Digital Humanities At CT Humanities

We promote the humanities through connecting and curating trusted educational content and resources, developing and facilitating innovative programs and projects, and partnering with others to support and advance our shared digital initiatives.

Our Values

  • Interdisciplinary: Utilize and integrate a broad variety of humanities disciplines in the content and products that we create.
  • Accessible: Promote open access to content, while prioritizing its widespread availability to all of Connecticut’s people and communities.
  • Sustainable: Create content, workflows, and systems adaptable and responsive to changes and innovations.
  • Inclusive: Foster, amplify, create, and share content that represents the breadth of Connecticut’s people and the range of their stories.
  • Innovative: Be creative, flexible, and nimble in how we connect to audiences using content and technology.

Locally Grounded, Globally Informed

We acknowledge Connecticut’s integral role in broader regional, national, and international dialogues. While our primary focus is on projects directly connected to Connecticut, we actively participate in and contribute to digital humanities conversations and projects beyond our state that add significant value to Connecticut.

Our Projects

ConnecticutHistory.org

This is your home for stories about the people, traditions, innovations, and events that make up the rich history of the Nutmeg State. In keeping with the internet’s dynamic nature and our evolving understanding of the past, ConnecticutHistory.org brings you new content and connections each and every week. Connect to the real thing, the historic places, documents, and objects that make up the historical record.

Teach It

The goal of Teach It is to help Connecticut’s teachers bring Connecticut history into the classroom through a series of inquiry-based activities that reinforce the principles found in the new social studies frameworks. You will find activities that link local events to national events so students can understand our state’s contributions that shaped our community, history, and heritage.

America 250 -CT Commission Resource Website

As we commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we are excited to share Connecticut-based resources with people throughout the state. Whether you love history or are just curious, this website has something for everyone.

Intellectual Property

CT Humanities encourages the open sharing of collections, projects, and programs created by our partners around the state. We are working to build capacity in organizations around the state to promote open culture and access to CT’s history. 

Past Projects

ConnTours (2019-2024)

ConnTours was an app that served as a mobile-friendly tour guide to historic and cultural sites throughout Connecticut. The content presented in ConnTours encouraged users to learn more about individual sites in Connecticut while fostering a greater appreciation for the variety of historically important and thought-provoking places the state has to offer.

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