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CT Students Take Home National History Day Awards
CT Humanities is proud to sponsor the year-long Connecticut History Day project through our funded partnership with the Connecticut Democracy Center. From the Connecticut History Day website: Forty-six students in…
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Grantee Spotlights
…a walking tour scheduled for Saturday, October 12. Returning for its seventh consecutive season, the Hartford History Lecture Series will focus on the theme “New Histories of Hartford.” This series…
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eNews Updates
…and Prep Info, CT History Day 2025 Theme, America 250 | CT Affiliate Program, Grantee Spotlights: Fairfield Museum and History Center, New England Civil War Museum, Connecticut Democracy Center, Kulturally…
ReadNews Release: CTH Uses NEH Award for Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Mohegan Tribe, and National History Program
…the Connecticut History Day academic program. CT Humanities chose to use $20,000 in National Endowment for the Humanities History Day funding to engage and connect the Tribes. This pilot effort…
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CTH Awards $36,025 in Quick Grants to 8 Organizations for Strong Humanities and Cultural Projects
…these histories. By telling a fuller history of the local area and the history of the nation more broadly, this series shares new perspectives with a broad audience, challenging traditional…
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CTH Renews 5 Partnerships, Adds 1 New, in Grants Totaling $348,750 to Organizations ‘Essential to CT’s Cultural Infrastructure’
…high quality, low-cost civics and history programs to almost 20,000 Connecticut students of all ages each year,” said Sally Whipple, CEO of Connecticut Democracy Center. “Through CT History Day, CT’s…
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Open House Day: Saturday June 8
…a unified celebration of the state’s fascinating world of art, history, and tourism. During this one-day event over 200 organizations and attractions throughout the state will open their doors and…
ReadCollaboration with CT Humanities, CT Museum of Culture and History, UConn Transforms How CT Stories are Collected, Shared
…and History, and the University of Connecticut have teamed up to support a state license for TheirStory, an end-to-end oral history recording, project management, and transcription platform. “This collaboration is…
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CT Humanities Awards $44,920 in Quick Grants to 13 Organizations for Civics, Ecology, and Cultural Humanities Projects
…Everyday Democracy and the Westport Museum for History and Culture will host two immersive Dinner + Dialogue at the Museum events in November 2024 and February 2025. In conversation with…
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CT Humanities: 50 Years of Serving Humans (and Not Squirrels)
…were deeply entrenched in academia, Finnegan said. “We had to keep conversations going to move it more into public conversations,” she said, “things that impacted peoples’ everyday lives — and…
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CTH Awards $144,047 in Major Grants to 11 Cultural Nonprofits for Community-Strengthening Capacity, Planning, & Implementation Programs
…and Action: Developing A Three-Year Strategic Plan for Everyday Democracy Everyday Democracy has worked alongside communities for 30 years to build an inclusive, multiracial democracy. After recently transitioning from a…
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CTH Picks 2 CT-Authored Books by Blackhawk, Rodriguez for Library of Congress ‘Great Reads From Great Places’
…of U.S. History, Blackhawk’s retelling of U.S. history acknowledges the enduring power, agency, and survival of Indigenous peoples, yielding a truer account of the United States and revealing anew the…
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Today, We Need Your Written Testimony Supporting Funding for America 250 | CT and State Cultural Organizations at Finance Hearing
Your help is needed today! On Wednesday, March 20 (tomorrow) at 10 a.m., the CT Legislature’s Finance Committee has a hearing scheduled to consider funding for two bills that are…
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Press Release: CT Humanities Awards $34,531 to 8 Organizations for Civics, Historical, and Cultural Projects
…to all. Fairfield Museum and History Center (Fairfield, $4,966) Bridgeport at Work: Muralist Robert Lambdin and Bridgeport Brass Fairfield Museum and History Center will present an exhibition on the social…
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“Sharon Cures: Centuries of Medicine in One Small Town” Exhibit
…learn and share this information with your friends and family. We wish you good health! The exhibit is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 12 to 4, Saturday from 10…
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CTH and NEH Chair Shelly Lowe Featured June 29 at International Festival of Ideas Summit: Turning to the Humanities in Challenging Times
…History at Brown University, and Social Sciences Instructor at Sea for Sea Education Association (SEA). Jason is a Scientist-in-Residence at Mystic Aquarium, a member of Everyday Democracy’s Civic Health Advisory…
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National Endowment for the Humanities Awards $939,221 to 4 CT Organizations
CT Humanities Advocated for Funding and Will Provide Expertise on an Educators Institute on Pequot History and an Exhibit on Surfing’s Indigenous Roots FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Dana Barcellos-Allen, dbarcellos-allen@cthumanities.org…
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2019 Young Writers’ Competition – “Whodunit” at the Mansion
…of the Lockwood or Mathews families, by reading their history on the LMMM website, under the tab, “History,” and by talking to the museum’s educators, if needed. Young writers may…
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Tell us what you need.
CT Humanities and the Connecticut League of History Organizations are teaming up to assist with some of the challenges of running humanities and cultural organizations (including libraries, museums, historic sites,…
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CT Humanities Awards $144,208 in Major Grants to 8 Cultural Nonprofits for Community-Strengthening Capacity, Planning, and Implementation Programs
…Surfing’s Global Legacy Special Exhibition Mystic Seaport Museum will develop and mount the “Stoked! Surfing’s Global Legacy” exhibition exploring surfing history from Indigenous origins through colonization’s impact to today. “Stoked!”…
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Visit CTH at CT Lit Fest Oct. 14 for Chance to Win CT-Authored Books
Stop by the CT Humanities table at the CT Lit Fest Saturday, Oct. 14 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. to grab some great swag and enter for your chance to win…
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News Release: NEH Awards $174,974 for Four CT Projects Including UConn & ECSU Studies on Artificial Intelligence & Historical Perspectives
…(1863-1877) has shaped their subsequent history. Amy Weiss with University of Hartford was awarded $6,000 for “American Jews, Evangelicals, and the Interfaith Communal Politics of Israel, 1963-2018. This project funds…
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CTH Picks 2 CT-Authored Books for Library of Congress ‘Great Reads From Great Places’
…project at the 2023 National Book Festival: Adult Title: Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi of New Haven Youth Title: Soul Food Sunday by Winsome Bingham of Groton The books both won…
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National Endowment for the Humanities Funds 3 CT Projects
…his project, “Ecology and the Culture of Knowledge in Chinese Agriculture, 1842-1937. This will cover research and writing leading to a book on the history of modern agriculture in China,…
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National Endowment for the Humanities Selects 6 CT Organizations for Funding
…13,000 rare volumes, 250 artists’ books from small and fine presses, and materials documenting the history of Southern Connecticut State University. Stewarding a Collection for Generations to Come: Pequot Library’s…
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…send us your Payment Network ID (PNI), please reach out to Adrianna Chesnut with this information. (achesnut@cthumanities.org). You will then receive an email within 1-2 business days asking you to…
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Rachel Gonzalez Joins CT Humanities as America 250 | CT Administrative Assistant
…management (CRM) systems and event coordination. Rachel is a former high school social studies teacher and is excited to combine her skills and experience with her affinity for US History….
ReadCT Humanities Awards $24,574 in Quick Grants to 6 Cultural Nonprofits
…CT Veterans Community Center (Windham, $3,999), The Vietnam War-Lessons Learned, Wethersfield Historical Society (Wethersfield,$4,950), Maritime Wethersfield Program Series, Windham Textile & History Museum (Windham, $1,500), Increasing Accessibility in the Time…
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