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National Humanities Center Announces Sites for Inaugural "Being Human" Festival

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Thursday, November 16, 2023
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A zine fest in upstate New York. A pop-up museum with puppets in Minneapolis. A writer's workshop on wheels in Oklahoma. These are just a few of the events to be featured next April as part of the National Humanities Center's first annual "Being Human" festival.

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  • These are just a few of the events to be featured next April as part of the National Humanities Center's first annual "Being Human" festival.
  • Inspired by and undertaken in partnership with the United Kingdom's Being Human festival , which originated in 2014, the inaugural US version will include events in nine locations across the country.
  • Events in this year's "Being Human" Festival (US) were selected from a wide variety of proposals submitted to the National Humanities Center.
  • "We are excited to be working with partners across the US to stage what we hope will be an annual celebration of the humanities," said Robert D. Newman, president and director of the National Humanities Center.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation Names Carol Quillen as its 10th President and CEO

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
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Monday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the nation’s preeminent preservation organization, announced Carol Quillen as its tenth President and CEO.

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  • Monday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the nation’s preeminent preservation organization, announced Carol Quillen as its tenth President and CEO.
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    The National Trust for Historic Preservation, the nation’s preeminent preservation organization, announced Carol Quillen as its tenth President and CEO.
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    “Following an extensive national search, we are delighted to announce that Carol Quillen will serve as our new President and CEO,” said Betsy Cahill, Chair of the Search Committee.
  • In recent years, the National Trust has been a leader in diversifying and expanding the work and focus of historic preservation.

Robert D. Newman, NHC President and Director, Announces Retirement

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. , Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine years at the helm of the National Humanities Center (NHC), President and Director Robert D. Newman has announced his retirement. He will step down as director in July 2024. A search to hire his replacement will begin soon.

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  • RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. , Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- After nine years at the helm of the National Humanities Center (NHC), President and Director Robert D. Newman has announced his retirement.
  • Robert Newman assumed leadership of the Center in 2015 and has overseen an array of initiatives expanding opportunities for humanities scholars and teachers.
  • His efforts have significantly raised the Center's profile as an important resource for scholars, educators, and other knowledge seekers.
  • Robert has rallied significant support for the Center and its programs, allowing the NHC to reach more scholars and teachers than at any time in its past.

NHC Summer Institute on Teaching African American Studies Focuses on the Perspectives of Women

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Thursday, July 6, 2023
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DURHAM, N.C., July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- How does our understanding of American history and culture change when viewed through the eyes of Black women?

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  • DURHAM, N.C., July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- How does our understanding of American history and culture change when viewed through the eyes of Black women?
  • How should we incorporate Black women's voices in curriculums to ensure students can benefit from those perspectives?
  • It is the latest installment in the NHC's ongoing effort to support pre-collegiate teaching in African American studies.
  • African American women have been central figures in the struggle for equal rights.

National Humanities Center Names 2023-24 Teacher Advisory Council

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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DURHAM, N.C., June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Humanities Center (NHC) has announced the selection of twenty talented educators from across the country as members of its 2023–24 Teacher Advisory Council. These teachers, from schools in twelve states, will work with the Center's staff in piloting, evaluating, and promoting NHC resources and professional development programs for collegiate and pre-collegiate educators.

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  • DURHAM, N.C., June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Humanities Center (NHC) has announced the selection of twenty talented educators from across the country as members of its 2023–24 Teacher Advisory Council .
  • For 40 years the National Humanities Center has included teacher professional development as a key part of its mission.
  • The Teacher Advisory Council was formed by the National Humanities Center to aid in its ongoing effort to help teachers be more effective in humanities classrooms.
  • For forty years the National Humanities Center has included teacher professional development as a key part of its mission.

The National Humanities Center Announces 2023-24 Fellows

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Humanities Center (NHC) is pleased to announce the appointment of 35 Fellows for the academic year 2023–24.

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  • RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Humanities Center (NHC) is pleased to announce the appointment of 35 Fellows for the academic year 2023–24.
  • The National Humanities Center is pleased to announce the appointment of 35 Fellows for the academic year 2023–24.
  • "We are extremely pleased to be able to support the exciting work of these scholars," said Robert D. Newman, president and director of the National Humanities Center.
  • The National Humanities Center will award over $1,550,000 in fellowship grants to enable the selected scholars to take leave from their normal academic duties and pursue research at the Center.

Can the Humanities Save Us From Ourselves?

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Monday, April 3, 2023
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As we think about what the future holds, the situation seems increasingly dire. Authoritarianism has been surging around the globe, the ravages of climate change appear to be accelerating, and we are confronted with ever-widening fractures among political, economic, and cultural groups.

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  • Can the humanities help us address 21st-century challenges and forge a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world?
  • What role might the humanities play in helping us address the challenges we face and find common ground?
  • Is any of that even possible with humanities majors in decline and humanities insights being ignored and even attacked in some places?
  • The National Humanities Center is the world's only independent institute dedicated exclusively to advanced study in all areas of the humanities.

New NHC Institute Builds on Efforts to Strengthen Teaching in African American Studies

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
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How have efforts to support Black self-worth and self-determination collided with legal, social, and political forces that work to devalue and ignore both the successes and suffering of African Americans?

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  • How have efforts to support Black self-worth and self-determination collided with legal, social, and political forces that work to devalue and ignore both the successes and suffering of African Americans?
  • The National Humanities Center (NHC) is working to help K–12 teachers with these and other questions through its series of Teaching African American Studies Institutes.
  • "This institute builds on the Center's ongoing efforts to prepare teachers to more effectively address these subjects in their classrooms.
  • "More Than a Slogan" is the first African American studies institute being offered by the Center this year.

Bowdoin College Chosen for National Initiative on AI Ethics

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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BRUNSWICK, Maine, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bowdoin College is involved in a new project aimed at developing academic courses that tackle the ethical issues raised by emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

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  • BRUNSWICK, Maine, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bowdoin College is involved in a new project aimed at developing academic courses that tackle the ethical issues raised by emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
  • "As a small liberal arts college, Bowdoin represents a unique setting with an exceptionally bright and engaged student body.
  • Bowdoin has assembled a team of four faculty members who will cocreate and coteach this course.
  • One example of this kind of work that's already underway is the Computing Ethics Narratives , another national initiative involving Bowdoin faculty aimed at integrating ethics into undergraduate computer science curricula at American colleges and universities.

National Humanities Center Announces 2022-23 Fellows

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Thursday, March 31, 2022
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Humanities Center (NHC) is pleased to announce the appointment of 33 Fellows for the academic year 202223.

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  • RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Humanities Center (NHC) is pleased to announce the appointment of 33 Fellows for the academic year 202223.
  • These newly appointed Fellows will constitute the forty-fifth class of resident scholars to be admitted since the Center opened in 1978.
  • "We are delighted to support the exciting work of these outstanding scholars," said Robert D. Newman, president and director of the National Humanities Center.
  • The National Humanities Center will award over $1,800,000 in fellowship grants to enable the selected scholars to take leave from their normal academic duties and pursue research at the Center.