We Have Moved!

Friends and supporters of the humanities:

It is with great joy that we announce that we have moved to our new website! You can visit the new website here at any time, and you can see the new home of our Discourse Blog here, embedded in the new website. The new website also features a discussion area for members and even more new and exciting content! So, be sure to bookmark and explore www.cchumanities.org as it is your new go-to site for news, updates, and more on the humanities in the nation’s community colleges! Thanks for your continuing support!

MCC’s Humanities Department to Host Humanities Conference

MCC’s Humanities department to host November Humanities Conference in Omaha

The Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) and MCC’s Humanities faculty are hosting the CCHA’s Central Division regional conference in Omaha, Nov. 3-6 at the Embassy Suites Downtown Old Market. The theme is “Trains, Plains and New Terrains: The Past, Present and Future of the Humanities,” and all are welcome to attend. Proposals for papers, panel discussions or presentations must besubmitted by June 15.

The regional conference keynote speakers are Andrew Jewell, Joe Starita and Michael Garces.

Fulbright Scholarship Program Awards in American Studies

Announcing Fulbright awards for teaching and research within the areas of American Studies and American History. The Council for International Exchange of Scholars, administers the Fulbright Scholar Program on behalf of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The Fulbright Scholar competition for academic year 2017-18 launched on February 1, and opportunities are available in a number of countries, including, but not limited to, the awards described below.

Help Save Fulbright-Hays Funding!

From  our National Humanities Alliance friends:

Dear Humanities Advocate,

Act now to prevent deep cuts to funding for Fulbright-Hays!

The Senate has proposed drastic cuts to Fulbright-Hays.

Literary Magazine Competition

Deadline: Monday, May 30th

Does your institution have a literary magazine that you would like to submit to this year’s CCHA Literary Magazine Competition?  If so, please download a copy of the form below and submit yours before the May 30th deadline!  Good luck!

Forms for download: 2016 Literary Magazine Competition Entry Form

Support the Humanities: Become a CCHA Humanities Liaison Officer

CALL FOR CCHA CAMPUS HUMANITIES LIAISON OFFICERS

The Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) has developed a humanities liaison program aimed at strengthening the humanities and humanities faculty at the nation’s community colleges. Please consider becoming the CCHA Humanities Liaison Officer at your college.  Your involvement in this role would be immensely valuable to the humanities faculty and the humanities program at your college, as well as to CCHA and the humanities generally. You would also receive several benefits.

Opportunity: Humanities Connections Grants (from NEH)

From The National Endowment for the Humanities

Division of Education Programs: Humanities Connections Grants

Reposted from: http://www.neh.gov/grants/education/humanities-connections

Receipt Deadline October 5, 2016 for Projects Beginning May 2017

Brief Summary

Humanities Connections grants seek to expand the role of the humanities in the undergraduate curriculum at two- and four-year institutions, offering students in all academic fields new opportunities to develop the intellectual skills and habits of mind that the humanities cultivate. Grant projects focus on connecting the resources and perspectives of the humanities to students’ broader educational and professional goals, regardless of their path of study. Through this new grant program, NEH invites proposals that reflect innovative and imaginative approaches to preparing students for their roles as engaged citizens and productive professionals in a rapidly changing and interdependent world.

Opportunity: Kluge Fellowships

Call for Applications: Kluge Fellowships

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is now accepting applications for Kluge Fellowships. http://bit.ly/1Td0Ap5  The application deadline is July 15, 2016.

Kluge Fellowships are residential research fellowships at the Library of Congress open to scholars worldwide with a Ph.D. or other terminal advanced degree conferred within seven years of the deadline. The Fellowship supports research in the humanities and social sciences, especially interdisciplinary, cross-cultural or multilingual projects. The Kluge Center especially encourages humanistic and social science research that makes use of the Library’s large and varied collections.

Full eligibility and stipend information is listed on the website: http://1.usa.gov/1VbmxbE

Kluge Fellowships are tenable for periods from four to eleven months at a stipend of $4,200 per month. Up to twelve Kluge Fellowships will be awarded. Fellows may be in residence at any time during the fourteen-month window between June 1 of the year in which the Fellowship is awarded and August 1 of the year following. The constraints of space and the desirability of accommodating the maximum number of fellows may lead to an offer of fewer months than originally requested.

HOW TO APPLY: Applications can now be submitted online through the Kluge Center’s new online application system. Save and return to your application, manage reference requests, and receive notification that your application has been submitted and received all through our new online portal. Visit http://bit.ly/1r6HiZR to get started.

Call for Proposals: Southern Division

The conference date, theme, and call for proposals have been released for the 2016 CCHA Southern Division Conference!  The conference will be held in Charleston, South Carolina, at the Courtyard Charleston Historic District on October 27-29.  This year’s theme is “Lowcountry Boil: The Composition of Southern Culture and Life” and proposals are now being accepted.  Please see the formal CFP below and also the forms attached to this post and available for download.  We hope to see you in Charleston in October for what will certainly be another wonderful Southern Division Conference!

Forms for Download: CFP Southern Division Conference 2016

Community College Humanities Association

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

2016 Southern Division Conference 

Lowcountry Boil: The Composition of Southern Culture and Life

October 27 – 29

Charleston, South Carolina 

Hosting Institution: Trident Technical College

Conference Co-sponsor: Spartanburg Community College

Opportunity: 2016 Global and Area Studies Summer Research Lab at Illinois

Call for Applications!

2016 Global and Area Studies Summer Research Lab at Illinois

The Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is pleased to announce fellowships and development grants to support the internationalization of community colleges nationwide. We invite applications from faculty, librarians, and administrators interested in expanding global studies curricula, instruction in less commonly taught languages, library collections or international education programs at their home institutions. Fellows will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with international and area studies reference librarians and explore the unlimited print and online resources of the University of Illinois Library.

To apply, please submit an online application by May 2, 2016.

The 2016 Global and Area Studies Summer Lab is open from July 18 until July 29. Fellowships will cover travel, housing, and parking costs and a research honorarium for select participants. Participants will be eligible to receive subsequent development grants. For more information on awards, eligibility, and instructions to apply, visit our website.