[064] National Humanities Alliance website shows MTSU leading in funded projects

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU leads all other universities in the state of Tennessee in higher education humanities projects funded by the National Humanities Alliance.

The nonprofit foundation, which funds education, research, preservation and public programs, recently created a new website which documents 10 years of publicly engaged humanities work in United States higher education.

MTSU’s six NHA endeavors include:

• African-American Oral History Project;
• The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson and America: 1801-1861;
• Travellers Rest, Occupied Nashville and the Civil War and Emancipation in the Upper South;
• Religious Pluralism in Middle Tennessee: An NEH Bridging Cultures Project;
• Middle Tennessee Oral History Project;
• Southern Places.

The website, https://humanitiesforall.org/#state=tn, also profiles MTSU’s Center for Historic Preservation, which engages in teaching, research and public service related to the preservation of historic sites.

“The Center for Historic Preservation has established reciprocal parties with communities large and small across Tennessee, and these community-grounded partnerships pave the way for our many innovative student-centered projects highlighted by the National Humanities Center,” said Carroll Van West, center director and Tennessee State Historian.

“We look forward to bringing more communities and student projects to the attention of this national leader in the field.”

For more information, contact the CHP at 615-898-2947 or histpres@mtsu.edu or the College of Liberal Arts at 615-898-2534 or cla@mtsu.edu.