Delaware Humanities Forum
Connecting people, cultures and ideas since 1973, the Delaware Humanities Forum promotes the humanities by providing resources to the people of Delaware. Programs include grants to nonprofits, educational outreach and special DHF-sponsored projects.
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Larry Josefowski

Larry Josefowski Excellent lecture this evening. Dr Marks did a great job speaking to the 75 or so people that showed up, and then we moved over to the Wilmington Club for great food, great drink, and great conversation.

I'm especially intrigued about how well attended the up-state events are versus the struggles we have when we sponsor events in Kent and Sussex.

Delaware Humanities Forum

Delaware Humanities Forum
MONDAY, learn about this: "In Maryland, the crime of stealing slaves was dealt with harshly, while the kidnapping of free blacks was only winked at. In Delaware, slave stealing was a capital offense and a penalty of thirty-nine lashes and the ears nailed to a board could be exacted for the kidnapping of free blacks. Bu...t prosecutions for the latter were uncommon...It was no accident that Patty Cannon lived on the border between the states."Read More

The Dangerous Women of Delmarva
DHF Annual Lecture feat. Dr. Carole Marks, author of "Moses, the Monster and Miss Anne"
Location:Theater N at Nemours, with reception at Wilmington Club
Time:6:00PM Monday, October 26th
Delaware Humanities Forum

Delaware Humanities Forum

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | At the centre of time
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Without it international travel would be in turmoil and calling friends in faraway places at the right time impossible. Exactly 125 years after the Greenwich Meridian line was drawn, how and why did Britain become the centre of time?
Delaware Humanities Forum

Delaware Humanities Forum
“Kidnappers of free blacks were helped by the fact that blacks could not testify in court—proof that they were in fact not slaves had to be given by a reputable white person…Also, freed slaves could be taken back into slavery for the debts of their owners…So, for may whites, the kidnapping and selling of ‘so-called’ fr...ee blacks into slavery was unfortunate but not really offensive.” Hear about this and more at Monday’s lecture. Link below.Read More

The Dangerous Women of Delmarva
DHF Annual Lecture feat. Dr. Carole Marks, author of "Moses, the Monster and Miss Anne"
Location:Theater N at Nemours, with reception at Wilmington Club
Time:6:00PM Monday, October 26th
October 20 at 5:40am
Larry Josefowski
Larry Josefowski
Should be an interesting lecture. Head another story on The Green in Dover where a freed slave helped organize runaways, and the penalty, when caught, was being sold back into slavery. He was caught, and the auction was held on The Green, and he was bought by someone from the Deep South. Not looking so good, but as they were out of town, the buyer identified himself as an abolitionist, and freed the slave....lot of interesting stories from this period. I hope many people attend.
October 20 at 7:46am
Delaware Humanities Forum

Delaware Humanities Forum
"In Maryland, the crime of stealing slaves was dealt with harshly, while the kidnapping of free blacks was only winked at. In Delaware, slave stealing was a capital offense and a penalty of thirty-nine lashes and the ears nailed to a board could be exacted for the kidnapping of free blacks. But prosecutions for the lat...ter were uncommon...It was no accident that Patty Cannon lived on the border between the states." from the book, "Moses and the Monster and Miss Anne."Read More

The Dangerous Women of Delmarva
DHF Annual Lecture feat. Dr. Carole Marks, author of "Moses, the Monster and Miss Anne"
Location:Theater N at Nemours, with reception at Wilmington Club
Time:6:00PM Monday, October 26th
Delaware Humanities Forum

Delaware Humanities Forum The second Monday of October annually marks Columbus Day in many parts the United States but not all states or region follow this observance. Instead, they celebrate other events on the day. For example, South Dakota's official holiday on this date is Native Americans' Day (also known as Native American Day), while people in Berkeley, California, celebrate Indigenous People's Day.

