Advancing a Public Humanities and Arts Collaborative and Associated Curriculum

FAIN: AA-289931-23

Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI 02809-2923)
Elaine Stiles (Project Director: May 2022 to present)

A sixteen-month grant to support the development of curricular programs in public humanities. 

Roger Williams University (RWU) seeks funding to support a sixteen-month effort by the RWU Public Humanities and Arts Collaborative (The Co-Lab) to initiate programming in support of: 1) developing and enhancing courses contributing to a new community-engaged public humanities minor and graduate certificate, 2) supporting faculty in community-engaged public humanities teaching and, 3) convening a consortium of public humanities scholars and community organizations in the southeastern New England region investigating issues of race and racial equity. This Co-Lab effort aligns with the NEH initiative “A More Perfect Union” in the project’s efforts to support a critical aspect of the notion of collective citizenship and a more just, inclusive, and sustainable society: equitable representation in the public realm and in public narratives.