Sustaining SAH staff: managing public humanities programs and publications [SAH requests funding to support four staff members who manage SAH's free, online public programs and publications.]…

The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) was awarded a $199,596 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program. The grant will support SAH staff who manage the organization's free, online public humanities programs and publications from November 2021 through October 2023. Key staff overseeing SAH's Archipedia online encyclopedia, communications, membership, and programs will develop additional content for the website, offer over 53 online programs, and publish teaching guides. It is expected that enriched content and newly published works will benefit SAH affiliates, students, teachers, architects, preservationists, travelers, and the general public seeking to learn more about the built environment. No sub-awards are planned under this award focused on expanding access to primary humanities resources.

Activities

The & nbsp; activities & nbsp; will & nbsp; include the offering of & nbsp;45 programs (professional development workshops & nbsp; and teaching workshops) and & nbsp; numerous & nbsp; publications.  staff will & nbsp; maintain and expand free online resources?which & nbsp; document and interpret buildings and public spaces across the united?states?via?SAH?s & nbsp; archipedia,  an authoritative online encyclopedia of the?nation?s?built environment?organized by & nbsp; SAH & nbsp; with its technical partner, the?university of virginia press. They will add & nbsp; hundreds of new peer-reviewed essays & nbsp; to the website.  they will?offer?more than & nbsp;53 & nbsp; online programs?and?develop?additional websites and group sites on SAH commons.&nbsp

Expected outcomes

?the expected outcomes are & nbsp; enriched content and newly published work in SAH & nbsp; archipedia, teaching guides, SAH affiliate programs, and free online public programs. &nbsp

Intended beneficiaries

The audiences that will benefit & nbsp; from these online resources & nbsp; are SAH affiliates,  students, teachers, architects, preservationists, travelers,  and the general public & nbsp; wanting & nbsp; to be more informed about the built environment.&nbsp

Subrecipient activities

?the recipient & nbsp; does not intend to subaward funds. ]