National Humanities Alliance

The National Humanities Alliance will hold its 2010 Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day March 8-9 in Washington, DC.  The registration deadline for this important event has been extended to February 19, 2010.  If you have not already registered, click here.

The updated 2010 program is now available online.  Highlights include:

• Panel discussions on the state of the humanities, and the role of the humanities in shaping and contributing to public policy
• Luncheon and keynote address with NEH Chairman Jim Leach
• Briefings on federal funding and legislative priorities
• Capitol Hill reception co-sponsored by History
• New advocate training
• Congressional visits

• Brett Bobley- Chief Information Officer & Director, Office of Digital Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities
• Rosemary Feal- Executive Director, Modern Language Association
• Martha Kanter- Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
• Miriam Kazanjian, Consultant, Coalition for International Education
• Jim Leach, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
• David Marshall- Dean, Humanities & Fine Arts and Executive Dean, College of Letters & Science, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Wade Clark Roof- J.F. Rowny Professor of Religion & Society and Director, Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life, University of California, Santa Barbara
• James Allen Smith- Vice President & Director of Research and Education, The Rockefeller Archive Center
• Lee White, Executive Director, National Coalition for History
• Kathleen Woodward- Director, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington

Exact times and locations may be subject to change.  Please check the online program for further updates.

Last year marked two major milestones: record attendance for the Alliance's conference, and the largest single-year increase in funding for NEH in twenty years.  Please help maintain our momentum by registering today or forwarding this invitation to a colleague.  Together we can strengthen public support for humanities research and education, and build an infrastructure for advocacy for the long-term.  Online registration is available here.  The fee to attend all events is $50.