Project Grant ES26167718

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $197,846 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to The Interfaith Center of New York, Inc. The grant will fund a three-week institute that provides K-12 teachers with an advanced introduction to the religious diversity of the United States. The institute will include classroom-based workshops, meetings with religious leaders, visits to local houses of worship, and field research in a...

The New York Historical Society received a $650,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The funding supports the ACTS OF FAITH: RELIGION AND THE AMERICAN WEST NATIONAL TRAVELING EXHIBITION from May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024. The exhibition will explore how religion shaped the exploration and settlement of the American West, highlighting the diversity of spiritual beliefs...

The College of the Holy Cross received a $142,995 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support a two-week summer institute focused on the ritual arts of Hinduism and Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia. Funded through the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program, the institute will provide an overview of distinctive rituals and associated ritual arts within these religious traditions. Participants will observe practices that express...

The Fashion Institute of Technology received a $182,444 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to deliver a series of one-week residential workshops exploring Italian American public art in New York City. The "Creative Spaces/Contested Spaces" project will strengthen place-based humanities teaching and learning by examining how monuments, landmarks, and public artworks are...

The New York Public Library, in partnership with Teachers College, Columbia University, will deliver a two-week combined summer institute titled "Harlem's Education Movements: Changing the Civil Rights Narrative" through a $378,290 project grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Through scholarly presentations, dialogue with movement veterans, place-based pedagogy, and guided exploration of the Schomburg Center's archival collections, the institute will provide 25...

This National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Project Grant award of $235,000 provides funding for the "Women in Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts" residential institute program. The program, delivered under the NEH's Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development (CFDA 45.163) federal grant program, is a 4-week residential institute for 25 college and university teachers taking place June 6-July 1, 2022. The institute aims to meet the professional development needs...

The New York Historical Society was awarded a $205,897 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct the "Rethinking American Feminism, 1948-1977" institute. The institute aims to empower 30 K-12 teachers to incorporate a more diverse range of women's voices and contributions into their instruction on 20th century U.S. history. Over several months from October 2021 to September 2023, the institute will convene teachers and 19 guest scholars, filmmakers, and...

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $189,985 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), which operates on behalf of LaGuardia Community College. The grant will support two identical week-long workshops for 40 higher education faculty and humanities professionals to explore the histories, cultures, and geographies of New York as a port city. The...

This Project Grant award of $189,258 from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will fund an educational workshop series titled "FOREVER WILD: THE ADIRONDACKS IN THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVE ERA." The project, led by history professors from SUNY Cortland, will use the historic Camp Huntington site in the Adirondacks as a resource to explore how ideas of wilderness shaped America during the Gilded...

The New York Historical Society received a $194,648 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163). The funding will support the "American Women, American Citizens: 1920-1948" institute, a hybrid learning experience that will convene 30 schoolteachers, 2 teacher advisors, 6 scholar guests, and several educational partners/field trip sites over several months. The institute will...