History, Natural History & the Arts
Terms and slogans abound in contemporary thinking about the prison system. It has become commonplace to hear about mass incarceration, the carceral state, defunding the police, prison reform, and prison abolition.
Yet even while the prison system impacts the lives of many Americans, many others view it from a distance, imagining incarceration as something that happens to other people. [Read more…] about Everyday Carceral Culture: A Virtual Conversation About Prison & Society
The application for the 2023 Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership (P-IHP) grant program is now live.
Humanities New York offers this annual grant opportunity for New York State-based, tax-exempt, non-profit organizations that currently serve formerly incarcerated individuals and/or their families. [Read more…] about Post-Incarceration Humanities Grants Available
Humanities New York (HNY) has announced $188,023 in summer Action grants to 38 organizations for innovative public humanities offerings, which will take place primarily in autumn 2022. [Read more…] about Humanities New York Awards $188k in Action Grant Funding
Humanities New York (HNY) has announced $159,200 in awards to 32 grantees for innovative public humanities offerings. Awards were made to non-profits in eight regions of the state, from the Western New York to Long Island.
This latest round of HNY funding will support primarily summer programming. [Read more…] about Humanities New York Awards 32 Grants Across NYS
Humanities New York (HNY) will host the second event of the “Land, Liberty, and Loss: Echoes of the American Revolution” series on Tuesday, April 26th, with a program on the relationship between Native Americans, Black Americans, and colonists of New York State in the time before and after the American Revolution. [Read more…] about Land, Liberty, and Loss: Echoes of the American Revolution
Humanities New York (HNY) has announced “Land, Liberty, and Loss: Echoes of the American Revolution,” a scholar-guided, multi-part exploration of our nation’s history and how that history — or misapprehensions of that history — often serves as an obstacle to full democratic and civic flourishing, set to begin on Thursday, February 17th. [Read more…] about Alan Taylor On Native-Settler Relations in New York (Virtual Event)
Humanities New York (HNY) has announced more than $360,000 in ARP Act funding to 43 New York cultural nonprofits affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read more…] about Humanities New York Awards $360,000 in ARP Act Funding
Humanities New York (HNY) has announced $1.2 million in ARP Act funding to 120 New York cultural nonprofits affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. HNY “SHARP” (Sustaining the Humanities Through the American Rescue Plan) Operating Grants focus on organizations with a core humanities mission, and range from $1,000 to $20,000, reaching every region in New York. These grants are to be used to cover day-to-day activities or ongoing expenses such as staff salaries, utilities, and rent, as well as for humanities programming and professional development. [Read more…] about Humanities New York Awards $1.2 million in ARP Act Funding
The New York State Museum is making a seven-panel exhibition available to museums, libraries, and cultural organizations to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising in September 1971. This exhibition presents various viewpoints from the prison uprising and its aftermath, and discusses the wider impacts of the event and why this story is important fifty years later. [Read more…] about Attica Prison Uprising Traveling Exhibition Available
Humanities New York (HNY) has announced new grant guidelines designed to distribute funding to New York cultural nonprofits affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Over $1.5 million in funding will be distributed in two rounds of SHARP (Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan) grants: HNY SHARP Operating Grants provide up to $20,000 in unrestricted funds to organizations with core humanities missions. HNY SHARP Action Grants offer up to $10,000 for the implementation of humanities projects. Grants will be made in every region in New York. [Read more…] about $1.5M Available In Recovery Grants for Humanities