AAR Fellowship Winner Announced

The winner of the CCHA Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome has been announced!  Please join us in congratulating Dr. Meryl Shriver-Rice as she will be off to Rome for a one month fellowship to continue her work on “The Etruscan Table” this June!

Dr. Shriver-Rice is an archaeologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Arts and Philosophy at Miami Dade College. Her work on the “Etruscan Table” project will examine the “material culture associated with Etruscan food.”  This will also include an investigation into the “botanical, entomological, and zooarchaeological evidence for food, feasting, and trade in exotic consumables in ancient Etruria amongst the Etruscan city-states, their hinterlands, and foreign trade relations.” In addition, the project will also have implications on our modern society, as Dr. Shriver-Rice sees one of the outcomes as a way to “bring visibility” to the issues of “of the food-related predicaments we face today, such as food deserts and sustainability.” It is quite a comprehensive and exciting project!

We are also happy to announce that this was a very difficult decision as we had so many wonderful proposals to review this year.  Please consider applying for this increasingly-competitive fellowship in the future as it is a great opportunity.  Thanks, again, to all of our wonderful applicants.

Are you interested in an opportunity like this? Attend one of our conferences or check back in on the blog and the website to see if there is an opportunity for you!

Update & Opportunity to Blog with CCHA!

Fellow friends and humanists,

I am writing to you to inform you about some updates in addition to offering you an opportunity that will be mutually beneficial!  For starters, we now have a fully functional LinkedIn page, Facebook page, Twitter account, and a blog.  Please see the links to these below and note that we would love you to “like us” and “follow us” if you are willing and able to do so.

I also wanted to mention an opportunity that goes along with this: publishing something to our blog.  The blog posts need not be overtly scholarly, though they also may be.  You can write up an opinion piece, a “hot topic” or trend in the humanities, something you did in the classroom, or even something that may be a thought provoking conversation starter.

Call for Proposals by Divisions

Please see the links below to each of the 2016 Divisional Conferences!  Check back often for other information and updates, too!

Call for Proposals: Eastern Division Conference

Call for Proposals: Central Division Conference

Call for Proposals: Pacific-Western Division Conference

Call for Proposals: Southwestern Division Conference

Call for Proposals: Southern Division Conference

Humanities Advocacy Day

Today is Humanities Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill! Humanities advocates from around the country will be meeting with their Members of Congress to make the case for humanities funding.

For those of you who could not join us in Washington, there are still ways to show your support for humanities funding by email and Twitter.

NEH Chair Plans More CC Investment, Grants

Tuesday, March 15th is not just the Ides of March, it is also Humanities Advocacy Day in Washington, DC.  National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman William “Bro” Adams will deliver the speech “Beyond the 50th: New Directions at NEH,” and according to an advanced copy of the speech, we at CCHA are elated to hear that he outlines the plan to “invest more heavily in this [Community College Humanities] sector, beginning with grants that will be announced in late March of this year.” This is just the beginning of the push for the humanities, and we want you to help us get the word out tomorrow!

We know that most people will not be able to walk the halls of congress and speak to your elected representatives first hand, but we will be sending out an alert courtesy of the Nation al Humanities Alliance that will outline what you can do to help ensure that the humanities continue to receive the vital funding that ensures future generations will be able to study the dynamic field that we all  know and love.

Check back with us tomorrow for more!

Call for Proposals: Southwestern Division

The conference date, theme, and call for proposals have been released for the 2016 CCHA Southwestern Division Conference!  The conference will be held in Fort Worth, Texas, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Fort Worth Downtown Sundance Square on November 10-12.  This year’s theme is “Humanities Applied: Expanding Connections” 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 Fort Worth in November for what will certainly be another wonderful Southwestern Division Conference!

Forms for Download: CFP Southwestern Division Conference 2016

Community College Humanities Association

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

2016 Southwestern Division Conference 

Humanities Applied: Expanding Connections

November 10 – 12

Fort Worth, Texas 
Hosting Institution: Tarrant County College

Call For Proposals: Pacific-Western Division

The conference date, theme, and call for proposals have been released for the 2016 CCHA Pacific-Western Division Conference!  The conference will be held in Portland, Oregon, at the Embassy Suites Downtown on November 10-12.  This year’s theme is “Human Nature in the Digital Age” 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 Portland in November for what will certainly be another wonderful Pacific-Western Division Conference!

Forms for Download: CFP Pacific-Northwestern Division 2016

Community College Humanities Association

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

2016 Pacific Western Division Conference 

Human Nature in the Digital Age

November 10 – 12

Portland, Oregon 
Sponsoring Institutions:

Portland Community College (OR)

Central Oregon Community College (OR)

Green River Community College (WA)

San Diego Community College District (CA)

Call For Proposals: Central Division Conference

The conference date, theme, and call for proposals have been released for the 2016 CCHA Central Division Conference!  The conference will be held in Omaha, Nebraska, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Omaha Downtown Old Market on November 3-6.  This year’s theme is “Trains, Plains, and New Terrains: The Past, Present and Future of the Humanities” 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 Omaha in November for what will certainly be another wonderful Central Division Conference!

Forms for Download: CFP Central Division Conference 2016

Community College Humanities Association

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

2016 Central Division Conference 

Trains, Plains, and New Terrains: The Past, Present and Future of the Humanities

November 3 – 6

Omaha, Nebraska 
Hosting Institution: Metropolitan Community College

Opportunity: Survey Courses Project

Dear Colleague,

The Survey Courses Project: Workshops in American History and Culture is back by popular demand! This program is designed to help college and university professors improve their survey courses by providing them with fresh insights and rich new content information. Sponsored by the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA)in cooperation with the White House Historical Association and the United States Capitol Historical Society, this project has been created for teachers in higher education who often find it difficult to find time to do research or take additional graduate-level coursework to improve their survey classes. This workshop provides faculty members with an intensive learning experience that will enable them to infuse new perspectives in their survey courses.

We are proud to announce that the second workshop in the SCP series, From the American Jubilee to the American Civil War: 1826-1865, will immediately improve professors’ survey courses and enhance their scholarship. The workshop will feature lively presentations by exceptional scholars, research opportunities at the Library of Congress, and site visits to key historical and culture institutions.

Call for Proposals: Eastern Division Conference

NB: Notification of acceptance will be sent BEGINNING June 15, 2016, and in the days shortly thereafter.

The conference date, theme, and call for proposals have been released for the 2016 CCHA Eastern Division Conference!  The conference will be held in Rhode Island at the Providence Biltmore Hotel on October 20-22.  This year’s theme is “Reimagining Humanities: Tradition, Today, Tomorrow” 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 Rhode Island in October for what will certainly be another wonderful Eastern Division Conference!

Forms for Download: CFP Eastern Division Conference 2016

Community College Humanities Association

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

2016 Eastern Division Conference

Reimagining Humanities: Tradition, Today, Tomorrow

October 20 – 22

Providence, Rhode Island 
Hosting Institution: The Community College of Rhode Island