Summer Seminars and Institutes: School Teachers

Each year the NEH’s Division of Education Programs offers teachers opportunities to study a variety of humanities topics in NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes. Please contact the specific projects listed below for more information about the programs and the application process.

Amount of Award

NEH Summer Scholars are awarded fixed stipends to help cover travel costs, books and other research expenses, and living expenses. Stipend amounts are based on the length of the NEH Summer Seminar or Institute: $2,100 (2 weeks), $2,700 (3 weeks), $3,300 (4 weeks), or $3,900 (5 weeks).

Eligibility
Full-time teachers in American K-12 schools, whether public, charter, independent, or religiously affiliated, as well as home-schooling parents, are eligible to apply to NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes. Americans teaching abroad are also eligible if a majority of the students they teach are American citizens. Librarians and school administrators may also be eligible.

You may request information about as many projects as you like, but you may apply to no more than two NEH Summer Programs (seminars, institutes, or Landmarks Workshops) and you may attend only one. Eligibility criteria differ between NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes and NEH Landmarks Workshops.

Please note: Up to two spaces in each seminar and three spaces in each institute are available for current graduate students who intend to pursue careers in K-12 teaching.

An NEH Summer Seminar for School Teachers enables sixteen participants to explore a topic or set of readings with an expert scholar. The core material of the seminar need not relate directly to the school curriculum; the principal goal of the seminar is to engage teachers in the scholarly enterprise and to expand and deepen their understanding of the humanities through reading, discussion, writing, and reflection.

The Abolitionist Movement: Fighting Against Slavery from the American Revolution to the Civil War
Philadelphia, PA: July 1-27 (4 weeks)
Richard Newman, Rochester Institute of Technology
Information:
Richard Newman
c/o The Library Company of Philadelphia
1314 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5679
215/546-3181 or 585-475-2438
rsngsm@rit.edu
http://www.librarycompany.org/abolitionseminar/

Berlin’s Cultural Diversity Across Two Centuries
Berlin, Germany: June 17-July 20 (5 weeks)
Robert R. Shandley, Texas A & M University, and Brent O. Peterson, Lawrence University
Information:
Brent O. Peterson
Lawrence University
711 East Boldt Way
Appleton, WI 54911
920/832-6663
brent.peterson@lawrence.edu or r-shandley@tamu.edu
http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/german/neh2012/

Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
London, UK: June 24-July 21 (4 weeks)
David Raybin, Eastern Illinois University, and Susanna Fein, Kent State University
Information:
David Raybin
Department of English
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920-3099
330/221-8803
draybin@eiu.edu
www.eiu.edu/~neh

Four Classics: First Novels of Native America
Bellingham, WA: July 2-August 3 (5 weeks)
John Purdy, Western Washington University
Information:
John Purdy, Professor
Department of English
Western Washington University
516 High Street
Bellingham, WA 98225-9055
360/650-3243
neh@wwu.edu
www.wwu.edu/neh

Golden Compasses as Moral Compasses: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Fairy Tales and Fantasy
Cambridge, MA: June 25-July 20 (4 weeks)
Maria Tatar, Harvard University
Information:
William J. Holinger, Project Manager
Secondary School Program, Harvard Summer School
51 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138-3722
617/998-8515
william_holinger@harvard.edu
www.summer.harvard.edu/programs/neh

The Industrial Revolution in Britain: Historical Intrepretations
London and Nottingham, UK: June 24-July 27 (5 weeks)
Gerard M. Koot, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Information:
Gerard M. Koot
History Department
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
508/994-3145; 508/999-8301
gkoot@umassd.edu
http://www1.umassd.edu/ir/

The Political Theory of Hannah Arendt: The Problem of Evil and the Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: June 24-July 27 (5 weeks)
Kathleen B. Jones, San Diego State University
Information:
Simone Arias
P.O. Box 17308
San Diego, CA 92117
858/663-8827
sarias2@earthlink.net
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~arendt/wp/

Punishment, Politics, and Culture
Amherst, MA: June 25-July 27, 2012 (5 weeks)
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
Information:
Austin Sarat
Department of Political Science
Clark House
Amherst College
Amherst, MA 01002
413/542-2380
neh@amherst.edu
www.amherst.edu/go/neh

An NEH Summer Institute for School Teachers, typically led by a team of core faculty and visiting scholars, is designed to present the best available scholarship on important humanities issues and works taught in the nation’s schools. The 25-30 participating teachers compare and synthesize the various perspectives offered by the faculty, make connections between the institute’s content and classroom applications, and often develop improved teaching materials for their classrooms.

