Dreaming about Summer?

 NEH offers tuition-free opportunities for K-12 educators and higher education faculty to study a variety of humanities topics. Stipends of $1,300-$3,450 for residential programs and $650-$1,725 for virtual programs help cover expenses for these one- to four-week programs. The application period for all programs closes on March 3, 2023.

From everyone I've talked to, these programs are amazingly exciting and invigorating. They are also competitive, so you'll want to give yourself time to pull together a good application. Most programs reserve a few spots for early career educators. They also look for geographic diversity, which gives Montanans an advantage when applying to programs outside our region. 

You can see the full list of opportunities here, but these are a few that caught my eye:  

Buffalo Nations: History and Revitalization of the American Bison
Location: Yellowstone National Park, near Gardiner, MT
Dates: August 2-8, 2023; August 9-15, 2023 (1 week)

Diverse Historical and Cultural Perspectives in Native American and African American Art
Location: Toledo, OH
Dates: June 19-23, 2023 (1 week)

Centering Youth Agency in the Civil Rights Movement
Location: Clinton, TN and Online
Dates: June 26-30, 2023 (residential phase); July 10-14, 2023 (virtual phase) (2 weeks)

Rethreading the Needle of the Native American History Narrative
Location: Boston, MA
Dates: July 16-28, 2023 (two weeks)

Slavery in the Colonial North
Location: Online
Dates: July 16-22, 2023 (1 week)

“We the people”: Migrant Waves in the Making of America
Location: Tucson, AZ
Dates: July 10-21, 2023 (2 weeks)

 

P.S. Don't forget to sign up to join Dylan Huisken via Zoom on January 9, 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. for a discussion about Place Based Learning/Local Studies. Register here.