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Celebrate the Humanities!

NJCH will hold a cocktail reception and awards ceremony at the Montclair Art Museum on October 20, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. We are delighted to present Ideologies and American Ideals: From the Cold War to the War on Terror, a conversation with James Leach, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and John V. Fleming, this year’s Book Award winner (The Anti-Communist Manifestos: Four Books That Shaped the Cold War), moderated by Stanley N. Katz.  Jeanne DelColle, history teacher at Burlington County Institute of Technology, will be honored as Teacher of the Year.   

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For more information on the 2010 award-winners and honorees, click here.

NJCH is on the air with Humanities Connection!

Tune in to WFDU (89.1 FM) to hear interviews with some of New Jersey's leading scholars, writers, educators and filmmakers discuss politics, religion, education and healthcare on Humanities Connection. Or listen to recent episodes here.

Check Out Humanities Events in Your Area! Visit our calendar of events. Read More>

PROGRAMS OFFERED BY NJCH

Join NJCH and the Rutgers School of Law-Camden for a thought provoking examination of Camden's environmental problems on September 14, at 6:30pm, Rutgers University-Camden. This panel discussion and dialogue will explore this issue through history, law, ethics and public policy. For more information, click here.

A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School and Revolution '67 will be shown at New Jersey public libraries as part of the NJCH Justice program. Each screening will be followed by a scholar-facilitated discussion which will connect the film to issues of race, economics, urban development, education and justice. Click here to find out more or to host a screening.

Horizons Speakers Bureau

Search our on-line catalog of speakers and programs. New Jersey's best scholars deliver thought-provoking topics to your community.

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Grants. Learn more about grants offered by NJCH and access the guidelines and application. Read More>

2010 Summer Teacher Seminars and Teacher of the Year Award.  Learn about these tuition-free enrichment opportunities, about NJCH's Teacher of the Year Award, Humanities in the Hallways, and more. Read More>

New Jersey Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music. This Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit will be coming to New Jersey in 2011. Read More>

Literature & Medicine: Humanities at the Heart of Health Care®. Learn more about this program, now in its fifth year in New Jersey. Read More>

Clemente Courses.  Immersion courses in the Humanities for talented young people unable to afford post-secondary schooling. Read More>

Ideas at Work.  Cultural programs for the workforce. Read More>

Key Ingredients: America By Food.  This Smithsonian Institution exhibit traveled throughout New Jersey from May 2008-March 2009. More than 50,000 people saw the exhibit or learned about New Jersey's food history through associated programs. Read More>

Picturing America: Teacher Resources. NJCH highlighted teachers using the Picturing America series of images in their classrooms on the NJN series State of the Arts. Watch the episode and learn more about this project. Read More>