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So You Think You Know Civics: What is Political Leadership?

Morven Museum and Garden 55 Stockton St, Princeton, NJ, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

NJCH is proud to sponsor the event series "So You Think You Know Civics?" hosted by Morven Museum and Garden and Princeton Public Library. Upcoming in the series is the talk What is Political Leadership? by Saladin Ambar, Senior Scholar at Eagleton’s Center on the American Governor and Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

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Virtual Information Session, NJCH Funding Opportunities

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Curious about how the New Jersey Council for the Humanities can support your organization’s work? Join us virtually on Thursday, December 5th at 1PM to learn more about NJCH’s funding opportunities!

Free

Washington’s Landing in New Jersey Encampment

Washington Crossing State Park 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, NJ, United States

You're invited to Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville, to welcome Washington’s troops to an NJCH-sponsored encampment and learn what happened after 2,400 troops, 18 cannons and 50 horses landed on New Jersey's shores in 1776.

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Community College Convening: Humanities Beyond the Classroom

Raritan Valley Community College 118 Lamington Rd, Branchburg, NJ, United States

Join NJCH at our next Community College Convening, where we will be highlighting humanities projects and programs at NJ's community colleges that take the humanities beyond the typical classroom setting.

Free

Grant Award Notifications

Notifications in regard to applications for Round One of NJCH’s 2024-25 Action and Incubation Grants will be made by January 10, 2025. For full information on grants, visit https://njhumanities.org/grants/grants-overview.

New Jersey Youth Symphony Concert for Peace with Violins of Hope

New Jersey Performing Arts Center 1 Center St, Newark, NJ, United States

Wharton Arts proudly presents A Concert for Peace with Violins of Hope, a poignant tribute to resilience and the power of music. Led by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Helen H. Cha-Pyo, this special concert showcases the extraordinary Violins of Hope, precious stringed instruments that survived the Holocaust.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Symposium (Virtual)

Bethany Hall

NJCH is proud to sponsor Seton Hall University's 2025 Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium on January 20, featuring a full day of virtual programming including a keynote address by Drew Hart, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Theology at Messiah University. 

Douglass Day at Rowan University

Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Rd, Glassboro, NJ, United States

You're invited to join the team of participants at Rowan University working to transcribe documents from the African American Perspectives Collection at the Library of Congress.

The 45th Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series

Robeson Campus Center 350 Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard, Newark, NJ, United States

NJCH is proud to sponsor the 45th Annual Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series presented by the Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers-Newark.

NJ History Day Regional Contest at Rutgers University-Camden

Rutgers University-Camden 326 Penn St, Camden, NJ, United States

The New Jersey History Day program is an affiliate of National History Day (NHD), started in 1974 to promote the teaching and learning of history. Volunteer judges are needed for this program!