Global Humanities Institute

Call for Proposals:

FacultyFellowships in the Global Humanities 2015-2016

Montgomery College has a long history of innovative approaches to teaching cultural diversity and global education. The Global Humanities Institute, created in Fall 2012 with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, builds on this tradition with programs to enhance teaching of the humanities from a global perspective. These programs include:

  • Faculty Fellowships
  • Faculty research grants
  • Speakers and events
  • Partnerships with overseas institutions
  • Conference attendance
  • Travel abroad

Central to the mission of the Global Humanities Institute are Faculty Fellowships in the Global Humanities. We are pleased to issue a call for proposals for Fall 2015-Spring 2016Faculty Fellowships.

Focus in the fellowships will be on how we can integrate study of the humanities across national borders into our existing teaching practices. We will consider: What is our common, shared human experience? Where do our distinct concerns meet each other? In what ways do our most deeply valued ideas and traditions find expression? How can we convey this complexity to our students in ways that create meaning for them?

The GHI Faculty Fellowships Application deadline is Friday, April3, 2015 by 5:00 pm.

Two fellowships are offered. Faculty may submit a proposal for one:

  • Teaching Humanities in a Global Context: A workshop series for faculty who wish to internationalize ahumanities coursethat they currently teach.
  • Creating Global Humanities Learning Communities: A workshop series for faculty pairs who wish to link courses they teach into humanities learning communities with a global focus.

Who can apply?

Full-time and part-time faculty in the humanities (as defined by the National Endowment for the Humanities) and relevant disciplines who wish to explore the connections between the humanities and global issues and cultures are invited to submit proposals for Faculty Fellowships. Faculty who currently teach courses in the humanities and aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methodsmay apply for this fellowship. Humanities faculty are the primary recipients of support.

Applicants for these fellowshipsshould have strong interest in the humanities or interdisciplinary humanities exploration, as well as training or teaching experience in their discipline. We are most interested in faculty who demonstrate a general awareness and knowledge of global approaches orwho have a desire to incorporate a global perspective into the courses they teach. The intensive study in these fellowships will enable faculty to envision content and delivery that are pedagogicallysound. The fellowships also offer opportunities for faculty to build on their discipline content knowledge and to gain scholarly expertise.

How does the NEH define “humanities”?

The funder of this grant, the National Endowment for the Humanities, defines the humanities as the study and interpretation of the following:

  • language, both modern and classical
  • linguistics
  • literature
  • history
  • jurisprudence
  • philosophy
  • archaeology
  • comparative religion
  • ethics
  • the history, criticism and theory of the arts
  • those aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods
  • The study and application of the humanities to the human environment with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage, traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities to the current conditions of national life.

(National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act, 1965, as amended)

The last two bullet items in this list allow for some case-by-case determination of eligibility for GHI Individual or Learning Community Faculty Fellowships.

For additional explanation, see Q&A, attached, visit and/or contact us by emailing . Complete applications, including chairperson and dean approvals, must be received by Friday, April 3, 2015, 5:00pm.

Please submit both an electronic copy and hard copy of your completed application to the Global Humanities Institute. You may submit your electronic copy to nd a hardcopy to Global Humanities Institute, CF 120, TPSS Campus.

Calls for the other programs of the Global Humanities Institute will be publicizedseparately.

Please note: Our intention is to offer as many faculty as possible the opportunity to participate in GHI programs. Therefore, acceptance to one program of the GHI does notensure nor preclude acceptance into another.

PROPOSAL FOR STAND-ALONE COURSE FELLOWSHIP

Teaching Humanities in a Global Context

Why apply?

These workshops will focus on global and cross-cultural approaches to teaching the humanities and guide you through the process of internationalizing a humanities course that you currently teach. The session series will be supplemented and enriched by stimulating guest speakers, readings, and discussions related to the interdisciplinary and global aspects of the humanities.Upon completing your fellowship, you are required to teach your internationalized coursea minimum of two times.

This workshop will…

  • Help you prepare your students for competence in an increasingly interconnected world
  • Encourage you to view your humanities course content from varied historic, cultural, and geopolitical perspectives

•Provide strategies for infusing your course with global knowledge, awareness, and skills in ways that support your standard course objectives

•Help you select materials, learning activities and assessment strategies that promote critical thinking and student-centered learning

•Help you identify resources for internationalizing your course, including the diverse experiences and perspectives of your students.

Upon completing the workshop, you will have a detailed design plan for internationalizing your humanities course.

When and where will the meetings be held?

Dates: Sessions will be held on eight Wednesdays during Fall 2015 semester and four Wednesdays during Spring 2016.

