Messiah University Center for Public Humanities

06/17/2026

JT Crocenzi on Fugitive Slave Cases in Harrisburg

Messiah alum and former CPH fellow, JT Crocenzi, just published a new story on an 1850 incident demonstrating resistance to the fugitive slave law. Read David Pettegrew's description of the story below and visit Harrisburg Historical for the story in full.

Messiah alum and former CPH fellow, JT Crocenzi, just published a new story on an 1850 incident demonstrating resistance to the fugitive slave law. Read David Pettegrew’s description of the s…

05/08/2026

SOAL project wins PA Community Initiative Award

One of the important projects our Public Humanities Fellows have worked on each year for the past several years is the effort to restore Lincoln Cemetery and the stories of the African American buried there. This project is led by Rachael Williams and SOAL (Saving our Ancestors Legacy). We're so proud to let everyone know that this project involving many community partners and educational institutions has won a Community Initiative Award from the State of Pennsylvania....

One of the important projects our Public Humanities Fellows have worked on each year for the past several years is the effort to restore Lincoln Cemetery and the stories of the African American bur…

05/07/2026

Sarah Meeks on being a CPH Fellow

A really nice retrospective from Sarah Meeks on her time as a Public Humanities Fellow. Many thanks to Sarah for sharing her energy and gifts with the program the past three years. "As I reflect on my time at Messiah University, nothing brings me a greater sense of accomplishment than my experience as a fellow with the Center for Public Humanities."

A really nice retrospective from Sarah Meeks on her time as a Public Humanities Fellow. Many thanks to Sarah for sharing her energy and gifts with the program the past three years. “As I refl…

05/06/2026

Rachael Williams and the Lincoln Cemetery

Check out the latest from our Digital Harrisburg Website. Our Public Humanities Fellows work closely with Rachael Williams and SOAL (Saving Our Ancestors Legacy) in restoring and developing information about Lincoln Cemetery, the oldest and largest African American cemetery in the City of Harrisburg.

Check out the latest from our Digital Harrisburg Website. Our Public Humanities Fellows work closely with Rachael Williams and SOAL (Saving Our Ancestors Legacy) in restoring and developing informa…

05/02/2026

Remebering the Harrisburg Zoo

The latest from Digital Harrisburg

The latest from Digital Harrisburg

04/13/2026

Check out the latest post from Digital Harrisburg on Dr. Todd Allen's great work through the Civil Rights Journey

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04/07/2026

Piano Rehearsal for Verdi’s Requiem with Stuart Malina featuring the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra and Messiah University Choirs. Ya’ll come. April 18 and 19

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04/06/2026

Check out the first of what we hope will be many editions of the CPH Chronicles, posted on Digital Harrisburg. Many thanks to Sarah Meeks for her hard work on this project.

https://digitalharrisburg.com/2026/04/01/the-cph-chronicles-spring-2026/

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One of the great projects that our students have been working on is a newsletter for the Center for Public Humanities. Our long-time CPH Fellow, Sarah Meeks, who will graduate this semester, has ju…

04/03/2026

Check out the CPH Chronicles

This spring sees the birth of a new project from our CPH fellows: The CPH Chronicles. Many thanks to fellow Sarah Meeks for her iniative in getting the project underway and brought to completion. W…

03/22/2026

The Impact of Lenwood Sloan

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