Mesoamerican Cultures and their Histories: Focus on Oaxaca

Recipient: Wood, Stephanie G (Eugene, OR 97403-1201 USA) in affiliation with University of Oregon, Eugene (Eugene, OR 97403 USA)

Goal: A four-week school teacher summer institute for twenty-five to thirty participants highlighting recent archaeological and ethnohistorical research on the indigenous peoples of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Description: This four-week summer institute for K-12 school teachers of history, art, and Spanish language will be held in Oaxaca, Mexico and is designed to facilitate the expanded integration of Mesoamerican cultural heritage materials, including new discoveries and the latest research, into curricular units that will appeal to a variety of learners and bring greater multicultural depth and understanding into U.S. classrooms. The aim is to explore how the histories of Mesoamerican peoples might provide useful comparisons for exploring humanities questions in the broader American and the global context. We will address questions such as how peoples move from non-sedentary to more settled societies; what leads to city formation; the emergence of writing and literacy; the development of complex societies, cultural florescence (and decline); how empires are built and what the human consequences are; and, what are the outcomes of cultural encounters and exchange.

Grant: 199823 / ES-50317-09,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2009

Expanding Mesolore:Adding Two, Pedagogically-Interactive Aztec Documents to an Interdisciplinary Project for Teaching and Lea

Recipient: Bakewell, Elizabeth A (Freeport, ME 04032 USA) in affiliation with Brown University (Providence, RI 02912 USA)

Goal: The addition of two Aztec primary documents and related teaching materials to an existing website on Mesoamerican history.

Description: The project focuses on Mesoamerica's pre- and post-1520 period. It proposes (1) to add two more interactive "laboratories" of Aztec-related primary documents, the Lienzo de Tlaxcala and the Matricula de Tributos, to an existing multimedia, teaching-and-research, online resource, "Mesolore." Mesolore has concentrated, to date, on Mixtec documents, although its supplementary materials (debates, lectures, interpretive essays, tutorials, maps, still and video images and audio files) cover all of Mesoamerica. In addition, the project proposes (2) to complement those interactive laboratories with four interpretive essays by faculty consultants with expertise in the relevant fields, (3) to evaluate the results, and (4) to disseminate them. The project will take two years to complete.

Grant: 190068 / EE-50582-08,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development,   Year Awarded: 2008

From the Yucatan to "The Halls of Montezuma" -- Mesoamerican Cultures and their Histories

Recipient: Wood, Stephanie G (Eugene, OR 97403-1201 USA) in affiliation with University of Oregon, Eugene (Eugene, OR 97403 USA)

Goal: A four-week institute for thirty school teachers to study Mesoamerican history and culture through artifacts, architectural remains, and manuscript sources.

Description: The proposed institute will explore how the histories of Mesomarican peoples might provide useful comparisons for exploring humanities questions in the broader "american" and global context - such as how people move from non-sedentary to more settled societies, what leads to city formation, the emergence of writing and literacy, the development of complex societies, cultural florescence (and decline), how empires are built and with what human consequences, and what are the nature and outcomes of cultural encounters and exchange. It is also our aim to explore our methods and sources, considering perspective and voice and how we can interpret cultural heritage materials such as museum objects, architectural remains, or pictorial and textual archival manuscripts. Finally, we will consider how technology can aid humanities research and help integrate that research into high curricular units and lesson plans.

