Greg Waters Current city/town: Montclair, NJ Title/Affiliation: Board of Trustees member and incoming Chair, New Jersey Council for the Humanities What’s the last page-turner biography you read? What podcasts […]
Humanities Moment: NJCH Board Chair Dan Fatton
Dan Fatton Current city/town: Trenton, NJ Title/Affiliation: Board Chair, New Jersey Council for the Humanities What’s the last page-turner biography you read? What podcasts are keeping you going during […]
NJCH Builds Capacity and Community with $402,514 in New Grant Awards
The New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) is pleased to announce that we have awarded $402,514 in grant funding to 33 organizations across the state for Spring 2022. These […]
Ukrainian History and Education Center Work Takes on New Meaning in Light of War
How does an organization devoted to preserving and promoting the cultural heritage of a country respond when its very history is threatened by an unprovoked war? For the Ukrainian History […]
TAPinto Princeton Taps Into Stan Katz’s Public Humanities Legacy
NJCH’s Stanley N. Katz Prize for Excellence in Public Humanities takes center stage in a new column about Stan by longtime Princeton-area chronicler Pam Hersh. As announced late last year, the Katz Prize […]
NJCH Announces 2022-2025 Strategic Plan
We’re excited to share that our new strategic plan, which includes a revised mission statement and new values statement, has been approved by the NJCH Board of Trustees.
Vietnamese Boat People Preserves Stories Through New Crowdsourced Map
The Vietnamese Boat People (VBP) podcast and nonprofit in 2021 launched the VBP Journeys map, a community-driven platform created to encourage intergenerational dialogue within families and communities, to share stories […]
Op-Ed: Creating a more inclusive history of the Garden State
New Jersey Council for the Humanities Executive Director Carin Berkowitz, PhD, and Board President Dan Fatton penned an op-ed titled “Creating a more inclusive history of the Garden State” published […]
NJCH sees largest-ever response to incubation and action grants cycle
At the conclusion of the LOI stage of its 2021-2022 cycle for Incubation Grants and Action Grants, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities has received 83 approved Letters of […]
Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, a Traveling Exhibition, to Arrive in New Jersey in April
(Camden, NJ) – The New Jersey Council for the Humanities announces that Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, a traveling exhibition about civic engagement and participation in our democracy, will […]
