Cal Humanities

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

Cal Humanities

"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."

— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project

Archive Month: September 2020

Documenting California

  • Blog, California Documentary Project, Spotlight
A poster with a long green bus. Different hands and a crutch stick out of the busses windows. On the bus the writing says, “Nothing about us without us.”
Crip Camp Virtual Experience Poster
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Since 2003, we have made over 250 grants and awarded nearly $6.5 million through the California Documentary Project grant program to humanities-based media projects.

Library Innovation Lab Supports Virtual & Social Distance Events this October

  • Blog, Library Innovation Lab, Spotlight
A colorful room with images of fish, trucks, rockets, and more. A person sits on the floor with a child on their lap. 
Photo courtesy of Vanh Bender (Home Gardens Library)
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Libraries around the state that are participating in the 2020 Library Innovation Lab program offer an exciting array of virtual and socially distanced public

Mǝǝmento: Before and ‘Aksum Belle: Afterwards

  • Blog, Experience the Humanities, Experiences, Spotlight
A reddish fabric with symbols hangs over a round mud-like object.
The exhibition entitled Aksum Belle: Afterwards by Jacob Meders, a member of the Mechoopda.
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Mǝǝmento: Before and ‘Aksum Belle: Afterwards exemplifies a project that skillfully blended archival research methods with contemporary and traditional Indigenous arts practices.

Cultivating Cultural Understanding of Forests, Fire, & Relationships: An Interview with Michael & Heather Llewellyn

  • Blog, Experience the Humanities, Experiences, Humanities For All, Spotlight
A picture of a model that shows a log cabin and hanging trees.
Forest_Fire model of the exhibit at Truckee Community Recreation Center
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In response to California’s recent wildfire crisis, we approached project directors Michael & Heather Llewellyn to inquire more about their project and its relation

California Humanities Awards $74,805 to 15 Humanities Projects

  • Press Releases
Image of Indigenous leaders featured in Real Food Real Stories
Pictured left to right, Indigenous leaders Chef Crystal Wahpepah (photo by Jean Melesaine), Burrell Jones, and Corrina Gould will be featured in Real Food Real Stories' Fall season, Celebrating Indigenous Foodways
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California Humanities Announces Summer 2020 Humanities for All Quick Grant Awardees

A Collective Creative Engagement hosted by Imagining America

  • Blog, In the Field
Imagining America Through Tumultuous Times flyer
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Imaging America Collective Creative Engagement Opportunity

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