Oregon Humanities

Oregonians meet with members of Congress at annual humanities meeting

Oregon Council for the Humanities goes to Washington, D.C., for Humanities on the Hill 2009

27 February 2009

At this year’s annual Humanities on the Hill in Washington, D.C., held on March 2 and 3, 2009, board and staff members of the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH) will meet with Senators and members of Congress to lobby support for increases in funding to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), of which OCH is an independent, nonprofit affiliate.
Attendees include Cara Ungar-Gutierrez, OCH Executive Director, and OCH Board members Kathleen Davis of Medford, former Regional Development Director of the Oregon Community Foundation; Gretchen Schuette of Lincoln City, President Emeritus of Chemeketa Community College and former Commissioner of Oregon Community Colleges; and Win McCormack of Portland, Publisher of Tin... More

Oregon Chautauqua reshaped to promote public conversations

12 February 2009

Oregon Council for the Humanities seeks proposals for its new interactive, facilitated conversation program.
Oregon Chautauqua, a popular speakers bureau of the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH) that has reached statewide audiences for twenty-eight years, has been transformed into The Conversation Project: A New Chautauqua, which connects Oregonians with public scholars and provocative ideas through idea-driven dialogue.
OCH invites scholars who live or work in Oregon to submit proposals for the 2009-10 Conversation Project. The Request for Proposals may be downloaded at http://www.oregonhum.org or requested by e-mail from Program Director Jennifer Allen at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)