Dr. Sissela Bok presents her lecture "The Burden of Deceit in Public Life" at the Third Annual Commonwealth Humanities Lecture at 7:30pm, Thursday, March 30th at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington. Dr. Bok is a writer and philosopher. She is currently a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Her books include Lying: Moral Choice in Private and Public Life; Secrets: On the Ethics of Concealment and Revelation; A Strategy for Peace: Human Values and the Threat of War; and Common Values.

The event is free and open to the public. Reception to follow the lecture. For more information including directions, visit www.mfh.org/specialprojects/chl

To RSVP call (617) 742-6800 ext. 130 by March 28th or RSVP online.

The Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and the University of Massachusetts Program in Public History are sponsoring "Outside the Textbook: Writing History for Everyone" on Monday, June 12, 2006, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm at Clark University in Worcester.  Author Anita Diamant will give the keynote address "Writing The Last Days of Dogtown: A Novelist Brings History to Life."  Anita Diamant is the author of The Last Days of Dogtown and The Red Tent. There are breakout sessions on Writing Clear, Concise Exhibit Text; Organizing Reading and Discussion Groups; Writing Historical Fiction; Creative Publishing Options for Local History; Writing for Town Anniversaries; Writing Local History for the Web; and Children Writing History.

For more information and registration form, visit www.mfh.org/newsandevents/calendar/history.html

MFH seeks proposals from scholars and/or librarians for a new library-based, scholar-led, reading and discussion series on the theme “Liberty and justice for all.” This thematic initiative was created to encourage public humanities programs that examine the conflicts, accomplishments, and challenges embodied in the relationship between “liberty” and “justice” across cultures and over time. For more info on the theme, go to www.mfh.org/grants/grantypes/liberty.html

The series should consist of no more than four sessions. All texts must be accessible to the general adult reader and readily available from libraries, bookstores, or online sources (preferably in paperback). They may include a mix of fiction and non-fiction, classic and contemporary texts, essays, short stories, poems, and/or historical documents. For the full RFP, visit www.mfh.org/newsandevents/new/rfp.html.

The author of the winning proposal will receive a $1,000 honorarium with the possibility of additional compensation for leading the pilot series and giving an orientation workshop for other discussion leaders. If the winning proposal has more than one author, the honorarium will be shared.

The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2006. For more info, visit www.mfh.org/newsandevents/new/rfp.html.

Many new events have been added to our online humanities calendar. For information on events in your region, go to www.mfh.org/newsandevents/calendar.

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