The National Endowment for the Humanities is supporting a new series of professional development programs designed exclusively for two-year college teachers. Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops for Community College Faculty grew out of a similar program for schoolteachers. These week-long, residence-based programs will provide the opportunity for community college teachers to engage in intensive study and discussion of important topics in the story of America at major sites around the nation. They are intended primarily for full-time, part-time, and adjunct faculty. Librarians and other college administrators are also eligible to participate, subject to available space. Participants will receive a stipend of $500 which is intended to help cover living expenses, books, and travel expenses to and from the Workshop location. Travel supplements for those traveling long distances will be available and will be allocated after participants are selected.

Landmarks Workshops are designed to give participants direct experiences in the interpretation of significant historical sites and the use of archival and other primary historical evidence. They include the best scholarship on a specific landmark or related cluster of landmarks, enabling participants to gain a sense of the importance of historical places, to make connections between what they learn in the Workshop and what they teach, and to develop teaching materials for their classrooms. Workshops also include some opportunities for research. Landmarks Workshops for the summer of 2006 are:

„X Encountering John Adams: Braintree and Boston
„X Concord Massachusetts and American Utopian Thought in the Early 19th Century
„X Henry Ford and the History of American Industry, Labor, and Culture
„X Working the Woods: Economies and Cultures in the Blue Ridge Mountains, 1650-1950
„X Mounds, Earthworks, and the Pre-History of the Ohio Valley
„X Untarnishing the Gilded Age: American Politics and Culture, 1870-1901
„X Mammoth Cave: People, Place, and History

For full listings, eligibility requirements, and application instructions, please see http://www.neh.gov/projects/landmarks-college.html

These listings contain project titles and the means to contact each Landmarks Workshop director. In response to a request for information, workshop directors will provide information about the content, logistics, and expectations of that project. Requests for information and completed applications should NOT be directed to the National Endowment for the Humanities; they should be addressed to the individual projects as found in the listings. General questions concerning the Landmarks of American History and Culture program may be directed to the NEH Division of Education Programs. (202-606-8463 or e-mail sem-inst@neh.gov).

The deadline for applications is March 15, 2006.