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NEH Awards $17M in Awards for 208 Humanities Projects

From the National Endowment for the Humanities:

The National Endowment for the Humanities announced $17M in grants for 208 humanities projects.  The funding will support projects, fellowships for scholarly research, the creation of exhibits, digital tools and the preservation of humanities collections and reference resources.  Institutions and independent scholars from 42 states and the District of Columbia will receive NEH support.

A list of the Mid-Atlantic region’s 57 recipients after the jump, full list of recipients available here.

Read more.

Noreen Bodman Named Executive Director of Crossroads

From H-Net New Jersey:

Crossroads Announces New Leadership

The Crossroads of the American Revolution Association is pleased to announce that Noreen Bodman has joined the organization as executive director. “Noreen’s experience with our historic organizations, cultural resources and elected officials is critical as we implement our new management plan to promote greater awareness, enjoyment and preservation of New Jersey’s Revolutionary legacy,” said Kevin Tremble, president of the Association, which was designated by Congress to manage the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area. “Her track record of development and collaborative partnerships will enable us to tell the story of New Jersey’s crucial role to our nation.”

Ms. Bodman, former state tourism director, has long been involved with preservation and conservation issues through her work in hospitality, tourism and with the Jersey Shore Partnership. Her tenure in Atlantic City included branding, marketing, partnership programs and community outreach. She has been involved in strategic planning and fundraising in the public and private sectors, including higher education and non-profits.

Ms. Bodman’s appointment was the result of a national search launched after the retirement of Cate Litvack, who led the organization for more than six years. “Cate was instrumental in launching the National Heritage Area and developing its new management plan. I look forward to building upon that solid foundation by engaging our partners, our citizens and our visitors in celebrating and taking pride in the history that has made New Jersey a great place to live, to work, to learn and to visit” said Noreen Bodman.

“The National Park Service welcomes Noreen to the National Heritage Area team. We look forward to working with her in our continued partnership to tell the Crossroads of the American Revolution story, which is as important today as it was at the founding of our nation,” said Jill Hawk, superintendent of the Morristown and Thomas Edison National Historical Parks.

Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Announces 2012 Awards

From Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia:

The Preservation Alliance has announced its 2012 award recipients.

THE JAMES BIDDLE AWARD for lifetime achievement in historic preservation was awarded to Richard J. Webster, Phd.

THE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD for preservation in the public interest was awarded to The Athenaeum of Philadelphia

THE ROHODA AND PERMAR RICHARDS AWARD for service to the Preservation Alliance went to the Architectural Walking Tour volunteer guides.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARD for exceptional contributions to historic preservation was awarded to Ruth and Mansfield Bascom.

COMMUNITY ACTION AWARDS for achievement by community organizations

Friends of Mt. Moriah Cemetery: For efforts to maintain and improve Mt. Moriah Cemetery

Strawberry Mansion CDC and Strawberry Mansion NAC: For successful efforts to retain the historic character of the Strawberry Mansion trolley barn

SPECIAL 100th ANNIVERSARY RECOGNITION

Bucks County Historical Society: On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Henry Mercer’s home, Fonthill

GRAND JURY AWARDS were given to a number of projects in the region                             (partial list, for full list of awardees and project details, please visit  preservationalliance.com)

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Curtis Institute of Music Lenfest Hall, Philadelphia, PA

George A. Weiss Pavilion at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA

Independence Hall Tower, Philadelphia, PA

Medallion Garden at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

Shane Candies, Philadelphia, PA

Smithville Park Houses, Eastampton, New Jersey

Termini Brothers Bakery, Philadelphia, PA

World Cafe Live at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware

The awards will be celebrated at The Alliance Preservation Achievement Awards Luncheon on May 8, 2012.

 

New Jersey Council for the Humanities Summer Seminars

From NJCH:

Are you a New Jersey educator, or do you know someone who is? NJCH has announced the 2012 summer schedule for the Teacher Institute, courses offering 45 hours of professional development credit. The weeklong seminars are residential on the campus of the RIchard Stockton College of New Jersey just outside of Atlantic City. Courses are tuition-free; a registration fee of $100 covers the cost of books, meals, overnight accommodations, speakers, a field trip, and more!

Courses are accredited through Stockton College and offer the opportunity to earn 3 graduate credits with the successful completion of a research paper. Teachers also have the option of completing a curriculum project.

The Civil War In America: Sunday, July 8-Friday, July 13.

Seminar Leader: Clement Price, Rutgers Unversity-Newark

The Civil War was a critical moment in the construction of the American nation. While no battles during the Civil War were fought on New Jersey soil, the state’s attitudes and actions crucial when looking within specific historical context. This seminar will examine the Civil War’s standing in American History and historical sensibilities from the 1830s through the traumatic years of the War itself, focusing on the causes of the War, its impact on New Jersey, and new scholarship on women and African Americans during this period.

