An overview of HNY's partnership series with the Brooklyn Public Library

A definition and brief history of HNY's signature series–plus dispatches from a recent success story and Banned Books Week.

We are not giving up. With your help, we will find new ways to keep doing this work. We ask you to stand with us—to advocate, to give, and to believe, as we do, that dialogue and understanding are not luxuries, but necessities.Read on to see how you can help #SaveHNY!

On April 14, 2025, HNY's Executive Director Sara Ogger talked to Sina Basila Hickey for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. Listen to the full interview.

Last week, Humanities New York (HNY) received notice that funding allocated to us by Congress and disbursed by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) was cancelled, effectively immediately.Join the nationwide, bipartisan effort to save the humanities in New York and across the country.

2025 is a milestone year for Humanities New York, marking 50 years since the formation of the National Endowment for the Humanities and our founding as New York’s state council. In advance of the new year and a number of exciting developments including a website redesign and streamlined grants offerings, we’re proud to present a new brand aesthetic. 

By Joe Murphy, Director of GrantsIn 2025, HNY will revise these offerings in order to better serve the needs and interests of public humanities practitioners across New York State.

Congratulations to 21 organizations across the state that have been awarded Action Grants. Take a look at the full list of recipients.

Join Humanities New York’s presentation of a conversation between best-selling author Jenny Odell and media studies professor Nathan Schneider on the role of digital technology in our lives.In-person tickets are pay-what-you-wish with registration.

Congratulations to 27 organizations across the state that have been awarded Action Grants. Take a look at the full list of Fall 2024 grantees, and watch out for events happening near you!

15 graduate students have been awarded a total of $60,000 in Humanities Centers Initiative (HCI) grants. The HCI grant is given on an annual basis to humanities students based in New York, in partnership with nine state universities. Explore the full list of projects.

Humanities New York is pleased to announce that 20 organizations across the state have received grants totaling $474,428 as part of the Post-Incarceration Humanities Partnership (PIHP): a cohort-based program that supports organizations that incorporate the humanities into their work of serving formerly incarcerated individuals and their families. Read the full list of new and returning grantees.