Upcoming Events
“Winston Churchill and the Anglo-American Relationship”
Summer 2010
NEH Teacher Institute in Cambridge and London, England
For the third time, the National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded The Churchill Centre a significant grant to support the participation of American teachers in a summer institute to study Winston S. Churchill. In summer 2010, twenty-four teachers will receive NEH stipends to spend two weeks at The Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge, and one week in London, exploring the institute’s theme, “Winston Churchill and the Anglo-American Relationship.” Professor James W. Muller, chairman of The Churchill Centre’s Board of Academic Advisers, will direct the institute in collaboration with Allen Packwood, Director of the Churchill Archives Centre.
Our sincerest thanks to Professor Muller, chief operating officer Dan Myers, and education programs coordinator Suzanne Sigman, and the authorities who wrote supporting letters, for the hundreds of hours of work that went into this successful grant application.
The three-week program, from July 11th through 31st, includes extensive reading, research using primary documents in the Churchill Archives, seminars with Churchill scholars and visits to important Churchill sites, including Bletchley Park, Blenheim Palace, the Churchill gravesite at Bladon, Harrow School, Chartwell and the Churchill Museum at the Cabinet War Rooms. The group will also tour Parliament, as in 2008. Churchill scholars Kevin Theakston, Piers Brendon and David Dilks, among others, will lead teachers in their inquiries into various aspects of Churchill’s life, with a focus on the Anglo-American relationship surrounding the Second World War.
Teachers will be selected through a competitive application process that includes a resume and two letters of reference. Perhaps the most important part of the application is the essay that should include any personal and academic information that is relevant: the reasons for applying to this institute; interest, both intellectual and personal, in Winston Churchill and the broader implications of his career and relationship with the United States; teachers’ qualifications to do the work of this institute and to make a contribution to it; what teachers hope to accomplish by participation, including any individual research and writing projects; and the relation of the study to one’s teaching. The essay should be no longer than 1250 words or five double-spaced pages.
Applications will be due on 1 March 2010. Complete details of the 2010 program will be posted on the Educator section of winstonchurchill.org by November, 2009. Applications will be submitted online at the NEH website. Meanwhile, encourage your favorite teachers to consider spending three weeks with Winston Churchill in England next summer. First priority is given to teachers who have not attended an NEH institute in the last three years (2007, 2008 or 2009).
Previous Offerings
The Winston Churchill Seminar Series
for High School Social Studies Teachers
Churchill, America, and Strategic Cooperation was the title of the first seminar for high school teachers in the fall of 2005. This no-charge seminar was a day-long program, strictly for high school teachers, on the campus of The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., held on Tuesday, October 18, 2005. To learn more about this program, see the Seminar Flyer by clicking here.
Revolutions in History and the 2009 NCHE National Conference
Each spring, the National Council for History Education holds a national conference. The NCHE chooses a conference site which parallels the anniversary of a significant event in American and World history. The national conference is a place where everyone who loves to teach and learn history can come together and share.
Th2 2009 conference was held in Boston, MA from March 12-14. Details on the conference can be found here. The conference was held at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers. The year's keynote presentations will be given by Vartan Gregorian, David McCullough, Pauline Maier, and Sharon Leon. Speakers will in John Ramsden presenting for The Churchill Centre.
Winston Churchill: Thoughts and Reflections was the title of the teacher seminar held Saturday, March 11, 2006, at Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois. Steven F. Hayward, PhD, was the principal instructor. Dr. Hayward is the F. K. Weyerhaeuser Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., and Senior Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy in San Francisco. He is the author of Churchill on Leadership and, most recently, Greatness: Reagan, Churchill, and the Making of Modern Statesmen. The Churchill Centre is recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education as a provider of teacher continuing education, Approval Number 050209192731543. More information can be found by clicking here.
Winston Churchill: The Gathering Storm & His Finest Hour was held Saturday, April 29, 2006, at The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts. Professor John H. Maurer of the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, was the principal instructor. Readings included Churchill's autobiography, My Early Life; excerpts from the abridged version of Churchill's 6-volume history, The Second World War, and three essays: "'Another Bloody Country Gone West'" and "Undaunted by Odds", by William Manchester, and "A Reputation Ripe for Revision" by Alan Clark. More information on this program can be found by clicking here.
Winston Churchill: The Gathering Storm and His Finest Hour was also the name of the program held at the Seattle Public Library on Saturday, October 28. Produced in conjunction with the Dan Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, the program featured a cameo appearance by Winston S. Churchill, author, lecturer, former MP, and grandson of the wartime leader. Professors Paul Alkon, USC; Mark Blitz, the Claremont Institute; and Chris Harmon, Marine Corps University, team-taught this session. You can view the program flyer by clicking here.
The Winston Churchill Seminar Series for High School Social Studies Teachers
As part of the ongoing Series of Teacher Seminars. Scheduled for February 28, 2009 in Phoenix, AZ. Additional programs are under consideration. Please keep checking here for the latest announcements.
Winston Churchill and War was taught by Professors David Jablonsky and Warren Kimball on Saturday, November 4, at The Citadel in Charleston, SC. Col. Jablonsky, who recently retired from the Army War College at Carlisle, PA, joined with Prof. Kimball, editor of the Churchill-Roosevelt correspondence. A copy of the program brochure can be found by clicking here.
Winston Churchill: Twentieth Century Statesman was the first program to involve both teachers and students. Held on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Professor Jerold Waltman of Baylor began the day with an overview of British Politics. He was then joined by Professor James W. Muller of the University of Alaska, Anchorage, who discussed the education and life of Churchill, and Professor Warren Kimball, Robert Treat Professor of History at Rutgers University who examined the Churchill-Roosevelt relationship and their wartime partnership. A copy of the program brochure can be found on the website by clicking here.
Winston Churchill: Twentieth Century Statesman was presented a month later on February 24, 2007, at the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta, GA. Probably the most well attended of all of our seminars to date, this time the program was led by Dr. Steven Hayward and Justin Lyons from the Ashbrook Center in Ashland, Ohio. A copy of the program brochure can be viewed by clicking here.
Winston Churchill: Twentieth Century Statesman was next held on the campus of Cal State, Fullerton, on Saturday, October 27, 2007. Prof. Mark Blitz, Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy at Claremont-McKenna College, joined Prof. David Freeman, History Professor at Cal State University. The theme was Winston Churchill: Twentieth Century Statesman, and the topics to be covered were "Churchill and Statesmanship", "Churchill and British Politics", "Churchill: Democratic Leadership in War", and "Churchill in the Classroom". This seminar reached capacity attendance.
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