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Jose Lezcano presents a multi-media musical program that showcases the guitar in Latin America as an instrument that speaks many languages. Lezcano pr...
Jennie Powers took a stand against social vices in New Hampshire and Vermont in the early twentieth century. She was a humane society agent in Keene f...
While servant narratives have been popular for centuries, there seems to be a resurging interest in these stories in recent decades. Many contemporary...
Uprooted is a 30-minute documentary based on interviews collected during New Hampshire Humanities' Fences & Neighbors initiative on immigratio...
The native Abenaki people played a central role in the history of the Monadnock region, defending it against English settlement and forcing the abando...
Rebecca Noel explores the sometimes alarming, sometimes hilarious backstory of what we now know as gym class. Physicians worried since the Renaissance...
Loggers at the turn of the twentieth century cut the timber that built and warmed our houses and provided the ties for America's ever-expanding ra...
One of the most interesting aspects of the American Revolution is the role played by African Americans in the fight for independence. Both free Africa...
The campaign for women's right to vote was a long one, from the 1848 Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York to ratification of th...
The ancient Greek philosophers defined eudaimonia as living a full and excellent life. In this illustrated talk, Maria Sanders explores how ideas of h...
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Reading group serving more than 500 adult learners each year.
The state’s only grant program devoted to public humanities.
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In a time where women held few rights, why would the colonial-era government allow them to run a tavern? Join us this Friday as we explore the contradictions between the legal status of women versus the social reality of colonial times w/ @msbprof. RSVP at https://t.co/JZZKpQwdY2 pic.twitter.com/MZ2X66yZfS— New Hampshire Humanities (@NHHumanities) November 2, 2021
In a time where women held few rights, why would the colonial-era government allow them to run a tavern? Join us this Friday as we explore the contradictions between the legal status of women versus the social reality of colonial times w/ @msbprof. RSVP at https://t.co/JZZKpQwdY2 pic.twitter.com/MZ2X66yZfS
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Posted: September 15th, 2021
The Board of Directors and staff of New Hampshire Humanities are proud to announce the arrival of Michael Haley Goldman as our new Executive Director.
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