This $148,594 federal Project Grant is awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will support the Lone Star College System District in developing thematic "tracks" within the college's highest-enrollment U.S. history survey courses, and then adapting these tracks to build out several new history and humanities courses, including newly...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $149,178 Project Grant to Illinois College under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant funding will be used to expand the African American Studies curriculum and programming at Illinois College through a public humanities approach. Key objectives include: Engaging at least 15 faculty members in two summer curriculum development institutes to...
South Carolina State University, a historically Black college and university (HBCU) in South Carolina, was awarded a $145,877 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant will support the development of an online, asynchronous Master of Arts in English program with a focus on intersectional studies, which examines how aspects of individual...
This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program (CFDA 45.161) provides $283,189 to Winston-Salem State University to conduct an ethnographic study of the experiences of Black faculty, especially women, teaching at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The project, titled "Amplifying Our Voices: The HBCU Experience Among Black Faculty," seeks to examine the culture and nuanced...
Howard University received a $198,321.84 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) for the period of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019. The award funds the development of the Africana Theatre and Dance Collection as a teaching resource to enhance the teaching and study of the humanities by creating new resources, programs, and curricula for use...
The University of Houston at Victoria will develop, implement, and evaluate three new minor curricula in race and ethics studies, women and gender studies, and disability studies through a $150,000 National Endowment for the Humanities project grant awarded May 1, 2023 for completion by April 30, 2026. Under the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162), which enhances teaching and study of the humanities through new...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) provides $299,972 to Howard University to develop a team-taught interdisciplinary course and digital library that explore the history of shared Afro-diasporan liberation movements between the Caribbean and the USA. The project aims to advance humanities studies at Howard University by addressing an...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Delaware County Community College under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA #45.162). The grant funds the "Mapping Resistance of Africans and African Descendants to Colonialism and Segregation, 1945-1990" project, which aims to expand teaching materials and improve the study of resistance histories within the African diaspora at the...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Iona University a $150,000 Project Grant through the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162). The grant funds the "Iona Black Humanities Initiative (IBHI) Project" which aims to build out Iona's existing Black Studies (BST) minor into a full major and integrate more diverse humanities content across the university's curricula. Key activities include: Convening...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development program (CFDA 45.162) to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) for the project "Enriching the Humanities Curriculum to Embrace Cultural Relevance". The project objectives are to: (1) develop five new culturally relevant courses to support a new Hispanic Studies minor; (2) provide...