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How does the language we use reflect who we are? Christine Mallinson, sociolinguist and associate professor of Language, Linguistics, and Culture at UMBC,…

In 1833, English audiences were shocked to see an African American man play the role of Shakespeare’s Othello. Ira Aldridge was London’s first…

What purpose can be served by confronting our region’s racist past? How can documentation of tragedy foster empathy? Will Schwarz, documentary director…

In honor of Women’s History Month, each Humanities Connection segment in March will feature a woman in media management, those working at art museums, or…

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We know archaeology connects us to the past, but how does it reveal the humanity of our ancestors? Jane Cox, Chief of Historic Preservation for Anne…

The cornerstone of Maryland Humanities’ mission is lifelong learning in the humanities. Judy Pittenger, a former Roland Park Country School teacher who…

How can we experience the emotional impact of history and pass on stories of heroes for younger generations? Ryan Kaiser is a Social Studies teacher at…

Did you know that bluegrass has origins outside of the United States? Pat Nordstrom from Mountainside Baroque, an early music collective based in Western…

MHC Speakers Bureau Scholar, Dr. Robert Ginsberg, offers a closer examination of the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights and explains how it has…

The Maryland Humanities Council’s Practicing Democracy Program uses the humanities to spur respectful civic dialogue among Marylanders with divergent…

Over the past few months, Humanities Connection has had the pleasure of presenting episodes featuring a a variety of libraries and highlighting the great…

Historian, veteran journalist and architecture critic James D. Dilts wrote in a 2012 Baltimore Brew article "You can learn about a city from its authors,…

What connections could be forged if everyone in the state read the same book? Now in its seventh year, The Maryland Humanities Council's One Maryland One…

In August, listeners learned about Wide Angle Youth Media, a non-profit that teaches Baltimore youth media skills, provides opportunities to tell their…

Over the course of the last year we've heard two perspectives—the museum curator's and the ceramic artist's-- on the project that partnered Baltimore…

What role can the humanities play in helping us understand recent unrest in Baltimore? N. D. B. Connolly is Assistant Professor of History at Johns…

Chris Haley is the Director of the Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland at the Maryland State Archives research department. A genealogist,…

On September 4 the MHC-supported traveling exhibition showcasing the early women of architecture in Maryland arrives at the American Institute of…