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Humanities Happenings
We awarded $95,227 in our last grant round. Here’s where the money went!
Fourteen organizations from Colrain to Fall River received funding in our November grant round. They all provide free, public programming in the humanities. Check out our photo gallery of grantees and see what is coming soon to your community.
SEE OUR NEW GRANTEES »
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Ask Away
Want to know more about our grant program? We’re coming to you.
Mass Humanities is hitting the road this February to discuss how you can receive funding from us. We’ll be in Worcester on the 23rd and Brockton on the 24th. Save your seat, we’re accepting RSVPs now.
REGISTER FOR OUR MEET & GREET»
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Award-Winning Programming
Three Mass Humanities grantees recognized.
We make it our goal to provide grants to the highest quality projects and ensure that Massachusetts receives the best humanities programming possible. We’re pleased to announce that three of our grantees have received awards and further funding. Herencia Latina was chosen as a highlight of 2015 by the Valley Advocate. Two other grantees, the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center and the Appalachian Mountain Club, both received National Endowment for the Humanities grants. Congratulations all around!
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Freedom and Justice for…
Explore an American rhetorical masterpiece with your neighbors.
The words Douglass spoke in his 1852 Fourth of July address hold truths for us today as we consider race, citizenship, and the legacy of slavery. Last year, we supported nine Reading Frederick Douglass events in Massachusetts and the series inspired two organizations in other states, Vermont and North Carolina, to host similar events. Be part of our series this summer; host one of these profound events where you live.
HOST AN EVENT »
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Connect, Collaborate, Thrive
Announcing the 2016 Mass History Conference.
Collaboration can be the key to successful local history work, which is why the upcoming Mass History Conference will focus on small historical organizations networking and working together. The keynote speaker will be Steve Bromage, Executive Director of the Maine Historical Society, who has been a powerful force in the successful development of Maine Memory Network and other public history networks. Save June 13th in your calendar, you won’t want to miss this Mass History Conference.
SAVE THE DATE »
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Why Worcester?
StoryCorps documents the lives of Worcester’s immigrants.
Why do new Americans come to their new country? What motivates their decision to relocate and how do they choose where to live? A grant we made in 2014 gave Worcester's immigrants some time in the StoryCorps recording booth to share their answers to questions like these. Check out their stories here.
READ ABOUT OUR FEATURED GRANT »
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It’s 2016!
The deadline for our new reading and discussion grant, Common Good Reads, is rolling, but funded programs must take place during this calendar year. Apply now and allow plenty of time to plan.
GET THE APPLICATION DETAILS »
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Paging David Sedaris
Our Literature & Medicine program kicks off again this month at two Massachusetts hospitals, where medical professionals will use the power of literature—from the humor of David Sedaris to the historical fiction of Suzan-Lori Parks—to reflect on their work.
SEE WHAT THEY ARE READING »
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Farm Values
Individual farms are important to the understanding of the history of agriculture in Massachusetts, argues Cathy Stanton. She is the project director for Farm Values, a recent Mass Humanities grant recipient. Hear her examination of agricultural history on our latest Ideas Matter segment.
LISTEN TO IDEAS MATTER »
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Sometimes it takes an immigrant to understand America
A Broadway musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton brings tears to a father who remembers his family's immigration story. Boston’s Clemente Course Director Jack Cheng offers his thoughts on the hip production of Hamilton, its staying power, and what it means about us.
READ THE PUBLIC HUMANIST »
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Nobel Prize Winner Born
Emily Greene Balch was born to parents with the means and foresight to educate their daughter at a time when formal schooling was rare for women. She used her wealth and privilege to pursue social justice, a lifelong dedication for which she was later recognized, becoming the second woman to win the Nobel Prize.
READ TODAY’S MASS MOMENT »
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Bringing It All Back Home
Scientists the world over quote Bob Dylan in their journal papers, one study found that the phenomenon is so frequent that it’s “almost cliché.” It seems even those of us who don white lab coats need a poet to describe the human condition.
READ THE ARTICLE »
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A Mirror onto History
Historians note that Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim proposals look a lot like the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Rhetoric that made racial anxieties plain can be seen in both national security measures.
TRUMP’S STATEMENTS IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT »
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Humanities Calendar
We list the best humanities programming in the Commonwealth on our event calendar. See what is happening this month at Mass Humanities.
FIND EVENTS»
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