Welcome to the North Carolina Humanities Council

Since 1972 the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has made the humanities a comerstone of public life. Take a look at what the Humanities Council offers your community, use the calendar to locate an event, consider applying for a grant, or contact the staff to find out where and how the Council is at work across the state.

Latest Issue of North Carolina Conversations

The latest issue of North Carolina Conversations is now available in print and online.The bi-annual publication explores various aspects of public humanities across the state. Items featured in this issue include:

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NC Literary Hall of Fame to Induct Angelou, Byer, Lawson

SOUTHERN PINES via NC Writers Network – Bestselling poet and memoirist Maya Angelou, former state Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer, and 18th-Century explorer and naturalist John Lawson will be inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame this fall.

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Humanities Council Announces Journey Stories Statewide Exhibition

GREENSBORO, NC (April 27, 2012) – Journey Stories, a Museum on Main Street (MoMS) exhibition presented by the North Carolina Humanities Council, the Smithsonian Institution, and rural communities statewide, begins a year-long tour throughout North Carolina in June 2012.

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In Memoriam: Doris Betts (1932 - 2012)

The North Carolina Humanities Council shares the deep sense of loss expressed by so many at Doris Betts' passing. The citizens of our state benefited from her deep commitment and support of public humanities. Betts said of Marsha White Warren in 2009 that “the arts, the humanities, and the quality of life in our state are stronger and better because of Marsha Warren.” The same is true of Doris Betts.

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Humanities Council Vice Chair, Roskelly Receives Teaching Award

Dr. Hephzibah Roskelly is the 2012 recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence. It will be presented to her at UNCG’s spring commencement ceremony.

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The American Dream by Jakub Pucilowski

The Humanities Council has been revisiting the notion of The American Dream. During this process we decided to take the conversation outside (literally) and engage folks in conversation around this broad but universally relevant topic. 

Greensboro resident Jakub Pucilowski had some interesting thoughts on the matter, both as an American and an eastern European immigrant. Visit our Facebook page to give us your two cents.

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