Event Details

End: March 1, 2018
Contact: dthompson@gc.cuny.edu
More Info: http://ashp.cuny.edu/nehinstitute/

The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning at the City University of New York Graduate Center will host a two-week NEH Summer Institute for college and university faculty July 9-20, 2018 on the Visual Culture of the American Civil War and Its Aftermath.  Applications to participate will be accepted via mail, e-mail, and our online application system until March 1, 2018.

The Institute will focus on the era's array of visual media--including the fine arts, ephemera, and photography--to examine how information and opinion about the war were recorded and disseminated, and the ways visual media expressed and shaped Americans' understanding on both sides of the conflict.  Time will be provided to prepare individual projects, undertake research at local archives, and meet with the three principal institute faculty members as well as guest speakers.

While scholars and teachers specializing in U.S. history, American Studies, and art history will find the Institute attractive, we encourage applicants from any field who are interested in the Civil War era and its visual culture, regardless of your disciplinary interests.  Independent scholars, scholars engaged in museum work, adjunct professors, or full-time graduate studies are also urged to apply.

Full details are available on the ASHP/CML Institute website http://ashp.cuny.edu/nehinstitute/.