Monday, December 20, 2010

National Humanities Center: NEW SEMINARS ADDED - Live Online Professional Development

The National Humanities Center (NHC) has announced its newly-added seminars for its Spring 2011 Online Professional Development Seminars.

These are designed for teachers of history and literature. History Education Hawaii strongly recommends these affordable online enrichment seminars for Hawaii educators, historians, history buffs and students.

The cost is $35 per seminar. Please email Assistant Director of Education Programs Caryn Koplik at ckoplik@nationalhumanitiescenter.org for special pricing and further questions.

The newly-added seminars are:

Enlightened by the Rockets Red Glare: The Meaning of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner.’

Thursday, January 20, 2011.

Robert A. Ferguson, Columbia University and NHC Fellow.

The Art and Politics of the Harlem Renaissance.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011.

Kenneth R. Janken, UNC-CH and NHC Fellow.

Rethinking Martin and Malcolm

Tuesday, February 22, 2011.

Steven F. Lawson, Rutgers University and NHC Fellow.

The Car and the City: Popular Culture in the 1920s.

Thursday, March 31, 2011.

Henry Binford. Northwestern University and NHC Fellow.

Witches and Communists: The Crucible and the Cold War.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011.

Florence Dore. UNC-CH and NHC Fellow

The Crash of 1929.

Thursday, April 7, 2011.

Edward J. Balleisin. Duke University and NHC Fellow.

A list of assigned readings will be made available prior to each seminar. Assigned texts will be provided free and online by the National Humanities Center, mostly from its Toolbox Library and TeacherServe web sites.

The National Humanities Center, located in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, is the country's only independent institute for advanced study in all branches of the humanities. Since 1984, it has been offering rigorous, content-based professional development programs for high school teachers.

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