African American Political History
Chicago, IL: July 8-August 3 (4 weeks)
Julieanna L. Richardson, The HistoryMakers, and Ashley Howard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Faculty: Eric Arnesen, Chris Benson, Leon Dash, Michael Dawson, Cheryl Greenberg, Bruce Laurie, Charles Payne, and Rhonda Williams
Information:
Julieanna Richardson, Director
The HistoryMakers
1900 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60616
312/674-1900
jlr@thehistorymakers.com
www.thehistorymakers.com

American Frontiers in Global Perspective
Grand Rapids, MI: June 24-July 14 (3 weeks)
William Katerberg and Robert Schoone-Jongen, Calvin College, and Carol Higham, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Faculty: Andrew Graybill, Jamie Skillen, Richard Slatta, William Van Vugt
Information:
William Katerberg
Professor of History
Calvin College
3201 Burton Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4301
616/526-6047
wkaterbe@calvin.edu
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/history/katerbergneh/

Central Asia in World History
Columbus, OH: July 15-27 (2 weeks)
Scott Levi, Ohio State University
Faculty: Carter Findley, Adeeb Khalid, Nurten Kilic-Schubel, Timothy May, Daniel Prior, Ron Sela, Robert Snavely, Kristina Ward
Information:
Scott Levi
Associate Professor of History
Ohio State University
230 West 17th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1361
614/292-2674
levi.18@osu.edu
http://hti.osu.edu/centralasia

Chinese Film and Society
Champaign, IL: July 9-August 3 (4 weeks)
Nancy Jervis and Gary Xu, University of Illinois, Champaign
Faculty: Myron Cohen, Poshek Fu, Paul Pickowicz, Stanley Rosen, William Rothman
Information:
Susan Norris
Program Coordinator
Asian Educational Media Service
805 West Pennsylvania Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801-4822
217/333-9597
norris@illinois.edu or njervis@illinois.edu
www.aems.illinois.edu/nehChineseFilm

Cotton Culture in the South from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement
Macon, GA: June 25-July 27 (5 weeks)
Sarah E. Gardner, Doug Thompson, and David A. Davis, Mercer University
Faculty: Charles Aiken, David Carlton, Joseph Crespino, Bobby Donaldson, James Giesen, Robert Jackson, Houston Roberson, Andrew Silver, John Vlach
Information:
Carmen Hicks
Willingham Hall 201
Mercer University
1400 Coleman Avenue
Macon, GA 31207-0001
478/301-2562
Hicks_cg@mercer.edu
www.mercer.edu/SST/NEH/

Diversity and Unity in the Pueblo World
Cortez, CO: June 24-July 14 (3 weeks)
Elaine Franklin, North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, and Margie Connolly, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
Faculty: Tessie Naranjo, Shirley Powell, Joseph Suina, Mark Varien
Information:
Debra Miller
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
23390 Road K
Cortez, CO 81321
970/564-4346
dmiller@crowcanyon.org
http://www.crowcanyon.org/programs/campus/NEHsummer2012.asp

The Early Republic and Indian Country: 1812-1833
Chicago, IL: July 16-August 10 (4 weeks)
Scott Manning Stevens, Newberry Library, and Frank Valadez, Chicago Metro History Education Center
Faculty: R. David Edmunds, John W. Hall, Ann Durkin Keating, Rachel Rooney, Susan Sleeper-Smith
Information:
Scott Stevens, Director
McNickle Center for American Indian Studies
The Newberry Library
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312/255-3563
mcnickle@newberry.org
www.newberry.org/mcnickle/indiancountry.html

Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley
La Crosse, WI: July 9-27 (3 weeks)
Bonnie Jancik and Jonathan Baker, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Faculty: Loren Cade, Robert Keiper, Katherine Stevenson, James Theler
Information:
Bonnie Jancik
Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
1725 State Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
608/785-6473
bjancik@uwlax.edu
www.uwlax.edu/mvac/neh.htm

