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,...
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Historic Hudson Valley a $367,643 project grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs program (CFDA 45.164) to develop the Invisible Women digital school program from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. The grant funds will be used to hire and train staff and interpreters to create and sustain an interactive online field trip experience focused on telling the untold stories of enslaved and free women in colonial and...
Historic Deerfield, Inc. received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to expand its virtual and hybrid humanities programming. With this two-year award beginning Oct 1, 2021, Historic Deerfield will hire a new Digital Engagement Specialist and pursue infrastructure upgrades to deliver high-quality digital content and hybrid programming to worldwide audiences. Specific activities...
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 Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program to implement an architectural history festival, education programs, and digital technology upgrades. The grant period runs from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. Through this funding, CAF will plan and execute the Open House Chicago festival highlighting the city's historic architecture. The...
The Society of Architectural Historians, University of California, Riverside, and the Color Film Emergency Project were awarded a $338,024 Project Grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149). The grant will support a consortium work model to address the preservation and digitization of at-risk 35mm architectural slides documenting historic buildings and sites. This effort aims to safeguard this...
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation received a $198,456 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs grant program (CFDA 45.164) to support the production of digital content for educators and students. The funding will allow the Foundation to create new digital content for its website exploring the history of enslaved women, free Blacks, and Indigenous peoples in Colonial Williamsburg. The grant will also support...
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 Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Inc. will produce a 10-episode podcast titled "Uncovering Margaret Mead" through Sapiens.org, with support from a $649,816 National Endowment for the Humanities Project Grant awarded on September 1, 2022. The podcast aims to tell the story of anthropologist Margaret Mead and inspire reflection on the humanities themes of nature versus nurture, human sexuality, and cultural understanding. A companion website and marketing...
The Edith Wharton Restoration, Inc., doing business as The Mount, received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities on January 1, 2022 to support full-time, on-site literary and history programming through December 31, 2022. The programming will focus on issues of racial justice, gender equality, and immigration using Edith Wharton's life and works as a framework. Three types of public programs are planned to 1) relate Wharton's works to present-day...