Applications are invited for an NEH Summer Seminar for College and University
Teachers on THE ENGLISH REFORMATION: LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND ART (June 23 to
August 1, 2003). Directed by John N. King, this interdisciplinary program
will
consider different phases in the English Reformation, a major watershed in the
development of English culture and national identity. It contributed to the
transformation of the literary and artistic production of early modern England
between the time of Tyndale's Bible translations and publication of Milton's
biblical epics. The seminar will bring together literary, historical, and
artistic concerns that conventional disciplinary boundaries still tend to
separate. In particular, it responds to the transformation in literary
studies
during the last twenty years, which has brought to the fore concerns about the
historical nature of literary texts. Texts under consideration will include
selections from Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Spenser's The Faerie Queene, and
Milton's Paradise Lost.
The Department of English at The Ohio State University is eager to welcome
members of the seminar, whose privileges as visiting faculty will include full
access to facilities. The university research collections are among the
largest
in this country. Our main library houses very rich holdings in primary and
secondary texts related to the literature and culture of the English
Renaissance and Reformation. Comfortable lodgings are available for
participants.
Applications are welcome from college and university teachers and independent
scholars who specialize in literature, history, art history, women's studies,
religious studies, bibliography, or print culture and are interested in the
English Renaissance and Reformation. Sufficient time will be reserved for
individual research, work-in-progress, or other projects related to the
seminar's common concerns. Participants are expected to remain in residence
for full duration of the program, and they will receive stipends of $3,700.
The deadline for application is 1 March 2003.
For further information, direct inquiries to the seminar assistant:
Justin Pepperney
Department of English
The Ohio State University
164 West 17th Avenue
Columbus, OH 432101370
Phone: (614) 294-3846
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