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<td>McNickle Center <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mcnickle@newberry.org"><mcnickle@newberry.org></a></td>
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<font size="-1"><b><big>The Early Republic and Indian Country,
1812-1833<br>
NEH Summer Institute for Teachers<br>
July 16, 2012 to August 10, 2012</big></b><br>
<b><br>
Co-Directors</b><br>
Scott Manning Stevens, Ph.D., Director,<i> McNickle Center,
Newberry Library</i><br>
Frank Valadez, Executive Director, <i>Chicago Metro History
Education Center</i><br>
<br>
This summer institute will examine the transformation of the lands
between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River from
“Indian Country” to “U.S. territory,” from North to South, between
1812 and 1833. The Newberry Library has long been in the forefront
of the study of Native America, in both its collections and
sponsored scholarship, and it is the perfect place to host an
institute that bridges the divide between American Indian history
and traditional narratives of U.S. history by exploring the
borderlands and backcountry of the trans-Appalachian west.<br>
<br>
Participating teachers and educational professionals will benefit
not only by working with top-flight scholars and the resources
available at the Newberry Library, and in other archives and
museums in the Chicago area, but also by providing an opportunity
to investigate more deeply an all-too-often overlooked topic in
American history—the cultural, political, social, and economic
interactions among the diverse groups of people who occupied and
travelled through Indian Country during the era of the Early
Republic.<br>
<br>
Read the complete institute description from <a
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href="http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/IndianCountry_DearColleague_1.pdf">Dear
Colleague Letter (PDF)</a>.<br>
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<b>Faculty</b><br>
R. David Edmunds, Ph.D., Professor of History, <i>University of
Texas at Dallas</i><br>
John W. Hall, Ph.D., Professor of U.S. Military History, <i>University
of Wisconsin-Madison</i><br>
Ann Durkin Keating, Ph.D., Professor of History, <i>North Central
College</i><br>
Susan Sleeper-Smith, Ph.D., Professor of History, <i>Michigan
State University</i><br>
Scott Manning Stevens, Ph.D., Director, <i>McNickle Center,
Newberry Library</i><br>
Frank Valadez, Executive Director, <i>Chicago Metro History
Education Center</i><br>
<b><br>
Application Instructions<br>
</b>Completed applications should be submitted to the project
director and should be postmarked no later than <b><big>March 1,
2012</big></b>. Successful applicants will be notified of
their selection on April 2, 2012and they will have until Friday,
April 6 to accept or decline the offer. All will receive a stipend
of $3,300, an amount determined by the NEH. Stipends are intended
to help cover travel expenses to and from the project location,
books and other research expenses, and living expenses for the
period spent in residence.<br>
<br>
Applicants are asked to complete the<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://securegrants.neh.gov/education/participants/">
Application Cover Shee</a>t online at the NEH’s website. Please
mail hard copies of all other required materials (three copies
each of the cover sheet, a résumé, and an application essay, along
with two letters of recommendation) to the D’Arcy McNickle Center.<br>
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Before you apply, please read the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/IndianCountry_DearColleague_1.pdf">Institute
Description</a> (Letter from the Directors) and the <a
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href="http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/NEHApplication_and_Instructions2011_0.pdf#overlay-context=node/700/draft">NEH
Participant Application Instructions</a>. Applicants are
responsible for reading the institute description and the
application guidelines prior to submitting an application.<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/calendar-attachments/IndianCountryFlier_1.pdf#overlay-context=07162012-neh-summer-in">Download
flier.</a><br>
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For information, visit <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="http://www.newberry.org/mcnickle/indiancountry.html">www.newberry.org/mcnickle/indiancountry.html</a>
or contact:<br>
Jade Cabagnot<br>
D'Arcy McNickle Center <br>
The Newberry Library<br>
60 W. Walton Street<br>
Chicago, IL 60610<br>
312-255-3564<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:cabagnotj@newberry.org">cabagnotj@newberry.org</a><br>
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</font><i style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";">Any views,
findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this
program do not necessarily reflect those of the National
Endowment for the Humanities.</span></i><span style="font-size:
12pt;"> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height:
normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This institute is
supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities, an independent federal agency. The Newberry is an
independent library for research and reference in the
humanities.</span><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height:
normal;"><i><font color="#000066"><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">PLEASE
CIRCULATE</span></font><span style="font-size: 12pt;
font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></i><i><span
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