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In June 2017, Humanities Texas held six teacher institutes across the state. Programs included "Founding a New Nation" in Austin, "Writing Texas" in San Marcos and Houston, "The Cold War" in Lubbock, "The Two World Wars" in College Station, and "Three Centuries of Texas History" in Denton. The institutes featured close interaction with scholars, the examination of primary sources, and the development of effective pedagogical strategies and engaging assignments and activities.

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Teacher Feature: 2017 Summer Institute Photos : Slideshow
  1. Teachers attend the Humanities Texas institute "Founding a New Nation," held at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin.
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  1. Thumbnail of: Teachers attend the Humanities Texas institute "Founding a New Nation," held at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin.
  2. Thumbnail of: LBJ Foundation Chairman Larry Temple introduces the evening’s keynote speaker at the "Founding a New Nation" institute in Austin.
  3. Thumbnail of: Jack N. Rakove, William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science and (by courtesy) law at Stanford University, delivers the keynote address on the Founders and the American Revolution at the "Founding a New Nation" institute in Austin.
  4. Thumbnail of: Teachers, scholars, and Humanities Texas staff dine together at the opening reception for the institute "Founding a New Nation" in Austin.
  5. Thumbnail of: Jesús F. de la Teja, Regents’ Professor of History, Jerome H. and Catherine E. Supple Professor of Southwest Studies, and director of the Center for the Study of the Southwest at Texas State University, lectures on Spain and the American Revolution at the Austin institute.
  6. Thumbnail of: James Kirby Martin, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor of History at the University of Houston, presents on George Washington's military leadership at the Austin institute.
Teachers attend the Humanities Texas institute "Founding a New Nation," held at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin.
Teacher Feature: 2017 Summer Institute Photos : Thumbnails
  1. Thumbnail of: Teachers attend the Humanities Texas institute "Founding a New Nation," held at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin.
  2. Thumbnail of: LBJ Foundation Chairman Larry Temple introduces the evening’s keynote speaker at the "Founding a New Nation" institute in Austin.
  3. Thumbnail of: Jack N. Rakove, William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science and (by courtesy) law at Stanford University, delivers the keynote address on the Founders and the American Revolution at the "Founding a New Nation" institute in Austin.
  4. Thumbnail of: Teachers, scholars, and Humanities Texas staff dine together at the opening reception for the institute "Founding a New Nation" in Austin.
  5. Thumbnail of: Jesús F. de la Teja, Regents’ Professor of History, Jerome H. and Catherine E. Supple Professor of Southwest Studies, and director of the Center for the Study of the Southwest at Texas State University, lectures on Spain and the American Revolution at the Austin institute.
  6. Thumbnail of: James Kirby Martin, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor of History at the University of Houston, presents on George Washington's military leadership at the Austin institute.
  7. Thumbnail of: Woody Holton, Bonnie and Peter McCausland Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, analyzes documents related to Native Americans and African Americans during the American Revolution at the Austin institute.
  8. Thumbnail of: Jack N. Rakove leads a discussion on documents relating to James Madison's role in the creation of the Constitution at the Austin institute.
  9. Thumbnail of: David M. Oshinsky, professor of history at New York University and director of the Division of Medical Humanities at NYU Medical School, speaks to teachers about medicine in the early American Republic at the Austin institute.
  10. Thumbnail of: During an afternoon primary source seminar, Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History Emerita at Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, leads teachers in a discussion of documents relating to the Bill of Rights at the Austin institute.
  11. Thumbnail of: Denver Brunsman, associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the history department at George Washington University, leads a primary source seminar analyzing George Washington's role in defining the presidency at the Austin institute.
  12. Thumbnail of: Alan Tully, Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor of American History at The University of Texas at Austin, answers questions about the rise of political parties at the Austin institute.
  13. Thumbnail of: Zara Anishanslin, assistant professor of history and art history at the University of Delaware, lectures on the women of the revolutionary period at the Austin institute.
  14. Thumbnail of: Joseph F. Kobylka, associate professor of history at Southern Methodist University, and a group of teachers examine documents relating to the establishment of the federal judiciary at the Austin institute.
  15. Thumbnail of: Albert S. Broussard, professor of history at Texas A&M University, leads a primary source seminar focused on African Americans in the revolutionary period and early republic at the Austin institute.
  16. Thumbnail of: Teachers attend the "Writing Texas" institute at Texas State University in San Marcos.
  17. Thumbnail of: John Phillip Santos, an author, journalist, and University Distinguished Scholar in Mestizo Cultural Studies at The University of Texas at San Antonio, delivers the keynote address at the San Marcos institute.
