Join the Institute for Human Science and Culture for their speaker series on reducing harms in museums for a talk with Courtney Little Axe! The University of Montana Anthropological Curation Facility (UMACF) has been working in collaboration with the Tribal Historic Preservation Officers from each Montana tribe to formulate policies and procedures in accordance with cultural protocols for repatriation. The ... Read More
Join the Ohio Humanities program staff for an overview of the grants program and what funding opportunities are available to humanities-based organizations across Ohio. Register for the event using this link!
Join Curator Caitlin McGurk at the Bexley Public Library for a talk about the art and life of trailblazing feminist cartoonist Barbara Shermund, who is featured in the exhibition and McGurk's new book Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund, on display at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio September 21-December 29, ... Read More
Come visit the Marvin Memorial Church for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Barry Jackisch about the history that led up to Night of Broken Glass. This presentation explores the increasing persecution of Jews and other targeted groups in Nazi Germany. Far from a random process, this persecution developed with the entire weight of the German state and legal system. ... Read More
Come visit Muskingum County History for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Brandon Downing about how the Northwest Territory shaped the development of early America! This talk examines Marietta as a cultural heritage site that serves a crucial role in redefining American collective history by reconstructing a national identity based on the Northwest Ordinance, one of the most important, progressive, ... Read More
Join the Institute for Human Science and Culture for their speaker series on reducing harms in museums for a talk with Dr. Paul Edward Montgomery Ramírez! Dr. Montgomery Ramírez is a Monimboseño person from what is currently Nicaragua, raised in diaspora in the United States. He is a decolonial heritage specialist and Indigenous public archaeologist, with a PhD in Archaeology ... Read More
Come visit the Tremont Rd. Branch of the Upper Arlington Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Brad Lepper about the mastodon discovery that sparked a knowledge revolution. The 1989 discovery of this giant, ancient elephant-like creature opened an unprecedented window onto Ohio’s Ice Age. Archaeologists, biologists, and geologists studied the mastodon’s nearly complete remains (including its last meal) ... Read More
Come visit the Columbus Metropolitan Library's Main Branch to explore how race and racism have shaped Ohio over time with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries as part of the Library's Authors at the Library series! Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, professor of history at The Ohio State University, will discuss how race and racism have shaped Ohio over time, influencing both its ... Read More
In honor of Black History Month, the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board is hosting a series of free, 45-minute presentations every Tuesday at noon in the Atrium in collaboration with different groups. Each session will include up to 15 minutes for Q&A with the speaker or performer. It is free and open to the public! For larger groups, please ... Read More
The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Pam Jenoff to discuss her book, Last Twilight in Paris. In Last Twilight in Paris, Louise is still adjusting to her postwar role as a housewife in 1953 London, when she discovers a necklace in a box at a secondhand shop. The box is marked with the name of ... Read More
Join the Warren Branch of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library for an Ohio Humanities’ Speakers Bureau event with Ric Sheffield about his experience growing up Black in rural Oho. This program presents a glimpse into the Black experience in small town America as reflected in Sheffield’s book “We Got By: A Black Family’s Journey in the Heartland.” With actual and projected ... Read More
Come visit the Cleo Redd Fisher Historical Museum for an Ohio Humanities' Speakers' Bureau event with Brad Lepper about the Newark Earthworks! The Newark Earthworks are the largest set of geometric enclosures and mounds in the world. The work of the Hopewell people who lived in Ohio circa A.D. 1- 400, these geometric earthworks covered nearly five square miles, using ... Read More