Narratives of Immigration: Asian American Communities and Conflict: Sunday, July 29- Friday, August 3.

Seminar Leader: Allan Isaac, Rutgers University

The United States, as a nation of immigrants, is increasingly defined by the narratives of its immigrant populations. This seminar takes up the novels, short stories, films and music that tell the stories of Asian immigrants’ arrival, sense of belonging, and the difficulties they have faced upon settling. Teachers will examine how Asian conceptualizations of national, racial and ethnic communities are formed, and how the idea of “community” relates to issues of immigration, colonialism, exile, integration and assimilation, political presence, religion, criminality, and “back home” nationalism.

For more information and to download the registration forms, visit the NJCH Teacher Institute.

NJCH Welcomes New Executive Director, Sharon Ann Holt

From NJCH:

The New Jersey Council for the Humanities welcomed Dr. Sharon Ann Holt as its new Executive Director.  Dr. Holt succeeds Jane Brailove Rutkoff, who retired in 2011.

Holt brings a wealth of experience to NJCH.  She founded a nonprofit outreach organization Living Legacy Chautauqua and served as director of programs and outreach for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities.  Dr. Holt curated an exhibit at the South Street Seaport Museum and directed publications and programs at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.  Before coming to NJCH, she spent three years as the executive director of Sandy Spring Museum in Maryland.  In 2010, Holt received the President’s Award from the Greater Olney Civic Association for her her work at the Sandy Spring Museum.

She is the author of Making Freedom Pay: North Carolina Freedpeople Working for Themselves and the forthcoming Constructing a Modern Past: Museums, Democracy, and the 21st Century. 

For more information please visit njch.org.

 

Preservation New Jersey Celebrates Historic Preservation in the Garden State

From H-New Jersey:

On March 2, Preservation New Jersey will host its annual Preservation Celebration.  The event honors leaders, visionaries, and professionals who have preserved and restored important landmarks and landscapes throughout the state.  Preservation New Jersey is hosting the event at the historic Mansion at Bretton Woods in Morris Plains.

This year’s honorees include:

Sarah P. Fisk Legacy & Leadership Awards:

The Morris County Historic Preservation Trust Fund Program, for long-term leadership, education, and commitment to the preservation of Morris County’s historic treasures, specifically through the  Historic Preservation Trust Fund grant program.

The Knowles Family, for their exemplary restoration and stewardship of Pleasantdale Chateau and Highlawn Pavilion, two of West Orange, NJ’s most significant historic treasures.

Building Industry Network Award:

Femenella and Associates, Inc., for the firm’s remarkable leadership in historic preservation, including their commitment to the preservation and restoration of New Jersey’s historic windows and stained glass, demonstrated at landmarks statewide.

Preservation Visionary:

Betty Demy Hutcheon, for her tireless dedication to Preservation New Jersey and historic preservation advocacy.

Event details are available here.

Mid-Atlantic NEH Grant Winners

The National Endowment for the Humanities announced today $21 million in grants for 215 humanities projects.

This funding will support a wide variety of projects, including research fellowships and awards for scholars, the preservation of humanities collections at smaller institutions, traveling exhibitions, and humanities initiatives at historically black colleges, institutions with high Hispanic enrollment, and tribal colleges and universities. Grants awarded today will also support training for museum and archive staff to preserve and enhance access to their collections, while NEH Challenge Grants provide support for long-term humanities activities.  NEH announced awards in three special grant programs: Bridging Cultures Through Film, Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges, and Bridging Cultures Implementation Grants for Public Programs.

Mid-Atlantic Regional grant recipients:

Delaware: 2 awards, $595,000

University of Delaware, Preservation Education and Training, Project Director: Debra Norris.  Project title: Graduate Education in the Conservation of Historic and Decorative Arts, Objects, Furniture, Textiles, & Photographs.

Winterthur, Winterthur Museum, Challenge Grant, Project Director: Lois Price.  Project title: Endowing the Director of Conservation Position at Winterthur.

Washington D.C.: 9 awards, $1,242,439

Association of American Colleges and Universities, Bridging Cultures Community College RFP, Project Director: Caryn McTighe Musil.  Project title: Difference, Community, and Democratic Thinking: and NEH Bridging Cultures Prjoect.

American University, Fellowships for University Teachers, Project Director: Richard Sha.  Project title: Imagining the Imagination: Science and British Romanticism, 1750-1832.

George Washington University, Fellowships for University Teachers, Project Director: Gayle Wald. Project title: A History of “Soul”, the First Nationally Televised Program to Showcase the Black Power Movement.

