/unhtoday/feed/684/rss.xml 91��Ƭ�� Today Articles en /unhtoday/2025/11/joyful-acts-writing Those who happened to walk by Rooms 334–340 of the MUB on Oct. 30 might have noticed a group of younger-than-usual students deep in thought and creation — pens, markers, pages of text, pipe cleaners, and glue sticks spilling across their shared group tables. Every so often, one might have stood up to hang a poem-leaf on the “poet-tree” in the corner or deliver a molded clay creature to a display set up on a windowsill at the edge of the room. Every October since 2019, assistant research professor of education Bethany Silva, who also directs 91��Ƭ��’s Community Literacy Center, and associate professor of English Alecia Magnifico have been coordinating a lively party for writing on campus in honor of the National Day on Writing. For three years now, that has included hosting eighth graders... ]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:00 -0500 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2025/11/joyful-acts-writing /unhtoday/2025/01/human-centered-humanities The 91��Ƭ�� Center for the Humanities is proud to be supporting the innovative work of three College of Liberal Arts (COLA) faculty members this academic year. Amy Michael (anthropology) has just completed her semester-long leave advancing a research project that focuses on community memory in response to long-term missing persons cases in rural spaces. This project pilots two nested studies exploring how forensic anthropologists’ work can be relevant to living persons affected by unresolved disappearances. This more advocacy-oriented, human-centered forensic anthropology reaches beyond traditional, more limited work in skeletal biology, foregrounding empathy, community response and social memory-making that may aid in the search for missing persons and reduce harm to the co-victims left... ]]> Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:45 -0500 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2025/01/human-centered-humanities /unhtoday/2024/07/k-12-teacher-scholars-gather-share-experiences-developing-place-based-curricula-1 Earlier this month, a small group of teacher-scholars gathered at Alnoba, a workshop and retreat venue in Kensington, to share their critical and creative approaches to centering diverse narratives of place in their teaching. ]]> Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:00 -0400 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2024/07/k-12-teacher-scholars-gather-share-experiences-developing-place-based-curricula-1 /unhtoday/2024/06/unh-researchers-help-unearth-what-believed-be-king-pompey-homestead Archaeologists at the 91��Ƭ�� along with a historian at Northeastern University believe they have unearthed the long-lost homestead of King Pompey, an enslaved African who won his freedom and later became one of the first Black property owners in colonial New England. “We are thrilled,” said Meghan Howey, professor of anthropology and director of the 91��Ƭ��’s Center for the Humanities. “I’m extremely confident this is a foundation from the 1700s and everything that points to this being the home of King Pompey is very compelling.” “King Pompey was an esteemed leader in the Black community but his home and property have always been a mystery,” said Kabria Baumgartner, dean’s associate professor of history and Africana studies at Northeastern... ]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:45 -0400 Robbin Ray ’82 /unhtoday/2024/06/unh-researchers-help-unearth-what-believed-be-king-pompey-homestead /unhtoday/2024/02/king-our-midst Each year, The New England Humanities Consortium (NEHC), a network of universities and colleges dedicated to intellectual collaboration and regional programming, puts out a call to member institutions for projects that bring faculty and students together across campuses to do meaningful work. This year, when she saw the call, 91��Ƭ�� Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for the Humanities Meghan Howey texted her friend and former colleague, Kabria Baumgartner, now at Northeastern University, and said, “Let’s go find Pompey.” Their new collaborative project feeds into a growing stream of research, engagement and community organizing that is reckoning with the once-overlooked realities of New England’s history, including the very real presence, and prevalence, of enslaved... ]]> Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:30 -0500 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2024/02/king-our-midst /unhtoday/2023/11/george-clinton-and-parliament-funkadelic-perform-campus-nov-28 The 91��Ƭ�� Center for the Humanities is excited to announce a special campus event to be supported by the Saul O Sidore Memorial Lecture Series. Danny Bedrosian '03, music director for the pathbreaking Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award-winning funk band