Woman, Life, Freedom: The Iranian Women's Revolution in Transnational Context, with Dr. Yalda Hamidi from Minnesota State University-Mankato, is a three-part online series. Participants will learn more about Iranian history and culture, women's rights in Iran, and the current women's revolution, using pre-assigned readings and primary resources to guide their discussions. Participants must attend all three sessions.
Learning from Place: Bdote - visit sites of great significance to Dakota people. Participants will learn from Dakota community members through stories and histories that have often been left out of our state’s history. This event is offered in partnership with The Great Northern as part of its 2022 festival.
Join us on Wednesday, February 8, to celebrate the release of David Mura's new book, "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives", released in January of 2023 by University of Minnesota Press. Following a reading of selections from the new book, Mura will be joined by his friend and fellow writer Alexs Pate for a discussion on dismantling the myth of whiteness.
Chefs Mateo Mackbee and Lachelle Cunningham engage participants in the cultural richness of food, music, and stories that define the essence of Black joy.
Recent events and protests in Iran have catapulted human rights and feminist issues onto the world stage, and yet these movements in Iran are not new. Join Dr. Yalda Hamidi (Minnesota State University, Mankato) and a special guest panel as they reflect on the Iranian feminist revolution of 2022 and the politics of solidarity, care, and transnational feminism.
Headscarf Story Circle, the first of a series of offerings that recognizes the strength and resiliency of women. Join us as we gather together through the shared connection of the headscarf and its complexity.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks blows away the myths we learned about the “tired seamstress” who gave up her seat on the bus. The only thing she was tired of was injustice. Join us for a screening of The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks, featuring a discussion after the film moderated by Kevin Lindsey.
Remembering - A Black Writers' Retreat centers around remembering as an act of joy that provides opportunities for healing and recovery in ways that forgetting does not.
Join us on Trans Day of Visibility for a conversation with author Lynette Reini-Grandell, author of "Wild Things: A Trans Glam Punk Rock Love Story," in a deeply personal conversation with her trans spouse, Venus de Mars.
Join us as we commemorate Asian Cultural Heritage Month in May through food with award-winning Chef Ann Ahmed, owner of Lat14 and Khâluna Restaurants, and Ánh-Hoa Thị Nguyễn, cultural food artist, poet, community activist, and educator.
Join the Minnesota Humanities Center for a celebration on the lawn honoring Children’s Book Week, with guest author readings, book art workshops, story walks, games, crafts, book sales, and special giveaways.
The Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) is excited to host Headscarf Story Circle - a series of four offerings that recognizes the strength and resiliency of women. Our second session is centered around "The Gift.” Participants are encouraged to bring an object symbolic of a gift they would like to share with the group such as a book representing a life lesson, a cloth representing strength, or a cultural piece representing a journey of resiliency.
