radio Program
  • Sept. 8: Recent Developments in the Settlement of the Americas History Live Durango Online Program 
  • Sept. 9: History of the Hispano Churches at Trujillo, Juanita, Pagosa Junction, Allison, and Tiffany History Live Durango Online Program 
  • Sept. 10: Fort Lewis College Life-Long Learning Program: Firing Towards the Future: Steam Locomotive Technology History Live Durango Online Program 
  • Sept. 17: Fort Lewis College Life-Long Learning Program: Lessons from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic History Live Durango Online Program
  • Sept. 18: Storytelling with Angel Vigil History Live Durango Online Program 
  • Sept. 23: Native American Sacred Places with Dr. Andrew Gulliford History Live Durango Online Program 
  • Sept. 24: The Preservation of the Historic Tiffany Church History Live Durango Online Program 
  • Sept. 24: Fort Lewis College Life-Long Learning Program: Beyond the Postcard: Public Health and Landscape Imagery History Live Durango Online Program 
  • Sept. 29: Virtual Book Club: Sabrina & Corina History Live Durango Online Program 
  • Sept. 30: Silverton Gold Film Screening History Live Durango Online Program 

CONNECTICUT

  • Sept. 2: Online Lecture: Pretty as a Picture: Nature Observations Then and Now
  • Sept. 4: FILM STUDIES CLASS • Background as Foreground: Landscape as Character in Three American Films Online Lecture 
  • Sept. 11: FILM STUDIES CLASS • Background as Foreground: Landscape as Character in Three American Films Online Lecture 
  • Sept. 15: Virtual Book Talk and Signing: My Creative Space by Donald M. Rattner, Architect
  • Sept. 16: MUSIC PROGRAM: Songs of American Woman Suffrage Virtual Presentation
  • Sept. 17: Suffragettes in Corselettes: The Evolution of Underwear and the 19th Amendment Virtual Program
  • Sept. 17: African American Suffragettes and Black Women Voters: Making Herstory with Professor Gloria Browne-Marshall Online Program
  • Sept. 18: FILM STUDIES CLASS • Background as Foreground: Landscape as Character in Three American Films Online Presentation

DELAWARE

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

 HAWAII

ILLINOIS

  • Sept. 1: From Prairie to Farm to City: Illinois History Through Music Online Program 

INDIANA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

  • Sept. 7: 36th Annual Bread and Roses Heritage Festival Virtual Event 
  • Sept. 10: Pam Fessler with Carville’s Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice Virtual Event 

MICHIGAN

  • Sept. 3: Bridging Michigan: Eric Hemenway & Matthew L.M. Fletcher in Conversation Virtual Event 

MISSISSIPPI

  • Sept. 15: Oxford to the Ballot Box: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections Online Program

MISSOURI

MONTANA

  • Sept. 1: Replacing Nature with a Synthetic World with Christopher Preston Virtual Event 

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH DAKOTA

  • Sept. 1:Humanities North Dakota’s Online Classes | Media Literacy: Political Rhetoric and Public Deliberation
  • Sept. 3: Humanities North Dakota’s Online Classes | Racial Healing: From Awareness to Action
  • Sept. 14: Humanities North Dakota’s Online Classes | A Republic If You Can Keep It: Plato and a World on Fire
  • Sept. 27: One Book One ND: The Lives of Edie Pritchard by Larry Watson Online Author Presentation 

OKLAHOMA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

 SOUTH DAKOTA

  • Sept. 3: Brainstorming: The Human Connection, Brookings Virtual Program
  • Sept. 4: “Unfollow” Discussion, Vermillion Virtual Program
  • Sept. 13: OBSD 2020 Tour w/author Megan Phelps-Roper, Watertown Virtual Program 
  • Sept. 19: A Century Celebration: Woman Suffrage in South Dakota 1868-1918, Sioux Falls Virtual Program

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON DC

WYOMING

US TERRITORIES

GUAM