This week-long symposium will feature Anthony Ray Hinton, one of the longest serving death row prisoners in Alabama history and among the longest serving condemned prisoners to be freed after presenting evidence of innocence. Since his release, Mr. Hinton has traveled the world sharing his story and discussing the changes that need to be made to prevent similar injustices from happening to other people.

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The Hoverter Course in the Humanities strives to bridge the gap between college dreams and higher education realities by providing tuition-free, credit.bearing, college courses in the humanities.

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Stories in Place is a collection of ongoing research and oral history projects aligning people's personal experience with local history

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Teachers as Scholars offers middle and secondary school teachers free Act 48-credit in-service seminars that focus on the latest disciplinary content available in various humanities fields of learning. Check out our 2020 offerings!

2020 Teachers as Scholars Seminars

Poetry in Place intimately connects Harrisburg public school students and community residents to their city. Each workshop includes a field trip to a local place of significance and a time for creative reflection and writing. Every event focuses on the cultural, historical and ecological roots of the Harrisburg region.

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Messiah College’s Public Humanities Fellows’s blog! For our latest content, click on the Blog tab up below.

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