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Uncivil Discourse:
A Conversation with Jim Leach and Jill Lepore |
Join us Wednesday, April 14 at
7:30 pm in Worcester for a conversation with National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman Jim Leach and historian and essayist Jill Lepore, about the state of political discourse in America, past and present. This event is organized by Mass Humanities in partnership with the NEH and the American Antiquarian Society. Antiquarian Hall, 185 Salisbury Street. Free and open to the public. |
| Upcoming NEH Workshops in Amherst and Salem |
Salem, Thursday, March 25, for small- and mid-sized museums and historical organizations: At 10:00 am, Mass Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities will be at the Peabody Essex Museum to conduct a grant-writing workshop, including grant opportunities, deadlines, preparing applications and more. At noon, there will be limited opportunities for one-on-one talks with Clay Lewis, Hayley Wood, and Patty Bruttomesso. To register, please email Talisha Saddler at NEH: tsaddler@neh.gov.
Amherst, Thursday, April 1, for Five Colleges faculty and staff: From 11:30 am–1:15 pm, Dr. Jane Aikin, director of the Division of Research Programs at NEH, will give a workshop on NEH fellowship and summer stipend programs. On Friday, Dr. Aikin will meet individually to discuss proposals and concept papers. For information and registration, please go to https://www.amherst.edu/offices/FCR/neh_workshop_2010. For questions, contact Mary Ramsay at (413) 542-8245 or mramsay@amherst.edu. |
| Family Adventures in Reading Update |
On March 6, Mass Humanities kicked off the first New Bedford Family Adventures in Reading program at the Wilks Branch of the New Bedford Free Public Library. The program is also being offered at two Springfield locations: the Central Library and the Sixteen Acres Branch. All three of these Saturday afternoon programs will continue into April. Please visit our website for more information and schedule updates.
visit the humanities calendar |
| Upcoming Mass Humanities Funded Events |
Boston Muslim Film Festival—
screening of the film Three Times Divorced, Wednesday, March 24, 6:30–9:00 pm at Boston University College Sargent College, Room 102, 635 Commonwealth Avenue.
The Point from which Creation
Begin—A jazz reading and discussion group will examine jazz as a cultural phenomenon through a variety of texts. Saturday, March 27, 2:00–4:00 pm at the Dudley Branch Library, 65 Warren St., Roxbury.
see calendar for more events
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| Mass Moments |
Did you know that on this day, March 17, in 1776, General George Washington and the fledgling Continental Army forced the British to end their occupation of Boston?
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| Registration for 2010 Mass History Conference |
Join colleagues from around the state at Imagining Lives: Preserving and Interpreting Personal Stories. NEW! Virtual MA History Commons with pre-conference discussion. The complete conference program, registration, and online discussion will be available at our Web site starting March 22nd.
more details |
| Next Grant Consultation Deadline April 1 |
The next consultation deadline to inquire about project grants and research inventory grants (RIGs) is April 1. Eligible project grant draft applications are then due April 15 (no draft required for RIGs). The final application deadline is May 1 for both categories. The August deadline has been canceled; therefore, those seeking grants for programs that take place in the fall should consult with staff by April 1. Deadlines for the following grant round begin October 1. Complete deadline schedule, procedures, and guidelines can be found online.
grants at a glance |
| Recent Grants |
Mass Humanities made eighteen grants this past quarter totaling $90,049 for public humanities projects across the state, including:
 $5,000 for the conservation treatment of twenty-three folio engravings from John James Audubon’s The Birds of America.
$10,000 to support a three-part program on the occasion of the bicentennial of the birth of Margaret Fuller.
$1,658 to support programming surrounding a traveling exhibit about Abraham Lincoln and abolition.
more info about recent grants |
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