NEH Summer Institutes (in many states)

NEH Summer Institutes (in many states)

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants support professional development programs in the humanities for school teachers and college and university faculty. NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes may be as short as one week or as long as four weeks. Read about all of them at https://www.neh.gov/grants/education/summer-seminars-and-institutes.
Deadline for applying is March 1, 2017.

Here are examples of just a few (of many) NEH Summer Seminar:

"Punishment, Politics, and Culture" is an NEH Summer Institute for K-12 teachers and current full time graduate students who intend to pursue a career in K-12 teaching. The Seminar will be held July 2-July 28, 2017. A stipend will be provided to each Seminar Scholar.
This seminar will be directed by Amherst College Professor Austin Sarat of the Departments of Political Science and Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought.  It will examine three questions:  What is punishment and why do we punish as we do?   What can we learn about politics, law, and culture in the United States from an examination of our practices of punishment?  What are the appropriate limits of punishment? 
The application deadline is March 1, 2017.  Information is available at http://www.amherst.edu/go/neh.  If you have any questions regarding the seminar or the application process, contact Megan Estes at (413)542-2380 or email neh@amherst.edu. On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Amherst-College-NEH-Punishment-Politics-and-Culture-221433418291848/?fref=ts.

The Hannah Arendt Summer Seminar for Schoolteachers is an NEH Seminar that offers stimulating dialogue for School Teachers (K-12) of all disciplines, including history, social studies, philosophy, literature, philosophy, and government. Given the varied responses to the recent election and the documented increase in incidents of hateful speech and other attacks on school campuses and in classrooms across the country, having a space to learn and practice how to engage difficult conversations on controversial subjects is needed now more than ever. Although the seminar emphasizes the analysis of history and political theory, it serves to foster community among school teachers and change-makers interested in practicing and encouraging critical thinking about contested political and ethical issues framed by what Hannah Arendt called “the human condition of plurality.”    The seminar will take place over the course of four weeks at UC Davis, June 25 through July 21, 2017. Successful applicants will be notified of their selection on Friday, March 31, 2017, and they will have until Friday, April 7 to accept or decline the offer. Deadline for application is March 1, 2017.

The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is proud to present an extraordinary, tuition-free National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute program to help teachers explore the complex relationship between archaeology, history, and tribal identity. The program, "From Mesa Verde to Santa Fe: Pueblo Identity in the Southwest," examines more than 4,000 years of Pueblo Indian history from 2000 B.C. to the present, along with the many ways to explore and interpret that history—and the often complex relationship between history and Pueblo identity. Institute scholars will spend several days each at Mesa Verde National Park and in historic Pueblo and Spanish colonial communities in northern New Mexico, where they will piece together this little-told story through archaeology, ethnohistory, and oral history.
The program runs from June 25-July 15, 2017. Applications must be postmarked by March 1, 2017; and successful applicants will be notified of their selection on April 7, 2017. Each participant will receive a $2,700 stipend to help cover the cost of travel and living expenses, and up to six hours of graduate-level college credit is available through the Colorado School of Mines.
More information about the program—including a syllabus, eligibility information, and instructions on how to apply—can be found at http://www.crowcanyon.org/index.php/choose-an-archaeology/programs-for-educators

Deadline Date:

March 1, 2017