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Rhode Island Humanities is hosting and helping plan the National Humanities Conference (NHC) in Providence from November 13 – 17, 2024. This national conference is organized by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the National Humanities Alliance, and draws hundreds of attendees from across the country—providing a unique opportunity to highlight the dynamic public humanities ecosystem in the Ocean State.
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With NHC 2024 taking place in the Ocean State, the connection between water and human communities, behavior, and decisions over millennia inspires the conference’s theme of Making Waves, Navigating Currents of Change.
The conference will include topical sessions highlighting connections across humanities and other disciplines and practices that incorporate the theme of water, making waves through public humanities, and navigating currents of change.
There will also be a series of off-site sessions and tours which will take place outside of the conference hotel and will introduce participants to an aspect of the Providence or Rhode Island humanities landscape or to a type of humanities program that is best understood beyond the hotel and convention center walls.
Schedule details and registration information will be available in late July. If you have any questions about the National Humanities Conference, please email Associate Director of Engagement Rachael Jeffers at rachael@rihumanities.org.
Please note: Session proposals were reviewed by the NHC Planning Committee in May. Once notified of an accepted session, all conference presenters (including offsite presenters) will be expected to register for the conference at a discounted rate ($350) when registration opens this summer.
The National Humanities Conference (NHC) strives to include participants and partners in a wide range of backgrounds and institutions. As in past years, the NHC will have a limited amount of funds available to offset registration costs and will give priority to students, contingent faculty, community partners, and participants who lack institutional support to attend.
Volunteering
Information about volunteer opportunities at the National Humanities Conference will be available in the coming months. Check back for updates soon.
photo credits: Van Leesten Memorial Bridge, Providence, RI – INFORM Studio + Buro Happold (Photo by Steve Kroodsma).