George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic, will join bandmates and Clinton himself in a multi-part visit to 91��Ƭ�� later this month. A longtime archivist for the band, Bedrosian will share his newly published music history, The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference, 1956-2023, in a book talk Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. in Hamilton Smith 210, following a master class for 91��Ƭ�� jazz students at 3 p.m. in PCAC M226. On the evening of Nov. 28, Bedrosian, bandmates and Clinton will perform a free public concert in the Granite State Room for the wider community. ... ]]> Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:30 -0400 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2023/11/george-clinton-and-parliament-funkadelic-perform-campus-nov-28 /unhtoday/2023/09/flax-linen-project-weaves-history-experience The path to a deeper understanding of rural New England’s pre-industrial textile economy begins in a muddy field on the edge of 91��Ƭ��’s Woodman Horticultural Research Farm. There, a historian and an agriculture professor, along with students in 91��Ƭ��’s museum studies program, have joined forces for an intimate, experiential understanding of an iconic fiber: Linen. Kimberly Alexander, director of 91��Ƭ��'s Museum Studies program, leads the flax tolinen project. “Linen was such an important staple in New Hampshire,” says Kimberly Alexander, senior lecturer of history and the force behind The Flax to Linen Project. “The opportunity to deep dive into this single important fiber while actually growing it at 91��Ƭ�� offers a tremendous opportunity for … research of 17th through early 19th century flax-... ]]> Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:45 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2023/09/flax-linen-project-weaves-history-experience /unhtoday/2023/04/creole-soul-photo-exhibit-gary-samson-opens-seacoast-african-american-cultural-center A photo exhibit by New Hampshire’s seventh Artist Laureate, Gary Samson, is now on display at the The Seacoast African American Cultural Center (SAACC), showcasing photos from Creole Soul: Zydeco Lives. The book, released in November 2022 by University Press of Mississippi as part of its American Made Music Series, features interviews with zydeco musicians in Texas and Louisiana conducted by Burt Feintuch, a folklorist, music ethnographer, professor at 91��Ƭ�� (in English), founder of the Ghana study abroad program and longtime director of the 91��Ƭ�� Center for the Humanities, who passed away in 2018. Samson's accompanying photos, a selection of which are part of this exhibit, capture the lively and eclectic music scene and offer intimate portraits of the featured musicians. On Thursday, May 4,... ]]> Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:00 -0400 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2023/04/creole-soul-photo-exhibit-gary-samson-opens-seacoast-african-american-cultural-center /unhtoday/2023/04/2023-sidoredunfey-symposium-explores-ethical-collaborative-and-reparative-aspects-research From March 30 through April 1, dozens of scholars in the social sciences and humanities from around the continent met on the 91��Ƭ�� campus and at The Browne Center for the 2023 Dunfey/Sidore Symposium, dedicated to discussions on critical and sometimes controversial issues facing our society. This year’s symposium, “The Ethics of Encounter: Research, Communities, and Repair,” explored ethical, collaborative and reparative aspects of social scientists’ research, focusing on restorative justice for communities that have been wronged by history. Both Indigenous and settler speakers led conversations centered around “a commitment to care — to caring for ourselves, each other, and our world,” as summarized by Julia Rodriguez, associate professor of history at 91��Ƭ�� and one of the leading forces... ]]> Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:45 -0400 Lily Pudlo /unhtoday/2023/04/2023-sidoredunfey-symposium-explores-ethical-collaborative-and-reparative-aspects-research /unhtoday/2023/04/center-humanities-awards-five-new-hayes-fellowships Faculty research will focus on New Hampshire’s history, culture and government. ]]> Fri, 07 Apr 2023 09:45 -0400 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2023/04/center-humanities-awards-five-new-hayes-fellowships /unhtoday/2022/12/pathway-paying-tribute Campus trails and bridges named to honor Abenaki heritage. ]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:00 -0500 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2022/12/pathway-paying-tribute /unhtoday/2022/10/seeding-humanities The 91��Ƭ�� Center for the Humanities announces 2022 seed funding awards for public humanities projects and celebrates Institute alumni successes. ]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2022 16:15 -0400 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2022/10/seeding-humanities /unhtoday/2022/09/meeting-great-bay-history A prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities grant will extend the work of the Great Bay Archaeological Survey to 72 K-12 teachers. ]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2022 18:00 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2022/09/meeting-great-bay-history /unhtoday/2022/08/meet-2022-23-faculty-fellows The Center for the Humanities has awarded two Faculty Research Fellowships for the coming academic year. ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:30 -0400 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2022/08/meet-2022-23-faculty-fellows /unhtoday/2022/04/shining-light-bipoc-history-nh The Center for the Humanities at 91��Ƭ�� has received two grants that will help advance projects related to celebrating the history of BIPOC populations in New Hampshire. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has awarded the center a $50,000 grant from its Telling the Full History Preservation Fund, and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has given the center a $135,000 Sustaining Public Engagement Grant. The grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation will help create “Homelands: An Augmented Reality App Interpreting Indigenous Heritage in New Hampshire,” a project set to be undertaken in collaboration with the Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative Collective (INHCC) and Film Unbound (the latter of which will create the app).   The ACLS grant will support a... ]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2022 10:30 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2022/04/shining-light-bipoc-history-nh /unhtoday/2022/01/month-winterthur A research fellowship supports a book project on periodical depictions of antebellum American cities. ]]> Fri, 14 Jan 2022 10:30 -0500 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2022/01/month-winterthur /unhtoday/2021/12/unearthing-great-bays-past Researchers have summarized their findings about Great Bay's social and ecological history in an online StoryMap.  ]]> Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:00 -0500 Rebecca Irelan /unhtoday/2021/12/unearthing-great-bays-past /unhtoday/2021/10/public-humanities-seed-funding Over $96,000 in seed funding is awarded to participants from the 2021 91��Ƭ�� Summer Institute in Public Humanities. ]]> Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:45 -0400 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2021/10/public-humanities-seed-funding /unhtoday/2021/07/aging-america-justice-all The 91��Ƭ�� Center for the Humanities announces the 2021–2022 Sidore Lecture Series. ]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:30 -0400 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2021/07/aging-america-justice-all /unhtoday/2021/07/meet-2021-2022-faculty-fellows Funded by the Center for the Humanities' general endowment and the Ben and Zelma Dorson Endowment in the Humanities, faculty research fellowships provide a semester-long opportunity for junior and tenured faculty to pursue humanities research with no teaching obligations. Awardees participate in the Faculty Fellows Lecture Series in the year following their fellowship. ]]> Thu, 01 Jul 2021 12:15 -0400 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2021/07/meet-2021-2022-faculty-fellows https://nehc.uconn.edu/2020/07/07/uconn-humanities-institute-awarded-mellon-grant-to-expand-the-faculty-of-color-working-group/ 91��Ƭ�� is part of a consortium awarded a Mellon Grant to expand the Faculty of Color Working Group. ]]> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:00 -0400 /unhtoday/2020/07/mellon-grant /unhtoday/2020/05/privilege-breaking-earth-honored Meghan Howey, professor of anthropology has been named a 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Fellows receive $200,000 to fund research and writing aimed at addressing some of the most important issues confronting society today. ]]> Wed, 13 May 2020 12:45 -0400 Jody Record ’95 /unhtoday/2020/05/privilege-breaking-earth-honored /unhtoday/2020/05/historical-support With two recent fellowships, American studies professor Kabria Baumgartner will research a book project on Robert Morris, the first African American trial lawyer in the U.S. ]]> Wed, 13 May 2020 10:00 -0400 Wesley Hood '20G /unhtoday/2020/05/historical-support /unhtoday/2020/01/meet-2020-21-faculty-fellows The 91��Ƭ�� Center for the Humanities has awarded three Faculty Research Fellowships for next year. ]]> Tue, 21 Jan 2020 11:00 -0500 Katie Umans /unhtoday/2020/01/meet-2020-21-faculty-fellows https://www.wgbh.org/news/science-and-technology/2019/12/03/why-coastal-storms-are-a-threat-to-tourism Professor Meghan Howey discusses sea level rise and disappearing NH history. ]]> Wed, 04 Dec 2019 09:15 -0500 /unhtoday/2019/12/why-coastal-storms-are-threat-tourism-wgbh