Festival of International Books and Arts 2010: Remembering the Revolution: A Study of the Impact of the Mexican Revolution

Recipient: Guerra, Dahlia Ann (Edinburg, TX 78539 USA) in affiliation with University of Texas, Pan American

Goal: The preparation and implementation of a week-long multidisciplinary conference on the Mexican Revolution.

Description: The Festival of International Books and Arts (FESTIBA) is an annual event which takes place during the last week of March at the University of Texas-Pan American. The theme of FESTIBA 2010 is to study the impact of the Mexican Revolution on the language, literature, culture, and role of women in South Texas. Since 2010 will be the centennial anniversary of the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, this study will create a timely opportunity for faculty, students, and community members of South Texas to investigate the profound effect of this chapter of Mexican history on our region and culture. The ultimate goal of FESTIBA 2010 is to bring outstanding scholars to our university and community who will contribute their expertise, encourage intellectual inquiry and exchange, and improve our capacity to understand and thereby teach the humanities.

Grant: 196884 / AC-50068-09,   Category: Hispanic American Studies,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2009

Water and Culture: Unifying the Humanities Core Curriculum

Recipient: Schubnell, Matthias (San Antonio, TX 78209 USA) in affiliation with University of the Incarnate Word

Goal: A project to incorporate the theme "Water and Culture" into the University's Core Humanities Curriculum.

Description: The humanities faculty at UIW plan to implement a faculty development program to further internationalize the humanities core (general education) curriculum. The over arching goal is to develop in all students a global perspective through which they will be able to view the world, think about issues, and make decisions. This broad vision is imperative in an increasingly globalized professional workplace. To facilitate the teaching of a global perspective, the humanities faculty has chosen to focus on the international theme of "Water and Culture." This theme will be thread through diverse humanities courses and will also help students learn how to draw connections between seemingly disparate humanities courses in the Core Curriculum. NEH funds will support an array of faculty development activities, including a public speaker series, readings, limited travel and service learning trips, and planning workshops. Curriculum revisions will be made starting in Fall 2009.

Grant: 196883 / AC-50067-09,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2009

Exploring the Global Caribbean through Literary and Theoretical Texts

Recipient: Roberson, Susan L (Kingsville, TX 78363 USA) in affiliation with Texas A & M University at Kingsville (Kingsville, TX 78363-8202 USA)

Goal: A project for secondary school teachers and university faculty to examine Caribbean literature and culture in two two-week summer seminars, one summer mini-conference, and three continuity group activities during the academic years.

Description: The study proposed by this grant, "Exploring the Global Caribbean through Literary and Theoretical Texts," (1/16/10-1/15/13) will look at the Caribbean through the lenses of literary and theoretical cultural texts to enable greater understanding of its culture and literature as well as to lay theoretical groundwork for understanding the processes of the transnational transport of peoples, languages, and literatures. The grant will sponsor two week-long Summer Seminars for intensive study of Caribbean literature and theoretical texts and a Mini-Conference on Caribbean Literature and Popular Culture in the third summer. To assure continuity, the grant will also sponsor three Continuity Groups--a Book Club, a Writing Group, and a Curriculum Development Group. As a result of the project, university and secondary school teachers will gain knowledge about important literary and theoretical texts by Caribbean authors related to discovery, colonization, post colonialism, and diaspora.

Grant: 196882 / AC-50066-09,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2009

From Inquiry to Innovation: Integrating the Humanities into General Education

Recipient: Marks, Gregory Angelo (Bronx, NY 10451 USA) in affiliation with CUNY Research Foundation, Hostos Community College

Goal: A project to develop an introductory course for freshmen and a capstone course for graduating seniors, both courses centering on the theme "Conflict and Dialogue."

Description: This project is a one-year, interdisciplinary, multi-campus initiative that will bring together faculty participants from across the City University of New York system. Its goal is to help faculty study the humanities to develop curricula and syllabi that will unify the student experience, especially through modeling freshman inquiry and capstone courses centered around the theme of "conflict and dialogue." A four-day seminar in summer 2009 will help frame the challenges of teaching substantial humanities texts. A speaker series in fall 2009 and spring 2010 will present scholars reflecting on the theme through the lens of their disciplines. Finally, a three-day seminar in May 2010 will assist faculty to frame specific freshman or capstone courses. The end of this initiative is to ensure student success from matriculation through graduation; it will do so by helping faculty become more effective teachers of the substantial issues in the humanities, and in life.

Grant: 196886 / AC-50070-09,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2009

Visiting Professors for Faculty Development in Native American and Hispanic Cultural Studies

Recipient: Veena, Sneh B (Toppenish, WA 98948 USA) in affiliation with Heritage University

Goal: A year-long faculty development program bringing ten core humanities faculty members together with visiting scholars to enhance their course offerings in Native American and Hispanic studies.

