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Beginning in April, Humanities Texas will hold screenings of the award-winning documentary film Seadrift in Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi, and Austin. Seadrift chronicles racial tensions that divided a small town in the early days of Vietnamese refugee arrival on the Texas Gulf Coast and the possibility of reconciliation in the aftermath of violence. Following each screening, the film’s director, Tim Tsai, will respond to questions from the audience. These screenings, which are made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities's United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture initiative, are free and open to the public. More»

Humanities Texas is excited to be a part of the upcoming Texas Association of Museums Annual Meeting in Lubbock! On Monday, April 15, and Tuesday, April 16, members of our grants and exhibitions teams will be at the Humanities Texas booth in the exhibitor hall to answer questions, see familiar faces, and share information about our programs. Additionally, Exhibitions Coordinator Autumn Lennartz will present a session in partnership with the Texas Historical Commission on developing and promoting traveling exhibitions titled "Heritage on Tour: Expand Your Audience through Traveling Exhibitions." More»

Historian Carlos Castañeda changed how we think of the Southwest. Through exhaustive and groundbreaking research, he told the story of the Texas-Mexico borderlands as one of shared culture and heritage, rather than conflict and division. Raised in Brownsville, Castañeda earned his doctorate from The University of Texas at Austin in 1932. He served there as professor and librarian for the rest of his life. Castañeda oversaw the university’s extensive Latin American archives and led efforts to collect and preserve documents pertaining to early Texas history. Fittingly, UT Austin's main library now carries his name. More»