Heritage Preservation, Preservation Education and Training, Project Director: Lori Foley.  Project title: Alliance for Response: A National Program on Cultural Heritage and Disaster Management.

American Historical Association, Bridging Cultures Community College RFP, Project Director: Robert Townsend.  Project title: American History, Atlantic and Pacific, An NEH Bridging Cultures Project.

Office of the Secretary, Office of Public Records, Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Clarence Davis.  Project title: Preservation Assessment and Purchase of Monitoring Equipment and Storage Materials to Preserve Archival Collections.

Foundation of American Institute for Conservation, Preservation Education and Training, Project Director: Eric Pourchot.  Project title: Professional Development for Conservators: Providing Preservation and Access for the Humanities.

Unstaffed Independent Scholars, Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars: 1. Project Director: Jules Witcover.  Project title: Evolution of the Vice Presidency in Politics and Governance.  2. Project Director: John Perpner. Project title: Political and Social Activism in African American Concert Dance: Eleo Pomare and the Black Arts Movement.

Maryland: 2 awards, $55,885

Bowie State University, Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Katherine Hayes.  Project title: Preservation Assessment of University’s Archives and Special Collections.

University of Maryland, College Park, Fellowships for University Teachers, Project Director: Robert Levine.  Project Title: The Lives of Frederick Douglass.

New Jersey: 6 awards, $564,929

Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, NEH on the Road, Project Director: Nancy Maguire.  Project title: NEH on the Road: Wild Land.

Drew University, Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars, Project Director: Edward Baring.  Project title: The Spread of Phenomenology in Europe During the 20th Century.

Community College Humanities Association, Bridging Cultures Community College RFP, Project Director: David Berry.  Project title: Advancing the Humanities at Community Colleges: An NEH: Bridging Cultures Project.

NJ Institute of Technology, Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars, Project Director: Zeynep Celik.  Project title: The History of 20th Century Controversies Over the Possession of Antiquities.

Princeton University, Fellowships for University Teachers, Project Director: Christian Wildberg.  Project title: A New Text and Translation of the Hermetic Corpus, a Collection of Greek Theological and Philosophical Texts.

Montclair State University, Bridging Cultures Through Film, Project Director: Fawzia Afzal-Khan.  Project title: Female Singers and Muslim Tradition in Pakistan from 1947 to the Present.

New York: 27 awards, $2,777,882

Albany Institute of History and Art, Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Tammis Groft.  Project title: Preservation Assessment for Archival Collections.

SUNY Research Foundation, Albany Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Karen Brown. Project title: Digital Preservation Readiness Assessment to Preserve Special Collections and Archives.

Bard College,  Challenge Grant, Project Director: Roger Berkowitz.  Project title: Endow Junior Fellowships, Humanities Lecturer, and Humanities Programs of The Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College.

Western New York Public Broadcasting, Bridging Cultures Through Film, Project Director: David Rotterman.  Project title: The Railway that Built a Nation.

CUNY Research Foundation, Queens College, Fellowships for University Teachers, Project Director: Karen Strassler.  Project title: Media and Political Communication in Post-Suharto Indonesia.

Hastings Center, Challenge Grants, Project Director: Erik Parens.  Project title: The Hastings Center Humanities Research Initiative.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars, Project Director: Anthony Cerulli.  Project title: The Study of Gurukula: South Indian Traditional Medical Education and Its Classical Texts.

Columbia University, Fellowships for University Teachers, Project Director: Mary Pollard Murray.  Project Title: The Prison as a Site of Literary Community and Writing in Early Modern England.

Barnard College, Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars, Project Director: Jonathan Rieder.  Project title: A Reinterpretation of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”.

New York University, Preservation Education and Training, Project Director: Hannelore Roemich. Project Title: Conservation Training for Preservation and Access.

Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden, Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Mary Anne Caton. Project Title: Purchase of Environmental Monitoring Equipment to Preserve Collections of the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum.

AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc., Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Carlos Porro.  Project Title: Preservation Assessment and Storage Materials to Preserve Archival Collections.

Century Association Archives Foundation, Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Russell Flinchum. Project Title: Staff Training and Environmental Monitoring Equipment to Preserve Archival Collections.

City College of New York, Awards for Faculty, 1. Project Director: Emily Greble. Project Title: Islam and the European Nation-State: Balkan Muslims between Mosque and State, 1908-1949. 2. Project Director: Gregory Downs Project Title: The Ends of the War: American Reconstruction and the Problems of Occupations.

Women Make Movies, Inc., Bridging Cultures Through Film, Project Director: Riva Freifeld. Project Title: Buffalo Bill and the Influence of the American West on European Culture.

Leo Baeck Institute, Inc., Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Renate Evers. Project Title: Purchasing Preservation Materials to Preserve a Rare Book Collection.

