Speakers Bureau

Humanities Kansas Speakers Bureau offers free presentations and discussions for Kansas nonprofits, as funding allows. These are designed for adult, out-of-school audiences. 

How to Bring a Humanities Kansas Speaker to Your Event

1. Choose a Speaker and Topic. Browse the Speakers Bureau catalog and select a speaker and topic.

2. Confirm event details. Contact the speaker to confirm the date, time, location, and equipment needs. It is up to the host organization to provide the equipment necessary for the presentation or to confirm with the speaker that they can bring their own. Presentations can be conducted in person or online. 

3. Apply for funding to bring the speaker to your community. HK will cover the cost of the speaker to present in your community. Submit your application at least six weeks before your event. Presentations are intended for out-of-school adult audiences and must be free and open to the public. Humanities Kansas is not able to fund applications that do not meet these requirements.

4. Promote your event. Use our downloadable press releases and photos to help spread the word. Download a Humanities Kansas logo poster.

5. Submit an evaluation. After the event, tell us how it went.

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Speakers Bureau is made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and HK Friends of the Humanities.

The opinions expressed by the speakers do not necessarily reflect those of Humanities Kansas.

Photo Credit: Tom Parker.

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Humanities in the wild! Coffey County Library hosted Megan Kaminski for a presentation of “Listening in Place: Nature and Poetry Walk.”

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Rex Buchanan presents at the Prairie Museum of Art and History in Colby, KS.

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Prisca Barnes presents her Speakers Bureau Presentation "The Dockum Drugstore Sit-In" at the Junction City Public Library.

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Marla Day poses with the Nathan Edson DAR Chapter after her Speakers Bureau presentation on Parsons native and fashion designer, Nelly Don.

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Derrick Doty and Park City Community Pride, Inc. members love the humanities!

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Phil Dixon shares history and memorabilia of the Kansas City Monarchs with audiences.

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The Parsons Public Library hosted Ayako Mizumura for a Speakers Bureau presentation on Japanese war brides in postwar Kansas. In her presentation, Mizumura shares the voices of Japanese women who fled the devastation of a war-torn Japan after World War II and triumphed amidst great struggle to find community, connection, and cultural identity in the place they viewed as the last destination of their lives— the Kansas prairie.

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Dr. Debra Bolton poses with staff at the Manhattan Public Library after leading a discussion on the documentary film, "Strangers in Town."

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The Dodge City Public Library hosted Gene Chavez for a presentation on a classic staple of Mexican cuisine—the tortilla. Pictured is Gene demonstrating how to make a classic tortilla at the Dodge City Public Library.

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Ann Dean presenting at the Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott.

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Rex Buchanan and the New Strawn Library love the humanities!

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The De Soto Historical Society welcomed Will Haynes for a presentation on the Civil War in Kansas. In his talk, Will presents the story of Kansas during the Civil War and how it helped shape the states image for years afterward.

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Priscilla Howe how presents at a Speakers Bureau event.

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Phil Dixon presenting in Great Bend at the Emancipation Celebration.

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