Summer 2000 NEH Seminars and Institutes for College and University Teachers Summer Program Registration Deadline: 2000-03-01

Summer 2000 National Endowment for the Humanities (U.S.A.)
Seminars and Institutes for College and University Teachers

Application Deadline: March 1, 2000

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 the humanities teaching
and scholarship, they are led by some of the nation's most outstanding
scholars and take place at major colleges and universities and archival
facilities across the United States and abroad.

Topics considered among the 22 seminars and institutes during the summer of
the year 2000 are the civil rights movement, bioethics, modern European
culture and politics, the Mayan world, opera, and disability studies. For
a complete list of both seminars and institutes, go to the NEH Web site
(http://www.neh.gov/html/seminars2.html), or phone (202/606-8463), or
e-mail (sem-inst@neh.gov).

The listings contain seminar and institute titles and the means to contact
each director. Prospective applicants can request information from as many
seminar and institute directors as they wish but may apply to only two NEH
summer offerings.

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.
Participants receive from the National Endowment for the Humanities a
stipend based on the length of the seminar or institute. Year 2000
stipends are $2,800 for four weeks, $3,250 for five weeks, and $3,700 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. The application deadline
is March 1, 2000.

Contact information:
Douglas M. Arnold
Division of Education Programs
National Endowment for the Humanities
Washington, DC 20506
202/606-8225
Email: darnold@neh.gov

Summer Program website:
http://www.neh.gov/html/seminars2.html