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ST. LOUIS – March 20, 2013 – University of Missouri–St. Louis Center for the Humanities hosts a Literary Reading and Discussion by novelist Martha McPhee and book critic Heller McAlpin at 10 a.m., on April 5, 2013, at UMSL’s J.C.

eBook Update from Baywood Publishing--EFECTIVE NOW Baywood has partnered with ebrary, a library aggregator, to handle eBook offerings to the library and institutional markets.

Author Nicole Titus' recently published Children and Young Adult e-books, Going To The Restaurant: Proper Etiquette For Young People, The Golden Orb, a fairy tale for children & The Legend of Kwami-Kwamo, free download Amazon.com on April 21, 2012

Dr. Laraine Fletcher and her co-director Dr. George Scheper have been awarded a grant that will fund a Summer Institute entitled, “Mesoamerica and the Southwest: A New History for an Ancient Land,” is scheduled from June 17 to July 23, 2012.

UC-based scholars, artists and activists take the stage to share research, highlight circulation of ideas among humanities, arts, public world.

ST. LOUIS – March 20, 2013 – University of Missouri–St. Louis Center for the Humanities hosts a Literary Reading and Discussion by novelist Martha McPhee and book critic Heller McAlpin at 10 a.m., on April 5, 2013, at UMSL’s J.C.

eBook Update from Baywood Publishing--EFECTIVE NOW Baywood has partnered with ebrary, a library aggregator, to handle eBook offerings to the library and institutional markets.

Dr. Elizabeth Samet, Professor of English at the United States Military Academy at West Point, is the 2012 recipient of the $50,000 Hiett Prize in the Humanities from the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.

The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture has announced Marie Brehm as a new member of the board

Author Nicole Titus' recently published Children and Young Adult e-books, Going To The Restaurant: Proper Etiquette For Young People, The Golden Orb, a fairy tale for children & The Legend of Kwami-Kwamo, free download Amazon.com on April 21, 2012

A panel discussion on the challenges, contributions, and progress in humanities education and research featuring German, U.S., and Canadian experts at the German Center for Research and Innovation on April 3, 2012.

Monday Noon Series events feature art, dance, history and storytelling

UMSL’s Consilience Conference explores evolution as a unifying theme, identifies major changes taking place and unsolved problems, and points to future directions of research

Dr. Laraine Fletcher and her co-director Dr. George Scheper have been awarded a grant that will fund a Summer Institute entitled, “Mesoamerica and the Southwest: A New History for an Ancient Land,” is scheduled from June 17 to July 23, 2012.

Milano, 9 August, 2011 – Jules Hoffmann, Luciano Maiani and Victor Stoichita have been appointed to the General Prize Committee of the International Balzan Foundation "Prize". They replace Nicole Le Douarin, Nicola Cabibbo and Dmitry Shvidkowsky.

The open house will spotlight special guests Judy and Patrick Kelly.

Stanford President John L. Hennessy will open a conference where leading executives and venture capitalists will discuss the ways in which highly trained and creative humanities doctoral students can play integral roles in Silicon Valley businesses.

The free arts and cultural events during the month of April focus on art, music, history and storytelling

The free arts and cultural series presented by the Center for the Humanities runs through April 25

The free arts and cultural series presented by the Center for the Humanities runs through April 25

By The Book Films and CSP - Community Sustainability Partnership have forged an alliance to further develop the "A Book By Its Cover" project. CSP will help strategically position By The Book Films in a local, regional and national outreach program.

The free arts and cultural series presented by the Center for the Humanities begins January 24 and runs through April 25

Academic courses in Western Esotericism are made available on a global scale by an international faculty of accomplished scholars seeking to reinstate appreciation and scholarship of philosophy and culture.

CA Council for the Humanities has been awarded a $250K grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for its upcoming forum, Democracy and the Culture of Civic Conversation, which will kick off a two-year initiative exploring democracy.

High school presents a unique opportunity for introducing classics to the inquisitive & agile mind of a teenager. Yet this opportunity is being squandered in many cases by a lack of materials appropriate to that level of study.

Acclaimed judge of the Art of Photography Show, Natasha Egan, the Associate Director and Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, selected nine series to be featured in the exhibition.

Strategic Branding and Advertising Agency will Provide Services for National Non-Profit Organization

Zolatone Music is seeking artists to contribute to it's CD Quilt Project.

Professor Alan Chan Kam-Leung, an internationally-acclaimed academic and professor of philosophy, assumes the new appointment of Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, at Nanyang Technological University, with effect from 1 Oct 2009.

PHOENIX, Arizona - SoHo Southwest, a freelance graphic design studio in Phoenix, Arizona, is gifting graphic design services to give back to its community through its pro bono program aha!voice.

Knight Investments LLC, Regulatory Officials, the Baron of the Republic of Aquitaine and delegates at an independent convention convened to discuss budget appropriations to assist the US National Endowment for Humanities causes

Textbook Publishing Industry Insiders Launch Green Comma, LLC Company Helps Publishers Meet Adoption “Perfect Storm”

Miriam D. Dufer, a 2nd-year English PhD student at Old Dominion University is scheduled to present "Language and Culture: The Valley Girl Phenomenon" on January 12, 2009 at The 7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.

Oliver Sacks is set to offer the keynote address for the 2008 Autonomy, Singularity, Creativity Conference at 7pm on Nov. 13 at the William and Ida Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC. The conference will discuss redefining what it means to be human.

Announcement of Publisher Todd Bottorff's nomination to the Humanities Tennessee Board of Directors