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THE ARTIST IN AN AGE OF IMPERIAL CULTURE: CAREERS IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD JUNE 1-24, 1998 UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA The Artist in an Age of Imperial Culture: Careers in the Early Modern Period will offer an introduction to this neglected topic in English and European humanities curricula, focusing primarily on literary careers and secondarily on the careers of visual artists. By highlighting the figure of the artist shaping a career amid the constraints of imperial culture, the institute will form the first attempt to establish a baseline on which future work may proceed. The institute will be open to fifteen qualified participants. Each participant must be either a faculty member at an accredited college or university, or a graduate student from an accredited college or university attending the institute with a faculty mentor. All participants must hold at least a master of arts degree or its equivalent. The institute seeks to attract a wide audience, including (1) teachers and scholars of the early modern period who want to learn of current trends and research possibilities in this area; (2) specialists in classics, art history, history, Italian, French, Spanish, and English, as well as other languages, who wish to study texts from their respective disciplines and who then wish to broaden their study through a comparative and interdisciplinary framework; (3) teachers of the humanities who wish to incorporate the topic of English and European careers in their courses; (4) teachers in other periods-such as medieval or eighteenth-century-who wish to understand the historical tradition that the institute will examine. For complete details and up-to-date information, please visit the web site: http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/LiteraryCareers/ FOR MORE INFORMATION About program content: Patrick Cheney Department of English The Pennsylvania State University 41 Burrowes Building University Park PA 16802-6202 Phone: (814) 865-9283 Fax: (814) 863-7285 E-mail: [log in to unmask] About registration: Suzanne St. Pierre, Conference Planner The Pennsylvania State University 225 Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel University Park PA 16802-7002 Phone: (814) 863-5140 E-mail: [log in to unmask] a continuing and distance education service of the College of the Liberal Arts and the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies To receive a brochure with registration materials, nationwide, call 1-800-PSU-TODAY (1-800-778-8632) or send us an e-mail with your name, address, phone number, fax number, and Internet address to [log in to unmask] . Please be sure to reference THE ARTIST IN AN AGE OF IMPERIAL CULTURE: CAREERS IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD in all correspondence. For information about all of Penn State's upcoming programs, visit our Web site: http://www.outreach.psu.edu