The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to Stone Soup Productions Inc., a woman-owned non-profit media production company. The grant will support the production of the second and third seasons of "The People's Recorder," a national podcast series inspired by the 1930s Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. The podcast aims to explore the legacy,...
This federal Project Grant award of $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) supports the production of "Sounds of the Uyghurs", a 3D podcast series exploring the ongoing cultural erasure of the Uyghur people in China's Xinjiang province. The project consists of seven 40-minute podcast episodes, the creation of a digital archive of Uyghur cultural content, and an audio installation for a museum setting....
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (OI) was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Promotion of the Humanities Research program. The grant will support the OI's continued production of digital and audio humanities programming focused on early American history. Specifically, funding will retain three staff positions that were slated for layoff due to pandemic-related budget cuts. Retained staff will produce...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $227,420 under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program to the Linguistic Society of America to support the creation and distribution of 20 original podcast episodes and 3 mini-series episodes on the history of African American English through the Subtitle podcast. The podcast episodes will range between 20 to 25 minutes and will be distributed through Subtitle's online and social media platforms, with...
The Leland Stanford Junior University received a $241,811 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to produce the "WISE WOMEN: A PHILOSOPHY TALK SERIES ON FEMALE PHILOSOPHERS THROUGH THE AGES" radio program and podcast. The series will celebrate overlooked female philosophers from antiquity to the 20th century through 16 episodes produced under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) between May 1, 2023 and April 30, 2025. Each episode...
The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to develop the "Pioneering Women of American Architecture" podcast and website. The podcast and accompanying website will feature biographical essays on a diverse range of women architects and designers who played important roles in shaping 20th century American architecture. Both...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $12,627,300 Project Grant to the California Humanities organization under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The grant funded 20 documentary films, podcasts, and digital projects created by 19 independent producers and organizations in California between November 1, 2016 and October 31, 2021. The projects explored diverse topics from the history of Asian and LGBTQ communities to agricultural...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $310,536 Project Grant to the State Historical Society of Colorado, operating as the Colorado History Museum, to support the production of the Lost Highways podcast. Under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164), the funding will allow the production of Season Three of the podcast series between May 2021 and May 2022. Each episode explores connections between Western history and current events through...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $449,733 five-year Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129) to the Maine Humanities Council Corp. The grant, with a performance period from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2029, supports the Council's general operating expenses and public humanities programming in Maine. Through this funding, the Maine Humanities Council will deliver subawards and public programs tailored to the...
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded the Massachusetts Foundation For Humanities And Public Policy (doing business as Massachusetts Foundation For Humanities) a $1,035,787 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership program (CFDA 45.129). The grant will support the Foundation's delivery of local, statewide, and regional public humanities programming in Massachusetts from June 2021 through April 2023. As the state humanities council for...