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The following University of Delaware faculty members have received grants from UD’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center (IHRC) for the 2023-2024 academic year:
- Carla Guerrón Montero, Department of Anthropology, for the project, Applying a Mobilities Framework to Anthropological Theory.
- Hye-Shin Kim and Nokyeon Kim, Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies, for the project Engaging the Public in the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) of Fashion by Leveraging the Humanities.
- Laura Helton, Departments of English and History, for the project, Technologies of Writing: Creating a Mobile Classroom Maker Lab & Teaching Collection for Literary Studies.
The IHRC awards interdisciplinary grants advancing curricular
innovation and public humanities outreach. Grants may be used by faculty
to re-imagine extant courses or develop new curricular offerings.
The Paul R. Jones Initiative (PRJI), part of the IHRC, has awarded the following grants for 2023-2024:
- Colin Miller, director for Global Arts, for Activism in the Being/Body. Grounded
in an inclusive format, participants will be guided through embodied
sensing, breathing, centering and presence as individuals and
collectively. All elements of the workshop are inspired by and derived
from movement and cultural traditions of Black and African descent and
diasporic peoples.
- Amanda Zehnder, chief curator and head, UD Libraries, Museums and Press, and Lori Birrell, director of Special Collections and Museums: Public programming for the James E. Newton exhibition in Mechanical Hall Gallery Spring 2024.
The Paul R. Jones Initiative honors the late art collector Paul R.
Jones and his gift of African American art to the University of
Delaware. The PRJI supports teaching and research related to the
collection and to curricular outreach related to American art and
culture in dialogue with Africa and its diaspora. The PRJI Black Arts @
UD grants support events and curricular enhancement.
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