 Just Around the Corner
On October 15th, join us for What's New About Fake News?
Our fall forum takes place at the Boston Public Library on October 15th. Come listen to our respected and experienced panelists discuss the history and recent developments related to fake news. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, be sure to RSVP today!
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 Brown v. Board, North & South
Inquiring into the quest for equity and excellence in education.
The decision to desegregate Boston public schools by busing stirred up no small amount of controversy. The effects of that attempt, and its failure, still ripple through our communities today. This month, we consider this history through local reading circles taking place all over the state. These local gatherings lead up to a screening and discussion event on November 1st in Roxbury where we'll hear from leading scholars and residents who have been personally affected by these events.
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 True Stories
Honoring three humanists who swim against the current of fake news.
Our state's highest honor in the humanities go to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Sacha Pfeiffer, and David Starr this year in honor of their work upholding the humanities values of truth, rationality, and civic discourse. We will confer the 2017 Governor's Awards in the Humanities at our annual benefit dinner on October 15th following the fall forum. Proceeds from the Governor's Awards dinner are a crucial source of support for programs that are grounded in democratic values and serve the common good.
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 Going Public: The Birth and Rebirth of Erasmus Hall
Join us at this free and open to the public talk on November 3rd in Boston.
The free Capp's Lecture at the National Humanities Conference features Dr. Craig Steven Wilder and is sponsored in part by The Lowell Institute and Mass Humanities. Join Dr. Craig Steven Wilder as he traces the origins of one of New York City's most iconic high schools to the old Dutch slaveholding village of Flatbush in order to explain the multiple "lives" of the school and to encourage rethinking the early history of public education. Dr. Wilder is a historian of American ideas and institutions and author of several books, including his most recent, Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities.
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 It's Unanimous
The Senate heard you loud and clear and voted to override the Governor's cultural veto. The bipartisan effort restores nearly $2 million to the Mass Cultural Council budget, an essential source of support for the arts and humanities, including Mass Humanities.
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 Three for Three
The winners of the AASLH Leadership in History Awards were recently announced and of the three awardees in Massachusetts, all were past grant recipients. Congratulations to Cambridge Historical Society, The Somerville Museum/Charan Devereaux, and the Paul Revere Memorial Association/Paul Revere House!
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Our blog publishes the voices of many contributors who use the humanities to explore our world. Reader commentary is encouraged.
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 Ain't I a Woman
Sojourner Truth witnessed the end of slavery in New York, freed her son from slavery in the south, and afterward hit the road as a traveling preacher. The path led her to Florence, a Utopian experiment in a village of Northampton, where a statue in her honor was commemorated 15 years ago today.
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 Losing Sight
This fall, we're examining the failure of Boston's school desegregation efforts. It's one of many public narratives about our schools' shortcomings. What do we lose by focusing on the system's detractors? Erika Christakis looks at this question in The Atlantic.
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 Top Rated
The Harvard Crimson selected their 15 favorite professors of 2017, and among them many friends of Mass Humanities can be found. These notable scholars have supported our Clemente Course and fall forum, as well as being frequent participants in our grantees' work.
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 Humanities Calendar
We list some of the best humanities programming in the Commonwealth on our event calendar. See what is happening this month at Mass Humanities. Publish your organization's public humanities events!
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