[nativestudies-l] Opportunity: NEH Summer Institute: The Early Republic and Indian Country, 1812-1833

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

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Subject: 	NEH Summer Institute: The Early Republic and Indian Country, 
1812-1833
Date: 	Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:15:10 -0600
From: 	McNickle Center <mcnickle at newberry.org>
Reply-To: 	McNickle Center <mcnickle at newberry.org>



*The Early Republic and Indian Country, 1812-1833
NEH Summer Institute for Teachers
**The Newberry Library, Chicago*
*July 16, 2012 to August 10, 2012*
*
Co-Directors*
Scott Manning Stevens, Ph.D., Director,/McNickle Center, Newberry Library/
Frank Valadez, Executive Director, /Chicago Metro History Education Center/

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.

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 traveled through Indian Country during the era 
of the Early Republic. (Read the complete institute description from the 
Dear Colleague Letter 
<http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/IndianCountry_DearColleague_1.pdf>.)

*Faculty*
R. David Edmunds, Ph.D., Professor of History, /University of Texas at 
Dallas/
John W. Hall, Ph.D., Professor of U.S. Military History, /University of 
Wisconsin-Madison/
Ann Durkin Keating, Ph.D., Professor of History, /North Central College/
Susan Sleeper-Smith, Ph.D., Professor of History, /Michigan State 
University/
Scott Manning Stevens, Ph.D., Director, /McNickle Center, Newberry Library/
Frank Valadez, Executive Director, /Chicago Metro History Education Center/
*
Application Instructions
*Completed applications should be submitted to the project director and 
should be postmarked no later than *March 1, 2012*. 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.

Applicants are asked to complete the Application Cover Sheet 
<https://securegrants.neh.gov/education/participants/> 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.

Before you apply, please read the Institute Description 
<http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/IndianCountry_DearColleague_1.pdf> 
(Letter from the Directors) and the NEH Participant Application 
Instructions 
<http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/NEHApplication_and_Instructions2011_0.pdf>. 
Applicants are responsible for reading the institute description and the 
application guidelines prior to submitting an application.

Download flyer 
<http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/calendar-attachments/IndianCountryFlier_1.pdf>(www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/calendar-attachments/IndianCountryFlier_1.pdf)

For information, visit www.newberry.org/mcnickle/indiancountry.html or 
contact:
Jade Cabagnot
D'Arcy McNickle Center
The Newberry Library
60 W. Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312-255-3564
cabagnotj at newberry.org

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


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./
/

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