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The Humanities are what we do when we reflect about our lives; when we ask fundamental questions of value, purpose and meaning. The Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities is a humanities programming and grant making organization affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

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Beginning this spring, the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities (MassHumanities) in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC) will select one outstanding Massachusetts humanist to deliver the first annual Commonwealth Humanities Lecture. This honor is intended to recognize a significant contribution to the study of public life and civic affairs in the Commonwealth.

Nominations from the public are welcome. Nominees should be individuals whose work is grounded in the humanities and whose scholarship or writing has advanced our understanding of contemporary issues in Massachusetts. Nominees must live or work in the Commonwealth. The winner is expected to give an original and substantive address that engages scholars as well as the general public. The lectureship carries a $5,000 award.

You may submit nominations via e-mail (chl@mfh.org), fax (413) 584-8454 or by regular mail to MassHumanities, 66 Bridge St. Northampton, MA 01060. Please tell us the name and address of the individual you are nominating and why he/she should be honored with this award. Deadline for nominations is March 31.

||| “THE FLUTE PLAYER” TO SCREEN
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Jocelyn Glatzer’s film, “The Flute Player,” which received distribution funding from MFH in 2003, will screen at the International Institute of Boston on Friday, January 23, 2004, 6 & 8pm, as part of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. The film tells the story of Cambodian-American human rights activist Arn Chorn Pond. Discussion with the filmmaker follows both screenings. For more information, go to www.thefluteplayer.net or call Over The Moon Productions, Inc. at (617) 971-9497.

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A new documentary by Laurie Kahn-Leavitt, funded in part by MassHumanities, “Tupperware!” tells the story of Earl Silas Tupper, an inventor from Massachusetts, and Brownie Wise, a self-taught saleswoman who built an international business out of bowls that “burped.” Narrated by Kathy Bates, the film includes an entertaining and thought-provoking mélange of interviews with Tupperware veterans, color home movies, footage of the company’s annual Jubilees, and ads and television excerpts from the 1950s. Airs nationwide on PBS as part of the American Experience history series on February 9, 2004, 9:00 p.m. (Check local listings) For more about the film go to www.thetupperwarefilm.com

||| SAVE THE DATE!
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
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The Organization of American Historians (OAH), with support from MassHumanities, will present a public event on March 26 commemorating the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. The program will feature Judge Robert Carter, one of the primary legal architects of the Brown v. Board decision, in a dialogue with renowned legal scholars and public intellectuals Lani Guinier (Harvard) and Derrick Bell (New York University), and eminent historian John Hope Franklin. The program will take place on Friday, March 26, 2004, at 7:00 pm at the Union United Methodist Church in Boston, site of the 1950 NAACP conference. The church is located at 485 Columbus Avenue in Boston, (617) 536-0873.

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If you haven’t yet made your contribution to the foundation’s special 30th Anniversary Fund, please consider making a donation today. Go to www.mfh.org/30thgiftform.htm.

If you missed our special 30th Anniversary MassHumanities Fall Newsletter go to www.mfh.org/newsandevents/newsletter/MassHumanities.

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The Foundation will be making its next round of Fiscal Year 2004 grants in June. The deadline for proposals is May 3, with drafts due by April 15. The maximum award is $5,000 for non-media projects. Media pre-production projects are eligible for awards of up to $10,000 and must result in an edited trailer.

Applicants must consult with Ellen Rothman in the Watertown office or Kristin O’Connell in the Northampton office before submitting a draft. Final proposals (signed original and eight copies) should be received in the Metro Boston Office at 125 Walnut Street, Watertown, MA 02472 no later than 5 PM on Monday,
May 3.

To download the application package, go to www.mfh.org/grants/how/

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Ten grants were awarded in September and seven in December. For a complete list, go to www.mfh.org/grants/newawards.htm

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For information on humanities events in your region, go to www.mfh.org/newsandevents/calendar.

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