The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent grant-making agency of the federal government. NEH Landmarks Workshops provide the opportunity for community college educators to engage in intensive study and discussion of important topics in American history and culture. These one-week programs give participants direct experiences in the interpretation of significant historical and cultural sites and the use of archival and other primary evidence. Landmarks Workshops present the best scholarship on a specific landmark or related cluster of landmarks, enabling participants to gain a sense of the importance of historical places, to make connections between what they learn in the Workshop and what they teach, to advance their own scholarship, and to develop enhanced teaching materials.
Amount of Award
Faculty selected to participate will receive a stipend of $1,200. Stipends help cover living expenses, books, and travel expenses to and from the Workshop location.
Eligibility
Full-time faculty members, part-time lecturers, and adjunct faculty at American community colleges are eligible to participate. An applicant need not have an advanced degree in order to qualify.
Applicants must be United States citizens, residents of U.S. jurisdictions, or foreign nationals who have been residing in the United States or its territories for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Foreign nationals teaching abroad at non-U.S. chartered institutions are not eligible to apply.
Applicants must complete the NEH application and provide all of the information requested to be considered eligible.
An individual may apply to up to two NEH Summer Programs in any one year (Landmarks Workshops, Summer Seminars, or Summer Institutes), but may participate in only one. Please note that eligibility criteria differ between the Landmarks Workshops and the Seminars and Institutes programs.
How to Apply
Please visit Workshop websites for expanded descriptions and detailed application information. You may request information about as many Workshops as you like, but as noted above, you may apply to no more than two programs and may participate in only one.
Please note: The application deadline is March 1, 2012 (postmark).
Information
Please direct all questions concerning individual NEH Landmarks Workshops, as well as all requests for application materials, to the appropriate information contact person listed below for each program.
Equal Opportunity
Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age. For further information about the NEH EEO policy, write to NEH Equal Opportunity Officer, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506. TDD: 202/606-8282 (for the hearing impaired only).
African-American History and Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry: Savannah and the Coastal Islands, 1750-1950
Savannah, GA:
June 10–16
or
June 17–23
Locations: Ossabaw Island and Sapelo Island, and several sites in the Savannah Historic District, including the city's Historic Squares, the Beach Institute Neighborhood, the Jepson Center for the Arts, the Telfair Museum, and the Georgia Historical Society
Stan Deaton, Georgia Historical Society
Information:
Charles Snyder
Georgia Historical Society
501 Whitaker Street
Savannah, GA 31401
912/651-2125, ext.40
csnyder@georgiahistory.com
http://ghslandmarks.wordpress.com/
Along the Shore: The Landmarks of Brooklyn’s Industrial Waterfront
Brooklyn, NY:
June 3–9
or
June 17–23
Locations: the Brooklyn Bridge; various sites in Brooklyn Heights including the Promenade, the Brooklyn Historical Society, and Plymouth Church; the Brooklyn Navy Yard; the Newtown Creek (from the water); Coney Island; DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass); Greenpoint
Richard E. Hanley, Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center
Information:
Richard E. Hanley, Ph.D.
Director, Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center
Professor, Department of English
New York City College of Technology
300 Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718/260-5230
AlongtheShore@citytech.cuny.edu
http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/alongtheshore
Concord, Massachusetts: Feminists, Utopians, and Social Reform in the Age of Emerson and Thoreau
Concord, MA:
July 8–14
or
July 15–21
Locations:
Walden Pond; Brook Farm; Fruitlands; various Concord sites: Emerson House, Louisa May Alcott House, Old Manse, Concord Museum
Sterling F. Delano and Diane Whitley Bogard, Community College Humanities Association
Information:
David A. Berry, Project Manager
Community College Humanities Association
c/o Essex County College
303 University Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102
973/877-3577
berry@essex.edu
http://www.ccha-assoc.org
;
http://www.ccha-concord.org
Georgia O’Keeffe: Santa Fe, Abiquiu, and the New Mexico Landscape
Santa Fe, Taos, and Abiquiu, NM:
June 17–23
or
June 24–30
Locations:
Santa Fe: Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, the Palace of the Governors, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, New Mexico Museum of Art. Taos: St. Francisco de Asis Church, Taos Pueblo, Millicent Rogers Museum, Mabel Dodge Luhan home. Abiquiu: Ghost Ranch.
Kathy A. Fedorko, Community College Humanities Association; Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ
Information:
David A. Berry, Project Manager
Community College Humanities Association
c/o Essex County College
303 University Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102
973/877-3577
berry@essex.edu
http://www.ccha-okeeffe.org
Legacies and Landmarks of the Plains Native Americans
Columbus, NE:
June 17–22
or
June 24–29
Locations:
Columbus, NE with site visits to: Pawnee Indian Village, Republic, KS; Genoa U. S. Indian School; Joslyn Art Museum and Historic Old Market, Omaha, NE; and the Omaha Indian Reservation, Macy and Walthill, NE
Dianna Parmley and Kathryn Ballobin, Central Community College
Information:
Karin Rieger
Central Community College
4500 63rd Street
P.O. Box 1027
Columbus, NE 68602-1027
402/562-1222
krieger@cccneb.edu
http://www.cccneb.edu/nativeamericans
The War of 1812 in the Great Lakes and Western Territories
Toledo, OH:
July 22–27
or
August 5–10
Locations:
The River Raisin Battlefield, Fort Meigs, and Perry’s Victory and International Peace Monument
Brian Schoen, Ohio University, and
Elizabeth Hedler, Ohio Historical Society
Information:
Elizabeth Hedler
Creative Learning Factory at the Ohio Historical Society
800 East 17th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211
614/297-2538
ehedler@ohiohistory.org
www.1812landmarkscollege.org
NEH Information
General questions concerning the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Landmarks Workshops Program may be directed to 202-606-8463 or landmarks@neh.gov.
