NEH Summer Institute - Transcendentalism and Social Action in the Age of Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller

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Welcome

December 2012

Dear Colleague,

Welcome to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) two-week Summer Institute on "Transcendentalism and Social Action in the Age of Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller." The Summer Institute will be held in Concord, Massachusetts, from July 7-20, 2013.

Full-time and adjunct faculty from colleges and universities in American History, American Literature, Philosophy, American Studies, Women's Studies, Religious Studies, Social Sciences (Sociology and Psychology), Expository Writing Programs, Interdisciplinary Humanities, and Environmental Studies are especially encouraged to submit an application. Three places in the Summer Institute are reserved for graduate students. (Should none apply, these spots will be given to full-time and adjunct faculty.)

Cover letter and participant guidelines, full text

Bronson Alcott's School of Philosophy will host participants for workshop lectures.

For more information, please contact:

Sterling Delano:
sterling.delano@villanova.edu

David Berry:
berry@essex.edu

Diane Whitley Bogard:
dbogard@austincc.edu

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in
this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National
Endowment for the Humanities or the Community College Humanities Association.

NEH Summer Institute:

Transcendentalism and Social Action in the Age of Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller