Call for Applications to an
NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers
THE ENGLISH REFORMATION: LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND ART
Professor John N. King
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
June 9 to August 1, 1997
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 fifteen 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 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 Reformation. Comfortable lodgings are available for participants.
Applications are welcome from college teachers and independent scholars who
specialize in the literature and cultural history of the English Renaissance
and Reformation, and to historians of religion, politics, art, and music.
Participants must have received the Ph.D. degree, but they may not teach in
programs that grant the Ph.D. Sufficient time will be reserved for
individual research, work-in-progress designed for publication, 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 $4,000. The deadline for application is March 1, 1997.
For further information, direct inquiries to:
Professor John N. King
NEH Summer Seminar
Department of English
The Ohio State University
164 West 17th Avenue
Columbus OH 43210-1370
Office Telephone: 614-292-6065 (attention Kevin Lindberg)
Home Telephone: 614-875-1761 (attention Kevin Lindberg)
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