Holidays: Native Americans' Day in United States
Source: www.timeanddate.com
The second Monday of October annually marks Columbus Day in many parts the United States but not all states or region follow this observance. Instead, they celebrate other events on the day. For example, ...
October 12 at 9:56am
Larry Josefowski
Larry Josefowski
While the European discovery of America set into motion many events that were detrimental to the Indigenous people of our country, let's remember they were people of their time. It took a lot of courage to hop into three little boats and go into where "here be dragons".
October 12 at 10:19am
Delaware Humanities Forum

Delaware Humanities Forum Join us to learn about DANGEROUS women.

The Dangerous Women of Delmarva
DHF Annual Lecture feat. Dr. Carole Marks, author of "Moses, the Monster and Miss Anne"
Location:Theater N at Nemours, with reception at Wilmington Club
Time:6:00PM Monday, October 26th
October 1 at 5:21am
Larry Josefowski

Larry Josefowski
Excellent Article.....here is just a bit....

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/09/0082640

Humanities....are thus, inescapably, political. Why? Because they complicate our vision, pull our most cherished notions out by the roots, flay our pieties. Because they grow uncertainty. Because they expand the reach of our under...standing (and therefore our compassion), even as they force us to draw and redraw the borders of tolerance.
Because out of all this work of self-building might emerge an individual capable of humility in the face of complexity; an individual formed through questioning and therefore unlikely to cede that right; an individual resistant to coercion, to manipulation and demagoguery in all their forms. The humanities, in short, are a superb delivery mechanism for what we might call democratic values.Read More

Delaware Humanities Forum

Delaware Humanities Forum Congress is debating funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) - please click this link to share with your representatives about why the humanities are important and should be supported with increased funding. We appreciate your support and the support of the NEH! The Federation of State Humanities Councils, founded in 1977, is the membership association of the 56 state councils.

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Source: www.congressweb.com
The Federation of State Humanities Councils, founded in 1977, is the membership association of the 56 state councils.
September 28 at 7:43pm
Delaware Humanities Forum

Delaware Humanities Forum TOMORROW: Day one of two for DHF in Milton--a keynote lecture and reception Friday, and an all-day Symposium on Saturday. We hope you will check out this event (scroll down for link), and share the info with your Sussex County friends. Our Board Chairman talks about the Symposium in the Delaware State news today.

Guest commentator discusses the Delaware Humanities Forum, value and relevance of the humanities - S
Source: www.newszapforums.com
> Delaware Public Forums > State of Delaware Public Issues Forum > Guest commentator discusses the Delaware Humanities Forum, value and relevance of the humanities
September 17 at 7:57am
Larry Josefowski
Larry Josefowski
Feel free to add your comments to the Newszap web site or call in something to the paper...I'm almost afraid to see what comments are going to get added by others.
September 17 at 11:34am
Larry Josefowski

Larry Josefowski The ediitorial is in the discussion part of the DHF Friends page...

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=9855&uid=83073693465#/topic.php?uid=83073693465&topic=9855

Larry Josefowski

Larry Josefowski If you get the chance, please check out my editorial on the humanities (and I slipped a plug in for the symposium) on page 7 of today's Delaware State News. If they put it on-line I'll post a link, but if you get a chance to read it, let me know what you think.

Delaware Humanities Forum

Delaware Humanities Forum

Check out this DHF-sponsored discussion on Thursday, 9/17
FREE Public Forum / Reception at Delaware Theatre Company on September 17 You are cordially Invited...
September 15 at 6:22am
Larry Josefowski

Larry Josefowski
We've got 194 fans, and we've got 5 confirmed attendees so far. I suspect we'll have more, especially from the non-Facebook crowd, but as the Chair of the Delaware Humanities Council, I wonder..

Is that what you want, or is there something else that would capture your imagination? I think it may be that we are so busy ...today, but I'd appreciate a bit of feedback as to what kind of programs YOU would like to see.Read More

September 15 at 5:46am · Report
Dawn Henretty Jaquette
Dawn Henretty Jaquette
The kids and I would love to attend but the kids have prior school commitments so I can't ...
September 15 at 5:54am
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Delaware Humanities Forum discussed September 17th Editorial on the Delaware Humanities Forum discussion board.