Tudor Books and Readers: 1485-1603

Eligibility and Participant Selection        

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Note: Participation in seminar activities is limited to members of the seminar. Our foreign-based hosts require advance payment for lodging and, in the case of our visit to Oxford, partial board. Participants will be unable to make alternative arrangements. In order to participate in this program, individuals will need to return a signed form that grants permission to James Madison University to deduct these expenses from the seminar stipend. Participants will receive a check for the remainder prior to departure. Our arrangement with St. Edmund Hall obligates all seminar members to reside in college. Room and board will include breakfasts and weeknight dinners during our four weeks at Oxford. Accommodation will be in the form of single rooms. A small number of double and en suite rooms may be available. St. Edmund Hall is unable to provide accommodation for children, including adult children. Participants may wish to explore whether their home institution might provide financial assistance to cover expenses that exceed those that are covered by the NEH stipend.

           This program is geared to meet the needs of teacher-scholars interested in the literary, political, or cultural history of the English Renaissance and/or Reformation, the history of the book, the history of reading, art history, women’s studies, religious studies, bibliography, print culture, library science (including rare book librarians), mass communication, literacy studies, and more. Those eligible to apply include citizens of USA who are engaged in teaching at the college or university level, graduate students, and independent scholars who have received the terminal degree in their field (usually the Ph.D.). In addition, non-US citizens who have taught and lived in the USA for at least three years prior to the application deadline of March 1, 2012 are eligible to apply.

           The selection committee will consist of the co-directors and the president emeritus of two liberal arts colleges, whose academic speciality is English Renaissance literature. In accordance with NEH guidelines, this committee will favor applicants who are best prepared to contribute to seminar discussion and make significant progress on an individual program of research and writing. Among equally qualified candidates, preference will go to those without prior NEH seminar or institute experience or those without experience during the previous three years. The committee will strive to produce a varied group that accords with nondiscrimination statutes and is diversified in gender, academic discipline, and geographical location. We require literacy in no language other than English, but knowledge of Greek or Latin and/or Western European vernacular languages would be useful.

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Photographs from 2007 & 2009 Summer Seminars based in Antwerp, London, and Oxford