Vermont Humanities Council seeks nominations for tenth annual Victor R. Swenson Humanities Educator award
For immediate release Montpelier, Vt. — Do you know a Vermont teacher who has inspired you and who deserves statewide recognition? For ten years, the Vermont Humanities Council has honored such teachers with the Victor R. Swenson Humanities Educator Award, which recognizes a Vermont educator in grades 6 through 12 who exemplifies excellence in the [...]
VPR to discuss classic literature in partnership with Vermont Humanities Council
Vermont Public Radio in collaboration with the Vermont Humanities Council’s state-wide reading program, Vermont Reads, will explore the novel Bull Run by Newbery Award-winning author Paul Fleischman. A special series will air during Morning Edition May 15-18. The Vermont Humanities Council is collaborating with libraries and other non-profit organizations across the state to present activities and events related to Bull Run for children and [...]
Halkias: Cerebral cathedrals
As difficult as it is to finance our schools, libraries face greater challenges. Since much of their enrichment equity remains discretionary, so does their funding.
PBS filmmaker Ken Burns returns to Brattleboro’s Latchis Theatre
Acclaimed PBS filmmaker Ken Burns will make his third appearance at Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro and discuss his projects in a talk on January 4 at 7:00 pm. The event, “An Evening with Ken Burns,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and takes place at 7:00 p.m.
Vermont Humanities Council receives $10,000 grant from Comcast Foundation for summer camps
Humanities Camps are week-long intensive summer day camps that focus on reading, discussion, and fun activities that bring learning to life for students in a relaxed group setting. The camps introduce youth to the world of literature and ideas, fostering self-expression in a safe, nurturing environment. Camps run between mid June and late July.
The Vermont Humanities Council presents The Power of the Humanities: Why They Matter
The Vermont Humanities Council explores fundamental questions of why the humanities are important at its fall conference, “The Power of the Humanities: Why They Matter”
U-32 teacher chosen for ninth annual statewide Victor R. Swenson Humanities Educator award
The Vermont Humanities Council has named U-32 High School teacher Steve Barrows as its 2011 humanities educator of the year.
Vermont Humanities Council presents First Wednesdays lecture
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2011 CONTACT: Sylvia Plumb Director of Communications Vermont Humanities Council 802.262.2626 x302 St. Johnsbury – Vermont has always considered itself a special community, but what does it really mean to be a Vermonter? Professor Paul Searls will consider this question and its implications in a talk at St. Johnsbury Athenaeum [...]
PTSD expert looks at war’s effect on returning soldiers
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Expert Dr. Edward Tick will discuss the damage war does to the psyche and consider how communities can help returning soldiers in a talk at Norwich Congregational Church on December 1. The talk, “War and the Soul: Transforming our Communities to Heal our Veterans,” is part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series and takes place at 7:00 p.m.
Vermont Humanities Council holds annual conference
The conference begins Friday afternoon and runs through a full schedule of events on Saturday, featuring talks with noted authors, cartoonists, film and literature scholars, and writers from the award-winning satirical news publication The Onion. The conference will explore satire’s classical origins through its golden age in eighteenth-century Great Britain, to the brilliance of Mark Twain, and on to modern mass media.
