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"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

California Humanities: A State of Open Mind

Three men and one woman stand in a row and smile for the camera. Photo is in black and white.

Left to right: Bruce Sievers, Jim Quay, Julie Fry, Ralph Lewin at California Humanities’ 40th Anniversary Celebration, November 2015. Photo: Carlos Torres.


We are pleased to present our 2023 publication, A State of Open Mind, a compilation of five decades of California stories, people, and places, as told through oral history interviews with the humanists at the helm of California Humanities since 1974. With contributions by Bruce Sievers, Jim Quay, Ralph Lewin, and Julie Fry. Forward by Mas Masumoto and Afterword by Nikiko Masumoto.

Book cover, featuring red California Humanities logo, title text A STATE OF OPEN MIND, Five Decades of California Humanities Leadership, with orange images of California state outline turned on its side with additional line features
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