Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · 4d

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Register now "Digital Storytelling: Developing Student Podcasts in the Writing Classroom"!

🖥️ Webinar
🗓 October 7, 2025
🕔 5:00–6:15 p.m. CT

➡️ Learn more: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

Texas Student Media at The University of Texas at Austin trains student journalists through its various entities, including The Drag Audio Production House.

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · 5d

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
There's still time to register for "The Imperial Crisis in British North America, 1763–1775"!

🖥️ Webinar
🗓 October 6, 2025
🕔 5:00–6:15 p.m. CT

➡️ Learn more: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · 5d

Join Humanities Texas on WED, NOV 19, for a FREE #htxgrants workshop in Fredericksburg for Hill Country organizations! In partnership w/ TX Rural Funders, TX Comm on the Arts, TX Historical Comm & TX Historical Foundation

Learn more and register (required): www.humanitiestexas.org/hill-country...

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Sep 8

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
There's still time to sign up for our September webinar series on using primary sources in the ELA classroom w/ @ncte.org and @librarycongress.bsky.social!

Register today! www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Aug 20

**ATTN: TX TEACHERS**
Register now for "Introducing, Interpreting, and Integrating Primary Sources in the ELA Classroom"!

The webinar series (SEPT 15 & 22) will draw upon teaching ideas compiled by @ncte.org in collaboration w/ @librarycongress.bsky.social.

www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

2

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Sep 2

**UPDATE ON FALL MAJOR GRANTS CYCLE**
The fall major grants cycle is now open for programs that will take place on or after JAN 1, 2026. #htxgrants

LOI deadline: SEPT 30, 2025
Final app deadline: OCT 3, 2025

Please visit our website for application details: www.humanitiestexas.org/grants/major

2

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Sep 2

With generous support from the Tejemos Foundation, the new Humanities Texas exhibition "Soul Circuit: Juneteenth Rodeos in Texas" will travel to six Texas communities over the coming year! #htxexhibits

Learn more: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

Rodeo legend Taylor Hall, known professionally as Bailey’s Prairie Kid, takes one of his last rides before retiring at age fifty. Photo by Sarah Bird, 1978.

1 2

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Aug 29

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
In fall 2025, Humanities Texas will offer online and in-person professional development programs for Texas social studies and ELA teachers. Apply now at www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...! #htxedu

1

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Aug 27

**ATTN: TX TEACHERS**
"America Before the American Revolution" will take place via Zoom from 5:00–6:15PM CT on SEPT 16.

The webinar will explore the place of the American colonies in the British Empire on the eve of the American Revolution. #America250

www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

Old Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia, in the Time of Lord Dunmore by Alfred Wordsworth Thompson, 1893. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Aug 22

Join us for an #htxgrants webinar for Texas cultural and educational orgs on WED, AUG 27, at 11AM CT. Staff will make brief presentations and then be available for questions and discussion. This webinar is FREE and open to the public.

Register online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Aug 22

We're delighted to resume grantmaking!

Rural #htxgrants are available to nonprofit orgs in counties with 60,000 residents or fewer. Exhibition grants are available to support rental and associated programming for #htxexhibits.

Learn more at humanitiestexas.org/grants!

1 2

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Aug 22

We were saddened to learn of Bruce Bugg’s passing earlier this month. Bruce, who served on the Humanities Texas board from 2010–12, was a thoughtful and effective civic leader deeply committed to San Antonio and the state of Texas. We'll miss him greatly.

www.tpr.org/government-p...

San Antonio banker Bruce Bugg, chair of the Texas Transportation Commission, dies at 70

Bugg's legacy was wide ranging in San Antonio and across Texas.

www.tpr.org

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Aug 20

**ATTN: TX TEACHERS**
Register now for "Introducing, Interpreting, and Integrating Primary Sources in the ELA Classroom"!

The webinar series (SEPT 15 & 22) will draw upon teaching ideas compiled by @ncte.org in collaboration w/ @librarycongress.bsky.social.

www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

1

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Aug 5

📢 NEH (@nehgov.bsky.social) invites institutions affected by the floods in Central Texas in July 2025 to apply for fast-track emergency grants to preserve and protect humanities collections. Details and application info at: www.neh.gov/news/neh-cha...

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Jul 29

Humanities Texas staff will be traveling across the state to promote #htxgrants and #htxexhibits. If you see us, please say hello! We welcome the opportunity to discuss how our resources can support humanities activity in your community.

Where we'll be: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

1

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Jul 22

**THIS WEEK**
Preservation Texas & MINDPOP are hosting the Creative Spaces Summit in FTW on July 24–25! The event will explore how historic spaces across Texas are being reimagined as dynamic hubs for art, culture, & community!

Learn more: www.preservationtexas.org/creativespaces

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Jul 17

Members of our grants team recently spoke with @fwmsh staff about the organization's work in the humanities and their new oral history project made possible in part by #htxgrants.

Read more in our June newsletter: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Jul 15

San Angelo & surrounding communities were severely impacted by widespread flooding across the Concho Valley on July 4. San Angelo Area Foundation has set up a fund to support recovery efforts in the region: www.saafound.org/disaster-funds

For Kerr County flood relief: www.communityfoundation.net

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Jul 10

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Register now for "Using Last Seen Ads to Teach Slavery and Reconstruction"!

This 2-part webinar series will take place 1:00–2:30PM CT on JULY 15 & 16. Attendance for both sessions is encouraged but not required.

Apply: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te... #htxedu

1

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Jul 10

**ATTN: TX TEACHERS**
Last chance to register for "Teaching Film Adaptations"!

This webinar will take place from 10A–12P CT on MON, JULY 14, and will explore the process of teaching film adaptations of lit texts in the secondary ELA classroom. #htxedu

www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Jul 9

Our thoughts continue to be with those in Central Texas reckoning with the destruction caused by catastrophic flooding.

We maintain a list of resources for cultural/arts orgs across Texas & the U.S and update throughout the year: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

1

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Jul 5

We are devastated by the news from TX communities affected by recent & ongoing flooding. Here is one way you can help—@TCFHillCountry has set up a fund to support nonprofit orgs, first responder agencies, & local gov engaged in response/relief/recovery: cftexashillcountry.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

1

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Jul 2

Humanities Texas is excited to bring back the annual Summer Reading issue of our monthly newsletter!

This year, we asked independent booksellers across Texas to recommend titles that have recently captured their attention: www.humanitiestexas.org/news/article...

1

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Jul 2

Learn more about upcoming LEAD Program workshops for Texas Pecos Trail Region museum professionals at thcfriends.org/1876-2/!

Sessions will equip rural museum leaders with tools to strengthen boards, clarify missions, and plan for long-term sustainability.

Made possible in part by #htxgrants.

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Jun 29

**ATTN: TEXAS TEACHERS**
Registration is still open for "Using Primary Sources to Teach Major Topics in U.S. History in their Constitutional Context"! This webinar series for social studies teachers will take place on JULY 7, 8, & 9. #htxedu

Learn more: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...

1

Humanities Texas @humanitiestexas.bsky.social · Jun 28

**ATTN: TX TEACHERS**
There is still time to register for "The High School Canon: Then and Now"!

This two-part webinar series will take place online from 1:00–3:00PM CT on JULY 7 & 8. Attending both sessions is encouraged but not required.

Apply now: www.humanitiestexas.org/education/te...