  • Fall 2015: August 26, September 9 and 23, October 7 and 21, November 4 and 18, December 2.
  • Spring 2016: February 3, March 2, April 6, May 4

Time: 2:30-5 PM

Location: Fellowship meetings will take place on at a central campus location, to be determined by the home campuses of the fellows.

Is alternate ESH provided?

Participants in the Teaching Humanities in a Global Context fellowship will receive 3 non-teaching ESH for the fall semester and 1.5 ESH in the spring. Fellows must participate in both fall and spring semesters, and perfect attendance is expected. Approval of instructional dean and department chair is required.

How Can I Apply?

  1. Complete the attached application form below.
  2. Write a two-page statement that includes the following:
  3. Describe the humanities course you want to internationalize, and explain why you think this course would benefit from the addition of global content and perspectives.
  4. Describe any teaching or scholarly work you have done in the area of international studies or global humanities.
  5. Explain how a faculty development program in global humanities will meet your goals as a teacher and a scholar.
  6. Receive approval and sign-off of your proposal from your instructional dean and department chair. Approval may be sent to ith a two-sentence explanation.
  7. All application materials must be received by April 3, 5:00pm.

Global Humanities Institute

Application for Fellowship in the Global Humanities, 2015-2016

Frequently Asked Questions

Who may apply?

Full-time and part-time instructors who currently teach courses in “those aspects of social sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods.” For obvious reasons, the funding agency has humanities faculty as their primary recipients of support.

There are two strands to the GHIFellowship. Faculty may propose to

  • revise an existing course, or
  • create a global humanitieslearning community of two linked courses

Can faculty in the natural sciences apply?

Unfortunately, natural sciences faculty cannot apply to the GHI to internationalize an individual course. Although the humanities and sciences can be brought together to create enriching curricula, the GHI fellowship to internationalize a single course focuses on accepted humanities areas as defined by the National Endowment for the Humanities (see main proposal page).

However, pairs of faculty from a broader range of disciplines can apply to the GHI to create a Global Humanities Learning Community if both the following conditions are met:

(1)one of the two courses in the proposed learning community is a humanities course,

(2)the pairing of the two courses explores an interdisciplinary humanities theme or takes a humanistic approach, as described by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

What selection criteria will be used for acceptance?

We are looking for faculty who have strong interest, teaching experience, and background in the humanities and who seek to incorporate a global perspective into courses they regularlyteach. The intensive work and study in the GHI Faculty Fellowshipswill enable faculty to teach global humanities contentin a way that is systematic and pedagogically to their satisfaction. GHI Fellowshipsare opportunities for faculty to build on their current knowledge and teaching practices and gain scholarly expertise in the area of global humanities study.

What is involved in participating in this fellowship?

  • Stand-alone course fellows will meet throughout the Fall 2015-Spring 2016 academic year on select Wednesday afternoons, 2:30-5:00pm.
  • Learning Communities fellows will meet throughout the Fall 2015-Spring 2016 academic year on select Wednesday afternoons, 2:30-5:30pm.
  • Faculty development sessions for individual faculty revising a single course will provide skills for infusing existing syllabi with cross-cultural and cross-national perspectives.
  • Faculty development sessions for pairs of faculty creating learning communities will provide skills for integrating two courses and infusing the resulting syllabus with cross-cultural and cross-national perspectives.
  • Fellows will receive information on how to integrate appropriately themed service learning options into their courses, if they wish.
  • Hands-on sessions will support fellows’ work on revising syllabi and conducting research.
  • Fellows will also participate in content laden scholarly discussions based on presentations and readings.

Is alternate ESH available for potential release from teaching?

Yes. We recognize that taking on the work of reading, thinking, discussing and recreating that the GHI fellowships entail cannot be accomplished in addition to a regular teaching load.

  • Individual course fellows will receive a total of4.5 ESH during the Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 semesters:
  • 3.0 ESH during the fall semester for workshop meetings
  • 1.5 ESH in the spring semester to work on finalizing their new documents.
  • Learning Community faculty will receive 6.0 ESH during the Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 semesters to create the multiple parts of a learning community:
  • 3.0 ESH during the fall semester
  • 3.0 ESH during the spring semester

Where will the fellowship meetings take place?

Fellowship meetings will take place on each of the three campuses. The location of the majority of the meetings will be determined by the home campuses of the fellows.

Who pays for this alternate ESH?

All costs for Global Humanities Institute programs are paid by a National Endowment for the Humanities challenge grant.

When are applications for this fellowship due?

April 3 by 5:00pm. Please submit both an electronic copy and hard copy of your completed application to the Global Humanities Institute. You may submit your electronic copy to nd a hardcopy to Global Humanities Institute, CF 120, TPSS Campus.

For more information, visit our website:

*All forms attached will soon be made available on the GHI website: under “Faculty Fellowships, Application Forms.”

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