The University of Montana received a $499,023 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs federal grant program (CFDA 45.164). The funding will support a coordinated set of public humanities programming from December 2021 through May 2023 focused on racial justice, death during the COVID-19 pandemic, Native American scholarship, and the history of pandemics. University of Montana staff will conduct a range of activities including community dialogues, lecture series, panel discussions, development of new courses, hiring a Native American Studies post-doctoral fellow, creation of a digital history website, and research and recordings for an oral history project. The grant aims to sustain key humanities positions impacted by pandemic losses and engage local communities in conversations addressing recent events and shared cultural trauma from COVID-19 through public programs. No subawards are associated with this Project Grant award.
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