Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon continues her seemingly endless efforts to document federal government spending that strays far from the purpose of government.
The National Endowment for the Humanities released its latest round of projects, which includes studies of the “history of French lesbian activism,” and $20,000 for a new college course on “questions about neighborliness.”
The projects are part of $21.1 million in grants announced [last] week for the federal agency’s “Common Good” initiative.
Tamara Chaplin, an associate professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, received a $6,000 summer stipend for her project “Postwar French Media, and the Struggle for Gay Rights.”
The project is described as a “book-length study of the history of French lesbian activism since World War II.” …
… The list of new National Endowment for the Humanities projects also includes funding for several new college courses, including $19,783 for the University of California, Irvine for a class to “explore the question of when war should end.”
Valparaiso University in Indiana received $20,000 to create a course on “questions about neighborliness.”
The University of Kansas received $19,999 for a college class on the “ethical boundaries of community,” while Boston College received $20,000 for a six-week seminar on “the meaning of work and leisure.”
The University of Rochester also received $19,341 for an undergraduate seminar on “what it means to die.”
Other grants included $6,000 to the University of South Florida for a cultural analysis of “conflict graffiti in Detroit and cities in the Middle East.”
