On a beautiful Spring day in May, we had our annual celebration of the Montgomery College-Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship at the Smithsonian Castle. Current and past Fellows, curators, Smithsonian staff, and friends were on hand to celebrate this highly successful partnership.…
On April 12 the Fellows traveled to the National Museum of American History (NMAH) for a very special afternoon. As has been our good fortune for the last 20 years, Harry Rubenstein, Curator, Division of Political History, was our guide…
April 5 found our group at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) where our topic for the afternoon was "Using Technology to Explore Our Nation's Difficult Past". The afternoon began with Dr. Rex Ellis, Associate Director…
After a gap in our museum trips due to Spring Break and SNOW(!), the Fellows were eager for our trip to the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH). The topic for this seminar was The Social Power of…
After last week's fabulous opening panel, the Fellows were looking forward to our trip to the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), and our seminar, The Democratization of Portraiture: Prints and Drawings of all the People by the People. Following a brief introduction by…
The 21st year of the Montgomery College-Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship got off to a rousing start on March 1. This year’s opening panel took place at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), a fitting place to kick off our theme,…
On February 22, the members of the 2017 Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship presented their work to the greater college community. This marked the culmination of their year long fellowship, and allowed each to showcase the work they had done with their…
On January 25, 2017 the new 2018 Smithsonian Faculty Fellows met for the first time. They were greeted by Sara Ducey, Director, Paul Peck Humanities Institute who welcomed them to the program. Following introductions by each of the Fellows, Mimi…
Psst… the word is out! We have a great new SFF Cohort for 2018 and our theme, “We the People: America’s Grand and Radical Experiment with Democracy”. As expected, we had a large group of strong applicants for this theme.…
The theme for our 2018 Montgomery College-Smithsonian Faculty Fellowship year has been made official: We The People: American’s Grand and Radical Experiment with Democracy. This signature program of the Paul Peck Humanities Institute offers faculty an unparalleled professional development opportunity…