The College of Charleston received a $320,502 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to conduct a project titled "SELF-KNOWLEDGE IN EASTERN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHIES" from October 1, 2017 to June 30, 2019. The project aims to promote better teaching and research in the humanities for higher education faculty through examining concepts of self-knowledge in Eastern and Western philosophies. The NEH Institutes program supports this type of project to improve humanities instruction at the post-secondary level. The total funding amount of $320,502 will support related project activities over the 21-month period of performance at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.