Oregon Humanities

Humanities organization changes name, releases short film and new website

Former Wieden + Kennedy creative director Jelly Helm focuses on “power of ideas” to help organization better tell its story.

25 September 2009

Oregon Humanities, formerly the Oregon Council for the Humanities, has changed its name, released the first in a series of short films exploring the power of a new idea, and rolled out a new website in the culmination of a two-year-long strategic planning and branding process. For more information about Oregon Humanities, and to see the first film, visit the organization’s new website.

The first film features commercial fisherman and Seaside High School teacher Jon... More

Think & Drink with Richard Read and Lijia Zhang

The October happy-hour conversation is a Wordstock special event with Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Read and visiting author and journalist Lijia Zhang.

01 September 2009

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Richard Read and Wordstock visiting author and journalist Lijia Zhang for a discussion about life in modern China, journalistic freedom, and writing as social action at the next Think & Drink, a happy-hour series that sparks provocative conversations about big ideas.

Think & Drink with Richard Read and Lijia Zhang will be held on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at 6:30 at rontoms, 600 E. Burnside, Portland. The bimonthly series is... More

Grants Available to Oregon Nonprofit Organizations for Public Humanities Programs

Oregon Humanities opens its 2010 grants cycle.

13 August 2009

Nonprofit organizations across Oregon may now apply for Public Program Grants between $1,000 and $5,000 from Oregon Humanities (formerly Oregon Council for the Humanities). Grant guidelines are available for download (oregonhumanities.org) or by request from Development and Program Coordinator Annie Dubinsky at (503) 241-0543, ext. 116.

Letters of inquiry must be postmarked by October 31, 2009. Full proposals, if invited, will be due by December 15, 2009. Public Program... More

Senate Approves President Obama's Nomination of James Leach as Chair of National Endowment for the Humanities

The fifteen-term Congressman from Iowa will serve as the next chair of the national agency.

13 August 2009

The United States Senate has approved President Obama’s nomination of James Leach, an Iowa Congressman and university professor with a long and distinguished career, as the next chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Oregon Humanities, an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the NEH, joins the NEH and the Federation of State Humanities Councils in celebrating this confirmation.

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor... More

Media Advisory: Writer Brian Doyle Keynote Speaker at Youth "Happiness" Symposium, August 3, 2009, in Portland

28 July 2009

WHAT: Brian Doyle, award-winning author and editor of Portland Magazine, will deliver the keynote address at the 2009 Summer Honors Symposium for teens that will focus on “The Pursuit of Happiness.” The symposium is a free, three-day event that gathers 100 Oregon teens from both public and private high schools to explore historical, spiritual, philosophical, and economic approaches to happiness, in workshops and reading discussions led by exceptional teachers from... More