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The DeKalb County History Center received an Illinois Humanities grant to create a podcast that will delve deeper into the themes and issues presented in their current exhibition, FOOD: Gathering Around the Table. Learn more about the podcast and the Center.
"...we weren't trying to "make future scientists." We were trying to put science – and the wonders of the natural and physical world – into service on behalf of our students." Gabrielle Lyon shares Project Exploration as a model for integrating the humanities into STEM.
Relive the 2024 Public Humanities Awards Ceremony through these photos taken by GlitterGuts Photography.
Award-winning poet, novelist, playwright, and Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson is thrilled to announce the winning poems of the Golden Poets Poetry Contest she initiated to recognize Illinois poets over the age of 70.
Can the Public Humanities Help Prepare Us for Global Warming?
Grantee Partner Spotlight: Watershed Cairns