In September 2021, the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) awarded $2.8 million in funding to state and jurisdictional humanities councils to support civic education, American history programs, and opportunities to … Read more
Winter Solstice: Welcoming Stillness, Turning Inward, and Returning to Light
On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 4:48 p.m. EST (21:48 UTC), the Sun will ingress into the zodiacal sign of Capricorn, marking the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. Observed … Read more
Rest, Connect, and Reflect: Council Programs Carry Us into a New Year
After a social summer with bold conversations and an engaging autumn full of celebrations, we are approaching the darkest night of the year, a different rhythm of winter, and a … Read more
Expanding History and Exploring Collective Identity
In the age of twenty-four hour news cycles, Zoom rooms, and “googleability,” processes of circulating information and engaging in public dialogue has been accelerated to unprecedented levels. While there are … Read more
The Art of Disability Culture: Increasing Accessibility for All in Humanities Programming
In April, California Humanities hosted “All Welcome! Best Practices for Increasing Accessibility,” a free, online learning session with humanities programmers from The Art of Disability Culture: Artists with Disabilities Dispelling … Read more
Celebrating Queerness Through the Humanities
This month, the nation honors the 1969 Stonewall Riots and celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and more (LGBTQIA+) gender identities and lives during “Pride Month.” This year, … Read more
Possibilities Beyond Punishment: RE:ACTION, Reflection, and Reorienting to the Future
“‘No one enters violence for the first time by committing it,’” says Mariame Kaba, a Chicago-based organizer, educator, and founder of the grassroots organization Project NIA, which works to end … Read more
Schwartz Prize Winners Archive
Below is a comprehensive list of past recipients for the Helen and Martin Schwartz Prize, which is the highest honor awarded to humanities councils by the humanities community. 1982 “The … Read more
Councils Commemorate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
In honor of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, councils are celebrating generational contributions and cultural histories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders through their programming. On the West … Read more
Uplifting Creativity, Building Community, and Seeking Higher Ground in Alabama
“History is so much of a choice,” said Dr. Imani Perry during an engaging dialogue with Jerald Crook, founder and executive director of Alabama’s Higher Ground Society (HGS) and program coordinator for the Georgia Humanities Council. “It is like mapmaking….when you make a map, you make decisions about what matters.”
Celebrating Spring, Legacy, and Place with Poetry
Illuminating the centrality of poetry to daily life, Lorde emphasizes the roles of identity, culture, and feeling as key to survival.
Councils Celebrate the Diversities of “Womanhood”
For the last 41 years, March has marked “Women’s History Month” in the United States. While women’s collective contributions are central to our society, humanities councils also consider the ways … Read more
2023 Humanities on the Hill
Join us March 7-9 in DC to connect with other humanities professionals as we meet with our legislators about the importance of our work.
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