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.
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.
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.
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!
NJCH has proudly supported the development of the NJ PBS documentary series "The Price of Silence," which explores the roots of slavery, with multiple grant awards. Montclair Public Library will host a screening of the entire series, followed by a discussion with the filmmakers, on February 22.
The Writers House at Rutgers University-Camden will host an in-person panel for veterans, family members, and the public highlighting the narratives and experiences of American veterans throughout the country’s history of conflict. The event is supported by an NJCH grant.
Alan Delozier, Humanities Librarian at Seton Hall University, will present on the deep and multi-faceted contributions of the Hibernian community in New Jersey over the last few centuries.
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!
NJCH is a proud sponsor of two lectures occurring as part of Westminster Choir College's third annual Celebration of Black Music festival. The event is a vibrant celebration of African American choral traditions, featuring powerful concerts, enlightening lectures, and captivating recitals.
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities hosts quarterly meetings of the community of practice for oral historians and community storytellers.
Get ready for a day full of captivating stories and exciting tales at the Rosalogues Storytelling Festival, which is being presented in part with grant funding from NJCH.
The Mahwah Museum, an NJCH grantee, presents “Jane Addams and the Women of Hull-House,” a lecture led by Cathy Moran Hajo in celebration of Women's History Month. Jane Addams (1860-1935) was one of the foremost women in America at the turn of the 20th Century, tackling issues such as child labor, immigrant’s rights, woman suffrage, and fair labor conditions.
