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National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships 2025–2026

Society for Classical Studies

National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships 2025–2026 kskordal Wed, 08/07/2024 - 08:35 Image National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships 2025–2026 Call for Applications The National Humanities Center invites applications for academic-year or one-semester residential fellowships.

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How Early Humans Shaped Europe’s Scavenger Communities

Anthropology.net

Between 45,000 and 29,000 years ago, early human activity not only altered landscapes but also reshaped the complex web of interactions between scavengers and prey. Large predators, such as hyenas and cave lions, were gradually displaced, while smaller scavengers like foxes and birds thrived in human-dominated environments.

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Tracing the Dawn of Humanity: Hominins in Eurasia Before 2 Million Years Ago

Anthropology.net

A New Chapter in Early Human Dispersal The story of humanity's expansion out of Africa has long been marked by unanswered questions about the timing, routes, and survival of early hominins in Eurasia. Reconstructing the Past: Climate and Ecology A Temperate and Seasonal Habitat The study doesn’t stop at human behavior.

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8 Strategies Your Teaching More Enjoyable This Year

TeachThought

It’s July 2024 and a week or three from the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year in the United States depending on your local school district’s schedule. Policies vs Children There is so much to do and plan and prepare and create spaces for that there is very little left for human conversations about the teacher and about the student.

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2025 ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships

Society for Classical Studies

2025 ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships kskordal Fri, 01/17/2025 - 09:03 Image The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) announces the seventh competition for Leading Edge Fellowships , made possible by the generous support of the Mellon Foundation. The full roster of partnering organizations and positions is available here.

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The Mythological Tapestry of Humanity: Unraveling Ancient Stories through Genes and Geography

Anthropology.net

A Quest for Our Earliest Stories Myths and legends have always been windows into the human psyche, revealing our fears, dreams, and attempts to understand the world. Yet, could these stories also encode the history of humanity’s migrations and interactions?

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Call for Proposals: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy | Application Deadline: February 25, 2025

Political Science Now

The purpose of this symposium is to share approaches to the teaching of human rights and to develop pedagogical materials for the discipline. The symposium will be led by the Editor-in-Chief of Human Rights Review , George Andreopoulos (CUNY John Jay and Graduate Center), and the Pedagogical Section Editor for Human Rights Review , Steven D.