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Sacred Spaces, Sacred Places Fall 2012 Conference

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Explore "Sacred Spaces, Sacred Places" with the Vermont Humanities Council

Every fall, the Vermont Humanities Council takes the time for an in-depth exploration of a humanities topic at the November conference.

Posted: September 25, 2012
2012 Literacy Leaders Awards Recipients

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The Humanities CouncilSC executive director Randy Akers wins 2012 Literacy Leaders Award

Dr. Randy Akers was honored with a 2012 Annual Literacy Leaders Award on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.

Posted: September 24, 2012

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U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to read at a Mississippi Humanities Council sponsored event

The Mississippi Humanities Council is cosponsoring an event that brings current Mississippi and United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to Jackson State Univeristy.

Posted: September 6, 2012

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Illinois Humanities Council cosponsors a discussion on Chicago's Puerto Rican music scene

The Illinois Humanities Council is cosponsoring a free discussion on Thursday, September 6, 2012 with cultural activist

Posted: September 6, 2012
2012 Southern Festival of Books poster

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Tennessee's Southern Festival of Books coming in October

Humanities Tennessee's eagerly anitipated Southern Festival of Books, now in its 24th year, is coming to downtown Nashville the weekend of October 12th, 2012.

Posted: August 28, 2012
Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History flyer

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Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History

The Hawai'i Council for the Humanities presents the 6th Annual Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History Program - He Ho‘olaule‘a No Nā Mo‘olelo o Nā Wāhine, A Celebration of Women's History, celebrating “historic, famous, and not-so-famous” Hawaiian women.

Posted: August 28, 2012
Hokusai's "Great Wave"

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56 Ways to do the Public Humanities

State humanities councils share the enjoyment and study of the humanities around the country in fifty-six different ways.

Posted: August 23, 2012
Map of hurricane recovery grants across New York State

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Hurricane recovery grants in New York: one year later

Report of Hurricane Irene recovery grants from the New York Council for the Humanities.

Posted: August 23, 2012

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Robert D. Putnam to deliver the Nebraska Humanities Council's 17th annual Governor's Lecture in the Humanities

Acclaimed author and political scientst Robert D. Putnam will present this year's 17th annual Governor's Lecture in the Humanities in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Posted: August 21, 2012

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New England state councils participate in a forum on the Humanities and Civil Society

In mid-July, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences held a day-long regional forum on the Humanities and Civil Society.

Posted: August 20, 2012