What's Your Recipe for Community?
Indiana Humanities is hosting an evening full of meaningful conversations centered on how food connects us to community, culture, and history. We'll be considering the question "What's your recipe for community?" with a facilitator over dinner at six local restaurant across Indiana.
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Voices and Votes
The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street, in partnership with Indiana Humanities, is bringing its traveling exhibition Voices and Votes: Democracy in America to small towns across the Hoosier state in 2026.
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Unearthed Film Tour
We've announced the dates for our 2024 Unearthed Film Tour—spotlighting different Hoosier filmmaking teams from across the state that are sharing unique perspectives on the land we call Indiana.
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2024 Indiana Authors Awards Winners
We are proud to announce this year's winning authors for the 2024 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards
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2024 cohort of Wilma Gibbs Moore fellows announced
Fellowship-supported research will examine the history of the oppression of Black Hoosiers in Knox County, the lynching of Black WWII veteran James Edward Person, the history of activism in Indianapolis’ Babe Denny neighborhood, and other topics.
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Welcome. We're glad you're here. Whether on purpose or by accident, you've turned to Indiana Humanities because you're someone who enjoys the humanities (history, literature, cultural studies, philosophy or ethics, etc.), or as we like to say: you enjoy thinking, reading and talking.
Maybe you've come to find resources for your community, to learn about something or to have conversations (online or in person). Take a look around—we hope you find what you're looking for. And if not, just ask. We're here to help.
create
We engage Hoosiers in statewide conversations by asking questions and working with a variety of partners to create one-of-a-kind programs that encourage us all to think, read and talk.
support
We support communities by partnering, providing resources, building capacity, connecting, listening and uplifting.
convene
We serve as a neutral convener for people to come together, since community grows from conversation.
fund
We support Indiana nonprofits with grants for public humanities projects.
One State / One Story
One State / One Story invites Hoosiers to engage deeply with a book as part of a statewide conversation tied to Indiana Humanities’ current theme.
Learn moreKay Hawthorne: Humanities Hero
Kay Hawthorne is the Environmental Justice Director at Friends of the White River. We caught up with her as she talked about history, the White River and her favorite books.
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Upcoming Events
Check out these upcoming events to help you think, read and talk around Indiana.
See all eventsAre you curious about all-things-Indiana?
Go ahead. Get lost in the humanities.
We'll get you started with a recommendation.
