Each summer the National Endowment for the Humanities supports rigorous national seminars, institutes, and workshops for American school teachers. Program participants receive stipends to help defray travel and living expenses.

SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES
Application Deadline is March 2, 2009 (postmark)
Seminars and Institutes are 2-6 week projects which take place in the United States and abroad. They are intended to deepen the participants’ understanding of important subjects in the humanities. For a complete list of the 31 projects offered in the summer of 2009, along with eligibility requirements and contact information for the directors, go to the NEH website at:

Among the subjects to be studied are:

• the works of Dante, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Milton, Steinbeck
• American visual art, history, and culture
• French literature, Italian language and visual art
• the cultures of ancient Israel and Jordan, medieval Europe
• the history of China and South Africa
• world, European, and American economic history
• United States Constitution and government
• European history and political theory
• historical maps

Many of these projects will take place on American campuses; others will be held in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Italy, Germany, South Africa, and China.

LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
Application Deadline is March 16, 2009 (postmark)
Landmarks of American History and Culture are 1-week workshops which take place at sites of historical or cultural significance across the nation. They provide teachers with the opportunity to engage in intensive study and discussion of important topics in American history and culture. For a complete list of the 20 projects offered in the summer of 2009, along with eligibility requirements and contact information for the directors, go to the NEH website at:

Among the subjects to be studied are

• George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln
• the American Revolution, the U.S. Constitution
• the African American experience, the Underground Railroad
• the Civil War
• the Alamo, Ellis Island, Pearl Harbor
• the Industrial Revolution
• Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston
• Women’s Suffrage in the West

Project directors will provide details about their projects, along with application guidelines. NEH staff does not send out this information. For general information about these programs, contact NEH by e-mail at sem-inst@neh.gov; for information about other NEH programs, go to the NEH website at .