Folger Shakespeare Library’s Teaching Shakespeare Institute
Washington, DC: July 2-27 (4 weeks)
Robert Young, Folger Shakespeare Library
Faculty: Sue Biondo-Hench, Michael Collins, MaryEllen Dakin, Stephen Dickey, Michael Ellis-Tolaydo, Jay Halio, Michael LoMonico, Margaret Maurer, Madhavi Menon, Paul Menzer, Barbara Mowat, Peggy O’Brien, Gail Kern Paster, Caleen Sinette Jennings
Information:
Caitlin Griffin, Education Programs Assistant
Teaching Shakespeare Institute
Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
202/675-0395
educate@folger.edu
http://www.folger.edu/tsi2012

Johann Sebastian Bach in the Baroque Era and in our Time
Eisenach, Leipzig, and Potsdam, Germany:
July 1-July 27 (4 weeks)
Hilde Binford, Moravian College
Faculty: Michael Marissen, George Stauffer, Allen Viehmeyer, Peter Wollny
Information:
Dr. Hilde Binford
Music Department
Moravian College
1200 Main Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018
610/861-1691
hbinford@moravian.edu
www.bachforteachers.org

Recipe for America: New York, Immigration, and American Identity through Culinary Culture
New York City, NY: July 30-August 17 (3 weeks)
Lynda Kennedy and Janna Robin, New York Public Library
Faculty: Elizabeth L. Bradley, Andrew Coe, Hasia Diner, Megan Elias, Rebecca Federman, Jessica B. Harris, Annie Hauck-Lawson, David Locascio, Joyce Mendelsohn, Edward T. O’Donnell, Marci Reaven, Nilsa Rodriguez-Jaca, Joy Santlofer, Laura Shapiro, Andrew F. Smith, Claire Tesh, Suzanne Wasserman, Yohuru Williams, Jane Ziegelman
Information:
Lynda Kennedy
Director, Teaching & Learning, Literacy and Outreach or
Janna Robin
Coordinator, Teaching & Learning
New York Public Library
476 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10018-2788
212/340-0910
lyndakennedy@nypl.org or jannarobin@nypl.org
http://www.nypl.org/node/140785

Religious Worlds of New York: Teaching the Everyday Life of American Religious Diversity
New York, NY: July 16-August 3 (3 weeks)
Henry Goldschmidt, The Interfaith Center of New York, cosponsored by Union Theological Seminary
Faculty: Ali Asani, Randall Balmer, Courtney Bender, Charles Hallisey, John Stratton Hawley, Charles Haynes, Elizabeth McAlister, Robert Orsi, Michael Paley, Mark Phillipson, Annabella Pitkin, Josef Sorett, Matthew Weiner
Information:
Dr. Henry Goldschmidt
Education Program Associate
Interfaith Center of New York
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 540
New York, NY 10115-0253
212-870-3514
info@religiousworldsnyc.org
www.religiousworldsnyc.org

South Africa: History and Culture
South Africa: June 21-July 29 (5 weeks)
Richard Corby, University of Arkansas, Monticello
Faculty: Kay Grant, Liesel Hibbert
Information:
Richard Corby, Professor of History
University of Arkansas at Monticello
562 University Drive
Monticello, AR 71656
870/460-1847
corby@uamont.edu
www.uamont.edu/social_and_behavioral/nehsouthafrica/home.htm

Stories of the Great Migration
Columbia, SC: July 16-27 (2 weeks)
Valinda Littlefield, University of South Carolina
Faculty: Folashade Alao, Bobby Donaldson, Gerald Early, Minuette Floyd, Jessica Harris, Marvin McAllister, Patricia Sullivan, Ken Vogler, Larry Watson, Isabel Wilkerson, Suzanne Wright
Information:
Valinda Littlefield
Director, African American Studies Program
Gambrell Hall, Suite 258
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208-0001
803-777-7248
littlevw@mailbox.sc.edu
http://www.cas.sc.edu/afra/si/

NEH Information
General questions concerning the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Seminars and Institutes Program may be directed to
202-606-8463 or sem-inst@neh.gov.

for School Teachers Summer 2012

for School Teachers
Summer 2012