Mike Williams

Director of Education Programs, National Humanities Center | UNC, NCCU, NCSU Alum | Executive Board, NCHE| Executive Board, OAH

[National Humanities Center @NatlHumanities]

What a fantastic start to the 2024 Teaching #AFAMStudies Summer Institute, focused on the profound contributions of Black artists and musicians. Thank you to @DrRob3000 and @PVAMU's Ruth J. Simmons Center for Race and Justice for your partnership. #TAASI24

[National Humanities Center @NatlHumanities]

We're thrilled to partner with @KUHallCenter on this AI and Digital Literacy Institute for educators. #AIDigitalLiteracy24

[Hall Center for the Humanities @KUHallCenter]

This summer's AI and Digital Literacy Institute kicked off this morning at KU's Hall Center for the Humanities. For the rest of the week, participants will explore how to teach writing, research, and critical inquiry in the face of developing generative AI technology.

[NHC Education Programs @NHCEducation]

What's on in #Humanities in Class webinars this month? Join us for these upcoming topics: https://t.co/iJpkSLMF1e

4/9 – What The Fact?!: Finding The Truth In All The Noise (@DoctorYasmin)

4/23 – Armenian Genocide, Armenian Identity, and Life in the United States (@BedrossDM)

[NHC Education Programs @NHCEducation]

Humanities educators, are you interested in opportunities for professional growth and teacher leadership? Learn more about applying for our 2024–25 Teacher Advisory Council (TAC). #humanities #teachertwitter https://t.co/6sIwrwMRGm

[Mike Williams @nhcmic]

Thanks @MrKennedytweets!

[Nick Kennedy @MrKennedytweets]

Teachers, I can’t recommend the Teaching African American Studies Institute enough! Last summer’s institute was one of the best weeks, with incredible hosts, world-class scholars, and like-minded peers. Apply by next Friday!

[Mike Williams @nhcmic]

At 91 years old, Gagnon Prize winner Sam Mihara is delivering an incredible presentation "Can Mass Injustice Happen Again in the U.S.?" about his experience as a child incarcerated in a WWII Japanese American prison camp. #nche2024 #HistoryMatters

[Mike Williams @nhcmic]

Tonight, I will be in conversation with a remarkable group of Brazilian educators, led by TAASI 2023 alum, Carolina Azevedo! See you soon!

[Mike Williams @nhcmic]

With elements of Afrofuturism, literature, history, and black popular culture, this will certainly be a remarkable session. Can't wait!

[NHC Education Programs @NHCEducation]

We're excited for Thursday's webinar, Exploring Women and Girls of African-Descent in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century #SpeculativeFiction, with Karima Jeffrey-Legette. We have 1300+ registered with room for more. Register: https://t.co/UnFTS5O5Un

[National Humanities Center @NatlHumanities]

The ideas produced at the NHC have been disseminated far and wide—influencing how we think about the world and our place in it. Read an example of the impact this work has had on the field of African American studies. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/yQqWQQyTWL

[Mike Williams @nhcmic]

We are super excited for tomorrow night's Humanities in Class webinar, In The Shadow of Civil Rights: The African American Experience in New York City in the 1980s, with @ProfJeffries! We have 1324 registrants with room for more. Register below:

https://t.co/Cee1beSrCD

[NHC Education Programs @NHCEducation]

Since 2008, the @slavevoyages database has been an invaluable digital resource for teachers. Join us on Feb. 1 as Nafees M. Khan talks about this resource and explores the historical connections between the slave trade & the African Diaspora. Register: https://t.co/IEZ3nUnF4q

[Mike Williams @nhcmic]

Art & Soul: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Black Music and Art in the Humanities Classroom. At the NHC. July 8-12, 2024.

Apply!

[NHC Education Programs @NHCEducation]

We're excited to announce our 2024 Teaching #AFAMStudies Institute! Join us July 8–12, 2024, for "Art & Soul: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Black Music & Art in the Humanities Classroom." #K12 educators, apply by March 1, 2024. https://t.co/1obCgyCYqg

[Mike Williams @nhcmic]

Enjoyed the NC Electric Cooperatives' Celebration of 2023-2024 Bright Ideas Grant Recipients' luncheon today. All the teachers, including my awesome wife, are doing great things for NC students! #NCBrightIdeas

[Mike Williams @nhcmic]

Tomorrow night! With 1000+ teachers on board, I'm super-excited to host professor, producer, DJ, and author, Dr. Jason Rawls @jrawls82 for our Humanities In Class webinar "Hip Hop and Youth Culture As Pedagogy."

There's room for more! Register here:

https://t.co/u0lvPCVjdD

[Mike Williams @nhcmic]

What a day presenting in Florida at the Flagler College " Freedom To Teach" conference with my Rock Star Teaching African American Studies Institute Teachers from SC, TX, and MO! You did an outstanding job!

[Mike Williams @nhcmic]

What a remarkable day attending the @CBCFInc Annual Legislative Conference followed by the @CHCI 46 Annual Gala Celebrating "Our Moment in History" with the @HispanicCaucus and remarks by @SenSchumer, @RepJeffries and @POTUS Joe Biden!
#CHCIHHM23 #ALC52

[NHC Education Programs @NHCEducation]

What’s on this week in Humanities in Class webinars?

9/12 – The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together w/ @hmcghee

9/14 – Digital Humanities and Digital Pedagogy in the K–12 Classroom w/ @hamnet70

Registration is open. https://t.co/iJpkSLMF1e

[Mike Williams @nhcmic]

What a way to kick off the season. I am looking forward to this conversation. Registration is still open. See you Tuesday!

[NHC Education Programs @NHCEducation]

How can we calculate the real, lived costs of racism? New York Times bestselling author and policy advocate @hmcghee kicks off our 2023–24 Humanities in Class Webinar Series on 9/12. There's still time to register. https://t.co/A8eDCPZJaJ

[Mike Williams @nhcmic]

I am equally honored and excited to moderate the 2023-24 webinar series with our awesome lineup of scholars!

[NHC Education Programs @NHCEducation]

Registration is open for our 2023–24 Humanities in Class Webinar Series! Check out the amazing lineup of scholars and topics. #sschat #edchat #edutwitter https://t.co/iJpkSLMF1e