Reeling Them In: Invigorating the Humanities Through Film At Two Texas Historically Black Colleges

FAIN: AB-50019-07

Prairie View A & M University (Prairie View, TX 77445-6850)
James M. Palmer (Project Director: July 2006 to March 2016)

A collaboration between Prairie View A & M University and Texas Southern University to prepare faculty at both institutions to develop and teach courses on the history and the critical interpretation of film.

Recognizing the social, aesthetic, and economic importance of cinema for the history of the twentieth century, Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern Universities seek an NEH grant to help develop and enhance courses that address history, literature, and culture through film. We will collaborate to create new film courses and establish resources for these courses. An NEH grant is sought because training and funding (as Andrew Garrison, director of the NCTE Commission on Media, has noted) rank as the two biggest hurdles to incorporating film and television successfully into the classroom. Creating a collaborative workshop, in consultation with experts in the field, would be one way to help improve the quality and teaching in the humanities, while a yearlong faculty forum on film is another.

Associated Products

Enhancing the Medieval Curriculum through NEH's Humanities Initiatives for Faculty, (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Enhancing the Medieval Curriculum through NEH's Humanities Initiatives for Faculty,
Author: James M. Palmer
Abstract: Special Session Organizer, One Workshop and Two Roundtable Sessions Accepted and Sponsored by NEH, 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Date: 05/08/2009
Primary URL: http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/medieval_cong_archive/1/
Primary URL Description: 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Teaching Medieval Literature at Minority Serving Colleges and Universities (Article)
Title: Teaching Medieval Literature at Minority Serving Colleges and Universities
Author: James M. Palmer
Author: Pearl Ratunil
Abstract: “Teaching Medieval Literature at Minority Serving Colleges and Universities,” with Pearl Ratunil, Studies in Teaching Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, 20(1), March, 2013, 7-20.
Year: 2013
Primary URL: http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=smart&p=
Primary URL Description: Journal homepage.
Access Model: Subscription
Format: Journal
Periodical Title: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching
Publisher: Witchita State University

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