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What are the humanities? It is all of us, eating, drinking, working, living, dying to tell our stories to each other. At our best we are trying to get one another to laugh or cry over our place on the planet. We can learn by seeing each other and sharing that moment. Just like KUOW and NPR, the work of Humanities Washington ensures that people remain engaged in their communities.

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Speakers Bureau

Humanities Washington's Speakers Bureau: Feeding Inquiring Minds through Engaging Discussions.

Please note: Available funding for King County Speakers Bureau events taking place before August 31, 2012 has been allocated;  we will consider applications from King County organizations for presentations taking place after September 1, 2012 beginning on July 1, 2012.  We are still accepting applications for presentations serving audiences outside of King County.  


Feeding Inquiring Minds through Education and Discussions

One of Humanities Washington’s most popular programs is our Speakers Bureau. We offer 30 engaging experts who provide free public presentations across the state. Humanities Washington’s speakers provoke audiences to think, learn, engage, and often laugh.

These fascinating, diverse, and engaging speakers and topics cover a vast landscape that includes: popular culture, photography, poetry, architecture, literature, food, film, and recent history. Speakers are carefully selected based on their expertise and ability to deliver fascinating content and insight, appealing to and inspiring audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

Our speakers deliver hundreds of talks in every corner of the state. To reach as many Washingtonians as possible we partner with a wide range of organizations including libraries, schools, museums and historical societies, retirement homes, community centers and civic organizations. Best of all--these presentations are free to the public!

We encourage all organizations to apply to host a speaker. We do ask host organizations to cover speaker travel costs and to publicize the event, but Humanities Washington pays the speaker fees.

Humanities Washington’s Speakers Bureau has sponsored over 4,000 presentations in each of the state’s 39 counties, reaching more than 185,000 people since 1973.

Please visit our calendar to find a speaker event in your area.

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