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National Humanities Center Receives Award for Teaching Resources

The National Humanities Center has received the 2014 Primary Source Award for Teaching from the Center for Research Libraries for its interactive America in Class® Lessons. The award recognizes faculty, researchers, and others in the academic community who incorporate primary source materials like historical documents and literary texts into classroom instruction in innovative ways. In presenting the award, the CRL described the America in Class Lessons as "an innovative program that embodies an impressive combination of timeliness, collaboration, convenience, and educational excellence."

Luce Foundation Grant Enables New Program for Chinese Humanities Scholars

The Center is pleased to announce the launch of a four-year project that will bring three scholars each year from leading universities in Greater China for residential fellowships, beginning in fall 2014. Supported by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation and four partnering universities, the Chinese Scholars Program will give selected scholars an opportunity to spend a year in the rich and productive environment of the National Humanities Center.