ABOUT US

​The Stone House Center for Public Humanities (CPH) 
is a project of Slippery Rock University. The CPH connects the university’s humanities faculty and students to the broader community by offering collaborative educational programming, public forums, non-degree courses, workshops, and service-learning opportunities, all focused on bringing the insights of the humanities to bear on contemporary public life.

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Programs

​​The CPH offers a variety of public programs, including digital humanities projects, high school outreach, historic foodways workshops, author-meets-critics sessions, and more! Our mission is to celebrate cultural heritage, foster innovative educational experiences, and highlight the humanities' relevance to contemporary life.

Click here to learn more about some of our exciting programs.

LITTLE FREE LIBRARY

The Stone House Center for Public Humanities, in partnership with Slippery Rock Community Library, has donated a Little Free Library to share books, bring people together, and create communities of readers. Located on Main Street in front of North Country Brewery, the Little Free Library box will be available year-round.

Community members and passersby are invited to give a book they’ve enjoyed, or take a book that sparks their interest.

why are the humanities important?

humanities important
The humanities -  history, literature, languages, art, philosophy -  focus on creating lives of purpose and meaning, appreciating diversity and complexity, and communicating effectively with others while overcoming adversity.

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"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.  Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education."
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.