Spotlights
Humanities Texas has created and sponsored a wide variety of innovative humanities programs all across the state. Some of them are spotlighted below, along with other news items of interest.
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March 2010
News from the Byrne-Reed House: Snowflakes and iron-flecked brick
A visit to the new Acropolis Museum
Jennifer Bell receives Outstanding Teaching Award
Humanities Texas invites applications for 2010 summer teacher institutes
Updated events calendar: celebrate Texas History Month and Women's History Month
Become a fan of Humanities Texas on Facebook
February 2010
News from the Byrne-Reed House: Historic details and sweeping views
Boy of the Border: A children's tale by Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps
Celebrate President's Day by viewing Running for Office online
Humanities-Texas sponsored events celebrate Black History Month
Jim Furgeson receives Outstanding Teaching Award
Become a fan of Humanities Texas on Facebook!
January 2010
Texas teachers bring the humanities to life
Soul of a People:Writing America's Story nominated for Writers Guild Award
Educators meet to discuss teacher enrichment program
Democracy and diversity in Walker County, Texas
Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
Become a fan of Humanities Texas on Facebook!
December 2009
Lecture series to examine border history
Juliet V. García named one of Time magazine's ten best college presidents
Jim Leach discusses civility on The Diane Rehm Show
Kyle Olson and Kathleen Hodges receive Outstanding Teaching Awards
In memory of Jack Elliott Myers
Oral History Community Grant available from Baylor University
Become a fan of Humanities Texas on Facebook!
November 2009
News from the Byrne-Reed House
A clash of cultures on the Southern Plains
October 2009
Demolition begins at the Byrne-Reed House
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
History and heritage at Bayou Bend
Visit the new Alice and Bill Wright Photography Gallery at Abilene's Grace Museum
Nominate an inspiring teacher for the 2009–10 Outstanding Teaching Awards
Learn about grant opportunities at one of our free workshops
September 2009
Master of the Senate's history
Lone Star Storytelling Festival preserves folk history
New discoveries at the Byrne-Reed House
Small Town Texas: Photographs by Dr. Ricardo Romo
July/August 2009
Teacher institutes focus on Constitution
Judge Diane Wood speaks at Austin institute
Humanities Texas hosts birthday party for Bill Livingston
June 2009
Former board members recognized
Grant supports documentary on Etruscan art
New exhibition Vaqueros: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy ready to debut
May 2009
Reception honors Chair Julius Glickman
Houston Endowment Inc. supports summer teacher institutes
Grants aid recovery after hurricanes
Leslie Blanton receives Pro Bene Meritis Award
Moncriefs recognized for outstanding public service
Albert Broussard honored with fellowship
April 2009
Fran Vick, Museum of the Big Bend win Humanities Texas Awards
John Hope Franklin (1915–2009)
Digging for history at San Jacinto
Syposium explores Native American experience in Texas
March 2009
New César Chávez exhibition opens in San Antonio
Bill Hobby ties together the threads of history
Literary festival lights a fire
Remembering a Texas suffragist
February 2009
Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial
Hillcrest Foundation awards $25,000 to Humanities Texas
New documentary tells the story of Mexican American civil rights
Abraham Verghese tours with new novel
Exhibitions on display celebrate Black History Month
January 2009
Herzstein Foundation supports new education program
Teacher institute survey finds encouraging results
Claiborne Pell: Friend to the humanities passes
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian commemorates Lincoln's bicentennial
West Texas exhibition celebrates Woody Guthrie
December 2008
Amon G. Carter Foundation awards grant for restoration
Houston Educator wins Outstanding Teaching Award
Marble Falls Educator wins Outstanding Teaching Award
Web exhibition explores CCC history in Texas
New exhibition chronicles experience of women senator
November 2008
Two San Antonio educators win teaching awards
Juliet Garcia tapped for Obama's transition team
October 2008
Distinguished Alum Dr. Ricardo Romo
The Cartoons of Clifford Berryman
Summerlee Foundation Awards $100,000 Grant
Hurricane Ike
The Balinese Room: Farewell to an Icon
John Burnett on the Balinese Room
September 2008
David Adjaye Speaks at ArtTalk
Decatur Spanish Teacher Wins Award
July/August 2008
LBJ Exhibit Opens in San Marcos
Dewhurst Tours Byrne-Reed House
Still Water Grant Supports Restoration
Marble Falls Teacher Wins Award
Kitchen Sisters Win Gold Medal
Civil Rights Series Featured on NPR
June 2008
2008 Summer Teacher Institutes
Juneteenth Honors March to Freedom
Dallas Institute Celebrates 25th Summer Program
Teachers Offer Summer Reading Suggestions
May 2008
Summer Reading in the Humanities
PSOT Highlights Books and Libraries
Pflugerville History Project Honored
Institutes to Feature Public Lectures
El Paso Museum Celebrates New Site
April 2008
NEH Unveils Picturing America in Texas
Exhibit Features Russell Lee Photos
Exhibition Examines Fort Worth Circle
Humanities Texas-Funded Project Receives Peabody Award
"Save America's Treasures" Solicits Applications
March 2008
"Living Archives" of Women's History
Lessons in Civility and Authenticity
Workshops Held Throughout State
BHA Celebrates "Night of Culture"
Loewenstern Receives Teaching Award
February 2008
Humanities Texas Award Ceremony
January 2008
Humanities Texas Exhibit Recalls MLK