New Jersey Council for the Humanities

New NJCH merch has dropped! 👚 Show off your Jersey roots with our Garden State-themed tees, tanks, and sweatshirts, and support the humanities at the same time. A portion of all sales will benefit NJCH. 🔥 Shop now on Bonfire: https://lnkd.in/gF_h8V29

NEH’s Scholarly Editions and Translations grant program is now accepting applications. This program supports collaborative teams of scholars and researchers editing, annotating, and translating texts vital to humanities. Learn more: https://shorturl.at/DVi6Z

Ok. Despite this mini-trend, it’s probably going to remain pretty rare that a philosophy degree gets you a job with the title of “philosopher.” But it will prepare you really well for a job in knowledge work. The truth is that studying the humanities remains the best available way to develop the skills of reading carefully, writing persuasively, evaluating evidence, and building and defending arguments. The need for those skills will never go away, even if parts of those processes can be assisted by AI tools. In fact, as AI becomes highly integrated into all kinds of work, those skills will be increasingly needed to get useful, accurate outputs from it. So study philosophy, history, literature. Yes, it’s more likely you’ll be tying a tie in the morning than a toga. But maybe it’ll fly on casual Friday? https://lnkd.in/gnyM-VYE

🎙 We want to hear about the oral history project you're working on, and so do your peers throughout the state. The next meeting of our Oral History & Story Gathering Community of Practice on July 20 will dedicate time for members to introduce their current projects to the group. Want some feedback, suggestions, or just admiring appreciation from others who know the feeling? Join the COP. It's completely free and easy to join. Just complete the form at https://lnkd.in/e95jfs7w. https://lnkd.in/gDXbtsbB

Please plan to hydrate if you're joining the fun tomorrow! 🚰 🇺🇸 😎

Our Community of Practice for Community College Humanities Professionals had an outrageously good time on their visit to the Princeton University Art Museum this week! 🎨 We got an incredible highlights tour from Curator of Teaching and Learning, Veronica M. White, who was full of ideas for how to connect humanities disciplines to the objects and stories explored in the museum. These kinds of outings with colleagues and peers from throughout the state make this COP so rewarding and fun. BUT they're members-only. (Psst...it's free to be a member. Just register at https://lnkd.in/eTp5jhxt!)

⚽ The World Cup runneth over with humanities content. Really! Take it from our own Director of Programs, Gigi Naglak. Follow her down the soccer rabbit hole, then find this month's deadlines, opportunities, and job listings — all in the Resource Roundup. Not a subscriber? Sign up at https://lnkd.in/g6M54mJ7.

It doesn't get any better than this for lovers of history and culture. We'll be among the DOZENS of NJ organizations participating in the Rev White and Blue Cultural and History Celebration on July 2. Regardless of whether you have tickets for the concert portion of the event, you'll find so much great historical info, #America250 activities, and connection at the fair. (Plus food trucks 🚚 !) Please stop by to say hi to us and so many of our friends. 🇺🇸 https://lnkd.in/gN7YgQyW

Running a local newsroom in 2026 wears on you. Then a reader tells you why you matter, or a friend in the business gets you fired up, and you find a way to keep going. On July 1, we're getting a room full of those people together at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. Lunch and networking start at 11. At 1, Kenny Katzgrau of redbankgreen and Broadstreet walks through how to build a local news outlet that can stand for 100 years. It's for publishers, editors, reporters, revenue leads and founders. Tickets are $5. https://lnkd.in/ePZ_mJQy

Pause your World Cup watching tomorrow. 📺 We'll be tuning in to State of the Arts at 8:30 PM. This excellent NJ PBS show will highlight the worthy work of our past grantee, program partner, and Katz Prize honorable mention recipient People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos. This beloved organization has been bringing literature and poetry to underserved communities for over 50 years. (Full disclosure: Executive director Debra Joy L. also does an excellent job co-leading our Community of Practice on Books & Reading! 😁)