Festival Fundraiser: An Evening with Erik Larson
On the evening of October 24, bestselling author Erik Larson will appear at a special ticketed event in partnership with Parnassus Books. Erik Larson is the author of nine books…
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36th Annual Southern Festival of Books Returns Oct. 26-27
Humanities Tennessee is thrilled to announce that the 36th annual Southern Festival of Books will return to Bicentennial Mall, Tennessee State Museum, and Tennessee State Library and Archives on…
Sharing the Untold Story of Tennessee’s Enslaved Iron Workers
Human enslavement in the American South prior to the Civil War is well-documented as a brutal system of extracted and uncompensated labor. When most of us consider enslavement in Tennessee,…
TAM Scholarships Empower Tennessee Museums
Each March, the Tennessee Association of Museums (TAM) hosts a statewide conference where museum professionals can share ideas, network, and explore museums across the state. Humanities Tennessee has offered scholarships…
Future of Museums: Playful Exercise Sparks Serious Questions
The Tennessee Association of Museums held its annual conference March 19-21, 2024, in Murfreesboro. Using giant sticky notes, felt tipped markers, and colored dots, HT’s Shared Futures Lab invited participants…
Tennessee History Day & the Next Generation of Citizens
When you step into a History Day contest, the nervous excitement is palpable. Middle and high school students bustle around exhibit boards. Others pace the hallway waiting for their turn…
United We Stand: Racial Reconciliation in West TN
This United We Stand livestream will explore Tennessee’s collective imagination as a tool shaping a safer, more just civic life in which all Tennesseans belong, including the evolving roles played…
HT Welcomes New Board Members
This January, HT welcomed seven new board members to its all-volunteer leadership team. With these additions, the HT board now has representatives from every planning and economic development district in…
The 36th Annual Southern Festival of Books
This fall, Humanities Tennessee will welcome more than 175 authors and 25,000 visitors to Nashville for the 36th annual Southern Festival of Books. The family-friendly weekend festival will be held…
Authors in the Round 2024
We hope you will join us for Authors in the Round, a special event dinner that provides vital funding for the 36th annual Southern Festival of Books. Your participation in the dinner…