Humanities Faculty Mini-Grants
CALL - 2024-2025 Humanities Faculty Mini-Grants
2023-24 Humanities Faculty Mini-Grants Winners
The University Center for the Humanities is pleased to announce the 2023-24 Humanities Faculty Mini-Grant winners:
Agatha Slupek, Political Science: "Feminism in Public"
A redesigning of "Feminism in Public" course so that its activities foster 51 students’ development of skills in archival research and public writing. The course seeks to introduce students to the vexed historical and conceptual relationship between feminism as a political movement and the very notion of the public sphere. [Additionally, the course seeks] to challenge students’ typically favorable view of social media as a forum for public (and feminist) discourse. By re-visiting historical examples of 20th century feminist publics and counter-publics (Berlant and Warner, 2007; Fraser 1990, 2016) in digital archives, students will gain a deeper appreciation of the varied collective practices by which dominant publics are challenged and counter-publics are formed.
Kristina Wirtz, Spanish: "Life-worlds Along the Kalamazoo River: A Public Humanities Project Addressing Environmental Change in a Time of Crisis"
A public humanities combined teaching/research/service project to center an anthropology of place on a riverine system close to 51’s campus, the Kalamazoo River. The anthropology experiential and service learning class I am developing (ANTH 5030) will emphasize listening as a modality for learning and storytelling as a basis for nurturing relationships with community organizations and activists who care about the river.
Li Xiang, Department of World Languages and Literatures: "Tell Our Stories: A Video Collection Celebrates AAPI Heritage"
The project “Tell Our Stories: A Video Collection Celebrates AAPI Heritage” focuses on building bridges between Western Michigan University Chinese language students and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) heritage communities, especially the Chinese communities, in West Michigan.
2022-23 Humanities Faculty Mini-Grants Winners
The University Center for the Humanities is pleased to announce the 2022-23 Humanities Faculty Mini-Grant winners: