Undergraduate Research
Students in the School of Arts and Humanities enjoy a variety of opportunities to conduct research with their distinguished faculty. It’s a great way to dive deeply into the subject and also develops skills that can be used in any discipline. More about Undergraduate Research
It All Starts With Great Teaching
Keene State’s award-winning faculty are focused on the success of our students. No over-sized classes. No graduate lecturers. Our faculty are teachers and scholars, mentors and colleagues. More about It All Starts With Great Teaching
Alumni Make a Difference
You’ll find them around the country and around the world, and in every career track. They were motivated and inspired by our faculty and they are driven by Keene State’s motto: Enter to learn – go forth to serve. They are making a difference and they are proud of it. More about Alumni Make a Difference
Real World Experience
Two dozen students in Assistant Professor of Communication Jamie Landau’s Health Communication and Public Culture class got some valuable experience when they created ad campaigns for local non-profit organizations. More about Real World Experience
Areas of Study
Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
"Arbeit Macht Frei," by sculptor Roland Brassard '98
The Cohen Center is much more than a resource center, though that is how it began in 1983. The Center is located at Keene State College in rural New Hampshire. We are charged by our founder, [Dr. Charles Hildebrandt][4] "To Remember…and to Teach." Rooted in the College’s public liberal arts mission, the Cohen Center is a leading educational center devoted to the memory and study of the Holocaust and genocide. More about Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
The Monadnock Region’s Home for the Arts
"Dracula" at the Redfern Arts Center
Keene State College offers an exciting year-round venue for the arts and a vibrant teaching facility for the visual and performing arts.
Spectacular music, theater, and dance come to the Redfern Arts Center each year creating unforgettable artistic encounters for the campus and the community. Hosting internationally renowned artists, emerging young talent, and Keene State’s own student and faculty performers, the Redfern is the region’s premiere performance venue. The Redfern’s expanded outreach programs and community partnerships create an unparalleled resource for the community and beyond and support the College’s departments of music, theatre, dance, and art. More
For over twenty years, the Keene State College Film Society has been screening contemporary, classic, Hollywood, and art house films at the Putnam Arts Lecture Hall at Keene State College. Films are shown year round in a fully equipped venue that includes Dolby Digital Sound. The active schedule of screenings provides a first quality cinematic experience at a reasonable price. More
The Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery at Keene State College is a prominent focal point for the visual arts in New Hampshire’s Monadnock Region. The Thorne features a schedule of exhibitions of national and international importance and showcases the work of local artists and Keene State College faculty and students. The museum’s permanent collection is dedicated to collecting and preserving the art of the 19th-century artists who were inspired by Mount Monadnock and formed the renowned Dublin Art Colony. The collection also includes many contemporary works by Jules Olitski, Fritz Scholder, Robert Mapplethorpe, and George Rickey. More
News and Events
Upcoming Events
September 26, 2016 (Monday)
Voices of Terezin: Music and Witness Featuring Ela Weissberger
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. • Redfern Arts Center - Alumni Recital Hall, Redfern Arts Center
September 29, 2016 (Thursday)
Music Education Guest Lecture Series: Music Literacy in the Choral Classroom
10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. • Redfern Arts Center 101
September 30, 2016 (Friday)
Capitol Steps
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. • Redfern Arts Center
October 01, 2016 (Saturday)
Holly Near with John Bucchino
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. • Redfern Arts Center
October 05, 2016 (Wednesday)
Lil Buck and Ashley Bathgate
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. • Redfern Arts Center
October 07, 2016 (Friday)
Steinberg Duo
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. • Redfern Arts Center
October 25, 2016 (Tuesday)
10am Music Educator Guest Lecture Series: Teaching the Non-Homogeneous Band Class
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
October 26, 2016 (Wednesday)
Music Workshop
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Defying the Nazis: The Sharp's War An Evening with the Director's Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. • Colonial Theatre
Arts & Humanities Newsletter
Keene State Hosts 7th annual Cantate! High School Choral Festival
September 22, 2016 –
Keene State College will host its 7th annual Cantate! High School Choral Festival on Friday, October 28, in the Redfern Arts Center Alumni Recital Hall from 8:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Approximately 200 high school students from New Hampshire and Massachusetts will perform on the Alumni Recital Hall stage. Of the six…
Keene State’s Critical Role behind Ken Burns’ Defying the Nazis
September 21, 2016 –
The powerful story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp – a Unitarian minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their safe life of comfort to spend two dangerous years helping hundreds of political dissidents and Jewish refugees flee the Nazis at the beginning of World War II – would…
Meet the New Faculty: Ashley Greene, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
September 20, 2016 –
It didn’t take long for Ashley Greene to realize the passion Keene State Holocaust and Genocide studies majors have for learning. “On my very first day of office hours – which I never had anyone attend – I had two students,” said Greene, who joined the department this fall as…
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