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SDHC Scholar Applications Open Oct. 31

Want to help us carry the humanities across South Dakota during programs in 2020? Applications open Oct. 31, 2019 for 2020 humanities scholars, who will lead Speakers Bureau presentations and reading discussions with our Book Club to Go and One Book South Dakota programs.

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  1. thumbnail image for blog post: South Dakota Humanities Council Unveils 2020 Common Read Selections

    South Dakota Humanities Council Unveils 2020 Common Read Selections

    December 4, 2019

    The 2020 One Book South Dakota is a tale of reinvention, of a person who changed her mind and her ways and left her family — her infamous and outspoken family, known nationwide for raucous protests at funerals of U.S. soldiers — for a quiet life in rural South Dakota. Continue Reading

  2. thumbnail image for blog post: One Book Reveal Dec. 3: Learn the Title, Meet the Author at our Office in Brookings!

    One Book Reveal Dec. 3: Learn the Title, Meet the Author at our Office in Brookings!

    November 29, 2019

    On Dec. 3, readers will have a rare opportunity to meet the One Book author as the selection is announced. Continue Reading

  3. thumbnail image for blog post: SDHC Participating in Second Annual South Dakota Gives Campaign

    SDHC Participating in Second Annual South Dakota Gives Campaign

    November 19, 2019

    After raising more than $5,000 during the inaugural South Dakota Day of Giving Nov. 27, 2018, the South Dakota Humanities Council is gearing up for the 2019 event. Continue Reading

  4. thumbnail image for blog post: 2019 Veterans Story Contest: The Winners

    2019 Veterans Story Contest: The Winners

    November 8, 2019

    The 2019 Veterans Story Contest invited past and current service members who live in South Dakota to submit their stories in written or video formats. The resulting entries were memorable. Continue Reading

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Event Calendar

7
Dec
Cowboy Poetry - E.L. Griffin, Yankton
11:30 am | Yankton Hillcrest Golf and Country Club
12
Dec
The Commandant of Lubizec: A Novel of The Holocaust and Operation Reinhard, Sioux Falls
8:00 am | Roosevelt High School
7
Jan
Who is Aunt Lou?, Spearfish
7:30 pm | Spearfish Senior Center
30
Jan
Living History Fair - Jerome Kills Small, Watertown
9:00 am | Lake Area Technical Institute
30
Jan
Sound, Color, Shape, Vermillion
11:00 am | Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts, Colton Recital Hall
31
Jan
Living History Fair - Darrel Draper, Watertown
11:30 am | Lake Area Technical Institute
19
Mar
South Dakota to Mexico: Norma Wilson?s "Frog Creek Road" and Jerry Wilson?s "Eden to Orizaba", Sioux Falls
7:00 pm | Downtown Library
2
Apr
Francis Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal, Deadwood
12:00 pm | Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center
14
May
The 1862 Dakota Uprising Through Sarah Wakefield's Eyes, Deadwood
12:00 pm | Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center
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South Dakota Humanities Council

The South Dakota Humanities Council (SDHC), founded in 1972 in response to an act of Congress, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and the only cultural organization in the state whose sole mission is to deliver humanities programming to the people of South Dakota. Our vision is to "lead statewide advocacy for the humanities, working with other partners to foster literary and civic engagement." This programming vision forms the core mission:

The South Dakota Humanities Council celebrates literature, promotes civil conversation, and tells the stories that define our state.

Want to read more about what the humanities are? Check out our definition of the humanities and examples of various humanities disciplines explored by our programs. 

The goal should be that everybody gets a chance to read great books and participate in the richness that humanities brings us.
- Bill Gates (founder and Chairman, Microsoft)