Grant: 187088 / ES-50182-07,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2007

The Kislak Techialoyans at the Library of Congress: Digital Facsimiles with English and Spanish Translations

Recipient: Wood, Stephanie G (Eugene, OR 97403-1201 USA) in affiliation with University of Oregon, Eugene (Eugene, OR 97403 USA)

Goal: The digitization of the Kislak Techialoyans and the preparation of English and Spanish annotated translations on an interactive website. (24 months)

Description: The collaborative project of scholars and humanities computing experts proposes to transcribe, translate, analyze, and publish in electronic form four valuable colonial Mexican manuscripts that have never been published or translated into English. The project will facilitate international collaboration in transcribing and translating their challenging Classical Nahuatl-language (Aztec) texts and interpreting their rich pictorial elements. Their presence on the web will provide student and lifelong learners with unprecedented access to rich cultural materials and a fuller understanding of Mesoamerica and the heritage of a growing percentage of people living and working in the United States

Grant: 181496 / RZ-50549-06,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Collaborative Research,   Year Awarded: 2006

Simon Bolivar and the Liberation of South America

Recipient: Koval, Margaret Katherine (Los Angeles, CA 90045 USA) in affiliation with Oregon Public Broadcasting (Portland, OR 97219 USA)

Goal: Scripting of a two-hour television biography of Simon Bolivar.

Description: The story begins in 1808. That was the year that Napoleon forced the Spanish royal family out of power. Spain’s American colonies were temporarily set adrift. When Napoleon was defeated, and the Spanish monarchy returned. Spanish Americans refused to re-enter the imperial fold. Margaret Koval and Patricia Asté propose to present a slice of this epic history through the era’s most memorable figure: Simón Bolívar. Bolívar defined his times in history. His story, rich in drama, idealism and romance; desperation and brutality lifts a curtain on modern South America and highlights the painful challenges to nation building itself – challenges as current today as they were two hundred years ago.

Grant: 176109 / GN-50607-05,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: Media, Humanities Projects in,   Year Awarded: 2005

The Storm That Swept Mexico: The Mexican Revolution

Recipient: Tam, Judy (San Francisco, CA 94107 USA) in affiliation with Independent Television Service

Goal: Production of a three-hour documentary film series about the Mexican Revolution and the complex social, political, economic, and cultural forces that contributed to the struggle to establish a democratic, stable, and prosperous nation.

Grant: 170595 / GN-50282-04,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: Media, Humanities Projects in,   Year Awarded: 2004

Ecclesiastical Sources and Historical Research on the African Diaspora in Brazil and Cuba

Recipient: Landers, Jane Gilmer (Nashville, TN 615-322-34 USA) in affiliation with Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN 37240 USA)

Goal: The creation of a digitized catalogue of Brazilian and Cuban ecclesiastical records, offering information on the history of Africans and people of African descent in the Americas, from the sixteenth century through the end of the nineteenth century. (36 months)

Description: This project unites scholars from Brazil, the United States, and Canada in a three-year collaboration to digitize ecclesiastical records for African history in Brazil, Cuba, and the Spanish circum-Caribbean. The results will be the preservation of endangered and unique records for the history of Africans in the Americas through a digitized archive, web page, and CD-ROMs. In addition, over the life of the three-year project, international scholars and students will collaborate in workshops to exchange research and learn new technologies. Technical support and expertise, as well as data storage and management, will be provided by the Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora at York University.

Grant: 162939 / RZ-50095-03,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Collaborative Research,   Year Awarded: 2003

The Storm That Swept Mexico: The Mexican Revolution

Recipient: Komatsu, Sylvia L (Dallas, TX 75201 USA) in affiliation with North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc.

Goal: Scripting for a three-hour television documentary series about the Mexican Revolution, its influence on world politics, and the shaping of Mexican history in the 20th century.

Grant: 164546 / GN-50156-03,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: Media, Humanities Projects in,   Year Awarded: 2003

Preservation Microfilming of Rare 19th-Century Mexican Newspapers

Recipient: Heath, Fred M (Austin, TX 78713-8916 USA) in affiliation with University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX 78712 USA)

Goal: The preservation microfilming of 356 Mexican newspapers comprising 145,000 pages, published between 1810 and 1899.

Grant: 158357 / PA-24196-02,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2002

Cataloging Colonial Spanish-American Imprints and Spanish Imprints

Recipient: Fiering, Norman (Providence, RI 02912 USA) in affiliation with John Carter Brown Library

Goal: The cataloging of approximately 2,000 titles printed in Colonial Spanish America from the 1500s to 1825.

