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A monthly serving of illuminating programs for all Granite Staters
C E L E B R A T I N G 5 0 Y E A R S I N Y O U R C O M M U N I T Y
In September we honor National Hispanic Heritage Month, to celebrate the cultures and extraordinary contributions of both Hispanic and Latino Americans and the heritage rooted in all Latin American countries. Learn more
Join us for our next Humanities at Home!
Friday, September 20 at5:00 pm on Zoom
Native American Identity, Sovereignty, and Tribal Enrollment: Understanding the History of Tribal Membership and the Contemporary Impact on Dating
What is tribal enrollment and how did it become a key part of a Native American identity? Learn the history behind the creation of tribal enrollment policies and how it relates to being Native American in today’s world. Drawing on interviews conducted with Southwest Native American women, specifically Pueblo women, presenter Danielle D. Lucero will connect tribal membership with women’s experiences navigating dating, marriage, and family planning.
Grab your pumpkin spice or other Friday beverage and join us on 9/20 at 5 pm on Zoom for this free, public program brought to you by New Hampshire Humanities!
Danielle D. Lucero earned her Ph.D. from Arizona State University and was the Charles Eastman Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth College. She holds an Ed.M. from Harvard University's Graduate School of Education in Learning and Teaching and a B.A. in Anthropology and Ethnic Studies from Columbia University. Danielle is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Isleta located in central New Mexico, as well as Hispano with connections to the northeastern New Mexican town of Santa Rosa.
Please join us to celebrate 50 years in your community!
Get your tickets TODAY for our most spectacular event of the year: 2024 Annual Celebration of the Humanities!
FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKER GREGORY MAGUIRE
Author of Wicked: The Life & Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which inspired the beloved Broadway musical and soon-to-be released movie.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 7:00 pm
Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A Street, Derry, NH Ӏ Doors open at 6:30 pm
Proceeds from this event support free public programs for all Granite Staters. Join us for an extraordinary evening with those who share your passion for the humanities.
THE S1 PROJECT “What Did You Call Me?!” An Exploration of Labeling and the Ethics of Democratic Citizenship
Wednesday, November 20, 8:00 am - 1:30 pm. This half-day seminar for high school students and mixed-age adults encourages discussion, reflection, and exploration of how labeling others – and being labeled ourselves – can impact our encounters with fellow citizens. Details
NEW HAMPSHIRE TELEPHONE MUSEUM Traveling Trunks Exhibit
This Community Project Grant will allow the New Hampshire Telephone Museum to bring a dynamic traveling exhibit about the history of the telephone into local schools.Learn more about the Museum and visit them soon!
MINI GRANTS
THE COHEN CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE STUDIES 2024 Holocaust Memorial Lecture Book Groups
NHH supported a series of book groups that gathered to read and discuss Treblinka: Archaeological and Artistic Responses by Caroline Sturdy Colls. An upcoming lecture by the author, the 2024 Holocaust Memorial Lecture: From Treblinka and Trawniki: Forensic Archaeological Investigations at Sites of Nazi Persecution, is open to the public (in person or livestream)onSeptember 24, 2024 at 6:00 pm in Keene.Click here to RSVP
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Community Humanities Engagement Through Film: UNH Flax to Linen Project
This grant will allow the University of New Hampshire to expand on a previously funded exhibit at the Woodman Museum in Dover about the history of flax production, by funding a short trailer to educate the public about the project and promote fundraising to support the creation of a feature-length documentary. Watch your e-news for updates.
See you at the NH Book Festival!
Friday and Saturday, October 4-5, Main Street, Concord
Join us this fall for the inaugural statewide festival that brings authors together with readers to celebrate literacy, conversation, and community in historic downtown Concord. The NH Book Festival unfolds over two days, featuring all things literary– live presentations, captivating panel discussions, and book signings by 50+ nationally known authors! For the schedule, please visitwww.nhbookfestival.org.
P.S. As a proud funder of the book festival through a Community Project Grant, we'll have a booth at the festival on Saturday – come say hello!
Upcoming deadlines for Community Project Grants:
MINI Grant Applications Applications for Mini Grants (up to $2K) are accepted on a rolling basis.Details MAJORGrant Deadlines Final proposals are due October 15, 2024. For more information and to access the application materials, click here.
Could you be the one?
New Hampshire Humanities currently has an opening for an experienced development professional who will play a key role in managing and overseeing the organization’s database and annual giving program. For details about applying, click here:Development Coordinator
DOUBLE your impact through the Bickford Challenge!
We are thrilled to announce that in honor of New Hampshire Humanities’ 50th anniversary, former Executive Director Charlie Bickford has generously offered $5,000 as a challenge match to inspire new or increased donations. This means every qualifying gift will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000!
As we approach the 2024 presidential election and look toward our nation's 250th birthday, we ask you to make a gift to help gather Granite Staters – no matter our individual perspectives – to ask vital questions about the complex world we live in, think critically about the challenging issues facing our society, and share the stories that make us human. Please click the blue button or click HERE to make a secure, online donation today. We thank you!
NEH announces $37.5M for 240 humanities projects nationwide
Recent NEH grant awards support projects such as the creation of scholarly hubs for AI research, nonfiction books, documentaries, podcasts, exhibitions, collaborative and individual humanities research, and enrichment programs for educators. Here in New Hampshire, three grants totaling $864,602 were awarded to:
University of New Hampshire (Meghan Howey, project director) From the Fragments: Places and People in Colonized New England
A residential program for 72 K–12 educators will take an interdisciplinary approach to studying colonial and ecological history in the Great Bay Estuary.
Trustees of Dartmouth College (Laura Braunstein, project director) NH Digital Newspaper Project
Digitization of 100,000 pages of historic NH newspapers will focus on early American newspapers as well as those produced in the White Mountains.
Trustees of Dartmouth College (Jesse Casana, project director) The Archaeology of Indigenous Agricultural Landscapes: Digital Approaches to Documentation, Mapping & Interpretation
Further development of a set of remote sensing methods for archaeological sites will support surveys being conducted at multiple locations in the U.S., and collecting data on Indigenous land use features.
How do you move a 170-year-old stagecoach, a beloved symbol of Concord and the entire state of New Hampshire? Very carefully, and with a lot of old-fashioned muscle power! In late August, the New Hampshire Historical Society moved its Concord coach out of storage and into the rotunda of its Park Street building. Watch the time-lapse video here!
Concord Multicultural Festival
Celebrate the rich diversity of our the capital city on September 22 at Keach Park in Concord. The annual festival promotes cultural understanding and appreciation, offering a variety of programs and events– art demos, music and dance performances, and more. All are invited to experience the beauty and wonder of the many cultures that call the Granite State home.Details
The UNH College of Liberal Arts The Responsible Governance and Sustainable Citizenship Project at UNH is proud to support these special programs starting next month:
Citizenship Summit: What Matters to YOU? Wednesday, Oct. 16, 9:00 am - 8:00 pm Details
How Democracies Die Wednesday, October 30 - Sunday, November 3 Details
New Hampshire Public Radio In partnership with NH Civics and New Hampshire PBS, NHPR is pleased to present an interactive event to inspire and engage citizens to become active in our communities. Attendees will experience a live production of NHPR's award-winningCivics 101 podcast, hosted by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, at SNHU on Sept. 28 at 10:00 am. Learn more
Thank you to the following Annual Partners who provide year-round support for our work:
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