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Save The State Humanities Councils

Voice your support to restore funding for Tennesseans

The humanities are for everyone. As an organization and team committed to fostering community and conversation, exploring ideas and history, and co-creating our shared future together, we recognize this is a time for us to stand up for vital work that connects us as humans.

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Humanities Tennessee is a non-profit organization that fosters community and civility in Tennessee through engaging programs that examine and reflect upon ideas, stories, history, arts and culture.
Upcoming Events
AN EVENING WITH Candace Parker IN COVERSATION ABOUT HER NEW BOOK THE CAN-DO MINDSET JUNE 4, 2025 6:00 PM AT LAWSON HS Candace Parker How to Cultivate THE CAN-DO MINDSET PROCEEDS BENEFIT Humanities Tennessee Our stories Our state

An Evening with Candace Parker

June 4 @ 6:00 pm — Jun 4, 2025

Join us for a conversation with WNBA legend Candace Parker. Your ticket purchase includes a signed copy of her book, “The Can-Do Mindset: How to Cultivate Resilience, Follow Your Heart,…


In the News

Connecting Past & Future: Strategic Foresight at Nashville Public Library

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025

Over the past year, Humanities Tennessee’s Shared Futures Lab has focused on strategic foresight – the systematic process of scanning for changes on the margins before they become major forces…


Latest from Chapter 16
Chapter 16

To Stand Close and Feel Less Alone

May 12, 2025

In his new novel, Run for the Hills, Sewanee author Kevin Wilson takes readers on an unconventional road trip with four siblings eager to ask some hard questions of their long-lost father. Wilson will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on May 15 and Novel in Memphis on May 16.

Read More at Chapter 16

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Humanities Tennessee

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Nashville, TN 37206
615-770-0006
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  • About
    • 50 Years of Humanities Tennessee
    • Values & Strategic Plan
    • Staff Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Job Opportunities
  • Programs
    • Chapter 16
    • Neighborhood Story Project
    • Shared Futures Lab
      • National Trail of Tears Association 27th Annual Conference Scholarships
    • Southern Festival of Books
    • Special Initiatives
    • Student Reader Day
    • TN Association of Museums Scholarships
    • Tennessee Book Award
    • Traveling Exhibits
    • Young Writers’ Workshops
  • Grants
    • Get Started
    • General Grants
    • Opportunity Grants
    • Grants Archive: Tennessee Stories
    • Grantee Resources
  • Support
    • Donate
    • Authors in the Round 2025
    • Festival Volunteers
    • Advocate
  • Calendar
  • News
  • Contact