Please see the calendar below and/or click here to get a copy of the PDF.
Upcoming CCHA Events & Opportunities: CCHA Upcoming Events Calendar Now Available
2/20: Meeting at the Intersection of Literature, Language, & History: This Blinding Absence of Light
Meeting at the Intersection of Literature, Language, and History: A Critical Reading of Tahar Ben Jelloun’s This Blinding Absence of Light (Cette aveuglante absence de lumière)
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST / Presenter: Sean Geraghty
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88129425671?pwd=cKe7gmHRZM3DZCbu4LXtaEw1mgRr9k.1
Meeting ID: 881 2942 5671
Passcode: 980393
Tahar Ben Jelloun is an acclaimed francophone novelist of Moroccan descent. His 2001 novel This Blinding Absence of Light (Cette aveuglante absence de lumière) provides a fictionalized historical narrative inspired by experiences of soldiers imprisoned for two decades following a botched assassination attempt against the Moroccan King Hasan II and the failed coup targeting his government in 1971. This presentation will weave a critical reading of the novel with a brief history of Hasan II’s reign, the coup attempts he survived, and the closing of the notorious prison at Tazmamart in the Moroccan desert. Additionally, Ben Jelloun’s novel will be considered in the context of a long-standing debate among African intellectuals regarding the use of European languages in African literature. In this context, Ben Jelloun’s use of Frenchwill be juxtaposed with arguments by Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o to promote African fiction written in indigenous languages.
No registration necessary; join via the link HERE.
Call for Proposals: 2025 CCHA National Conference in Eugene, Oregon (10/1-10/4)
National Conference 2025
Wednesday October 2nd to Saturday, October 4th
Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
Call for Papers in the Humanities
The CCHA invites proposals from all community college humanities faculty engaged in innovative pedagogy, curriculum development and application, research scholarship, and progressive programs in student success and retention. Our progress in community colleges is defined by this simple formula: Faculty Innovation + Sharing (conferences, seminars, webcasts) = Growth for All. What are you doing at your college that we can learn from? We will have a diversity of tracks at this year’s conference, while also focusing on the conference’s theme (below). In this celebration of knowledge and information transfer, we invite submissions from faculty and administrators who teach or are engaged in projects that represent the following disciplines:
+ History + Literature + Philosophy + Writing + Media Literacy + Communications + World Languages + Religious Studies + Behavioral Social Sciences + Fine Arts + Interdisciplinary efforts that include the humanities + The Intersection of workforce development and the Humanities.
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Conference General Theme: The Evolving Workforce: AI, Community Colleges, and the Humanities
Along with the broad reach of our traditional celebration of the humanities, this conference also will feature the critical role community college humanities faculty and administrators play in preparing students for employment in the evolving AI landscape.
We seek proposals that probe the connection between the sensibilities and values revealed in humanities classrooms, and the skills and values required for the future workforce, a workforce sure to be influenced by the anticipated impacts of AI. What will this integration of AI look like? Will it be ethical? Will we still hold on to what we value today? What we call human? What we call civilization? Can community colleges leverage existing programs to create pathways for students to adapt to changing demands in the labor market? Will history become even more devalued than it is today? Can humanities leaders convince businesses and industry leaders to collaborate so that lessons from the past and present will be included in creating a better future? Will the humanities remain essential as the driving force for developing critical thinking, communication, creativity, and ethical reasoning? Will these highly valued skills continue to be valued in the age of A.I.?
Presentation Formats for All Submissions:
We invite proposals for presentations, workshops, and panel discussions that address:
- Innovative pedagogy and curriculum development application in any humanities discipline;
- Research scholarship (all humanities disciplines welcome);
- Progressive programs in student success and retention;
- The role of humanities in workforce skills;
- Workforce development strategies for the 21st century; and
Presenting on the general theme? Areas of interest include:
- AI literacy and digital skills development. What’s out there that’s new and promising?;
- Ethical assessments of AI and automation. How much AI should we allow students to engage in for writing or presentation assignments?;
- The important role of the humanities in the AI age. Most importantly, how will AI affect our notions of what it means to be human?; and
- How might AI augment humanities education in community colleges, in and out of the classroom?
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Lane Community College
Yes! Oregon is beautiful, Lane Community College is one of our nation’s finest, and Eugene is happening with restaurants, museums, music, art, many cultural events, and more outdoor challenges than you can imagine.
