Oregon Humanities

Free Community Discussions Offered Statewide

Oregon Humanities sponsors the first season of Conversation Project programs across Oregon beginning November 2009.

15 October 2009

The inaugural 2009–10 season of the Conversation Project: A New Chautauqua begins in early November 2009, and these free community discussions will be offered around the state. The Conversation Project, which connects Oregonians with public scholars and provocative ideas through idea-driven dialogue, is a program of Oregon Humanities (formerly Oregon Council for the Humanities).

The 2009–10 Conversation Project lineup features seventeen programs presented by sixteen scholars. This season’s programs span diverse topics, including friendship, mega cities, the future of rural communities, media literacy, and reimagining the American prison system. Programs from November 5, 2009, through February 27, 2010, are listed below... More