49% Cut to NEH Budget Still on the Table: Contact Your Representatives
We know that the AHA and our counterparts in other disciplines might seem like the proverbial “boy who cried wolf” in our frequent pleas to stave off cuts to humanities funding. The problem is that...
View ArticleNational Humanities Alliance Action Alert: Oppose Devastating Cuts to the...
The following action alert was issued by the National Humanities Alliance in support of funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Now that the government shutdown is over and...
View ArticleAHA Members among the List of NEH Grant Winners
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced last week $18.2 million in grants for 208 humanities projects. These projects range in size and focus, including digitization, film production,...
View ArticleNEH Funding Under Attack (Again)
Few readers of this blog need to be convinced of the value of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The NEH is the leading federal agency with the mission to create, preserve, and...
View ArticleDigital Projects on Display at NEH Tech Fair
Recently, the National Endowment of Humanities’ Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) offered a briefing for congressional staff, alternatively described as a “technology fair” or an “open house,” to help...
View ArticleThe NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants
The NEH Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) is offering Start-Up Grants again this year. These small grants (maximum award of $60,000) are designed to help plan and initiate projects that either use...
View ArticleHouse Committee Supports the Humanities (after a little nudge)
The Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives has voted to restore the $8 million cut to the National Endowment for the Humanities budget initially recommended by the Interior...
View ArticleHistorians Named among 2013 National Humanities Medalists
On July 22, President Obama and the National Endowment for the Humanities announced the winners of the 2013 National Humanities Medals, awarded to “individuals or groups whose work has deepened our...
View ArticleWhat We’re Reading: August 21, 2014
Today’s What We’re Reading features the real-life “Rosies” of WWII, why it’s so hard to catch your own typos, the DPLA’s exhibition on the history of activism, and much more! History Links Real-Life...
View ArticleGrant of the Week: Omohundro Institute-NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship 2015-2017
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture offers a two-year residential postdoctoral fellowship in any area of early American studies, to begin July 1, 2015. A principal criterion...
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