National Humanities Alliance

11/16/2023

New on the blog: Stephanie Rodriguez and Jennifer Austin write about Lives in Translation, a community-based translation and interpreting program based out of Rutgers University-Newark. Read more on the blog:

Lives in Translation (LiT) is a community-based translation and interpreting program founded in 2016 by faculty members from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Law School at Rutgers University, Newark (RU-N). The program was created with a seed grant from the Chancellor's Office with the goal....

11/13/2023

Late last week, we learned that FY24 funding for the Department of Education's international education programs was severely reduced. Funding for Title VI centers was cut by 54% and funding for the Fulbright-Hays program was eliminated completely.

Let your Members of Congress know you oppose these funding cuts by taking action here:

I just took action to increase funding for Title VI and Fulbright-Hays! Join me and take action here.

11/02/2023

‼️UPDATE!

Thanks to your advocacy efforts the amendment was defeated by a vote of 292 to 132!

📣 URGENT! ACTION NEEDED!

This evening, the House of Representatives will consider an amendment to the FY 2024 Interior Appropriations bill that will eliminate funding for the NEH!

Take action and tell your Members of Congress to oppose the amendment here:

I just took action to oppose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Join me and take action here.

10/04/2023

The October 2023 Public Humanities Newsletter is now available! Check out this month's job postings, upcoming events, and more: https://loom.ly/AmRZ4C4

A monthly newsletter from Humanities for All, an initiative of the National Humanities Alliance.

10/03/2023

Our professional development course in documenting the impact of the humanities in higher ed starts this week! Don't miss out on your chance to complete the full course. The first workshop is offered Thursday 10/5 or Friday 10/13. Get your spot today: https://loom.ly/oR1OvnU

This five-part professional development course will help higher ed-based humanities practitioners learn how to document the impact of their work. Workshops run through the 2023–2024 academic year.

09/21/2023

New on the blog: University of South Florida students Kobe Phillips and Audra Nikolajski and faculty member Sayandeb Basu write about Rooted in Place, an honors college course that reimagines the campus botanical garden as a classroom. Read more: https://loom.ly/pnXjDSw

Specular Reflection By Jules Heitman, Rooted in Place student Maybe we’ll spend our whole lives Looking through steel and glass For the kind of love That comes from what grows But just maybe The love that grows Surrounded by polished metal and shiny glass Is refracted outward to those Who wander ....

09/20/2023

NEW: we are launching a professional development course in documenting the impact of the humanities in higher ed! This five-workshop series will dig deeply into each step of documenting impact, including collecting, analyzing, and leveraging data. Learn more and register here: https://loom.ly/oR1OvnU

This five-part professional development course will help higher ed-based humanities practitioners learn how to document the impact of their work. Workshops run through the 2023–2024 academic year.

09/06/2023

The September 2023 Public Humanities Newsletter is here! With the start of a new academic year comes a plethora of events, publications, and job opportunities. Read the newsletter: https://loom.ly/TEAxBN4

A monthly newsletter from Humanities for All, an initiative of the National Humanities Alliance.

08/16/2023

New on the blog: Meredith E. Abarca of the University of Texas at El Paso writes about the El Paso Food Voices Project, an open-source digital archive that tells the food stories of the residents of El Paso, TX. Read more:

Food shapes cultures and histories, politics and economics, personal relations and geographical landscapes. El Paso Food Voices (EPFV), an open source digital archive, begins by embracing the fact that food—how it is remembered, experienced, and perceived—speaks of people’s migratory patterns,...

08/02/2023

The August 2023 Public Humanities Newsletter is in your inboxes! This month, in addition to our regular programming, we say a special farewell to Humanities for All's project director, Michelle May-Curry, as she leaves her role for new and exciting opportunities. Read the newsletter here: https://loom.ly/M80vKCI

A monthly newsletter from Humanities for All, an initiative of the National Humanities Alliance.

08/01/2023

Registration for this year's National Humanities Conference is now open! We hope you will join us October 25-29 in Indianapolis as we explore crossroads in the humanities!

Learn more and register: https://loom.ly/ExZH2J8

08/01/2023

New project profile up on Humanities for All this week! We talked to Harris Kornstein (aka Lil Miss Hot Mess), drag queen and professor at the University of Arizona about Drag Story Hour and the importance of q***r public humanities work. Drag Story Hour is a storytelling and performance organization that uses the art of drag to read books to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Since its beginnings in 2015 as a local initiative in San Francisco, the operation has since grown into an international organization with over 30 chapters worldwide. Through storytelling, singing songs, group movement, craft activities such as coloring or face-painting, and child-friendly lip-sync performances, Drag Story Hour provides an inclusive and welcoming space for their young audiences where imaginations are activated and binaries cast aside. Read more here: https://loom.ly/su6jSgQ

Drag Story Hour (DSH) is a storytelling and performance organization that uses the art of drag to read books to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Beginning in 2015 as a local initiative in San Francisco under the guidance of Michelle Tea, Julián Delgado Lopera, Virgie Tovar, and RADAR...