Humanities to Go List of Current Programs
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American History
Vietnam: Video and Discussion………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Suzanne Brown or Jack Mallory
From Guns to Gramophones: Civil War and the Technology that Shaped America……………………….Carrie Brown
Rosie’s Mom: Forgotten Women of the First World War……………………………………………………………..Carrie Brown
The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us…………………………………………….Margo Burns
That the People May Live: The Life and Legacy of Nicholas Black Elk, Holy Man of the Lakota……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…Damian Costello
The Stono Rebellion………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…Damian Costello
New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them…………………………………………….Jeremy D'Entremont
Oil, Ice and Bone: Arctic Whaler Nathaniel Ransom…………………………………………………………………..…Helen Frink
Bearing Witness and the Endurance of Voice……………………………………………………………….…...Shanta Lee Gander
Discovering New England Stone Walls……………………………………………………………………………………Kevin Gardner
Returning North with the Spring: Retracing the Journey of Naturalist Edwin Way Teale…………………John Harris
The Founding Fathers: What Were They Thinking?..........................................................................................Richard Hesse
Lafayette and Human Rights…………………………………………………………………………………………………...Alan Hoffman
Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……Thomas Hubka
Ireland’s Great Famine in Irish-American History: Memory and Meaning…………………………………….Mary C. Kelly
Soldiers of Destiny: Ireland's Struggle for Independence, 1598-1998……………………………………...…Mary C. Kelly
Forced Into Politics: Daniel Webster, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the Fugitive Slave Crisis…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………….Geoffrey R. Kirsch
Benedict Arnold, Patriot (and Traitor)................................................................................................................George Morrison
The First Amendment……………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………….Meg Mott
The History of Gym Class……………………………………………………………………………………………………...…Rebecca Noel
Wit and Wisdom: The Forgotten Literary Life of New England Villages………………...………………………….Jo Radner
Mary Baker Eddy: New Hampshire’s Most Important Religious Thinker………………………………………Nicole Ruane
All Eyes Are Upon Us: Racial Struggles in the Northeast, from Jackie Robinson to Barack Obama………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..Jason Sokol
Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers…………………………………………..………………Steve Taylor
Votes for Women: A History of the Suffrage Movement……………………………………………………………..Liz Tentarelli
Thirteen Days in October: The Untold Cuban missile Crisis Story…………………………………………..Michael Tougias
Ancient History
Caesar: The Man from Venus……………………………………………………………………...………………….Sebastian Lockwood
Homer's Odysseus………………………………………………………………………………………………………...Sebastian Lockwood
The Epic of Gilgamesh………………………………………………………………………………………………….Sebastian Lockwood
How Did the Greeks Believe their Myths?.............................................................................................................R. Scott Smith
Rome and Pompeii: Discovering and Preserving the Past…………………………………………….…..……….R. Scott Smith
Anthropology and Archaeology
Digging into Native History in New Hampshire………………………………………………………………….…...Robert Goodby
12,000 Years Ago in the Granite State………………………………………………………………………………...….Robert Goodby
Town by Town, Watershed by Watershed: Native Americans in NH……………...…..Donna Moody and John Moody
A Walk Back in Time: The Secrets of Cellar Holes……………………………………………………………….…..Adair Mulligan
Treasure from the Isles of Shoals: How New Archaeology is Changing Old History………….….J. Dennis Robinson
Art, Architecture, and Film
Movie Mavericks: Filmmakers who Challenge the Hollywood System………………………….……Patrick D. Anderson
Understanding the Movies: The Art of Film……………………………………………………………………..Patrick D. Anderson
Exemplary Country Estates of New Hampshire……………………………………………………………..……….Cristina Ashjian
Comics in World History and Cultures………………………………………………………………………………...…..Marek Bennett
From Mickey to Magoo: The Golden Age of American Animation……………………………………………..….Margo Burns
Faberge Imperial Easter Eggs…………………………………………………………………………………...…………….Marina Forbes
Traditional Matryoshka Nested Doll Making: From Russia to New England……………………….………Marina Forbes
Television: The Art and Ethics of Manipulation…………………………………………………………………...…….John Gfroerer
Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn: The Connected Farm Buildings of New England…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……Thomas Hubka
New Hampshire on High: Historic and Unusual Weathervanes of the Granite State……………...…Glenn Knoblock
Fierce Females: Women in Art…………………………………………………………...………………………………………..Jane Oneail
Granite State Gallery: New Hampshire Art and Artists Through the Years………………………….…………..Jane Oneail
Heroes and Homecomings: Norman Rockwell and World War II……………………………………………………Jane Oneail
The History of Agriculture as Told by Barns……………………………………………………………………………..John C. Porter
New England's Colonial Meetinghouses and their Impact on American Society………………..……Paul Wainwright
Ethics, Philosophy, and Law
Granite Gallows: The Origin of New Hampshire's Debate Over the Death Penalty………………..…Chris Benedetto
