Join Humanities New York’s presentation of a conversation between best-selling author Jenny Odell and media studies professor Nathan Schneider on the role of digital technology in our lives, at a moment when it seems poised to overthrow our understanding of history, our participation in democracy, and even our sense of self.
HNY Community Events: August
Grantee goings-on in August include a screening and Q&A at NYC’s Film Forum and a guitar-making demo at the Iroquois Museum in Howes Cave.
Spring & Summer 2024 Action Grants Awarded
Congratulations to 27 organizations across the state that have been awarded Action Grants. Take a look at the full list of Fall 2024 grantees, and watch out for events happening near you!
2024 Humanities Centers Initiative Grants Awarded
15 graduate students have been awarded a total of $60,000 in Humanities Centers Initiative (HCI) grants. The HCI grant is given on an annual basis to humanities students based in New York, in partnership with nine state universities. Explore the full list of projects.
HNY Community Events: May Edition
Recipients of HNY grants put funds to good use year-round and across the state, with performances, workshops, exhibitions, and other types of events that are frequently free and open to the public. Read on for a selection of grantee goings-on.
WATCH: Nicole Eustace and Ned Blackhawk Live at CUNY Grad Center
On April 11, 2024, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of Covered With Night: A Story of Murder and IndigenousJustice in Early America Nicole Eustace and National Book Award-winning historian and writer of The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History, Ned Blackhawk, joined Humanities New York in New York City to discuss their recent works, which throw into relief the role of Indigenous power players like the Iroquois Confederacy in the formation of the U.S. and their continuous influence on aspired-to models of governance, justice, and civility.
Watch the full conversation.
2024 PIHP Grants Awarded
Humanities New York is pleased to announce that 20 organizations across the state have received grants totaling $474,428 as part of the Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership (PIHP): a cohort-based program that supports organizations that incorporate the humanities into their work of serving formerly incarcerated individuals and their families.
Read the full list of new and returning grantees.
Iroquois Diplomacy and the Seeds for Justice Reform
“Indigenous histories invite new interpretations of American history,” Ned Blackhawk writes in The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History.
In advance of HNY’s spring event featuring Blackhawk and Nicole Eustace in conversation, we’re diving into the authors’ work. Read on for excerpts and analysis on Blackhawk’s National Book Award-winning The Rediscovery of America and Eustace’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Covered with Night.
WATCH: Indigenous, Enslaved and Indentured Views on Long Island’s Colonization
Stony Brook University’s Jennifer Anderson recently joined HNY for a Long Island-centric edition of our Land, Liberty & Loss: Echoes of the American Revolution series.
Watch the full conversation.
Reserve Your Spot Today for HNY’s Spring American Imagination Event
Democracy as it’s known at home and abroad has roots in ancient Indigenous beliefs and customs. Award-winning authors Ned Blackhawk and Nicole Eustace will meet onstage to discuss how Indigenous groups like the Iroquois Confederacy helped shape the society we live in today.
Read on for a full event description and to purchase tickets.