A monthly serving of illuminating programs for all Granite Staters!
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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
Join us for our next Humanities at Home! June 21,5:00 pm on Zoom
Vaccination is roughly 200 years old and it has dramatically reduced infectious disease. Global vaccination campaigns have eradicated smallpox and decreased polio incidence by 99%. These remarkable achievements have reduced the number of deaths and prevented lifelong disabilities such as blindness and paralysis. Today we routinely vaccinate infants and children to protect them from many life-threatening and disabling diseases. But ever since Edward Jenner vaccinated eight-year-old James Phipps with cowpox in 1796, vaccines have provoked profound scientific questions about what they are, how they work, and whether they are safe. More broadly, we continue to wrestle with ethical and religious issues that stem from the very principle of vaccination, to create an immune response to prevent future infection. This talk will explore the history of vaccines, the emergence of vaccination protocols and policies, and changing public opinion about vaccines and vaccination, up to and including our current debates.
About the presenter: Andrea Rusnock, PhD is a historian of science and medicine and a professor of history at the University of Rhode Island. She has written extensively on the early history of smallpox inoculation and vaccination and is the author of two books and over thirty journal articles, book chapters, and book reviews.
It's our birthday - let's eat cake!
(Today!) THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1:00-4:00 pm
Join us for today's unveiling of the Knit Democracy Together collaborative sculpture NH State Library, 20 Park Street, Concord
Help us celebrate five decades of connecting people and ideas across the Granite State by joining us today in downtown Concord for the unveiling of the collaborative sculpture created during our Knit Democracy Together series. (If you knitted a piece, see if you can spot your handiwork!) Made of the knitted and crocheted pieces stitched at six knitting circles around the state by adults and students of all ages, the sculpture is a visual representation of individuals’ participation in lawmaking and the democratic process.
Beginning at 1:00 pm, artist and former election lawyer Eve Jacobs-Carnahan will speak about the project, followed by brief remarks from Michael Haley Goldman, executive director. Attendees can enjoy light refreshments and birthday cake while perusing a special pop-up exhibit on voting rights, and will have the chance to view a documentary film created by current NH House representative Mel Myler on the 26th amendment which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 in 1971. All are invited to view the exhibit Who Can Vote: A Brief History of Voting Rights in the United Stateson loan from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Thank you to Roberta Baker of the New HampshireUnion Leader for joining Eve and volunteers at the state house model assembly day in Concord.
Echos and Shifts is an exhibition of resilience and reclamation, Akwesasne in the Granite State. Internationally renowned curator and metalsmith Margaret Jacobs (Akwesasne Mohawk) and notorious rabble-rouser and multimedia artist Yasamin Safarzadeh have joined forces with Positive Street Art to establish a multi-year endeavor with a growing list of community partners to create an accessible contemporary Indigenous exhibitions in the northeast. A series of events will feature works of sculpture, beading, basketmaking, photography, and more by Indigenous artists.
Positive Street Art, Echos and Shifts - Reception Thursday, June 13, 6:00-8:00 pm Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, 54 Hanover Street, Manchester Including artist talks with light food and refreshments to be served. Details
Mini Community Project Grant applications (up to $2K)are accepted on a rolling basis. Learn more here.
SummerGrant Deadlines: June 15, 2024:Major Community Project Grant draft proposals are due. July 15, 2024: Major Community Project Grant final applications are due.For more information and to access the application materials, click here.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your donation to New Hampshire Humanities during NH Gives. With your help, we raised a total of $6,878!Your gift enables us to advance the impact of the humanities in a world increasingly hungry for the perspective and wisdom they bring. Thank you for your generosity!
P.S. In the spring Engage below, read more about the work we're doing with partners across the state, and view upcoming events we hope you'll attend!
PARTNER NEWS
New Hampshire Humanities congratulates Jenna Carroll on being named the next executive director of the Historical Society of Cheshire County. Jenna will succeed Alan F. Rumrill when he retires in October. Jenna (also the esteemed NHH Humanities to Go presenter of "Jenny B. Powers: The Woman Who Dares") and the historical society are doing exciting work in the Monadnock Region and across the state, and we look forward to continuing our partnership under Jenna's leadership!
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