NEPCA, a
regional affiliate of the Popular Culture Association,
is a multi-disciplinary scholarly
society. Our organization includes people from the fields of art, communications,
history, literature,
music, theater, and many others. Papers on pedagogy related to popular culture
are encouraged
as well. Participants come not only from the Northeast, but across the United
States.
Many participants even come from overseas.
On October 23-24, 2009, Queensborough Community College will host the annual
meeting of the Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA).
Call for papers - Deadline June 1, 2009
For
more, visit the NEPCA website at http://users.wpi.edu/~jphanlan/NEPCA.html.
Gilder
Lehrman Institute of American History, summer college professor
seminar lineup for 2009 entitled “Slave Narratives” led
by Professor David Blight will take place at Yale University from
June7-10, 2009. The seminar can be found online at http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/seminars3.html
American
Immigration Revisited Summer Institute is a our four-week summer
institute funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities for
two- and four-year college teachers.This program runs from July 6-July
31, 2009, in Washington, DC. The four-week long institute will be
held at the Library of Congress. This Institute has also received
special NEH designation as a “We the People Initiative,”
and is a National History Center project.
American
Councils for International Education is sponsoring a Summer
Language Institutes for U.S. Foreign Language Teachers. The
Department of State is pleased to announce Intensive Summer Language
Institutes in Arabic, Chinese and Russian for 2009 as part of
the National Security Language Initiative.
The
goal of the program is to strengthen critical need foreign language
instruction at U.S. schools by providing intermediate and advanced
level teachers of Arabic, Chinese and Russian as a Foreign Language
with the opportunity for intensive language study. The summer 2009
program is open to current K-12 teachers as well as community college
instructors of Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin) and Russian. It is also
open to students enrolled in education programs intending to teach
these languages. Anthony J. Kane, Senior Program Officer, akane@americancouncils.org
The
National Institute for Holocaust Education (NIHE) offers opportunities
for community college educators. The annual Arthur and Rochelle Belfer
Conference for Teachers attracts up to 200 educators from around
the United States each year. In addition, the Education Division
offers workshops and conferences in Washington, D.C. and in local
communities throughout the country, as well as an on-line workshop.
Skilled educators can also participate in the Museum Teacher Fellowship
Program and join a national corps of educators who serve as leaders
in Holocaust education in their schools, communities, and professional
organizations. The Regional Education Corps (REC), a group of master
teachers drawn from the Museum Teacher Fellowship Program, assists
the Museum in implementing educational programming on a national
level. Information on these programs is available at www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/prodev.
The
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies (CAHS) also offers many opportunities
for community college educators. The Center's goal is to provide
an ongoing institutional support structure for scholars at all
stages of their scholarly careers—from
graduate students and junior faculty to post-doctoral researchers
and senior scholars. The Center's visiting scholar programs, research
initiatives, archival collection program, seminars for faculty,
research workshops, publications, symposia and other activities
have made the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum one of the
world's principal venues for Holocaust scholarship. Information
on CAHS programs is available at www.ushmm.org/research/center/.
The
National Humanities Center a private, nonprofit institution
for advanced study in the humanities at http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/ is
announcing a Fellowship Competition for 2010-2011. For information,
download http://plato.nhc.rtp.nc.us/fellowship/misc/FPOSTER_2010_11.doc
Rethinking
America in a Global Perspective
The
National History Center, American Historical Association, the
Community College Humanities Association, and the Library of Congress invite
you to apply for "Rethinking America
in a Global Perspective," a summer institute funded by the National
Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, DC. The four-week institute will
take place at the Library of Congress from June 16 through July 11, 2008. The
George Washington University Department of History will co-sponsor the institute.
For more information see:
http://www.historians.org/projects/rethinkingamerica/2008/index.cfm
Community
College Humanities Association