Brown University's Center for Public Humanities. We connect communities with art, culture, and history in meaningful, accessible, and engaging ways.
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7 Jun 2023
What had been imagined as a weekend of mourning for the Center transformed into a celebration, recognizing that, in each of us, this place continues. Read latest blog post by Jasmine Chu (MA'19) and Rica Maestas (MA'18) brown.edu/academics/public-h…
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7 Jun 2023
Bryn Pernot (MA'18) shares results of a recent survey and the impact of the Masters in Public Humanities Program on alumni. brown.edu/academics/public-h…
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25 May 2023
Just ordered #CultofCreativity by my buddy, #SamFranklin, fellow @BrownUniversity alum and #PublicHistorian #JNBC from my local #indy #bookstore. Very excited to check it out! Apparently @NewYorker likes it! tinyurl.com/3snwj2t3 #creative #creativity #books #bookstoread
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25 May 2023
Many of our partnerships have been significant and enduring, and will carry forward the Center’s work in the world. These connections inform an important report, and you can read about on our blog: brown.edu/academics/public-h…
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14 May 2023
Feedback from the diverse community partners that have worked with the @BrownUniversity @publichumans MA program across the years revealed 3 factors they valued most 1/2
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13 May 2023
Annie Valk addressing @BrownUniversity @publichumans on " Lessons Learned: Discovering Public Humanities in Providence" on work between 2007-14
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9 May 2023
Read Steve Lubar's latest post on the Public Humanities Blog. brown.edu/academics/public-h…
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28 Mar 2023
Reminder to submit unconference proposal for Destruction/Regeneration in Public Humanities by March 30. Details and RSVP/proposal link here: brown.edu/academics/public-h…
20 Feb 2023
This is a great opportunity to deepen relationships with over 200 fellow-alumni and professional contacts, and get inspired by innovative cultural projects happening around the world directly from practitioners.
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Attend ‘Earth Objects,’ a lecture by human-environmental geographer Daniel Niles. Niles will discuss the intersections of material culture & ecology, arguing that the aesthetic realm links the two. ⏰ March 22, 2 PM, IBES Rm 101. @publichumans Learn more: events.brown.edu/jnbc/event/…
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20 Feb 2023
This hybrid conference brings alumni, faculty, and collaborators of @BrownUniversity Public Humanities Masters program together with current students to discuss our work, evolutions in the field, and futures of cultural sector through presentations, panels, and networking.
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20 Feb 2023
This is a great opportunity to deepen relationships with over 200 fellow-alumni and professional contacts, and get inspired by innovative cultural projects happening around the world directly from practitioners.
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20 Jan 2023
Read a letter from Professor Steve Lubar, Interim Director at the Center for Public Humanities brown.edu/academics/public-h…
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20 Dec 2022
A letter from our Director, Professor Dietrich Neumann brown.edu/academics/public-h…
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11 Jul 2022
Edited by Professor of #AmericanStudies @susansmulyan at @BrownUniversity, "Doing Public Humanities" is a collection of essays authored by faculty members, staff & alumni of the John Nicholas Brown Center for @publichumans.
Read more 👉 ow.ly/OL4A50JSsqB
#BrownBookADay
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28 Jun 2022
Congratulations to Dan Everton (MA'24) on the AIA's 2022 Bartman Internship Award! archaeological.org/2022-bart…
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27 Jun 2022
Read @marisa_angell's How to Decolonize the Capitol placesjournal.org/article/ho… via @PlacesJournal
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30 Apr 2022
RI Civic Health Index Survey OPEN NOW - MAY 4!
A crucial part of RI's first-ever data-driven Civic Health Index.
~10 minutes, multiple choice, anonymous, available in English and Spanish, and also compatible with
screen readers for enhanced accessibility
tinyurl.com/49e6537s
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28 Apr 2022
Today around 3pm UK time... come through.
Register here: sites.brown.edu/inheritance/
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ALT nheritance (April 27-30, 2022) brings together activists, curators, educators, tribal leaders, artists, historians, heritage workers, and policy makers to explore the range of strategies that institutions and communities are using to respond to contentious representations of race, Indigenous lifeways and history in public art and architecture.
ALT Session 1 / The Burdens of Inheritance Paul Pouliot, Sag8mo and Denise Pouliot, Sag8moskwa, Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook – Abenaki People An Inclusive Future from an Inherited Past Jennifer Scott, Senior Vice President, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and Faculty at The New School Contested Heritage in Public Spaces: Memorials and Monuments in Chicago & Beyond Sadia Habib, Manchester Museum Our Shared Cultural Heritage Coordinator and Researcher at the University of Manchester’s Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity Citizens of Colonial Legacies: Whose Statues? Whose Stories?
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28 Apr 2022
“We’re really expanding the conversation beyond the academic realm.”-- Marisa Brown, Assistant Director for Programs & symposium organizer
Thank you @RIMonthly for covering Inheritance! Register for the conference & read the article here:
rimonthly.com/inheritance-ex…
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27 Apr 2022
Inheritance begins today! See you at the QTPOC Liberation Lawn Party hosted by Haus of Glitter, 5:30-7pm tonight! The symposium begins tomorrow and goes through Friday, culminating with an in-person Inheritance Unconference Sat. 4/30
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