Oregon Humanities

Free Summer Teacher Institute on Work

Oregon Humanities offers teachers the chance to explore the nature of work, the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow’s workers.

25 February 2010 | Permalink

Oregon secondary school teachers will have the chance to examine the topic of work at a free summer institute sponsored by Oregon Humanities (formerly Oregon Council for the Humanities).

“The Way We Work: History Lessons for a New Economy” is a free weekend program offered to Oregon secondary school teachers and will be held July 8–11, 2010, at Reed College in Portland. The registration deadline for the institute is April 23, 2010. Interested teachers may register online at oregonhumanities.org.

Enrollment is limited and preference is given to first-time participants and full-time Oregon secondary school teachers. Institute participants earn thirty hours of continuing education credit. Two optional graduate credits... More

Free summer teacher institute looks at immigration in the U.S.

Oregon Council for the Humanities offers teachers the chance to explore the history and current issues of immigration nationally and in the Northwest.

05 March 2009 | Permalink

Oregon secondary school teachers will have the chance to examine the topic of immigration at a free summer institute sponsored by the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH).
“The Unfinished Nation: Immigration and American Life” is a free weekend program offered to Oregon secondary school teachers and will be held July 17-19, 2009, at Southern Oregon University in Ashland. The registration deadline for the institute is April 17, 2009.
Enrollment is limited and preference is given to full-time Oregon secondary school teachers. Institute participants earn thirty hours of continuing education credit. Two graduate credits are available through the host institution for a per credit fee. Applications are available at More

Free public lecture examines class, place, and hurricane recovery

Humanities council sponsors talk about disaster recovery in Bend.

22 June 2008 | Permalink

How do disasters like Hurricane Katrina reveal social inequalities and failings by the American government? How do these inequalities and failings shape communities before environmental disasters strike and reshape them in the aftermath?
James Elliott, associate professor of sociology at the University of Oregon, examines class, natural disasters, and social inequalities at a free public lecture, “The Second Disaster: Class, Place, and Hurricane Recovery” at the Oregon State University, Cascades Campus, Cascades Hall, 2600 NW College Way, Bend, on Saturday, July 19, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. This lecture is offered in conjunction with the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH) teacher institute, “Decoding Class: Money, Mobility, and... More

Free summer teacher institute looks at class in America

The Oregon Council for the Humanities offers teachers the chance to explore money, mobility, and the American Dream.

19 February 2008 | Permalink

Why is it so difficult to talk candidly about how class shapes our identities, our institutions, and our shared culture? The Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH) is offering Oregon secondary school teachers an opportunity to examine this issue at a free summer institute.
“Decoding Class: Money, Mobility, and the American Dream” is a free weekend program offered to Oregon secondary school teachers and will be held July 18-20, 2008, at Oregon State University’s Cascades Campus in Bend. Teachers will explore class in literature, history, and popular culture; social and economic mobility as the basis of the American Dream; the role of class in contemporary culture; and the intersections of class with religion, race, and gender. More

Free summer institutes for Oregon teachers

Oregon Council for the Humanities offers opportunities for teachers to explore science and citizenship

14 March 2007 | Permalink

Oregon teachers have the opportunity to continue the learning process throughout the summer by enrolling in two free institutes hosted by the Oregon Council of Humanities (OCH).
Twenty-first Century Citizen: The Transformation of American Public Life will be held at Reed College June 29-July 1, 2007 and is open to all Oregon secondary school teachers. Crossroads of Knowledge: Science and the Human Experience will be held August 6-10 at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande and is offered to teachers in all science and humanities subject areas, with preference given to full-time eastern Oregon secondary school teachers.
Enrollment for both programs is limited. Registration forms are available online at http://www.oregonhum.org... More