Grant: 158329 / PA-24089-02,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2002

Creating a Database of Census Records for Guadalajara, 1791 to 1843

Recipient: Anderson, Rodney D (Havana, FL 32333 USA) in affiliation with Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA)

Goal: The creation of a database of population censuses taken in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 1791 to 1843. Tools and guides to facilitate quantitative analysis of the data will accompany the database.

Grant: 158320 / PA-24068-02,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2002

Choosing a Color for the Cosmic Race: African Americans and National Identities in Central America

Recipient: Gudmundson, Lowell (South Hadley, MA 01075 USA) in affiliation with Mount Holyoke College

Goal: To support the research for a book, database, and website that would reassess the historical presence and contributions of peoples of African descent in Central America during the past two centuries.

Grant: 161772 / RZ-20704-01,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Collaborative Research,   Year Awarded: 2001

The Storm that Swept Mexico: The Mexican Revolution

Recipient: Komatsu, Sylvia L (Dallas, TX 75201 USA) in affiliation with North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc.

Goal: Consultation with humanities scholars to identify content and discuss form and structure for a film on the Mexican Revolution (1910) and its influence on international relations from then until the present.

Grant: 157785 / HP-20093-01,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: Consultation Grants (ER Title Ib),   Year Awarded: 2001

Preservation Microfilming of Rare, Early 20th-Century Mexican Newspapers

Recipient: Billings, Harold W (Austin, TX 78713-8916 USA) in affiliation with University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX 78712 USA)

Goal: The preservation microfilming of 551 Mexican newspapers comprising 185,000 pages, published between 1900 and 1929.

Grant: 158081 / PA-23563-00,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2000

Cataloging Colonial Spanish American Imprints

Recipient: Fiering, Norman (Providence, RI 02912 USA) in affiliation with John Carter Brown Library

Goal: The cataloging of approximately 2,000 titles printed in Colonial Spanish America from the 16th century to 1825.

Grant: 158055 / PA-23467-00,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 2000

Creating a Database of Census Records for Guadalajara, 1821- 22

Recipient: Anderson, Rodney D (Havana, FL 32333 USA) in affiliation with Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA)

Goal: To support the creation of a database of a census of Guadalajara, Mexico, taken in 1821 & 1822. Tools & guides to facilitate quantitative analysis of the data will accompany information of the 56,419 persons listed in the census.

Grant: 158013 / PA-23284-99,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 1999

Intersecting Histories of Mexico and the U.S.: A Focus on Border Regions and Immigration

Recipient: Tutino, John (Washington, DC 20057 USA) in affiliation with Georgetown University

Grant: 154707 / FV-22335-99,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1999

Mexico and Mexican Americans: Institute for the Combined Study of Literature, Culture and Methodology

Recipient: Curland, David J (Eugene, OR 97403 USA) in affiliation with University of Oregon, Eugene

Goal: To support a five-week institute for 30 high school Spanish teachers on the literature, history, and culture of Mexico and Mexican Americans.

Grant: 143645 / ES-23050-98,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1998

Ph.D. in History

Recipient: Daniels, Gordon O (Jackson, MS 39204 USA) in affiliation with Mississippi Valley State University (Itta Bena, MS 38941 USA)

Grant: 149484 / FG-20344-98,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Faculty Graduate Study Program for HBCUs,   Year Awarded: 1998

Cataloging Colonial Spanish American Imprints

Recipient: Fiering, Norman (Providence, RI 02912 USA) in affiliation with John Carter Brown Library

Goal: To support the cataloging of approximately 3,000 titles printed in Colonial Spanish America from the 16th century to the early part of the 19th century.

Grant: 157935 / PA-22949-97,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Preservation/Access Projects,   Year Awarded: 1997