Welcome to the Public Humanities Newsletter! Since 2018, the Public Humanities Newsletter has been working to connect scholars and practitioners interested in the publicly engaged humanities to create a national community of practice dedicated to advancing community partnership through the humanities.
Each month, the Newsletter highlights higher ed-based public humanities news including (but not limited to):
CFPs for public humanities-related journals, book publications, blogs, conferences, etc.
Public humanities job ads relevant to those based in higher education
National events, resources, and grant funding opportunities
Articles about public humanities scholarship
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About Humanities for All
The Public Humanities Newsletter was created in 2018 by the team at Humanities for All, an initiative of the National Humanities Alliance Foundation. The Humanities for All database showcases over 2,000 higher ed-based publicly engaged humanities initiatives from around the United States. In addition, the blog publishes posts from public humanities project directors, students, staff, and participants about their work and experiences in their own words.
Learn more about Humanities for All and how you can contribute your work here.
About the National Humanities Alliance
The National Humanities Alliance (NHA) is a nationwide coalition of organizations advocating for the humanities on campuses, in communities, and on Capitol Hill. Founded in 1981, NHA is supported by over 200 member organizations, including: colleges, universities, libraries, museums, cultural organizations, state humanities councils, and scholarly, professional, and higher education associations. It is the only organization that brings together the US humanities community as a whole.
The National Humanities Alliance Foundation (NHA Foundation) is the 501(c)(3) supporting foundation of the National Humanities Alliance. The NHA Foundation advances the humanities by conducting and supporting research on the humanities and communicating the value of the humanities to a range of audiences including elected officials and the general public.
About the Department of Public & Applied Humanities
The Department of Public & Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona became the new home for the Public Humanities Newsletter in 2024. The Department works to translate the personal enrichment of humanities study into public enrichment and the direct and tangible improvement of the human condition.
Through research-driven, collaborative, and publicly facing projects built to explore and enhance life in the community and beyond, our students and scholars convert understanding into action for the measurable betterment of society.
The department is fundamentally experimental, entrepreneurial, and transdisciplinary, and focuses on public and private opportunities that straddle rather than fall between purviews, or are confined by them.
