This month the Humanities Council joined forces with the Providence Athenaeum’s Salon Series to bring us writer Akiko Busch to share her thoughts on the 21st century essay and how it offers a form by which to link personal experience and observation with larger, more universal stories. Watch this space for a forthcoming podcast with the author.
Celebration Raises Funds for Public Humanities and Honors Those Who Amplify Power of Connections
On Thursday, October 6, 2016 – the Council honored Tom Roberts, senior lecturer in History at the Rhode Island School of Design and founding executive director of the Council, Lorén […]
What is the 21st Century Essay? Reflections on Silvered: Tracing Gorham at Mashapaug Pond
Join historian and writer Jane Gerhard as she explores the ecological, social, industrial, and cultural history of her very own neighborhood through a whole new lens thanks to the essay in film and sound created by artists Erik Gould and Erik Carlson for this series. Follow along and stay tuned for a podcast interview with the artists coming soon.
Environment and Memory – Reflections on the Margo Jefferson Lecture
To commemorate the Prize and its place in public humanities, the Council is staging conversations across the state about the Essay– the nature, purpose and contours of the essay genre in the 21st century and within that, showcasing programming that pays special attention to questions of the environment. Historian and writer Jane Gerhard broadens the discussion to include all kinds of climates while reflecting on a lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and memoirist Margo Jefferson.
Examining the Essay in Public and How We Craft Stories
Explore the transformations in journalism, interactivity, and engagement that are all part of the 21st Century Essay as historian and writer Jane Gerhard reflects on her experience at the groundbreaking The Essay in Public: The Way We Work conference in March 2016. Part of the What is the 21st Century Essay? Pulitzer in RI series, the conference was hosted by the University of Rhode Island and organized by Brown University, URI, and The New School.
