Joining host Bob Mann are Dr. Lois Oppenheim, Professor at Montclair State University and Queen Nur, Folklife Center Director of the Perkins Center for the Arts.
The Incubation and Action Grant program at NJCH provides funding for public humanities projects through a competitive grant process. Montclair State University received an Action Grant to develop a documentary exploring the complex meanings of “recovery” from severe psychiatric disorders. Perkins Center for the Arts received an Incubation Grant to examine folklore, art, and culture through the lens of food tradition in three South Jersey counties.
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Montclair State University
Perkins Center for the Arts
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Humanities Connection is a monthly program that explores NJCH grantee projects and initiatives. Representatives from these nonprofit organizations discuss the impact of their public humanities programming in communities around the state. Sponsored by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and broadcast on WFDU (89.1 FM), Fairleigh Dickinson University’s public radio station, Humanities Connection, hosted by Bob Mann, airs the last Saturday of each month at 12:30 p.m.
Humanities Connection is a monthly program that explores NJCH grantee projects and initiatives. Representatives from these nonprofit organizations discuss the impact of their public humanities programming in communities around the state. Sponsored by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and broadcast on WFDU (89.1 FM), Fairleigh Dickinson University’s public radio station, Humanities Connection, hosted by Bob Mann, airs the last Saturday of each month at 12:30 p.m.