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Humanities Communication in Action
September 2024
The CHC led at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a first-of-its-kind event (by invitation only): a Humanities Communication Convening of humanities organization leaders with leaders in science communication, journalism and media, communication, public relations, advocacy, social media, and other fields.
Where
CHC
Started
March 2024 Funding granted for CHC Convening
The Center for Humanities Communication (CHC), in partnership with its fiscal sponsor, the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), was awarded a NEH Chair’s Grant by Shelly C. Lowe, Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), to organize a “Humanities Communication Convening.”1 The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is partnering in the event by co-sponsoring and hosting it at its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
May 2024 Draft of the NextGen Co-Creator Internship
With input from 14 Humanities Councils nationwide and from the leaders of the Applied and Public Humanities internship at the University of Arizona, Stephanie Springer and Brittney Crawford, Christine Henseler, and Isabell Sluka of the CHC have drafted a “NextGen Co-Creator Internship” program that focuses on training the next generation to communicate the humanities through social media.
June 2024 Launch of HummComm Talk Blog
The CHC HumComm Talk blog features posts that spark discussion of the humanities and of humanities communication from guest contributors, CHC Associates, and others.
July 2024 Research & Development for Talking Points Toolbox
CHC's Christine Henseler develops the proposal for the Talking Points Toolbox to offer multimodal, vibrant communication materials that are free, easy, and simple to use and adapt.
September 2024 Held First Humanities Comms. Convening
The CHC led at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a first-of-its-kind event (by invitation only): a Humanities Communication Convening of humanities organization leaders with leaders in science communication, journalism and media, communication, public relations, advocacy, social media, and other fields.
December 2024 Introducing the Center for Humanities Communication.
Workshop for ACLS Communication Leads (with Kath Burton). American Council of Learned Societies
February 2025 CHC Receives $150,000, Mellon Grant
$150,000 Mellon Foundation Grant to Start jump-starting the CHCs' in creating training and resources to address such questions, the Mellon Foundation has awarded the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) a grant of $150,000 to help launch the recently formed CHC. (The AAC&U supports the CHC as it establishes itself by acting as its fiscal sponsor.)
CHC
2025
March 2025 Research & Development for Scholars Program
Our vision is to craft self-reflexive programs and opportunities for engaging with the concept and practice of humanities communication for scholars; and to create effective activities with and for the emerging community of humanities communicators.
April 2025 Council for Editors of Learned Journals Online Conference,
Scholarly Communications Platforms Editors Need to Know About
Center for Humanities Communication, with Kath Burton and in conversation with Knowledge Commons Bonnie Russell, Michigan State University, and Stephanie Vasko, Michigan State University) (Invited)
May 2025 Humanities Communication: Using Prompts to Showcase Scholarship. Northeast Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, PA.
May 2025 From SciComm to HumComm: Introducing the Center for Humanities Communication.
Liberal Arts College & Small Universities CHCI Network conference, Williams College, Williamstown, MA.
? 2026 Launch of new website
The CHC led at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a first-of-its-kind event (by invitation only): a Humanities Communication Convening of humanities organization leaders with leaders in science communication, journalism and media, communication, public relations, advocacy, social media, and other fields.
February 2025 CHC Receives $150,000, Mellon Grant
$150,000 Mellon Foundation Grant to Start jump-starting the CHCs' in creating training and resources to address such questions, the Mellon Foundation has awarded the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) a grant of $150,000 to help launch the recently formed CHC. (The AAC&U supports the CHC as it establishes itself by acting as its fiscal sponsor.)
Where
CHC
Is Going
March 2025 Research & Development for Scholars Program
Our vision is to craft self-reflexive programs and opportunities for engaging with the concept and practice of humanities communication for scholars; and to create effective activities with and for the emerging community of humanities communicators.
March 2025 Workshop #1
The CHC led at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a first-of-its-kind event (by invitation only): a Humanities Communication Convening of humanities organization leaders with leaders in science communication, journalism and media, communication, public relations, advocacy, social media, and other fields.
? 2025 Workshop #2
The CHC led at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a first-of-its-kind event (by invitation only): a Humanities Communication Convening of humanities organization leaders with leaders in science communication, journalism and media, communication, public relations, advocacy, social media, and other fields.
? 2025 --26 First cohort of students working on SEP development
The CHC led at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a first-of-its-kind event (by invitation only): a Humanities Communication Convening of humanities organization leaders with leaders in science communication, journalism and media, communication, public relations, advocacy, social media, and other fields.