Events

Event Postponed- new date TBA Karran Harper Royal, executive director of GU272 Descendants Association, will present “Jesuit Slaveholding in St. Mary’s and Beyond” in Auerbach Auditorium in St. Mary’s Hall on Thursday, April 2, at 7:00 p.m. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. Royal was originally scheduled to give her presentation this past October as [...]

This meeting postponed. Reschedule date TBD. Maryland Humanities is working with resilient local humanities communities—communities where the humanities play a central role in public life and where local stakeholders actively support humanities organizations’ work—to demonstrate and leverage the value of this work. We are convening humanities organizations in various regions around the state to explore [...]

EVENT CANCELED Follow in the footsteps of Baltimore’s literary luminaries and discover the elegant brownstone mansions and majestic cultural institutions built by Baltimore’s successful 19th century merchants and industrialists. Learn how a neighborhood of scholars, struggling artists and authors, newspaperman, philanthropists and social reformers offered rich opportunities to discuss and debate ideas and open new [...]

Out of an abundance of caution, Maryland Humanities has decided to convert our traditionally in-person Maryland History Day state contest to a digital contest this year. We also will push the date of the contest back to allow more time for school districts to make plans. The registration deadline for the state contest is now [...]

Maryland Humanities is working with resilient local humanities communities—communities where the humanities play a central role in public life and where local stakeholders actively support humanities organizations’ work—to demonstrate and leverage the value of this work. We are convening humanities organizations in various regions around the state to explore how we can work with and [...]

Follow in the footsteps of Baltimore’s literary luminaries and discover the elegant brownstone mansions and majestic cultural institutions built by Baltimore’s successful 19th century merchants and industrialists. Learn how a neighborhood of scholars, struggling artists and authors, newspaperman, philanthropists and social reformers offered rich opportunities to discuss and debate ideas and open new literary avenues. [...]

Maryland Humanities is working with resilient local humanities communities—communities where the humanities play a central role in public life and where local stakeholders actively support humanities organizations’ work—to demonstrate and leverage the value of this work. We are convening humanities organizations in various regions around the state to explore how we can work with and [...]

Alice Paul (1885-1977) was the leader of the women’s suffrage movement, helping to secure the passage of the 19th amendment, and author of the Equal Rights Amendment. Elizabeth Cannon and Joanna Guy will portray Paul in a dual performance. This mother-daughter duet will highlight Paul at two significant moments in her life at Garrett College on July 5th. 

Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) was a suffragist and a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): she also founded the National Association for Colored Women and became its first president. Sherrie Tolliver, who holds a BFA in acting and a minor in African American History from New York University, will portray Terrell [...]

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977) was a Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizer who co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Party. Arthuretta Martin, a performer who also conducts research on the framers of civil rights era legislation, will portray Hamer at Garrett College on July 7th.