  18. Thumbnail of: Coleman Hutchison, associate professor and associate chair of English at The University of Texas at Austin, discusses Katherine Anne Porter’s story “The Grave” with teachers at the San Marcos institute.
  19. Thumbnail of: Norma E. Cantú, the Norine R. and T. Frank Murchison Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Trinity University, lectures on the literature of the Texas-Mexico borderlands at the San Marcos institute.
  20. Thumbnail of: At the San Marcos institute, Adriane Bezusko, the course coordinator for Introduction to Literature at The University of Texas at Austin, leads a seminar on teaching close reading skills to middle and high school students.
  21. Thumbnail of: Nan Cuba, author, professor, and writer-in-residence at Our Lady of the Lake University, delivers a lecture on Texas fiction at the San Marcos institute.
  22. Thumbnail of: At the San Marcos institute, Emmy Pérez, poet and associate professor of creative writing at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, offers detailed strategies for generating student interest in poetry.
  23. Thumbnail of: Cary Clack, former columnist for <i>The San Antonio Express-News</i>, leads a seminar on journalism with teachers at the San Marcos institute.
  24. Thumbnail of: Author Stephen Harrigan (left) and Humanities Texas Director of Grants and Education Eric Lupfer (center) listen to author Elizabeth Crook (right) during a discussion on the craft of writing at the San Marcos institute.
  25. Thumbnail of: Jason Mellard, assistant director of the Center for Texas Music History and a lecturer in the Department of History at Texas State University, gives a presentation at the San Marcos institute on using Texas music in the English classroom.
  26. Thumbnail of: Film scholar Alison Macor lectures on how Texas has been portrayed in television and film at the San Marcos institute.
  27. Thumbnail of: John Morán González, director of the Center for Mexican American Studies and associate professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, lectures on the future of Texas writing at the San Marcos institute.
  28. Thumbnail of: Teachers attend the Humanities Texas institute "The Cold War" at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
  29. Thumbnail of: Jeremi Suri, professor in the Department of History and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, gives the keynote address "Explaining the Cold War" at the Lubbock institute.
  30. Thumbnail of: David M. Oshinsky leads teachers in a primary source seminar focusing on McCarthyism and the Red Scare.
  31. Thumbnail of: Mark Atwood Lawrence, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin and director of graduate studies for the William J. Clements Center for National Security, discusses documents relating to the Korean War during an afternoon seminar at the Lubbock institute.
  32. Thumbnail of: Mary Ann Heiss, associate professor of history and associate chair of the Department of History at Kent State University, leads teachers in a primary source seminar on the Cold War and the Third World during the Lubbock institute.
  33. Thumbnail of: At the Lubbock institute, Jeremi Suri and a group teachers discuss the origins of the Cold War.
  34. Thumbnail of: Terry H. Anderson, professor of history and Cornerstone Faculty Fellow at Texas A&M University, discusses the Vietnam War on the domestic front with a group of teachers during the Lubbock institute.
  35. Thumbnail of: Ron Milam, associate professor of military history at Texas Tech University, lectures on the Vietnam War at the Lubbock institute.
  36. Thumbnail of: Kenneth A. Osgood, professor of history and director of the McBride Honors Program at Colorado School of Mines, examines documents relating to Cold War ideology and propaganda with a group of teachers at the Lubbock institute.
  37. Thumbnail of: From l to r: Texas Tech Chancellor Robert L. Duncan and Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael Gillette at a reception hosted at the Chancellor’s home.
  38. Thumbnail of: From l to r: Teacher Gregory Reid, Ron Milam, and Texas Tech President Lawrence Schovanec at the reception hosted by Chancellor Duncan.
  39. Thumbnail of: From l to r: Humanities Texas board members Ellen Ramsey and Becky McKinley at the reception hosted by Chancellor Duncan.
  40. Thumbnail of: Kelly J. Shannon, assistant professor of history at Florida Atlantic University, lectures on the Cold War and the Middle East at the Lubbock institute.
  41. Thumbnail of: Sean P. Cunningham, associate professor and chair of the Department of History at Texas Tech University, analyzes documents relating to the Cold War and the rise of the New Right with teachers at the Lubbock institute.
  42. Thumbnail of: Jeffrey A. Engel, associate professor of history and director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, discusses Ronald Reagan and the end of the Cold War during a primary source seminar at the Lubbock institute.
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