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ANNOUNCING:
Summer 2006
National
Endowment for the Humanities (
Seminars
and Institutes for College and University Teachers
Application
Deadline: March 1, 2006
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Each
summer the National Endowment for the Humanities supports a variety of study
opportunities in the humanities for faculty who teach American
undergraduates. Seminars and
institutes are national, residential, and rigorous. Designed to strengthen the quality of
humanities teaching and scholarship, they are led by some of the nation's
outstanding scholars and take place at major colleges and universities and
archival facilities across the
Topics
considered among the 21 seminars and institutes offered in the summer of 2006
include
contemporary
Brazilian literature; American maritime history; Appalachian history and
culture; human rights; the African-American struggle for civil rights; Jewish
Studies; Anglo-Saxon saints;
ancient Rome; Cuban American culture; Maya worlds; the Silk Road; and
programs on site focusing on Venice, Rome, Paris, and Vienna. For a complete list of both seminars and
institutes, go to the NEH website, or contact us by phone (202/606-8463) or
e-mail ([log in to unmask]).
http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-university.html
The
listings contain seminar and institute titles and the means to contact each
director. In response to a request for information, seminar and institute
directors will send a letter describing the content, logistics, expectations,
and conditions of that project.
Each letter will be accompanied by application instructions as well as
information about the program's costs.
In some cases, directors have
websites for their projects and information may be downloaded from the
websites.
Participants
receive from the National Endowment for the Humanities a stipend based on the
length of the seminar or institute.
Stipends are $1,800 for two weeks, $2,400 for three weeks, $3,000 for
four weeks, $3,600 for five weeks, and $4,200 for six weeks and are intended to
help cover travel costs and living expenses, as well as books and miscellaneous
expenses.
Requests
for information and completed applications should NOT be directed to the
National Endowment for the Humanities; they should be addressed to the
individual projects as found in the listings. Prospective applicants can request
information from as many seminar and institute directors as they wish but may
apply to only two NEH summer offerings. The application postmark deadline is
March 1.