The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 25.459  Wednesday, 26 November 2014

 

[1] From:        Lee Aylward <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>

     Date:         November 20, 2014 at 2:48:54 PM EST

     Subject:    NEH Summer 2015 workshop for teachers

 

[2] From:        Megan Estes <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>

     Date:        November 24, 2014 at 2:42:16 PM EST

     Subject:    NEH Seminar offered at Amherst College Summer 2015 

 

 

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From:        Lee Aylward <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>

Date:         November 20, 2014 at 2:48:54 PM EST

Subject:    NEH Summer 2015 workshop for teachers 

 

Good News!  The National Endowment for the Humanities, through its Landmarks in American History and Culture Program, will support two week-long workshops celebrating the heritage of the Mississippi Delta.  The Most Southern Place on Earth:  Music, Culture and History in the Mississippi Delta will explore the region’s impact on America’s music, foodways, civil rights, literary heritage, and political landscape.  Workshops will be offered to thirty seven participants each between June 21-17 and July 12-18, 2015.  They are open to K-12 teachers, including public, private, and home school, and librarians.  Five graduate credit hours may be earned.  This will be the sixth year of NEH support for this exciting workshop.

Stipends of $1200 are available.  Complete information and application materials are available from the Delta Center for Culture and Learning at http://deltacenterforcultureandlearning.com/southern-place-workshop/   and additional information is provided by NEH at http://www.neh.gov/projects/landmarks-schools.html.  The Directors of the workshop are Dr. Luther Brown (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and Lee Aylward (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..) A special participant will be Dr. Rolando Herts (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,) the new Director of the Delta Center for Culture and Learning.

 

Lee Brigham Aylward

Program Associate for Education and Community Outreach

Delta State University

Delta Center for Culture and Learning

Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area

DSU Box 3152

Cleveland, MS 38733

Office:  662-846-4310

Cell:  662-721-7591

Fax:  662-846-4701

www.deltacenterforcultureandlearning.com

https://www.facebook.com/#!/TheDeltaCenter

www.msdeltaheritage.com  

https://www.facebook.com/MDNHA

 

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From:        Megan Estes <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>

Date:        November 24, 2014 at 2:42:16 PM EST

Subject:    NEH Seminar offered at Amherst College Summer 2015

 

SUMMER SEMINAR ON PUNISHMENT, POLITICS, AND CULTURE

 

Amherst College will host a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for K-12 teachers and current full time graduate students who intend to pursue a career in K-12 teaching, from June 28-July 31, 2015.  The seminar will be directed by Austin Sarat of the Departments of Political Science and Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought.  It will examine three questionsWhat is punishment and why do we punish as we do?   What can we learn about politics, law, and culture in the United States from an examination of our practices of punishment?  What are the appropriate limits of punishment?  The application deadline is March 2, 2015.  Information is available at http://www.amherst.edu/go/neh.  If you have any questions regarding the seminar or the application process, contact Megan Estes at (413)542-2380 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

*Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.*

 

Megan L. Estes Ryan

Academic Coordinator

Law, Jurisprudence & Social Thought

Amherst College

PO Box 5000

Amherst, MA   01002

413-542-2380

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