About the NEH Summer Teaching Institute
Pandemics in History, Literature, and Today
July 11-22, 2022 — Fayetteville, Arkansas
This is a planned residential program for 36 K-12 educators. Depending on public health guidelines related to COVID-19, plans for a residential offering are subject to change.
At the institute “Pandemics in History, Literature, and Today” participants will delve deeply into the global history of the 1918 influenza pandemic, discuss literature related to its cultural and personal impact, work with archival, primary source materials from front-line workers of 1918, and compare these historical, literary, and archival descriptions with histories being gathered of the current pandemic.
National Endowment for the Humanities
This summer teaching institute was made possible with a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
U of A Humanities Center
The Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences promotes humanistic scholarship and inquiry, innovative and interdisciplinary teaching, and humanities scholarship to the wider community.
University of Arkansas
The U of A is one of the nation’s top public research universities. Our ideas, solutions and collaborations make communities and economies stronger. The opportunities and skills we provide make lives better. We envision a better world and we’re determined to build it.
Applying to the Program
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A committee composed of the core personnel, including university and K-12 specialists, will review applications. In their materials, applicants will be asked to articulate their hopes for the workshop so that organizers can know how to best facilitate a productive experience and applicants will feel invested in outcomes.
Important Dates
Application Deadlines
Participant applications are due on Monday, March 1, 2022. All applicants will be informed of their status (accepted, waitlisted, or not accepted) by Friday March 25, 2022. Successful applicants must accept or decline their offer(s) by Friday, April 8, 2022. This date is required by the NEH of all projects.
Project Team
Project Leaders
- Casey Kayser, director and founder of the University of Arkansas Medical Humanities program
- Tricia Starks, professor of history and University of Arkansas Humanities Center director
Core Team
- Susan Kendrick-Perry, operations administrator, and transcription supervisor for the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History
- William F. McComas, Parks Family Distinguished Professor of Science Education at the University of Arkansas
- Coty Nichols, Fayetteville High School History teacher
Consulting Experts
- Amy L. Allen, associate librarian and University Archivist at the U of A
- Todd Cleveland, U of A Department of History Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies
- Micah Hester, Chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Virginia Siegel, professional folklorist and coordinator of Arkansas Folk and Traditional Arts, housed in the U of A Libraries
- Angela Scott, developmental pediatrician and leader of the literature and medicine curriculum at UAMS
For Participants
Please explore the for participants page for information on schedules, readings, stipends, housing and in-service credit.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about the teaching institute, please email us at uahc@uark.edu.