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The 萍研究所 runs many ongoing initiatives that promote the Humanities their engagement with other disciplines both on campus and within our wider community, and it works to develop new projects in pursuit of these goals.

One of the Institute’s greatest successes was the creation of the Bruning Teaching Academy, which it founded with the help of a grant from the Konneker Fund. In the Teaching Academy twelve untenured faculty are paired with 12 award-winning faculty to discuss the teaching of undergraduates. 学院的主任是博士. 比尔·康迪，琳达·赖斯和雷蒙德·弗罗斯特. The pairs of faculty members visit each other’s classes and meet weekly to discuss specific issues. The entire group meets in a focused plenary session every three weeks where they also have the opportunity to talk about issues of interest to the whole group.

Another primary goal of the Institute is to support high school teachers by offering each year a program of one-day workshops that bring teachers to campus to discuss subjects relevant to the teaching of the Humanities. 每个工作坊, the 萍研究所 recruits a member of the University faculty to offer a workshop in their area of expertise. 在可能的情况下, 这些研讨会与校园活动同时举行, 比如大型会议或戏剧演出. The workshops provide teachers with engaging seminar-style discussions with top faculty, 有机会与该地区的其他教师联系, 并提供联系时间，以支持教师认证. 最近的平学院工作坊包括

  • 2014年春季——”皆大欢喜 Samuel Crowl的《newbb电子》, Jill Ingram, and Shelley Delaney
  • Fall 2014 – “Landscape and Community: Utopian Approaches to Healing” with  Katherine Ziff and Jessica Cyders
  • Spring 2015 – “The Case of the 11月el 11月elist: One Mystery Writer’s Journey” with  Andrew Welsh-Huggins
  • 2015年秋季——”无事生非 Samuel Crowl的《newbb电子》
  • Spring 2016 – “From Page to Stage: The Process of Writing Plays” with Charles Smith and Erik Ramsey
  • Fall 2016 – “Coal and Culture in Appalachia” with Geoff Buckley
  • Spring 2017 – “Tolkien’s Middle Ages” with Mary Kate Hurley
  • Fall 2017 – “Unelected Leaders: America’s First Ladies” with Katherine Jellison
  • 2018年春季-“朱莉·泰莫的电影 《仲夏夜之梦塞缪尔·克罗尔
  • Fall 2018 – “Talk the Walk: Using Positive and Strengths-Based Language” with Ashwini Ganeshan and Geneva Murray
  • 2019年春季-“文学”, 历史, and Propaganda of Women’s Suffrage” with Carey Snyder and Katherine Jellison
  • 2019年春季——”罗密欧与朱丽叶 Samuel Crowl的《newbb电子》
  • Fall 2020 – “Mingling of Tragedy and Triumph: True Tales from Within and Beyond the Heartland” with Linda Rice
  • Spring 2020 – “Settling Ohio: First Nations and Beyond” with many professors hosted by Brian Schoen

除了为期一天的研讨会之外, each summer the 萍研究所 offers a three-day Summer Institute for high school teachers. These events provide high school teachers with opportunities to explore Humanities-based interdisciplinary topics in greater depth, 通常有两个或更多的大学教员. 教师们通常会留在雅典参加这次活动, providing them opportunities to connect with other high school teachers, engage in seminar-style discussions with top University faculty, and acquire contact hours to support their teaching accreditation. 最近的暑期课程包括:

  • Summer 2014 – “Remembering Nazi Germany: Two Women’s Memoirs” with Lois Vines and Marie Claire Wrage
  • Summer 2015 – “The Mahabharata: India’s Great Epic” with Brian Collins and Vishwa Adluri
  • Summer 2016 – “A Global Perspective on Islam” with Loren Lybarger, Linda Rice, and Assan Sarr
  • Summer 2017 – “Book 历史 from Gutenberg to Google” with Miriam Intrator, 乔·麦克劳克林, 和妮可·雷诺兹
  • Summer 2018 – “Remembering the Great War” with Nicole Reynolds, David Curp, and Cyrus Moore
  • Summer 2019 – “Teaching (with) Video Games” with Edmond Chang

The 萍研究所 also promotes opportunities for newbb电子平台 faculty to come together to engage in interdisciplinary discussions to build connections across departments. In addition to regular receptions where faculty can come together for informal events to meet their colleges and build bridges across disciplines, 学院每年举办一次教师研讨会, in which a prominent figure involved in the Humanities is invited to campus to discuss a text with a group of 20-25 University faculty members. 最近的教师研讨会包括:

  • March 2014 – “Screen Adaptations: Hamlet塞缪尔·克罗尔 of newbb电子平台.
  • 11月. 2014 – “Education, Justice and Democracy” with Danielle Allen of Princeton University.
  • 11月. 2015 – “African Healing and the Intellectual 历史 of the Atlantic World” with James Sweet of the University of Wisconsin.
  • March 2017 – “Public Theologies of Belonging and Governance” with Nukhet Sandal of newbb电子平台.
  • March 2018 – “An Evening with Appalachian 11月elist Robert Gipe” with novelist Robert Gipe of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College.
  • April 2019 – “The Humanities in Everyday Life” with Michael Levenson of the University of Virginia.

展望未来, the 萍研究所 seeks to maintain its current initiatives while generating ideas for new ways to support the Humanities both on campus and in the community. Those interested in the Humanities are encouraged to watch the webpage or find the institute on social media to keep updated as new initiatives are developed and introduced.