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A digest of recent news releases.
13 May 2008
The closure of nearly all ocean salmon fishing in Oregon this year will have a... More
23 April 2008
Although much of the recent discussion about immigration has focused on the... More
05 March 2008
What is the nature of love and desire? What is the relationship between power... More
19 February 2008
Why is it so difficult to talk candidly about how class shapes our identities,... More
15 November 2007
A lecture by an exiled Iraqi museums director, a curriculum to train citizens to... More
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News releases from Oregon Humanities
Art, meat, and enlightenment in American sport fishing
Oregon Council for the Humanities sponsors a free public event on June 6 in Bend.
13 May 2008
The closure of nearly all ocean salmon fishing in Oregon this year will have a devastating financial impact on working-class Oregonians who make their living in the state’s multimillion dollar fishing industry.
But besides being a profitable industry, sport fishing, whether catch-and-release fly-fishing on Central Oregon’s pristine rivers or bait-and-hook fishing on the Oregon Coast’s fisheries-stocked waters, is also a strong symbol of the region’s identity.
Oregon Book... More
Geographer looks at impact of Russian and Ukrainian refugees in Oregon
University of Oregon professor uses maps and first-person stories in Spring 2007 Commonplace Lecture in Salem.
23 April 2008
Although much of the recent discussion about immigration has focused on the state’s predominantly Hispanic migrant worker population, Oregon’s Willamette Valley is also home to more than 80,000 Russian and Ukrainian refugees—the second largest population of post-Soviet-era Russians and Ukrainians in the country.
According to University of Oregon geography professor Susan Hardwick, these new residents were, in large part, drawn to the region by “religious networks forged at... More
OCH and Portland theater company team up in innovative discussion series
Oregon Council for the Humanities and Portland Center Stage offer Portlanders a chance to explore "Four Questions" in the Gerding Theater at the Armory.
05 March 2008
What is the nature of love and desire? What is the relationship between power and justice?
These are just two of the timeless questions Portlanders will have the chance to consider during the upcoming reading and discussion series Four Questions: Virtue, Community, Love, and Justice in the Theater, presented by the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH), in cooperation with Portland Center Stage (PCS).
This series of lively conversations will be held at PCS’s Gerding... More
Free summer teacher institute looks at class in America
The Oregon Council for the Humanities offers teachers the chance to explore money, mobility, and the American Dream.
19 February 2008
Why is it so difficult to talk candidly about how class shapes our identities, our institutions, and our shared culture? The Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH) is offering Oregon secondary school teachers an opportunity to examine this issue at a free summer institute.
“Decoding Class: Money, Mobility, and the American Dream” is a free weekend program offered to Oregon secondary school teachers and will be held July 18-20, 2008, at Oregon State University’s Cascades... More
OCH awards more than $43,000 to nonprofits across the state
Fourteen organizations receive grants to support humanities programming.
15 November 2007
A lecture by an exiled Iraqi museums director, a curriculum to train citizens to become radio journalists, and workshops to collect community knowledge in two small Oregon towns are three of the 14 projects that received public program grants from the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH) this fall.
Following the most competitive fall grant cycle in years, the OCH board of directors has awarded $43,605 grants to 14 nonprofit organizations for projects that will affect... More
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