In the summer of 2003 the National Humanities Center will offer three institutes designed to provide junior faculty in departments of literature and other disciplines the opportunity for intensive critical study of a single text or small group of texts. The institutes will engage literary works deeply through close reading. Each institute will include only twelve participants and will be led by a distinguished scholar.

The Poetry of W. B. Yeats
Leader: Helen Vendler
Location: National Humanities Center
Research Triangle Park, NC
Dates: July 6-12, 2003


Jane Austen's Emma
Leader: Patricia Meyer Spacks
Location: National Humanities Center
Research Triangle Park, NC
Dates: July 6-12, 2003


Herman Melville's Moby-Dick
Leader: Richard H. Brodhead
Location: Yale University
New Haven, CT
Dates: June 21-28, 2003

The National Humanities Center will supply all texts and cover travel, meal, and lodging costs. Participants will receive a stipend of $1,500.

Applications should be postmarked no later than February 15, 2003.

This program is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.