We are all fellow travelers on this journey through humanity/the human experience. The humanities deepen our understanding of what it means to be human by exploring history, politics, literature and more to help us navigate the world around us. Join IHC staff as we talk with scholars, experts, and keepers of knowledge across Idaho’s communities to share what they are thinking, writing, and talking about. Context will be your guide as you explore the humanities.
For more information, please contact Johanna Bringhurst, Program Officer, at johanna@idahohumanities.org.
The views expressed by our speakers do not represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the Idaho Humanities Council.
Connected Conversations Archives
“Boise’s Industrial Past”
“History of Idaho Falls Baseball - 80th Season of Professional Baseball in Idaho Falls"
"Semester in the Wild at U of I"
"History of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness"
"LGBTQIA+ History in Boise"
"The Black Experience in Idaho"
"The Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial"
"Idaho’s Most Controversial Politician: Glen H. Taylor, the Singing Senator"
"How INL is Changing the Future of Nuclear Energy"
"Minidoka: An American Concentration Camp"
"Native Women Writers and Colonial Domesticity at the Federal Indian Boarding Schools"
"The History of Idaho State Parks"
"The Refugee Experience and Boise"
"Seeking Suffrage: The Idaho Story"
"Beyond Fake News: News Literacy and the Informed Citizen"
"Approaching the US Constitution: Sacred Covenant or Plaything For Lawyers and Judges"
"Victory and Triumph in Ancient Rome"
"Fire’s American Century"
"A Dialogue on Independent Film"
"A Discussion on the Arts and the Humanities"
"Discovering Vardis Fisher’s Boise: Reexamining Idaho and the Federal Writers Project"
"Women in Art During the Renaissance and Reformation"
"Archie Boyd Teater: Art, Architecture, Artifacts & Archives"
"The History of Wallace, Idaho"
"The History of Presidential Inaugurations"
"From Alcatraz to Mauna Kea"
"The Nazi Rise to Power and The Consolidation of Power, 1918-1938"
"Working Together Before, During, and After the Progressive Era: The Legacy of Women’s Clubs in Idaho"
"Godzilla and the Imagination of Anxiety, from Hiroshima to COVID-19"
"History of Stonewall"
"Selling Things and Selling Sex: Archaeological Explorations of Sandpoint, Idaho"
"Culture, Climate, and the Agricultural Transition in Northeastern Utah’s Uintah Basin: The Cub Creek Fremont in Dinosaur National Monument"
"Poetry is the Message, The Message is Love"
"Gilles, Giants, and Dragons, Oh My!: The Reinvention of Folkloric Festivals in Belgium"
"The Battle of the Alamo in Mexican, Texan, and United States History"
"The End of the Cold War and American Culture"
"Restoring the Wetxuuwíitin’ Collection"
"Images of Sacajawea: The Lewis & Clark Expedition, Suffragettes, and Modern-day Representations"
"The Atlas of Drowned Towns: Recovering the Histories of Places Lost to Dam Construction"