CCHA Member Scott Newstok has a Great Article in the Chronicle!

CCHA member Scott Newstok has this great article in the Chronicle for Higher Education: “How to Think Like Shakespeare.” Be sure to check it out and send it to your friends!

Do you have something newsworthy you would like to share with your CCHA Friends and colleagues? If so, contact us and let us know as we love to publicize the amazing work being done in our favorite field!

UA CMES Resources for College Faculty (From 9/13/16)

The following opportunities are provided by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona:

Opportunities and Resources for College Faculty – 9/13/2016

As always, brief descriptors are immediately below (organized by category). Scroll down further for extended descriptions of anything that interests you. An asterisk (*) designates a University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies activity; a plus (+) is an item new to the listserv.

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CCHA Awarded Two NEH Grants: NEH Press Release and Info

Great News!


CCHA was just awarded two NEH grants according to the following press release, linked HERE. The awards were for the following two projects:


 

Community College Humanities Association
[Institutes for College and University Teachers]

Project Director: Laraine Fletcher

Outright: $156,054

Project Title: On Native Grounds: Studies of Native-American Histories and the Land

Project Description: A three-week institute for college and university teachers on Native- American history, to be held at the Library of Congress.


 

Community College Humanities Association
[Institutes for College and University Teachers]

Project Director: Sandra Petrulionis

Outright: $129,838

Project Title: Transcendentalism and Reform in the Age of Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller

Project Description: A two-week summer institute for 25 college and university faculty to study the major figures of Transcendentalism: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Thoreau, and Margaret Fuller.