Stories about "National Endowment for the Humanities"
$175,000 NEH grant signals Diverse BookFinder鈥檚 growing national reach
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 2:10 pm
On its fourth anniversary, the Diverse BookFinder is expanding to help educators use picture books to engage children in cross-cultural conversations built around curiosity, compassion, and understanding.
Religion professor receives NEH grant for 'identity terms' research
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:00 am
"Identity terms" are the words that people use to affiliate themselves and others with particular groups 鈥� ethnic, racial, religious, social and so on. Cynthia Baker, associate professor of religious studies at 乐播传媒, recently received $50,400 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support her research into one of history's most fraught identity terms: "Jew," a word that can convey praise, pride, prejudice or pure description.
Chechen surgeon and human rights activist to speak
Saturday, December 8, 2007 11:25 am
Dr. Khassan Baiev, a Chechen physician, author and human rights activist, will speak at 乐播传媒 College on International Human Rights Day, Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall, 44 Campus Ave.
College hosts international conference on Rwandan genocide
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:30 am
Scholars and human-rights advocates will join survivors of the 1994 genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda to discuss its origins and outcomes on Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31, at 乐播传媒 College.