Proposal Submission Guidelines and Deadlines:
Basic Presentation Forms:
- Individual Presentation – 25 minutes (five minutes for discussion)
- Panel Presentation – 50 minutes (ten minutes for discussion)
Proposal Submissions: All submission proposals will be evaluated in an ongoing process by the team at Lane Community College. Notifications of acceptance will also go out on an ongoing basis. Proposal deadline is May 30th, 2025
Conference Submission Process: To submit a conference proposal, access the link (here) on the CCHA website and upload your proposal information into the information portals.
Conference Registration: All presenters, co-presenters, and panelists must register for the conference. Questions can be sent to GeneralCCHA@gmail.com.
Opportunity: Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program for AY26-27 (Deadline: 6/2/25)
Looking to globalize your campus?
The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program is accepting applications for U.S. institutions to host an international scholar for a semester or the full 2026-27 academic year. S-I-Rs provide students—some of whom may not be able to go abroad—exposure to international perspectives and experiences that expand their global awareness. S-I-Rs share their expertise in classrooms, campus events, and with local community groups.
Fulbright provides J-visa sponsorship, travel, and living stipends. S-I-Rs can provide support for the following internationalization efforts:
- Teaching
- Curriculum development
- Developing exchange partnerships
- Community engagement
Sign up to attend a live webinar to learn more about the program. All webinars will occur at 2:00pm Eastern Time.
- January 21, 2025: Fulbright S-I-R Program Overview and Application Walkthrough
- February 26, 2025: S-I-R Host Impact Panel – How can an S-I-R Exchange Contribute to your Institution’s Internationalization Efforts and Benefit your Campus Community?
- March 20, 2025: S-I-R Host Impact Panel – S-I-R Opportunities for Community Colleges and Minority Serving Institutions
For more information, email SIR@iie.org.
Apply at https://apply.iie.org/sirhost. The application will close on June 2, 2025, at 5:00 pm EST.
Opportunity: CAORC-NEH Research Fellowship for Overseas Research (Deadline: 1/15/25)
The CAORC-NEH Research Fellowship supports advanced research in the humanities and enables scholars to spend significant time in one country with a participating Overseas Research Center. Applicants must have a PhD or terminal degree, or have completed all PhD requirements, except for the actual conferral of the degree. US citizens and foreign nationals who have been resident in the US for at least three years at the time of application are eligible to apply. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2025.
NHA Virtual Events on Attracting Students to the Liberal Arts through Integrative Curricula
From the National Humanities Alliance (NHA):
We are pleased to announce two upcoming virtual events grounded in our new report, Attracting Students to the Liberal Arts Through Integrative Curricula.
Workshop: Documenting the Impact of Integrative Initiatives
December 17, 2024 | 2:00–3:00 PM EST
Join us for a workshop on documenting the impact of initiatives that integrate disciplines across fields of study. This workshop will highlight the data included in the new report and share how we conceptualized documenting the impact of these initiatives, survey questions we created to do so, and how you might implement these strategies in your own work.
Register for this workshop here.
Webinar: Integrating Liberal Arts and Business Education
January 14, 20254 | 1:00–2:00 PM EST
Join us for a webinar exploring undergraduate curricular initiatives that integrate liberal arts and business education to help demonstrate the value of a broad-based education to skeptical students. We will feature representatives from both sides of collaborations between business and liberal arts faculty and administrators highlighted among the report’s 12 case studies and 20 brief profiles.
Panelists:
- Jim Joseph, Dean, Madden College of Business, and Vice President, Advancement & Innovation, Le Moyne College
- Irene Liu, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Le Moyne College
- Elizabeth McCrea, Associate Professor of Management, Seton Hall University
- Joseph Spino, McNeil Assistant Professor of Applied Ethics, Le Moyne College
- Abe Zakhem, Professor of Philosophy, Seton Hall University
Register for this webinar here.
We will also be announcing an additional webinar on Integrating Liberal Arts and Engineering in the coming months.
Opportunity: CAORC Overseas Faculty Development Seminars (Deadline: 12/2/24)
The CAORC Overseas Faculty Development Seminars are fully funded, short-term programs designed for faculty and administrators at U.S. community colleges and minority-serving institutions. The objective of these seminars is to provide participants with international experience to help them develop and enhance curricula at their home institutions. The award covers round-trip travel, accommodations, meals, and site visits. The Summer 2025 series features seminars presented by Overseas Research Centers in Indonesia, Mexico, and Mongolia. The deadline for applications is December 2, 2024.
Learn more and apply now at caorc.org.
Thank you, Knoxville: Resources and Information from the National Conference
Thank you, Knoxville: Resources and Information from the National Conference
We want to thank everyone for another truly wonderful CCHA National Conference! We enjoyed your presentations and scholarship, and we loved the sights and sounds of Knoxville, which even included a Pride parade at our doorstep on Friday. Knoxville truly is a dynamic and diverse city! Please be sure to check out the link below for more on opportunities and information from our three amazing Friday plenary speakers and others. We’ll be in touch with more CCHA events and opportunities in the coming months, and we can’t wait to see everyone next year at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon!
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
The following information provided by Nike Nivar and John Paul Christy:
Modern Language Association (MLA)
The following resources were mentioned by Paula Krebs:
- Referenced studythehumanities.org
- Referenced humanitiesindicators.org
- The MLA’s Institutes for Reading-Writing Pedagogy at Access-Oriented Institutions
- MLA Pathways grants
- MLA Committee on Community Colleges
American Philosophical Association (APA)
The following resources were mentioned by Amy Ferrer:
- Info on APA’s virtual meeting early next year
- Info on APA’s Teaching Hubs
- APA Departmental Services Program
- APA Live online event series and APA On Demand Video Library
- APA Committee on Philosophy in Two-Year Colleges (plus, APA committee and board nominations are now open)
American Historical Association (AHA)
The following resources were mentioned by James Grossman:
- Regarding non-tenure-track faculty recommendations: Improving the Status of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty: Recommendations for History Departments
- AHA’s “Guidelines for Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship.”
- AHA’s upcoming annual conference in NYC (January 3-6)
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
The following resources were shared by Julia Nguyen
- NEH’s new website has a page with resources for community colleges: https://www.neh.gov/our-work/community-colleges
- The review process: https://www.neh.gov/grants/application-process
- Sign up to be a reviewer: https://apps.neh.gov/signup/
The following information was shared by Aaron Fai:
The Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) is a global forum that strengthens the work of humanities centers and institutes through advocacy, grant-making, and inclusive collaboration. CHCI advances cross-institutional partnerships, recognizes regional humanities cultures, and mobilizes the collective capacity of the humanities to engage the most pressing issues in society today.
CHCI is committed to supporting community colleges and other access-oriented institutions around the world to gain visibility and recognition for your research and methodologies, and to connect your faculty and students to participate in global humanities research collaborations. Our consortium supports over 300 humanities organizations and affiliates around the world, and we welcome you to join us as a full member. Complimentary three-year memberships are available to access-oriented institutions and any organization operating at $50,000 USD and under. We simply ask that you participate in one of our programs or Networks during the course of your membership, and the complimentary membership will be renewable as long as you are a participating member.
1. Before joining, please consider:
- Signing up for our newsletter, which will give you a sense of our activities, rhythms, and opportunities (Archive available)
- Reading our recent Annual Report and summaries of quarterly board meetings (Governance)
- Explore our membership directory for potential partner institutions in your region and worldwide
2. To join CHCI, please fill out this brief form, at the bottom of which describes our membership tiers and the complimentary membership in more detail.
3. Once you join, your membership benefits include:
- Participating in our Initiatives, and apply for up to $15,000 in funding for theme-relevant program and projects
- Applying for funding of up to $10,000 from our Membership Activity Fund for collaborations with other centers and institutes
- Finding scholarly and administrative connections in our Networks, which include the Public Humanities and Environmental Humanities
- Informing the wider membership of your events and opportunities
- Participating in our Humanities Leaders Mentorship Program
- Applying for a scholarship to attend our Annual Meeting
- Hosting a CHCI-ACLS fellow
- Requesting data reports and analysis on the CHCI membership from staff
For questions and inquiries about our programs or membership, don’t hesitate to contact Membership and Diversity Officer Aaron Fai, afai@berkeley.edu.
NHA Webinar: Attracting Students to the Liberal Arts Through Integrative Curricula
We are pleased to announce a webinar launching our newest report, entitled Attracting Students to the Liberal Arts Through Integrative Curricula, on October 24th. The report includes 12 in-depth case studies and 20 brief profiles. The highlighted initiatives integrate the humanities, social sciences, and/or natural sciences with applied approaches and pre-professional training, helping to demonstrate the value of a broad-based education to skeptical students. The report was researched and produced thanks to a generous grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.
The webinar will take place from 2–3 pm ET. We will offer broad takeaways from this national study and hear from project leaders representing three of the featured initiatives.
Panelists include:
- Miriam Horne, Professor and Assistant Dean for Adjunct Support in the Core Division, Champlain College
- Tracy Leavelle, Director, Kingfisher Institute for the Liberal Arts and Professions, Creighton University
- Gayle Rogers, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English and Department Chair, University of Pittsburgh
The panel will be moderated by Scott Muir, NHA’s director of undergraduate initiatives.
Learn more about the webinar and register here.
ACLS Fellowship & Research Opportunity for CC Humanities Faculty
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