NJCH is proud to sponsor the Sankofa Collaborative’s continuing series of workshops on the complex and difficult issues in the history and current experiences of African American citizens of New Jersey.
NJCH is proud to sponsor this event from the Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites, re-creating a Civil War encampment and offering an encounter a New Jersey soldier’s experience of the Civil War.
Crossing Borders (Cruzando Fronteras) is an annual community celebration that offers music and togetherness with a spotlight on new plays by Latine theater artists. This year’s festival is curated by […]
This hour-long virtual meeting and discussion will offer participants an opportunity to discuss the impact of advances in artificial intelligence to public humanities work in community colleges and beyond.
This hour-long virtual meeting and discussion will offer participants an opportunity to discuss strategies for community and audience engagement after stories or collections have been collected or developed.
2024 marks the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer, a landmark campaign to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi. While most of the movement’s work took place in the Magnolia State, a key portion of the path to voting rights ran through the Garden State. Join us for a commemoration of this iconic historical moment.
Letters of Intent will be accepted from potential applicants for Round One of NJCH’s 2024-25 Action and Incubation Grants from September 1-October 3, 2024.
Join NJCH and the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Association for a special program and reception featuring the reenactors of the 6th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops as they salute Prince Rodgers and Black Soldiers of the Civil War in the historic setting of Prince Rodgers Cemetery.
NJCH is pleased to sponsor the Peace Islands Institute’s “Peace Festival ’24,” a bike-and-walk festival aiming to foster a sense of community, promote physical well-being, and advance the United Nations’ International Peace Day.
Join Grants Program staff for drop-in discussions, question-and-answer sessions, and recommendations for applying to the grants program at the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
NJCH is a proud sponsor of Open Book / Open Mind, a flagship series of literary events organized by Montclair Public Library whereby top authors discuss their new books and current events in front of a live audience. Next in this series is a discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond about his #1 New York Times bestseller on the causes of poverty with Andrea Elliott, a Pulitzer-winning author and New York Times journalist.
NJCH is proud to sponsor this special exploration and celebration of the history of gospel music benefiting the Sankofa Heritage Collective of Morris County and Morris County Historical Society.