Description: This proposal will address the faculty development needs of ten faculty members at Heritage University, Toppenish, Washington who teach one or more courses in the American Indian Studies major and/or Hispanic Literature. Faculty have traditionally been educated as specialists in specific humanities areas, such as history, philosophy, language, music, literature, etc., but the need in a small liberal arts university is for faculty to be able to integrate the interdisciplinary humanities content involved in their courses. At Heritage University the high percentage of multicultural students, especially Hispanics and Native Americans, impels the faculty to meet the diverse cultural needs of the students by offering courses which address these cultures.

Grant: 196888 / AC-50072-09,   Category: Ethnic Studies,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2009

Religion, Identity, and Civil Society in the Era of Globalization

Recipient: Wells, Scott (Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA) in affiliation with California State Los Angeles University Auxiliary Services, Inc.

Goal: To Support: A faculty workshop series on religious pluralism in Los Angeles, leading to the eventual creation of a religious studies program at California State University, Los Angeles.

Description: Religious literacy has become an essential skill for effective participation in the globalized marketplaces of cultural, political, and economic exchange. California State University Los Angeles, in partnership with Claremont Graduate University, is seeking funding from the NEH to sponsor a year-long curriculum development project on the theme of religion, identity, and civil society in the era of globalization. A series of seven major program meetings will take place throughout the year, including a year-long symposium entitled "Religion in Los Angeles, Religion in the Americas, Religion in the Era of Globalization." These program meetings will structure the participants' ongoing discussions about curriculum development with the goal of designing ten to twelve new or newly-reconceived courses incorporating the study of religion, as well as drafting a Mission Statement and Strategic Plan for an expanded interdisciplinary program in religious studies at CSULA.

Grant: 189561 / AC-50053-08,   Category: Religion,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2008

Water and Work: The Ecology of Downtown Brooklyn

Recipient: Hanley, Richard (Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA) in affiliation with CUNY Research Foundation, NYC College of Technology

Goal: To Support: A one-year seminar series for sixteen faculty members, along with a public symposium, on the natural and cultural history of Brooklyn's waterfront.

Description: New York City College of Technology (CUNY), proposes a faculty development program to broaden faculty understanding of and engagement with the history and ecology of downtown Brooklyn, the immediate environment of the college. Participants will develop a new required interdisciplinary humanities course for first year students.

Grant: 189566 / AC-50058-08,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2008

Literature and the Law: Disciplinary Perspectives and Faculty Development

Recipient: Pease, Allison (New York, NY 10019 USA) in affiliation with CUNY Research Foundation, John Jay College (New York City, NY 10019 USA)

Goal: To Support: A year-long faculty development seminar series in the field of law and literature.

Description: The English Department of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, seeks to fund a year-long faculty seminar and series of lectures in literature and the law. The seminar will host six internationally recognized scholars in the field of law and literature who will deliver public lectures and run seminars for English Department faculty. These seminars will ensure the Department's new English major with an optional concentration in Literature and the Law has a strong intellectual foundation. Grant funds will be used to pay for travel expenses and honoraria of visiting scholars as well as small stipends and book allowances for faculty participants.

Grant: 189553 / AC-50045-08,   Category: Literature,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2008

Cultures of Engagement in an Era of Displacement

Recipient: Wild, H. Mark (Los Angeles, CA 90032 USA) in affiliation with California State Los Angeles University Auxiliary Services, Inc.

Goal: A year-long project and a four-day symposium to explore current scholarship in migration studies for faculty from California State University, Los Angeles and neighboring Hispanic-Serving community colleges.

Description: CSULA will hold a four-day colloquium in June, 2007, ?Cultures of Engagement in an Era of Displacement,? to bridge gaps across humanities and departments separated by institutional structures and promote collegial collaboration in curricular and programmatic development. Faculty participants will share research on culture and migration, a topic of interest to a large number of humanities faculty at CSULA in part because of the institution's location in East Los Angeles, which has given many researchers here unique perspectives on phenomena related to migration. Research emerging from this geographic context and specific historical moment can therefore contribute critical insights and translate those insights back into the classroom by promoting curricular and programmatic development. Lead-up seminars will prepare participants for the colloquium; working groups will convene in the months following for curriculum development, programmatic planning and further cooperative grantwriting.

Grant: 184605 / AC-50039-07,   Category: Interdisciplinary,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2007

EPCC Chicana/o Studies Humanities Institute

Recipient: Rodriguez, Mauricio (El Paso, TX 79998 USA) in affiliation with El Paso Community College

Goal: A series of workshops on Chicano/Mexican-American studies for faculty at El Paso Community College.

