Social & Racial Justice
On Community Partnership: An Interview with Kyera Singleton from the Royall House and Slave Quarters
Posted OnJune 21, 2021 byBeatrice GurwitzBy Michelle May-Curry In the 18th century, the Royall House and Slave Quarters was home to the largest enslavers in Massachusetts and the enslaved Black women, men, and children, who made their lavish way of life possible. Today, the Royall House and Slave Quarters is a site of memory. The museum’s architecture, household items, archaeological…Read More…
NEH Impact: Expanding Access to Northeast Native American Histories
Posted OnMay 26, 2021 byBeatrice GurwitzBy Emily McDonald The Native Northeast Research Collaborative (NNRC) is a vast digital humanities project that engages tribes, scholars, educators, students, and the public to preserve, curate, and study Indigenous peoples and communities in the Atlantic Northeast. Over the last eleven years of their operation, NNRC’s digitization efforts have helped to publish materials spanning three…Read More…
NEH Impact: Exploring Natural and Culture Landscapes in Mississippi
Posted OnApril 5, 2021 byBeatrice GurwitzBy Emily McDonald The Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) in Ocean Springs, Mississippi preserves the legacy of Walter Anderson—a prolific artist who spent the majority of his career on the Mississippi Gulf Coast documenting the local culture and landscape through his artwork. WAMA uses Anderson’s artwork as a catalyst for public programming and education…Read More…
NEH Impact: Bringing Underrepresented Histories to the Forefront Through Storytelling
Posted OnNovember 30, 2020 byBeatrice GurwitzBy Emily McDonald This year’s sweeping challenges have made the need to make sense of our histories even more clear, and cultural organizations are undertaking this crucial work in a variety of creative ways. The International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee’s new Freedom Stories project offers virtual discussions about African American heritage and Appalachian history with Black scholars,…Read More…
Using Public Humanities to Reckon with the American University’s Ties to Slavery
Posted OnOctober 27, 2020 byBeatrice GurwitzBy Michelle May-Curry During National Arts and Humanities Month, Humanities for All has been exploring how higher ed-based humanists are using the tools of public humanities and partnership to promote social and racial justice. In recent decades, many American colleges and universities have begun uncovering their historic support and involvement with the institution of slavery (and the…Read More…
Making the Case for Studying the Humanities in a Time of Crisis: A Two-Part Webinar
Posted OnAugust 25, 2020 byBeatrice GurwitzBy Scott Muir We recently hosted a two-part webinar entitled Making the Case for Studying the Humanities in a Time of Crisis. For more than a year now, we’ve been researching the field of undergraduate humanities recruitment, identifying compelling initiatives, effective strategies, and leaders in the field. We gathered six of those leaders—three deans followed by…Read More…
NEH Impact: Incorporating Local Literary Legends Into Tuskegee’s Curriculum
Posted OnMay 14, 2020 byBeatrice GurwitzBy Emily McDonald Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, and Albert Murray are three literary legends of the twentieth century, pivotal to the Harlem Renaissance, Modernism, and cultural theory. Each of these authors spent their formative years in HBCUs, and have artistic and biographical ties to Tuskegee University and Macon County, Alabama—a region that serves as…Read More…