Summer SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES for 2010

National Endowment for the Humanities

Summer SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES for 2010



Each summer, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports
rigorous national seminars, institutes, and workshops for
professional educators and a select number of graduate students.
Participants in these two- to six-week programs receive stipends to
help defray travel and living expenses.



The application deadline is March 2, 2010 (postmark).





Full-time graduate students in humanities disciplines may apply for...



Seminars and Institutes for College and University Teachers



These study opportunities allow college and university teachers to
gain a deeper knowledge of current scholarship in key fields of the
humanities and advance their own teaching and research.



The 21 seminars and institutes for summer 2010 will address the
following topics:



· British Romanticism

· Interwar Shanghai and Berlin

· Contemporary Brazilian literature

· Descartes, Galileo, and Hobbes

· The American Civil War

· Autobiography: Perpetua and Augustine

· Aristotle on truth

· Mapping and art in the Americas

· The golden age of magazines

· Rome in late antiquity

· Cultural and technical exchange between early modern Islam and Europe

· Philosophical perspectives on liberal democracy

· Teaching the history of political economy

· History of the Silk Road

· Interactions between Native Americans and European colonists

· Medieval philosophy, history, and interfaith exchanges
between Christians, Muslims, and Jews

· American maritime history

· Native cultures of the Pacific Northwest

· Ritual and ceremony in Europe and the Americas



Many of these seminars and institutes take place on American
campuses, but some will be held at sites abroad in Brazil, England,
Italy, Spain, and Tunisia.



For a list of the seminars and institutes to be offered in the summer
of 2010, along with eligibility requirements and contact information
for the directors, please visit
www.neh.gov/projects/si-university.html .



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Full-time graduate students who intend to pursue a K-12 teaching
career may apply for...



Seminars and Institutes for SCHOOL Teachers



These study opportunities are intended to deepen participants'
understanding of important topics in the humanities.



Among the subjects to be studied are:



* Spanish literature
* Political, cultural, economic, and religious history
* African-American, Native American history and cultures
* The Arabic novel in translation
* European diplomacy and political theory
* Poetry as an art form
* Abolitionism, social movements
* Archaeology of the Americas
* Bach, Mozart, and Dvorak
* The literature and culture of ancient Rome
* Early American art
* United States Constitution and government
* The works of Shakespeare and Chaucer

Many of these projects will take place on American campuses; others
will be held in Austria, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and Spain.



For a complete list of the 30 projects offered in the summer of 2010,
along with eligibility requirements and contact information for the
directors, visit www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html.