The Founding Fathers: What Were They Thinking?...........................................................................................Richard Hesse
War, Justice, and Non-Violence: Perspectives and Paradoxes……………………………………………...….Kent McConnell
The Quest for Happiness………………………………………………………………………………………………………...Maria Sanders
Votes for Women: A History of the Suffrage Movement……………………………………………………………..Liz Tentarelli
Philosophy for Everyone…………………………………………………………………………………………………………Timm Triplett
Language and Literature
Comics in World History and Cultures…………………………………………………………………………..……..….Marek Bennett
Strange Terrain: How Not to "Get" Poetry and Let it Get You Instead…………………………………….…..Alice B. Fogel
Bearing Witness and the Endurance of Voice……………………………………………………………….…...Shanta Lee Gander
Hooked: Narratives of Addiction, Recovery, and Redemption………………………………………………Katherine Gaudet
Sustainability: An American Literary History………………………………………………………………………………Abby Goode
Life Downstairs: British Servant Culture in Fact, Fiction, and Film……..………………….………………….Ann McClellan
(Not So) Elementary, My Dear Watson: The Popularity of Sherlock Holmes……………………………….Ann McClellan
Storytelling in the Digital Age………………………………………………………………………………………………..Ann McClellan
Present Moment, Prolific Moment: Using Mindfulness to Write……………………………………..……..Alexandria Peary
Before Peyton Place: In Search of the Real Grace Metalious………………………………………………..….Robert Perrault
Living History
Meet Lucy Stone: Enter the Antebellum World of the Abolition and Women's Rights Movements……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Judith Black
Liberty is Our Motto! Songs and Stories of the Hutchinson Family Singers…..…………………………….…Steve Blunt
Unlaunch'd Voices: An Evening with Walt Whitman……………………………………………………………….Stephen Collins
Galileo Galilei, the Starry Messenger………………………………………………………………………………….…Michael Francis
Rudyard Kipling Revisited……………………………………………………………………………………………………Jackson Gillman
Abby Hutchinson's Sweet Freedom Songs: Songs and Stories for Abolition and Women's Suffrage……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…Deborah Anne Goss
Caesar: The Man from Venus…………………………………………………………………………………..…….Sebastian Lockwood
Homer's Odysseus………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Sebastian Lockwood
The Epic of Gilgamesh………………………………………………………………………………………………….Sebastian Lockwood
A Visit with Queen Victoria…………………………………………………………………………………………….………Sally Mummey
Mary Todd Lincoln: An Unconventional Woman………………………………………………………….…………..Sally Mummey
A Soldier's Mother Tells Her Story……………………………………………………………………………………………Sharon Wood
Our National Thanksgiving: With Thanks to President Lincoln and Mrs. Hale……………..Steve and Sharon Wood
A Visit with Abraham Lincoln……………………………………………………………………………………………………..Steve Wood
Music History and Appreciation
Global Banjar: International Voices in Antebellum Banjo Music………………….Marek Bennett and Woody Pringle
Rally 'Round the Flag: The American Civil War Through Folksong………….…..Marek Bennett and Woody Pringle
Contra Dancing in New Hampshire Then and Now……………………………………………………...………..Dudley Laufman
The Guitar in Latin America: Continuities, Changes, and Bicultural Strumming……………………………José Lezcano
The Ballad Lives!..............................................................................................................................................................John Perrault
Songs of Emigration: Storytelling Through Traditional Irish Music…………………………….….Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki
Banjos, Bones, and Ballads……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…Jeff Warner
Music in my Pockets: Family Fun in Folk Music…………………………………………………………………………….Jeff Warner
Range the Wild Woods Over: Loggers’ Songs and Stories……………………………………………….……………..Jeff Warner
Songs of Old New Hampshire…………………………………………………………………………………………...…………Jeff Warner
Nature and Adventure
New Hampshire on Skis………………………………………………………………………………………………………..E. John B. Allen
Harnessing History: On the Trail of New Hampshire's State Dog, the Chinook……………………….……..Bob Cottrell
New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them…………………………………………….Jeremy D'Entremont
Oil, Ice and Bone: Arctic Whaler Nathaniel Ransom………………………………………………………………..……Helen Frink
Discovering New England Stone Walls……………………………………………………………………………………Kevin Gardner
Returning North with the Spring: Retracing the Journey of Naturalist Edwin Way Teale…………………John Harris
The White Mountain Huts……………………………………………………………………………….……………………...…...Allen Koop
The Connecticut: New England’s Great River……………………………………………………………………..……Adair Mulligan
The Finest Hours: The True Story Behind the US Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue………..Michael Tougias
New Hampshire History
New Hampshire on Skis………………………………………………………………………………………………………..E. John B. Allen
Exemplary Country Estates of New Hampshire……………………………………………………………..……….Cristina Ashjian
Granite Gallows: The Origin of New Hampshire's Debate Over the Death Penalty……….…………Chris Benedetto
Abolitionists of Noyes Academy……………………………………………………………………………………………………Dan Billin
In the Evil Day: A Small Town in New Hampshire and the Crime That Stunned the Nation…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Richard Adams Carey
Jennie Powers: The Woman Who Dares…………………………………………………………………………….……….Jenna Carroll
New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them…………………………………………….Jeremy D'Entremont
Discovering New England Stone Walls……………………………………………………………………………………Kevin Gardner