Description: EPCC will develop a Humanities Institute whose purpose will be to build a comprehensive interdisciplinary framework to guide its newly approved Chicana/o Mexican American Studies Program. This project will create an opportunity for humanities faculty members to study together while improving their capacity to teach the humanities in this newly created academic program of study. Renowned humanities scholars from Chicano/Mexican-American Studies programs throughout the U.S. with extensive expertise will lead these workshops. The topics for the lectures/forums will focus on issues directly affecting the U.S.-Mexico border and will lay the foundation for scholarly enhancement and faculty professional development necessary to formally develop a sound program in Chicana/o Studies in El Paso, Texas.

Grant: 184607 / AC-50041-07,   Category: Hispanic American Studies,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2007

Humanities Perspectives on Latin American Thought and Philosophy

Recipient: Nuccetelli, Susana (McAllen, TX 78504 USA) in affiliation with University of Texas, Pan American (Edinburg, TX 78539 USA)

Goal: Collaborative faculty workshops to be directed by outside scholars on the contributions of humanities disciplines to Latin American philosophy.

Grant: 180893 / AC-50026-06,   Category: Philosophy,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2006

Hall of Fame for Great Americans Summer Seminars

Recipient: Shenkman, Harriet (Bronx, NY 10453 USA) in affiliation with CUNY Research Foundation, Bronx Community College

Goal: Two one-week summer seminars for twenty-four faculty members from area institutions, using the collections of the landmark site of the Bronx Community College Hall of Fame for Great Americans, for extensive study of American history.

Grant: 180860 / AC-50013-06,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2006

The Miami-China Connection: Enhancing Chinese Cultural Studies at Florida International University and Miami-Dade College

Recipient: Heine, Steven (Miami, FL 33199 USA) in affiliation with Florida International University

Goal: The development of a full-time instructorship in Chinese language and culture for Florida International University and an aligned adjunct instructorship to teach beginning Chinese language courses at Miami-Dade Community College.

Description: Florida International University and Miami Dade College, the largest Hispanic-serving institutions in the nation, request a grant of $140,935 for a two-year project (Aug. 2006-May 2008) to enhance Chinese language/cultural studies in Miami. The overriding goal of Miami-China Connection is to create a full-time instructorship position in Chinese cultural studies to be made permanent by FIU following the grant cycle. The instructor will have responsibilities for creating courses on Chinese language and culture, organizing cultural activities, and helping coordinate study abroad programs. Another main component of the new position will be to help a qualified adjunct instructor develop Chinese I and II at MDC and organize joint cultural events.

Grant: 179849 / AC-50002-06,   Category: Asian Languages,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2006

Cuban Music in the Humanities Context

Recipient: de Aragon, Uva (Miami, FL 33199 USA) in affiliation with Florida International University

Goal: A collaborative effort to assist faculty at Florida International University and area institutions to incorporate the Crístobal Díaz-Ayala Cuban and Latin American Popular Music Collection into various humanities courses.

Grant: 180865 / AC-50015-06,   Category: Humanities,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2006

Retentions and Transfigurations: The Technological Evolution and Social History of Five New York City Neighborhoods

Recipient: Effinger-Crichlow, Marta (New York, NY 11201 USA) in affiliation with CUNY Research Foundation, NYC College of Technology (Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA)

Goal: An interdisciplinary seminar for fifteen faculty members to study five New York neighborhoods and develop a humanities across the curriculum model for technical and professional courses.

Description: This interdisciplinary study,conducted in partnership with the Municipal Art Society of New York, will engage fifteen faculty members from humanities, technical, and professional disciplines in an investigation of five New York City neighborhoods selected for their architectural, literary, and cultural distinction. It will feature a seminar conducted by visiting scholars and tightly correlated field study with these same scholars. A Humanities Across the Curriculum model will be used to incorporate new humanities content into a wide range of courses. Information literacy, as a 'liberal art' that reflects critically on the nature of information itself in its social, cultural, and philosophical meanings, will be embedded throughout.

Grant: 179856 / AC-50009-06,   Category: Interdisciplinary,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2006

Ethics in a Technical Communication Curriculum

Recipient: Jennings, Ann S (Houston, TX 77002 USA) in affiliation with University of Houston, Downtown (Houston, TX 77004 USA)

Goal: A revision of the Masters in Professional Writing and Technical Communication curriculum to incorporate ethics into required courses for the degree.

Grant: 180886 / AC-50023-06,   Category: Philosophy,   Division: Education Programs,   Year Awarded: 2006