Watch: Honoring the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

by Mass Humaities | Jun 16, 2025 | News, The Kiosk, The Profession, Video

“All Hands On Deck” focused on the intersection of storytelling and climate change. Mass Humanities honored the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe with the first Massachusetts Storyteller Award, recognizing the Tribe’s legacies of storytelling and land stewardship. If you missed...

Conversation on the Commons: Putting the Public in Publishing History

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 24, 2025 | Conversations on the Commons (event), Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences

Putting the Public in Publishing History March 21, 2025 12:00-1:30pm The gold standard of having done research in local history used to be to get it published. Is publishing the imprimatur from the history community that it once was? If you want to bring your...

Watch: “Vessels of Slavery: Forget Me Not” inside look

by Mass Humaities | Mar 20, 2025 | The Kiosk, The Profession, Video

“It’s like breathing,” says artist Christle Rawlins-Jackson, referring to the process of quilting fabric. “You’re putting the fabric together in a way that’s going to tell the story.” Rawlins-Jackson, along with fellow artists Susi Ryan and IlaSahai Prouty, created...

History Studio: Abandoned Massachusetts with David Whitemyer

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 17, 2025 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, History Studio, News, Publick Occurences

The Second Installment in our History Studio on Authors and Publishing in Massachusetts: David Whitemyer Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 7pm Massachusetts is littered with the remains of public and private buildings and landscapes: hospitals, factories, churches, houses,...

Conversation on the Commons: Reality Check: How Much Funding Is at Risk for Massachusetts History Organizations?

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Feb 20, 2025 | Conversations on the Commons (event), Conversations on the Commons Archive, Publick Occurences

Reality Check: How Much Funding Is at Risk for Massachusetts History Organizations? Friday, February 28, 12-1:30pm Federal funding is in great turmoil at the moment. Join us in breaking down what funding and projects stand to be affected in the realm of public history...

History Studio: Enslavement in the Puritan Village with Jane Sciacca

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Feb 19, 2025 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, History Studio, News, Publick Occurences

  Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 7:00-8:00pm A History Studio featuring Jane Sciacca, Massachusetts historian Colonial Sudbury, Massachusetts, was designated the Puritan Village by author Sumner Chilton Powell in his 1964 Pulitzer Prize–winning history of the...