Lifelong learning through a variety of free public programs
Sparking ideas to encourage meaningful conversations
Connecting people with ideas, no matter what
Telling stories to share the human experience
We work in all corners of our state to provide wide-ranging, thought-provoking programs that connect people to culture, history, places, ideas and one another. Click on the video to the right for a look inside New Hampshire Humanities and join us!
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Women have long been the subject of art, often depicted as nothing more than objects of desire. How do images of women change when women become the cr...
While servant narratives have been popular for centuries, there seems to be a resurging interest in these stories in recent decades. Many contemporary...
Whatever did New Englanders do on long winter evenings before cable, satellite and the internet? In the decades before and after the Civil War, our ru...
The long and storied Senate career of New Hampshire’s favorite political son came to an ignominious end with the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.&nbs...
Jose Lezcano presents a multi-media musical program that showcases the guitar in Latin America as an instrument that speaks many languages. Lezcano pr...
Writing can become much more fulfilling if we think of it as happening right Now. Much is lost when we overlook the present moment because we forfeit ...
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...
From Brooklyn to Boston, from World War II to the present, Jason Sokol traces the modern history of race and politics in the Northeast. Why did white ...
Carrie Brown explores the technological triumph that helped save the Union and then transformed the nation. During the Civil War, northern industry pr...
New Hampshire has attracted and inspired artists since the colonial era. What is distinctive about the art made here? This program will consider works...
Our statewide speakers bureau offering high quality public humanities programs.
Innovative humanities programs delivered to your workplace.
Our series of “bite size conversations about big ideas”.
Reading group serving more than 500 adult learners each year.
The state’s only grant program devoted to public humanities.
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Posted: November 18th, 2020
Anthony Poore, executive director at New Hampshire Humanities, has a saying for the work we do: “We play three roles here: The convener, the funder, and the catalyst for positive change.” Unfortunately, we can’t always play all these roles in every situation. This is a story of our role as convener.
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