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NJCH-funded History Project Celebrated at Library of Congress and on GMA

March 14, 2025

“Community on the Line,” an oral and archival history project to document the Soul Line Dance Community in the New Jersey Area funded by an NJCH grant, was recently celebrated at the Library of Congress and on Good Morning America.

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open sign for Action Grants

Incubation Grant is now available!

May 7, 2018

It’s an exciting day at NJCH. The spring Incubation Grant is now open! Submit your application through the Grant section of our website. Questions? Ask us.

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Briann & Teddy at the Humanities Conference

Important announcement from NJCH Chair Kiki Jamieson

April 19, 2018

I am writing to let you know that New Jersey Council for the Humanities’ Executive Director Briann Greenfield will be stepping down in June.

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Calling all scholars! NJCH now accepting PSP proposals

March 13, 2018

Are you a scholar with a desire to bring your area of expertise or interest to diverse audiences through a high-quality, publicly accessible humanities program? If so, consider submitting a […] Read More

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NJCH heads to D.C. for Humanities on the Hill

March 8, 2018

This week, staff, board members, and advocates from humanities councils across the country headed to Washington D.C. for Humanities on the Hill (HOH). Conducted by the Federation of State Humanities […] Read More

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Announcing…the new NJCH Calendar of Events

February 23, 2018

Have you heard the good news? Our digital Calendar of Events is now up and running! As the state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, we work to […] Read More

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Action Grant application is now available

February 19, 2018

The NJCH Action Grant is available one time per year. It is currently open. More information is available in the Grants section of our website. If you should have any […] Read More

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NJCH to Host Workshop about Applying to the Incubation and Action Grant Program

February 8, 2018

If you’re thinking about applying for a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, this might be the perfect workshop for you! NJCH is hosting a two hour […] Read More

Professor Stanley Katz

How have the public humanities impacted your life?

January 3, 2018

It’s a question we pose often. Not only do we believe in the benefit of reflection on topics that help us further our understanding of ourselves and others, we welcome […] Read More

NJCH Staff and Board in Boston

Successful Conference in Boston for NJCH Team

December 8, 2017

Last month, NJCH staff along with several board members made the trip up to Boston for the annual National Humanities Conference. The conference welcomed hundreds of humanities professionals (or humanists […] Read More

Question posed to Gubernatorial Candidates about Public Humanities

October 30, 2017

We posed the following question to each of the gubernatorial candidates: Public humanities programs use disciplines such as history, literature, and philosophy as tools to explore and examine our history, […] Read More