The call for applications for Being Human Festival 2024 has been extended! To enable as many people as possible to participate in this year’s festival, we have extended the deadline for the Festival Event (unfunded) pathway to 5pm, Thursday 18th July.
We would love to make 2024 our biggest and best year yet, so we’re calling on all past organisers, as well as those new to the festival, to consider organising something big or small for Being Human 2024!
Being Human is the UK’s national festival of the humanities. Each year we invite researchers and staff from universities and research organisations to take part in our national festival by organising a public engagement event or activity, rooted in humanities research. Any organisation with a connection to humanities research is eligible to organise a festival event via this pathway, including museums, galleries, archives, libraries, publishers, community organisations and more – but all events must involve an eligible researcher in their planning and delivery.
This year’s festival will take place 7–16 November, with the theme ‘Landmarks’, honouring the fact that it’s our 10th anniversary! We will be looking back on landmark events in our history, while imagining landmarks we might yet create. We invite researchers to join us in thinking about physical or metaphorical landmarks and how they shape our world. Read more about the theme on our website: https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/news/landmarks
Further details on how to apply, and answers to some frequently asked questions, are available on our website: https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/get-involved
We look forward to receiving your applications!
