NHA Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day

Join us in Washington, D.C. this March to advocate for the humanities! This year’s event will provide ample opportunity to connect with a growing number of humanities advocates from around the country. Together, we will explore approaches to year-round advocacy on college campuses and in local communities while also preparing for Capitol Hill visits. On March 13, we will visit House and Senate offices to make a persuasive case for federal funding for the humanities.

Annual Meeting

Meeting Highlights:

Presentation of the Yates Award to two Members of Congress
Luncheon Address from John Parrish Peede, Acting Chairman of the NEH
Multiple advocacy training sessions
Plenary Discussion on the role of the humanities in addressing public distrust in higher education

Click here for the full program!

Humanities Advocacy Day

On Tuesday, March 13, advocates will visit Members of Congress or their staff with state-based delegations. NHA schedules these meetings in advance on behalf of all advocates. Before we meet in D.C., participants will be introduced to their advocacy group via email, receive advocacy training resources, and profiles of the Members of Congress whose offices they will visit. At the annual meeting, all advocates will have time to meet with their groups to discuss strategy and logistics for the following day.

Last year’s advocacy resources will be useful for first-time advocates interested in better understanding the resources provided for Humanities Advocacy Day.

Advocacy Guide Training Video

Pre-Conference Humanities Roundtable

The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold its Humanities Roundtable at the Washington Court Hotel on Sunday, March 11, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. We encourage all NHA Annual Meeting attendees who are interested to attend. The theme of this year’s roundtable is “Meeting the Needs of Humanities Librarians.” The roundtable program will end shortly before NHA’s annual meeting begins.

Event Details

Registration

Registration for this event is closed.

Event Schedule

Hotel Information

Washington Court Hotel

525 New Jersey Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20001

Sponsorship

Please help us build support for the humanities by signing on as a sponsor of the NHA Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day.

Thank you to our Capitol Hill Reception Sponsor!

Thank you to our Luncheon Sponsor!

Thank you to our sponsors!

American Academy of Religion
American Alliance of Museums
American Anthropological Association
American Council of Learned Societies
American Historical Association
American Institutes for Conservation
American Philosophical Association
American Political Science Association
American Schools of Oriental Research
American Sociological Association
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Association of Research Libraries
Association of University Presses
Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, Case Western Reserve University
CAA - Advancing Art and Design
Community Colleges Humanities Association
Cornell University
Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences
Council on Undergraduate Research
Dartmouth College
Federation of State Humanities Councils
German Studies Association
Kaplan Humanities Institute at Northwestern University
Middle East Studies Association
Modern Language Association
National Communication Association
National Humanities Center
Oregon Humanities Center
Organization of American Historians
Simpson Center for the Humanities
The Renaissance Society of America, Inc.
The Society for Classical Studies
University of Arkansas
University of California, Santa Barbara, Division of Humanities and Fine Arts
University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies
University of Maryland Arts and Humanities
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

Advancing the humanities for all.

March 11, 2018 at 6:00pm - March 13, 2018

Washington Court Hotel & Capitol Hill