As part of the RARI + EnRICHment Program, Commander Timothy Urban will discuss the history of naval aviation and its historical links to the "The Wright Brothers," the 2016 RARI title. CDR Urban will detail how the US government capitalized on the power of flight from the early 1900s through WWII and the 21st Century. […]
Professional pilot Michael C. Clifton gives a talk in support of this year's Reading Across Rhode Island program and its official selection, David McCullough's The Wright Brothers. Michael began flight lessons at age 17, received an Aeronautical Science degree from Embry-Riddle, and has been flying professionally since 2007. He has amassed 3 transport category type […]
Have ideas for a new public humanities project? Join the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities for a free workshop to learn about upcoming major and mini grant opportunities for nonprofit organizations and individual researchers planning public programs in the humanities. Attend one of four workshops across the state to answer your questions about funding opportunities […]
This multimedia experience by artists Erik Carlson and Erik Gould will explore the impact and significance of the Gorham Silver Manufacturing Company from its beginnings on the shores of Mashapaug in 1890 through its height in the early 20th century to its closing and toxic clean-up by Textron in the past several years. The film will […]
Please join the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities on October 6, 2016 for a celebration of the humanities.
This project features humanities’ scholars and a panel of veterans participating in open public dialogue about the homecoming experience. The goal of this project is encourage veterans, their families, and the public to engage in open dialogue about the challenges veterans experience as they reintegrate into civilian society. Homecoming representations in literature and history texts […]
Jed Hancock-Brainerd and Rebecca Noon of Strange Attractor discuss Rhode Islanders’ relationship with the ocean and their upcoming performance. Hancock-Brainerd and Noon researched Rhode Islanders’ relationship with the ocean in preparation for a 100-person Sea Pageant performed on August 21, 2017 on First Beach in Newport during a solar eclipse. They found materials related to […]
The Mini Grant Program for requests up to $2,000 invites individual researchers, nonprofit organizations, and schools to apply for funding in support of public humanities projects, documentary film, civic education initiatives, and individual research.
As part of the Pulitzer Campfires Initiative, Akiko Busch discusses the way that essay form promotes a kind of collaborative thinking, accommodating both sciences and humanities. Mining the works of groundbreaking naturalists for their ruminations on the relationship of science, literature, and human emotion, she looks for evidence of how the practice of citizen science, […]
This Open Sesame Salon will concentrate on the process involved in bringing together all the layers of the "Of Nature Composed" program which Sherba is developing for The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities What is the 21st Century Essay?, a series of programs to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize in 2016 through […]
