Maryland Humanities Council

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Read our biennial report

Review MHC's 2009/2010 final report and see how much we've accomplished!

Be a Judge of History!

MHC needs educators, librarians, and history or museum professionals to serve as judges for the 2012 History Day Competition.

MHC Grants Workshop for New Applicants

Attend our FREE workshop on Feb 1! RSVP by Jan 27


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The Assassination of Martin Luther King and the Baltimore Riots

We do not know what Martin Luther King, Jr. would have preached on Palm or Easter Sunday, 1968, because on April 4th, shortly before Holy Week began, he was assassinated in Memphis...
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MHC Grants Workshop for New Applicants

The Maryland Humanities Council is offering a Grants Workshop from 1:30pm until 3pm at the Calvert Marine Museum. MHC seeks to develop new relationships with Maryland non-profit...
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The Continuum: From Fortune to Henrietta Lacks and Beyond

In the early 1950s, Henrietta Lacks, a young African-American woman, was treated for cancer at Johns Hopkins hospital. Tissues from her body were taken without her knowledge during...
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January 24, 2012
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January 3, 2012
MHD Teacher Spotlight: Q&A with our 2011 Teacher Honoree
Recently our History Day program assistant, Auni Husted, interviewed Amie Sanner of Calvert High School in Calvert County about her History Day experience. Ms. Sanner...
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November 22, 2011
Literature & Medicine in Action: Reflections on a White House Visit
Gatherings of United Stated military veterans grab the heart—on parade, in advocacy groups, at other significant events.For those of us who are not Veterans, we...
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About MHC

The Maryland Humanities Council is a private, educational, 501c(3) nonprofit organization that
stimulates and promotes informed dialogue and civic engagement on issues critical to Marylanders.

What is the Maryland Humanities Council?

MHC is a nonprofit that uses the humanities to stimulate and promote informed dialogue and civic engagement on critical issues.

What are the Humanities?

The humanities comprise the disciplines of the liberal arts, such as history, literature and poetry, classics, philosophy, ethics, jurisprudence, comparative religion, the interpretation of the arts, architecture and archaeology.

These humanities disciplines are tools that can help us to explore what makes us human, connect with others, and and discover meaning and richness in
our lives and for our communities.