New York University, Preservation Education and Training, Project Director: Howard Besser. Project Title: Graduate Education for Moving Image Specialists.

City Lore: NY Center for Urban Folk Culture, Bridging Cultures Implementation Grants, Project Director: Steven Zeitlin. Project Title: Poetic Voices of the Muslim World.

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Roberta Elliott. Project Title: Preservation Storage Materials to Rehouse the Photographic Archive.

Teachers College, Columbia University, Challenge Grants, Project Director: Anand Marri. Project Title: History Education for All: A Proposal to Establish a Center for History Education at Teachers College at Columbia University.

Rochester Institute of Technology, Preservation Education and Training, Project Director: James Reilly. Project Title: Sustainable Preservation Practices for Managing Storage Environments.

University of Rochester, Fellowships for University Teachers, Project Director: Janet Berlo. Project Title: Fakes, Replicas, and Other Vexed Identities in Native American Art History.

John Jermain Memorial Library, Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Jessica Frankel.  Project Title: Preserving Collections Related to Early Rural Life on Long Island, New York.

Town of Southampton, Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Sundy Schermeyer. Project Title: Develop Disaster Preparedness and Response Plan and Staff Training to Preserve Archives

Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages, Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: William Ayres.  Project Title: Purchase of Storage Furniture and Preservation Materials to Preserve Historic and Textile Collections.

Woodstock Artists Association, Inc., Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Josephine Bloodgood.  Project Title: Preservation Assessment to Preserve Art Collections.

Pennsylvania: 8 awards, $318,531

B.F. Jones Memorial Library, Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Linda Helms. Project Title: Preservation Assessment to Preserve Archival Collection.

Franklin and Marshall College, Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars, Project Director: Bennett Helm.  Project Title: Defining Moral Communities: Respect, Dignity, and the Reactive Attitudes.

Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, Humanities Initiatives: HBCUs, Project Director: Marilyn Button. Project Title: Lincoln University of Pennsylvania’s Global Heritage and Legacy.

Millersville University, Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars, Project Director: Tanya Kevorkian. Project Title: The Musical Experience in German Baroque Towns.

Chatham College, Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Rachel Rohrbaugh. Project Title: Purchase Storage Furniture to Preserve the University’s Archives Collection.

University of Pittsburgh , Fellowships for University Teachers, Project Director: Ronald Zboray. Project Title: The Bullet in the Book: Uses of Print Media during the Civil War.

Swarthmore College, Preservation Assistance Grants, Project Director: Amy McColl. Project Title: Preservation and Disaster-Preparedness Assessment to Preserve the Library’s Special Collections.

Pennsylvania State University, Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars, Project Director: Gonzalo Rubio. Project Title: The Earliest Semitic Literature: Ebla and Early Dynastic Mesopotamia.

For project descriptions and for winners outside our region, please visit the NEH website.

(From neh.gov)

Paterson’s Great Falls Christened New Jersey’s Newest National Park

On November 7, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis will designate Great Falls in Paterson, New Jersey as America’s 397th National Park.  The city of Paterson has donated four tracts of land around the Great Falls for this purpose.  The National Park Service will hold a series of public meetings this month to identify stakeholders and determine their vision for the park.  The full press release is available by clicking here.

The process began in 2009, when President Obama signed legislation authorizing the NPS to establish a historic site in Paterson, NJ.  The site is meant to celebrate Paterson as the nation’s first planned industrial city, and includes the ruins of a number of industrial ruins known as the Allied Textile Printing site.  There is $450,000 in federal funds available to facilitate the planning process.

(www.northjersey.com)

Springsteen Collection Moves to Monmouth University

Monmouth University will be the new home for the Bruce Springsteen Special Collection.  The collection, which contains nearly 14,900 documents from forty-four countries finishes its move from the Asbury Park Public Library November 1.  It includes books, concert programs, magazine and newspaper articles and other printed ephemera dedicated to the careers of Bruce Springsteen and members of his bands. Read more.

Environment, Equity, and American History

What does environmental quality really mean for humanity?  The New Jersey Council for the Humanities takes a closer look at the connections between justice and the environment throughout American history in three public forums this fall.  The forums will place many of today’s social and environmental issues into historical context, with panels of university and community scholars inviting members of the public to consider New Jersey’s history as they discuss their contemporary concerns.

The second forum Newark’s Industrial Legacy will be held November 2, 2011 from 6:00-9:00pm at The Newark Museum.  For panelist biographies, directions, and to RSVP, click here.

The third installment Why Environmental Justice Matters will be held November 16, 2011 from 6:30-9:00pm at the Trenton Marriott Downtown.  For more information click here.

Both forums are free and open to the public and are offered by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance and the John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy of Thomas Edison State College.

(From NJCH)

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