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| Sixth Annual Fall Symposium |
Join us on November 7 as we examine the ways in which military culture and civil society interact over time in the United States. Rick Atkinson, Andrew Bacevich, Larry Korb and many other military professionals, journalists, and scholars will speak on panels entitled, (1) Diversity in Uniform, (2) United We Serve, and (3) Cultural Influences.
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| Picturing America Goes Live |
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Thomas Cole, View from Mount
Holyoke,1836, Oil on canvas;
The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Through Picturing America, the National Endowment for the Humanities disperses reproductions of iconic American works of art to schools and libraries nationwide for exhibition. Mass Humanities has designed a thematic rotating schedule of images and created brochures to go along with each theme for use primarily in Massachusetts libraries.
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| Coming this Fall in Boston |
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Portugal's Shakespeare
Join Mass Humanities and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture with Helen Vendler at the Boston Public Library for a celebration of the publication of a new bilingual translation of poems by Luís Vaz de Camőes, Portugal's greatest poet.
Thursday, September 24, 6:30pm – 8:00pm in the Orientation Glass Room, Boston Public Library (more info)
Lincoln Legacy Town Hall: Lincoln, Douglass, and the Transformative Power of Words
The National Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Mass Humanities, and several local co-conveners, present this thought-provoking panel discussion to encourage and inspire people of all ages to dedicate themselves to personal, community and national educational goals. Panelists include Hill Harper, Gary Ross and John Stauffer.
Saturday, October 3, - 9:30am –1:00pm in the Curry Student Center Ballroom, Northeastern University (more info)
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Harriet Ann Jacobs |
Abolitionism in Black & White: The Anti-Slavery Community of Boston and Cambridge
The Underground Railway Theater presents staged readings at Suffolk University of a portion of a new play about abolitionist, fugitive slave, and author Harriet Jacobs.
Friday, October 23, 7:00pm – 8:30pm in the C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University (more info)
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The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mass Cultural Council fund Mass Humanities grants. Encourage your state and federal legislators to support these agencies. |
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| Life During Wartime |
The board and staff of Mass Humanities invite you to join us for our benefit dinner featuring Rachel Maddow on “Life During Wartime.” We hope to see you there!
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| Next Grant Deadline |
November 2—by 5PM—is the next deadline for inquiries about general project grants, as well as Research Inventory, Liberty and Justice for All, and Cultural Economic Development grants. The complete deadline schedule, procedures, and guidelines can be found at link below
grants at a glance |
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$10,000 for a trailer and script for a documentary film about affirmative action.