Held at Bergen Community College (Paramus), this free daylong program is designed to foster intellectual exchange and debate about the most pressing topics for humanities faculty on community college campuses today, and to create sorely-needed spaces for these faculty to connect and collaborate as peers.
Our Mission
We explore, cultivate, and champion the public humanities in order to strengthen New Jersey’s diverse community.
Our Work
50th Anniversary
Join us throughout 2022 as we celebrate our 50th year of strengthening communities and connections in New Jersey through the public humanities.
Sponsorships
Sponsorships support events, programs, and opportunities that help institutions serving the people of New Jersey explore the public humanities in our lives.
Impact
Our programs, grants, resources, and convenings foster appreciation for the public humanities in every district in the state.
Events
Featured
In the Weeds: Creating an Outstanding Proposal
April 4, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm
Ideal for anyone in the process of applying for an NJCH grant, but useful for other grant applications as well, this workshop explores how to use the narrative and budget to create a compelling grant proposal.
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Creating an Outstanding Proposal
Learn how to craft a competitive proposal in this grant writing workshop.
News
NJCH and NJCCC to Host Gathering of NJ Community College Humanities Professionals March 24
On March 24, 2023, NJCH and NJCCC will host community college faculty and staff from around the state for a daylong convening at Bergen Community College on the most pressing […]
Resource Roundup February 2023
The Resource Roundup is a monthly email newsletter for the NJ Humanities community with helpful information, including notifications of funding, professional development events, meetings, and conferences from both NJCH and […]
NJCH Community Scribe Selected as South Jersey Information Equity Project Fellow
A member of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities’ inaugural Democracy and the Informed Citizen cohort has been selected as a fellow of the South Jersey Information Equity Project […]
NJCH Announces $211,743 in Grant Awards to NJ Organizations
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) will distribute $211,743 in funding to 18 organizations in its latest round of grant funding awards. Of these, 8 awards are Incubation […]
Resource Roundup January 2023
The Resource Roundup is a monthly email newsletter for the NJ Humanities community with helpful information, including notifications of funding, professional development events, meetings, and conferences from both NJCH and […]
Grants
Through a competitive application process, we award Incubation Grants and Action Grants ranging from $2,000 to $20,000 to further the impact of the public humanities in New Jersey. Our COVID-19 grantmaking in 2020 and 2021 also helped pandemic-affected organizations recover and reimagine their work at a critical moment.
Grantee Spotlight
Lawnside Historical Society
Lawnside, NJ
The Lawnside Historical Society’s 2022 Underground Railroad Youth Day Camp was a first-of-its-kind experience for both the dozen-plus children who attended and the state of New Jersey, teaching the often untold history of the Underground Railroad.
Whitesbog Preservation Trust
Browns Mills, NJ
"This decades-long, award-winning project has been especially important in the past year as we collected critical video histories from community members to share as videos and in interpretation, tours and exhibits in the village."
Sponsors & Partners
