The Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) Board of Directors will hold its winter meeting on Thursday, January 29, 2009. The Board will convene at 12:00 p.m. The agenda will include a board conversation on the role of the humanities in economic recovery and IHC responses to the economic downturn.

Currently, 36 members comprise the Illinois Humanities Council Board of Directors. The IHC accepts public nominations for new Board members throughout the year.

For more information about the IHC, call (312) 422-5580 or visit prairie.org/who_we_are.