Upcoming Lecture:
"Crusaders in the Eastern Mediterranean: Thieves and Tyrants?"
by Alfred J. Andrea

Sponsored by the Tufts Historical Review, the Office of the President,
and the Tufts History Society

Come join NERWHA's own Alfred. J. Andrea as he delivers the fourth
annual Tufts Historical Review Lecture at 5:00 pm on April 25 at Tufts
University. Andrea will deconstruct the two classic images of the
Crusaders, the "Terry Jones" image of barbarian devastation and the
romantic depiction as chivalrous knights, thereby opening the
possibility of seeing the "thieves and tyrants" in a new light. Andrea
will explore the nuances of what is actually a complex and variegated
history of Western relations with the peoples of the Levant in the
twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

THR Andrea Lecture (PDF)

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NEH SUMMER SEMINAR

Have you got a passion for thinking? Then you are encouraged to apply to the NEH Summer Seminar on "The Political Theory of Hannah Arendt:The Problem of Evil and the Origins of Totalitarianism" that Dr.Kathleen B. Jones will direct again at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities, located at Bard College, in Annadale-on-Hudson, NY from June 24 to July 27, 2012. Participants from a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, politics, social science, history, and literature share stimulating dialogue about some of the most thought-provoking, challenging and controversial texts in contemporary political thought. The seminar will be restricted to sixteen participants who are K-12 teachers or graduate students who intend to teach at the K-12 level. A stipend of $3,900 will be provided to cover expenses. For more information, contact http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~arendt/wp/ or Simone Arias at sarias2@earthlink.net

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World History Institute for Teachers
“Asia as the Crossroads of World History, 600-1800”
Gettysburg College, July 8-13, 2012

For our fourth Summer institute, we are pleased to offer you the following opportunity:

Keynote Speakers: Pamela Crossley and Xinru Liu

This Institute is for you if:
· You are new to teaching World History and looking for ideas, support, comfort,
this will be especially helpful in covering material introduced early in the course
· You are not new to teaching World History but would like ideas, support, comfort,
join a group of peers for a week of mutual encouragement and sharing of experience.
· You want to explore ways to (better) incorporate Asia into your World History courses
· You are looking for a seminar-style professional development opportunity on a beautiful college campus that will (re)invigorate your teaching

Become a better, more informed world history teacher.
Earn 4.5 CEUs [45 Act 48 credits for PA teachers]

For more information visit our website – www.gettysburg.edu/whi , or contact us at whi@gettysburg.edu

Regular registration by April 1 = $925
Late registration through May 31 = $975

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Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley

Walking beside thousand-year-old burial mounds, flaking raw stone into tools, learning how potsherds tell us about human behavior, and understanding how humans adapt to complex, ever-changing environments-our
2012 NEH Summer Institute features all this and more.

The Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse will offer a three-week NEH Summer Institute on July 9-27, 2012. This dynamic learning experience for K-12 teachers will explore how Native Americans and Euro-Americans have adapted to the Upper Mississippi River Valley over the past 13,500 years, and how archaeology leads to an understanding of how human cultures change and adapt through time.

The Institute will feature a one-day excavation experience, field trips to archaeological sites, hands-on laboratory and workshop activities, demonstrations, and classroom activities. Individual projects will help participants tailor the content to their own teaching areas. NEH Summer Scholars receive a $2,700 stipend to help offset their expenses.

Application and other information on the Institute will be available online at http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac/neh.htm. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2012.

Bonnie L. Jancik
Director of Public Education
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

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Nov 5 NERWHA Symposium
Our Fall 2011 Symposium, “Braided Narratives: Integrating Teaching and Research” was a great success – please look at our program

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Boren Awards at http://www.borenawards.org/

Boren Scholarships and Fellowships provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to add an important international and language component to their educations. We focus on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study that are critical to U.S. national security, broadly defined, and underrepresented in study abroad.

The 2012 application deadlines are:
Boren Scholarships Deadline: February 9, 2012
Each campus sets an earlier campus deadline.
Boren Fellowships Deadline: January 31, 2012

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NERWHA members Roland Higgins, Angela Lee, Patience Berkman, James Diskant, and Mary Jane Maxwell at the WHA in Beijing July, 2011: