Best Practices in Humanities Centers

Instruction/Curriculum Developing new courses, especially interdisciplinary ones (Wisconsin) Danz Courses in the Humanities (Simpson Center for the Humanities, U. Washington) Overall curricular plan (Arizona State) International courses/tours Student internships (Simpson Center for the Humanities, U. Washington) Student Conferences Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities (Simpson Center for the Humanities, U. Washington) Master's/Doctoral Humanities Program (many centers) Dissertation/Student Research Support (Tanner Center, U. Utah)

Faculty Development & Research Support Funding faculty research (Wisconsin) Research networks (Calgary) Focussed research networks or projects (UC Riverside, UCSB) Collaborative Research (U. Washington) Society of Scholars (U. Washington) One Day Symposium (U. Manitoba) Funding faculty training (e.g., conferences, seminars) Faculty fellowship (e.g., DePaul Centre for the Humanities, Tanner Center, U. Utah) Course-load reduction Student assistance Associate Professor Initiative (U. Washington) Conference/Exhibition/Performance grant (U. Georgia) Book Subvention Program (U. Georgia) Aid in grant development & writing (Kansas) Funding distinguished professorships (Kansas) Publish occasional papers or preprints (UC Riverside, UC Berkeley) Work in progress talks (Utah)

Campus Humanities Contributions Lecture/colloquium series (almost all humanities centers) High profile visiting lecturer/artist (almost all humanities centers, e.g., U. Georgia) Campus-wide theme for a semester or year (Cornell, Wesleyan) Exhibitions and Film Screenings (Simpson Center for the Humanities, U. Washington) Develop links between humanities and technical disciplines Library Enhancement Grants (U. Alabama Huntsville) Interdisciplinary seminars structured around a specific theme (Kansas, Wisconsin) Humanities Week/Humanities Festival (Wisconsin)

Community/State Humanities Contributions Compile a list of people willing to speak to humanities issues in the community - media directory Resource collection and development (archives, library, visual media, Web, etc.) Microcosms: The University Collects (UCSB) Educator Resources: Utah's Olympic Bibliography, Latino/Hispanic Education (Tanner Center, U. Utah) Public panels or discussions on issues of local, national, or international humanities interest. September Project (Simpson Center for the Humanities, U. Washington) Art exhibitions & museum/display/presentation space (Michigan) Residency Programs (UCSB) Orlando/middle Florida place research (connecting academic and popular history/folklore) History/art/culture of the region (e.g., "This Day in Kansas History", Appalachian Studies) Society of locals interested in humanities (New Generation Society of Lawrence Kansas) UCF Folkvine Project - Florida Artists on the Web - not currently affiliated with a humanities center Cultural Byways Project - UCF Heritage Alliance - not currently affiliated with a humanities center. K-12 teachers humanities workshops and resource development (Wisconsin, U. Texas) Teachers as Scholars - (U. Washington) UCSB K-12 History Project (UCSB) Seminars/resources on humanities texts for specific audiences (lawyers, doctors, etc.) (Dallas) Humanities in the Workplace (U. Texas) Citizen/scholar newsletter (U. Texas) UW/Seattle Humanities Forums (U. Washington - page missing) Prometheus Project (Valencia) or Clemente Course Short courses in interdisciplinary humanities for community people Wednesday University (U. Washington) Prize Delta Prize for Global Understanding (U. Georgia) Philosopher's Café Identify groups that could benefit from aspects of humanities & discuss programs - e.g., NGOs, community groups, seniors groups

National/International Contributions Membership in the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes Visiting scholars program (many centers) Post-doctoral scholarships/fellowships (many centers) Conferences The Liberal Education: Dead or Alive (Dartmouth) Playing the Wild Card: Un/Disciplined Thoughts on Wild(er)ness (CIRLA) Book series (Simpson Center, U. Washington) Publish or support scholarly journals (Kansas) Occasional papers (UC Riverside) Development and support of research tools (IATH) Email discussion group Website Humanities links with other universities (e.g., African, Asian) Exchange of faculty Mutual development of resources Development of research tools (Getty)

Examples of Specific Humanities Projects The Center for the City (Dallas) Center for Theory, Culture, and Politics (Trent University) Humanities and Modern Culture (Simon Fraser) Humanities and the Public Sphere (Simon Fraser) Alternatives to Violence (Simon Fraser) Our Own Backyard (Simon Fraser) Education in the Community (Simon Fraser) The New Information Order (Edinburgh) Microcosms: Objects of Knowledge (UCSB) Encyclopedia of New England Culture (U. New Hampshire)

Research Funding Sites Humanities Funding Sources on the Web (Berkeley) Research Funding Sites (Tanner Center, U. Utah)