Despite recent funding cuts, there's still much to celebrate! So, we'll continue our tradition of welcoming you and your fellow humanities supporters from the state's cultural, corporate, civic, academic, and philanthropic communities to a night of inspiration and networking at our signature event, the Annual Celebration of the Humanities!
By purchasing your ticket(s) to our most important fundraiser, you will help sustain free public programs for all Granite Staters and beyond, ensuring they remain free and accessible to all. Click the button below to get your tickets today!
Co-hosted with The Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership & Public Service
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The Black Heritage Trail of NH continues the Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks:
The Great Migration: Military Service and the Shaping of a Diversified New Hampshire
Sunday, September 7, Manchester, 2:00 pm Millyard Museum, 200 Bedford Street (attend in person or virtually)
In The Art of War, Sun Tzu highlights the importance of using terrain to one's advantage. For African Americans, navigating the U.S. political and social landscape often required knowing when and where to engage. Many viewed military service as a means of achieving social mobility, financial security, and proving their patriotism.
This panel will examine the integration of military bases in New Hampshire—such as Pease, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and Grenier in Manchester—and how these bases contributed to the state's diversification. Panelists will also discuss how military service became a tool for asserting rights and claiming full citizenship.
Hosted by Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire and supported by a New Hampshire Humanities Community Project Grant.Learn more here
Perspectives Book Groups: Come read with us! The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Presented by Josh Tepley Saturday, August 30 at 10:00 am, Exeter Public Library, 4 Chestnut Street, Exeter
As part of New Hampshire Humanities' Perspectives Book Groups, we're reading The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, a beautiful and haunting collection of short stories about the colonization of Mars. In The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury, America’s preeminent storyteller, imagines a place of hope, dreams, and metaphor— of crystal pillars and fossil seas—where a fine dust settles on the great empty cities of a vanished, devastated civilization. In this classic work of fiction, Bradbury exposes our ambitions, weaknesses, and ignorance in a strange and breathtaking world where man does not belong.
This program is a part of Exeter's UFO Festival (there will also be a book discussion on Aug. 30 at the library at 6:00 pm, but will not be lead by the facilitator). For details and to receive a copy of the book prior to the event, please call 603-772-3101. More
See you at the NH Book Festival! Friday & Saturday, October 3-4, Main St., Concord
Join us this fall for the second annual statewide festival that brings authors and 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 visit www.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!
Everything from New England quilts to New Hampshire rattlesnakes to John Stark, Norman Rockwell, and August Corbin's animal garden in Newport, there's something to feed curious minds across the state, so check out our upcoming events below!
Putting the Human in Healthcare – with the Humanities
By Caroline Edwards, ESOL Instructor, International Institute of New England
What if one book could bridge language gaps, spark meaningful conversation, and inspire healthcare workers across the state? In teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) within the healthcare field, choosing the right reading material isn’t just important, it’s essential. When your classroom includes learners ranging from beginner to advanced, both in-person and tuning in to class via Zoom from remote corners of New Hampshire, a well-chosen book becomes more than a lesson. It becomes a lifeline. The story Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah proved these outcomes are possible for two New Hampshire healthcare communities.Read the article
Are you part of the growing movement of people who have donor advised funds – or DAFs?
DAFs are flexible charitable giving accounts that allow donors to contribute assets, receive an immediate tax deduction, and recommend grants to qualified charities over time.New Hampshire Humanities just made it easier to give through your DAF online. Simplyvisit our giving page, initiate your donation, and when you reach the payment section, select DAFpay. Thousands of DAF sponsors are integrated into DAFpay. If not, a quick entry will begin the process, and DAFpay will handle the rest!
Whether yougive directlyor through your DAF, you are connecting people and ideas by funding and supporting programs that inspire curiosity, foster civil dialogue, and explore big questions.THANK YOU!Click to give
Partner News
Meredith Public Library: Americans and the Holocaust Through September 4, 2025 Made possible through the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association, the exhibition will visit 50 libraries from 2024 to 2026. The Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibition tells the stories of Americans who acted in response to Nazism, and presents research and public opinions from the era regarding the various societal factors that influenced Americans understanding and response to the threats. The exhibition challenges visitors to ask, “What would I have done?” as well as “What will I do?” Details and exhibit-related event calendar HERE
Also from the Meredith Public Library... Check It Out: Podcast episode 38: Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit
MaryBeth & Matthew interview Meredith Public Library Director Erin Apostolos about the library hosting the Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibit from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. Listen
Cohen Institute for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
Workshop for Educators: Teaching About the Nazis’ LGBTQ+ Victims Monday, Sept. 15 · 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
Historian and educator Dr. Jake Desai-Newsome will equip educators to teach about Nazi persecution of LGBTQ+ people during the Holocaust. The session includes a historical overview, original resources from the Pink Triangle Legacies Project (PTLP), and a primary source classroom activity. Participants will join a forum to explore teaching challenges and opportunities, and will receive exclusive access to curated digital educator resource packets developed by the PTLP. Details & Registration
2025 Holocaust Memorial Lecture: Enemies of the State: The Nazi Persecution of LGBTQ+ People Tuesday, Sept. 16 · 6:00 - 7:00 pm (attend in person or livestream)
Award-winning historian Dr. Jake Desai-Newsome will use archival material and survivor testimonies to tell the stories of LGBTQ+ people in Nazi Germany. Attendees will learn about the complex motivations that convinced Nazi leaders that combating homosexuality was vital to the success of the Third Reich. And while the Holocaust ended in May 1945, LGBTQ+ survivors soon learned that the era of state sanctioned persecution was not over.Details & RSVP
American Independence Museum In partnership with the William W. Treat Foundation, the Museum will present a 10-year exhibit series on the Bill of Rights. Starting in 2026 with the First Amendment, each annual exhibit will explore one amendment—examining its meaning in the 1780s and today—through artifacts, displays, and thought-provoking questions. Topics will range from free speech to the right to bear arms, quartering of soldiers, and beyond, concluding in 2035. For details, call (603) 772-2622 or email joe@independencemuseum.org.
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