Faso Announces National Endowment for the Humanities Awards
Washington D.C. – Congressman John Faso today announced that two projects at Bard College have received competitive grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The grants awarded are chosen through a peer review process that ensures they represent high quality public engagement and humanities quality.
“Bard takes great pride in fulfilling its role as a private college operating in the public interest. We are deeply gratified to be recognized with two new grants from the NEH for our faculty work in the categories of Public Scholar Program and Scholarly Editions and Translations. These projects, and this generous funding, help us to broaden our efforts to bring the classics and scholarship to a wider audience,” said Bard College President Leon Botstein.
“Bard is home to incredible scholars whose work will help define history for generations to come,” said Faso.“These NEH grants recognize the talent working at Bard, and the tremendous leadership that the school displays in the academic arena. This type of scholarly research into classic historical events and times helps us gain insights into the past and reminds us of our shared human experience. I’m glad to see the NEH has recognized that fact and awarded this project funding.”
The first project grant is awarded to the Public Scholar Program for the amount of $50,000. The project is entitled “The Sacred Band of Thebes and the Last Days of Greek Freedom (379-338 B.C.).”
The second project grant is awarded to the Scholarly Editions and Translations program for the amount of $132,340. The project is entitled “Transcription and Translation of Franz Boas’s Kwakwaka’wakw Field Notes for a Critical Edition of His 1897 Monograph.”
More information, including a nationwide list of projects receiving grant funding, is available here:https://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2018-08-08