A History of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary……………………………………………………………….John Gfroerer
John Winant: New Hampshire Man of the World………………………………………………………………..……..Richard Hesse
African-American Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire during the American Revolution……………..…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...Glenn Knoblock
Brewing in New Hampshire: An Informal History of Beer in the Granite State………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…Glenn Knoblock
New Hampshire Cemeteries and Gravestones………………………………………………………………….……Glenn Knoblock
Stark Decency: New Hampshire’s World War II German Prisoner of War Camp…………………….…………Allen Koop
Vanished Veterans: An Illustrated Introduction to NH's Civil War Monuments and Memorials……………………………………………………………………………………………………...……………….….George Morrison
The Connecticut: New England’s Great River……………………………………………………………………..……Adair Mulligan
New Hampshire Abolitionist Nathaniel Peabody Rogers………………………………………………………...…Rebecca Noel
Granite State Gallery: New Hampshire Art and Artists Through the Years………………………….…………..Jane Oneail
A Taste of the Old Country in the New: Franco Americans of Manchester…………………………….….Robert Perrault
Having a Fine Time in Manchester: Vintage Post Cards and Local History……………………………….Robert Perrault
Putting Human Faces on the Textile Industry: The Workers of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Robert Perrault
The History of Agriculture as Told by Barns……………………………………………………………………………..John C. Porter
Case Closed on the 1873 Smuttynose Ax Murders…………………………………………………………….J. Dennis Robinson
The Making of Strawbery Banke…………………………………………………………………………….…………J. Dennis Robinson
How Fresh Water Has Shaped New Hampshire……………………………………………………………...…….Jim Rousmaniere
Mary Baker Eddy: New Hampshire’s Most Important Religious Thinker………………………………………Nicole Ruane
Moved and Seconded: Town Meeting in New Hampshire…………………………………………………….…….Rebecca Rule
New Hampshire’s Long Love-Hate Relationship with its Agricultural Fairs…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………..………………Steve Taylor
New Hampshire’s One Room Rural Schools: The Romance and the Reality……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………Steve Taylor
New Hampshire Roads Taken—Or Not………………………………….……………………………………...……………Steve Taylor
Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers…………………………………………..………………Steve Taylor
New Hampshire History in Film
Uprooted: Heartache and Hope in NH……………………………Whitney Howarth, John Krueckeberg, or Sara Withers
Open Questions (click here for details about Open Questions)
Should We Fear Death?..........................................................................................................................................................Kiki Berk
Are We Working Too Hard?.............................................................................................................Kiki Berk and Joshua Tepley
Is Capital Punishment Right or Wrong?................................................................................Max Latona and Timm Triplett
What Does it Mean to be an American?................................................................................Max Latona and Joshua Tepley
Can Machines Think?....................................................................................................................................................Joshua Tepley
Does Truth Matter?........................................................................................................................................................Joshua Tepley
Oral History, Storytelling and Writing
Family, Memory, Place: Writing Family Stories………………………………………………………………….……Maura MacNeil
Flight of Remembrance: From WWII in Europe to the U.S. Space Program………………………….…......Marina Kirsch
Oil, Ice and Bone: Arctic Whaler Nathaniel Ransom………………………………………………………………..……Helen Frink
Storytelling in the Digital Age………………………………………………………………………………………………..Ann McClellan
Family Stories: How and Why to Remember and Tell Them…………………………………………………………….Jo Radner
Yankee Ingenuity: Stories of Headstrong and Resourceful People…..…………………………………………..…..Jo Radner
That Reminds Me of a Story…………………………………………………………………………………………………….Rebecca Rule
Moved and Seconded: Town Meeting in New Hampshire…………………………………………………….…….Rebecca Rule
Songs of Emigration: Storytelling Through Traditional Irish Music….…………………………….Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki
Technology and Society
Television: The Art and Ethics of Manipulation…………………………………………………………………...…….John Gfroerer
Storytelling in the Digital Age………………………………………………………………………………………………..Ann McClellan
Ethical Aspects of Converging Technologies…………………………………………………………………….……Herman Tavani
World History, Cultures and Religions
Comics in World History and Cultures………………………………………………………………………………...…..Marek Bennett
Global Banjar: International Voices in Antebellum Banjo Music………………...…Marek Bennet and Woody Pringle
An Introduction to Sufism, the Spiritual Path to Islam…………………………………………………………..Mohamed Defaa
The Middle East …………………………………………………………………………………………………………...……Mohamed Defaa
Russian Daily Life and Culture………………………………………………………………….…………………………….Marina Forbes
Flight of Remembrance: From WWII in Europe to the U.S. Space Program………………………….…......Marina Kirsch
Life Downstairs: British Servant Culture in Fact, Fiction, and Film……..………………….………………….Ann McClellan
God, the Early Years: A Brief History of God in the Rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..Nicole Ruane
