NEH for All
NHA on the Hill: NEH Funding for Revitalizing Indigenous Languages
Posted OnAugust 10, 2022 byBy Cecily Hill Congresswoman Judy Chu and NEH Chair Shelly Lowe opened the program with brief remarks attesting to the importance of projects like these and NEH support for language revitalization. As Chair Lowe reflected, “When we lose the language, we lose all the knowledge, history and values of that culture that are embedded in…Read More…
Pontchartrain Park Pioneers: Incorporating Oral Histories into Humanities Curricula
Posted OnMay 31, 2022 byBy Ayesha Casie Chetty As part of our NEH for All initiative, NHA worked with Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) to document the impact of a program they implemented in 2021. Titled Pontchartrain Park Pioneers: An Oral History of New Orleans’s Civil Rights Era Segregated Black “Suburb in the City,” this program integrated local oral histories collected by…Read More…
NEH Grant Release: January 2022
Posted OnJanuary 25, 2022 byBy Cecily Hill On January 11, the National Endowment for the Humanities announced 208 grants for humanities projects totaling $24.7 million. Notably, the grant release included grants from two recently-developed grant programs. The NEH/AHRC New Directions for Digital Scholarship in Cultural Institutions is a collaboration between the endowment and the United Kingdom’s Arts and Humanities…Read More…
NHA on the Hill: Building Community Through Conversation
Posted OnNovember 18, 2021 byPosted by Mariel Aquino On November 9, the National Humanities Alliance produced a virtual briefing on how NEH funding for public humanities discussions enriches our communities. The briefing focused specifically on the International Storytelling Center (ISC) in Jonesborough, Tennessee, with whom NHA had partnered to document the impact of their program, “Freedom Stories: Unearthing the Black Heritage…Read More…
NHA on the Hill: Funding Diverse Histories and Civics in K–12 Education
Posted OnSeptember 24, 2021 byBy Emily McDonald On September 15, the National Humanities Alliance produced a virtual briefing that discussed NEH funding for diverse histories and civics in K–12 education. Since 2018, NHA has worked with over 20 NEH-funded professional development programs for K-12 educators to survey their impacts. Cecily Hill, director of community initiatives, was joined in discussion…Read More…
High Impact Grants to Inspire Your Next NEH Application
Posted OnJuly 20, 2021 byBy Cecily Hill NEHforAll.org showcases high-impact projects funded by the full range of NEH grant lines. In addition to serving as a resource for advocates, the website acts as a resource for those interested in applying for NEH grants. It’s a place to learn about successful NEH-funded projects—how they were structured and what their impacts…Read More…
New Surveys in the Humanities Impact Survey Toolkit
Posted OnApril 22, 2021 byBy Cecily Hill Since 2017, the NEH for All team has documented and communicated the impact of National Endowment for the Humanities funding, which has included working with project directors to survey ongoing NEH-funded projects. NHA’s Humanities Impact Survey Toolkit was developed from these efforts. The Humanities Impact Survey Toolkit includes tips for evaluating the public impact of humanities programs in…Read More…