Register now for this year’s Summer Classics Institute, June 13-18, 2010, at the University of Wyoming! This year’s theme is Making Rome Great: How Roman Culture and Power Grew.
Institute Description
Over the course of seven centuries, Rome went from being a small town on the banks of the Tiber to having a remarkably effective and durable [...]
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, will deliver the keynote address for the University of Wyoming’s annual Martin Luther King Jr./Days of Dialogue celebration tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Wyoming Union Ballroom. From the university’s web site:
Author of the book “Growing Up X,” Shabazz is committed to developing educational programs that foster self-empowerment; expanding [...]
Humanities Forum: Happily Ever Aftering on a 1920’s Cattle Ranch
Tuesday, January 12, 7:00 pm
Presentation by John Clayton. When bestselling Wyoming novelist Caroline Lockhart decided to retire to her very own homestead, she set in motion a conflict: the happy endings of her romantic fictions and the realities of a single woman running a drought-ridden ranch.
Big [...]
Friday, December 18, 2009
Our neighbors in Utah have asked me to pass along this opportunity to you all:
Looking for something fun to do this summer? How about coming to Camp Shakespeare 2010 at the Tony-Award-winning Utah Shakespearean Festival, the finest adult theatrical experience in the world! Two five-day camps and one three-day camp in late July and early [...]
Thursday, December 10, 2009
If you happen to be in Laramie, please stop by the council office for our annual holiday open house! Stop by anytime between 1:00 and 3:00 this afternoon. We have hot cider and snacks. And paper snowflakes! We’re located on the University of Wyoming campus at 1315 E. Lewis St. Feel free to call if [...]
The Wyoming Humanities Council invites residents of Afton, Baggs, Casper, Cheyenne, Evanston, Gillette, Greybull, Lander, Laramie, Lusk, and Meeteetse to join reporters and journalists for a series of current events discussions. This new program, What’s News: Wyoming Connects, takes place October 30, November 6 and November 13 via Wyoming’s two videoconferencing networks and is sponsored [...]
Many thanks to Dr. Wes Connally of Central Wyoming College for naming this session for us!
The Process
We have chosen 5 innovative projects from around the state in which the humanities played a significant role. Representatives from all 5 programs have prepared 5-minute presentations about them. These presentations will be delivered in different spaces, and participants [...]
Our keynote speaker for Humanities Matter! is David Berry. What a coup! Here is his bio:
David Berry, professor of history at Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey, was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 1997 for his long term work with the Community College Humanities Association, where he has been both executive director and chair [...]
Thursday, October 1, 2009
In these tricky economic times, the Wyoming Humanities Council is thrilled to be able to offer travel supplements to college and university faculty, museum and library professionals, and representatives of nonprofit community organizations to attend Humanities Matter!. The travel supplements are made possible by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund and a gift [...]
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
One of the things the council learned as we traversed the state last fall was that faculty and humanities professionals across Wyoming wanted Humanities Matter! to give them the chance to talk tech. So for three of the four times when concurrent sessions are going on, one session will focus on technology and learning. Which [...]