A Friendly Reminder: “Cal” Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
We are “California Humanities (not “Cal Humanities”),” and prefer this usage in written and spoken form.
Exhibit Envoy’s Amy Cohen on Connecting Your Institution with a California-Focused Traveling Exhibit
The nonprofit Exhibit Envoy has long supplied venues small and large across California with rich humanities-based traveling exhibits.
Back to School: Patti Compton on Creating a Civics-Focused American Music History Course
Back to School Spotlight: Patti Compton on Creating a Civics-Focused American Music History Course
A Library Innovation Lab Reunion at CLA 2023
A recap of our visit to the CLA conference in Sacramento and Library Innovation Lab reunion.
Explore Our Updated California on the Ballot and Tools of the Trade Pages
Explore relaunched pages for our Tools of the Trade and California on the Ballot initiatives.
Taking Action Against Banned Books
California Humanities expresses its grave concern as a growing number of restrictive book bans in the state and across the nation continue to compromise freedom of expression.
United Skates’ Co-Directors on Making the Documentary
An interview with Tina Brown and Dyana Winkler, the filmmakers behind new documentary UNITED SKATES.
California on the Ballot: Season Two Highlights
The newest installment of our California on the Ballot series sought to explore persistent demographic gaps at the polls, as well as other imbalances in our state’s electoral processes.
New Series in Los Angeles Showcases Indigenous Filmmaking in June 2023
From June 2-18, The UCLA Film and Television Archive and UCLA American Indian Studies Center will present Imagining Indigenous Cinema: New Voices, New Visions.
Pride Month Spotlight: T. Hammidi of Hi Desert Queer & Trans Oral History Project
A conversation with the project director of the Humanities For All Quick Grant-supported Hi Desert Queer & Trans Oral History Project