2026 Public Humanities Awards

The 2026 Public Humanities Awards will be held on March 20th at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson.

Tickets and Awards Sponsor opportunities may be purchased through the MHC website or by sending a check to the Mississippi Humanities Council, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Room 317, Jackson, MS 39211.

We hope you can join us for a night celebrating these achievements.

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  • January 2022

  • Thu 27

    Remembering Emmett Till in the Mississippi Delta: Documenting Till Commemoration through Oral Histories

    January 27, 2022 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
    Online Event

    Join the Emmett Till Interpretive Center to discuss the importance of documenting Civil Rights stories in the Mississippi Delta, specifically around Emmett Till and how his life and memory have […]

    Free
  • Fri 28

    HTA – The Journey Home: Literary Narratives and PTSD

    January 28, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 2226 Switzer Road, Gulfport, MS, United States

    Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Tammy Townsend (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College) will present her public lecture, “The Journey Home: Literary Narratives and PTSD”. This presentation will be held on […]

    Free
  • February 2022

  • Tue 1

    HTA – Health and Social Wellbeing: The Benefits of Bookreading

    February 1, 2022 @ 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
    Pearl River Community College - Forrest County Campus 5448 US 49, Hattiesburg, MS, United States

    Humanities Teacher Award winner Heather Peerboom (Pearl River Community College) will present her public lecture, “Health and Social Wellbeing: The Benefits of Bookreading”. This presentation will be held in the […]

    Free
  • Wed 2

    HTA – The Sound: Analog Vs Digital Audio and How Microphones Work for Broadcast Journalists

    February 2, 2022 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
    JD Boyd Library 1000 ASU Drive, Lorman, MS

    Humanities Teacher Award winner Dr. Eric Dogini  (Alcorn State University) will present his public lecture, “The Sound: Analog Vs Digital Audio and How Microphones Work for Broadcast Journalists.” This presentation […]

    Free
  • Thu 3

    O.N. Pruitt’s Possum Town: Photographing Trouble and Resilience in The American South

    February 3, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - April 23, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
    Columbus Arts Council Columbus , MS

    This event is a traveling multimedia exhibition that reveals life in northeast Mississippi based on the photography of O.N. Pruitt. From 1915 to 1960, Pruitt, a white man in a […]

  • Thu 3

    Toni Morrison and Resurrections of Blackness and the Literary Imagination

    February 3, 2022 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
    Online Event

    Part of the Black History Month Lecture Series presented by The Mississippi University for Women. Zoom Details located on flyer.  

    Free
  • Fri 4

    HTA – From Handprints on Cave Walls to Posting on Social Media; Seeking Validation Through our Personal Narratives

    February 4, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
    Meridian Community College 910 Hwy 19 N, Meridian, MS

    Humanities Teacher Award winner Anne Lacy Johnson (Meridian Community College) will present her public lecture, “From Handprints on Cave Walls to Posting on Social Media; Seeking Validation Through our Personal […]

    Free
  • Fri 4

    Isabella and the Prince: Overcoming Struggle through Courage and Faith

    February 4, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Prince Ibrahim
    Free
  • Mon 7

    Octavia E. Butler’s Vision for Communal Healing

    February 7, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Online Event

    Part of the Black History Month Lecture Series presented by The Mississippi University for Women. Zoom Details located on the flyer.

    Free
  • Fri 11

    HTA – The Internet – Past, Present, and Future

    February 11, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Southwest Mississippi Community College 1156 College Drive, Summit, MS

    Humanities Teacher Award winner Ron Wilson (Southwest Mississippi Community College) will present his public lecture, “The Internet - Past, Present, and Future.” Presentation will be held in the Horace C. […]

    Free
  • Sat 12

    Honoring the Unsung Heroes and Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement in Natchez, MS

    February 12, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church 607 Madison St., Natchez, MS, United States

    This annual public event will honor civil rights activists who  played a vital role in the movement but did not receive the attention or recognition that was given to other […]

    Free
  • Tue 15

    Fannie Lou Hamer’s America: Meet the Makers

    February 15, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Online Event

    Register here: https://wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oSy06GrLShO4G27IqhAoyg?fbclid=IwAR0M6_1yd5QfI738qdU5Dh02OfuDmujrPBiVM7F5PnVLoSJKLKb5IO2P634

    Free
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