HERA
- The Humanities Education and Research Association - is devoted
to promoting the worldwide study, teaching and understanding of
the humanities across a range of disciplines through regular conferences,
scholarship, and its journal Interdisciplinary Humanities.
The
mission of HERA is to:
Promote the worldwide study, teaching and understanding of the
humanities across a range of disciplines, including, but not limited
to:
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Ancient and modern languages and literatures, written or oral
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History
- Philosophy and religion
- The visual arts and
architecture
- The performing arts,
including theater, dance, and music
- Performing media,
including film, television, and the Internet
- Related fields such
as archeology, anthropology, ethnic studies, women's studies,
and history of science and engineering
- Those aspects of social
sciences which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods.
Support the application of the humanities to the human environment
with particular attention to reflecting our diverse heritage,
traditions, and history and to the relevance of the humanities
to the current conditions of national life.
Support the interchange of research and the scholarships
of knowledge, teaching and service in the humanities through conferences,
publications, and related activities in a worldwide context.
Provide additional forums for the exchange of ideas regarding
humanities education in schools, colleges and universities, libraries
and museums, and other contexts.
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UPCOMING
HERA CONFERENCE
2014
Washington, DC
HERA's Annual Conference Humane, Inhumane, Human. .
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PRAISE
FOR 2013 CONFERENCE
I
want to say how much I enjoyed the presentations, people, and arrangements
. . . I liked the diversity of interests and openness of the participants
for discussion and feedback. The
conference was so inspiring that I want to attend the next one--and
the one after that, and ...
Glad I am a member.
Thank you for this wonderful experience.
PAST
HERA CONFERENCES
HERA
has hosted conferences all across the nation. Check out conference
programs, speakers, and special events. . . MORE>>
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UPCOMING HUMANITIES CALLS and CONFERENCES
April
4-6, 2013
San Diego, CA
Confessional Contest and Compromise in Early Modern England
Papers will explore the various contests and compromises that constituted
religious life and literature in early modern England. . . MORE>>
April
10-14, 2013
Riverside, CA
The 2013 Joint Eaton/SFRA Conference Science Fiction Media
The past several decades have witnessed an explosion in SF texts
across the media landscape, from film and TV to comics and digital
games...MORE>>
May
9-12, 2013
Kalamazo, MI
International Congress on Medieval Studies
This
Call for Papers shows that planning for next year is already well
advanced, requiring your immediate attention if you plan to deliver
a paper. Many sessions may become fully subscribed any time before
the 15 September deadline for paper proposals. Thus if you are interested
in giving a paper, we encourage early submissions addressed to the
contact person . . . MORE
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July
1-6, 2013
King's College, Strand Campus, England
International Bryon Conference
Registration and Call for Papers NOW OPEN
The Byron Society and King’s College London are pleased to announce
that the website for the 39thInternational Byron Conference is now
open . . . MORE>>
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CURRENT
ISSUE Interdisciplinary Humanitites

Fall
2012
Service-Learning in the Humanities

Summer
2012
Transformations
UPCOMING
CALLS
Interdisciplinary
Humanities
Deadline:
May 1, 2013
Fall 2013 - Fat Representations includes
scholarly
articles, nonfiction essays, and book and film reviews that explore
representations and theories of fat, gender and eating . . . MORE>>
Deadline:
Nov. 1, 2013
Spring 2014 - Online Learning in the Humanities
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ONGOING
IH CALLS and other Information . . . MORE>>
PAST
ISSUES OF IH

Spring
2012
Children's Media

Fall 2011
(mis)Representing Difference

Spring 2011
Intersections: Mind, Body, Time,
Space
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ONGOING CALLS
CRITIQUE
is a peer-reviewed literary journal devoted to essays on contemporary
fiction. The editors are also interested in critical essays on the
fiction of significant emerging writers from any country. . . MORE>>
English
and American Literature
The English Department at the University of Pennsylvania hosts calls
for papers on English and American Literature and Culture for journals
and conferences . . . MORE>>
George
Washington Encyclopedia
George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate, Museum and Gardens is seeking
submissions for entries on a variety of topics to be included in
a new online encyclopedia . . .
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HNet
- Humanities and Social Sciences on Line
An international consortium of scholars and teachers, H-Net
creates and coordinates Internet networks with the common objective
of advancing teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and
social sciences . . . MORE>>
NEBULA
is an online academic periodical interested in all things intellectual
with the intention of providing a platform for interdisciplinary
reading .
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Email
conference and call announcements to: Marcia
Green (mgreen@sfsu.edu)
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NEWSLETTER
HERA's
newsletter features conference updates, interdisciplinary teaching
and scholarship, travelogues, and MORE>>
RESOURCES
Member
News Awards, publications, websites and MORE>>
Humanities
Publications, Organizations, Centers, and Other Web Links Links
to resources for study, research, and funding in the humanities
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Museums,
Libraries, Online Journals, Opera, Theater, Music, and Dance
A
comprehensive listing of many of the internet's best online sources
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Job
Postings in the Humanities Browse
postings for career opportunities in the Humanities . . . MORE>>
The
University of Louisville invites applications for a senior professor
of Global Humanities to serve as Director of the Humanities Ph.D.
program .
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Colleges
and Universities offering Humanities degrees A
comprehensive list of American institutions focusing on the Humanities
. . . MORE>>
Email
resource announcements to: Marcia
Green (mgreen@sfsu.edu)
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HERA is a 501(c)3 corporation that provides the support needed to
bridge the gap between all levels of Humanities Education from kindergarten
through the college and university levels . . MORE>>
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