Professor John N. King
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
June 9 to August 1, 1997
This interdisciplinary program will consider different phases in the English Reformation, a major watershed in the development of English culture and national identity. It contributed to the transformation of the literary and artistic production of early modern England between the time of Tyndale's Bible translations and publication of Milton's biblical epics. The seminar will bring together literary, historical, and artistic concerns that conventional disciplinary boundaries still tend to separate. In particular, it responds to the transformation in literary studies during the last fifteen years, which has brought to the fore concerns about the historical nature of literary texts. Texts under consideration will include selections from Foxe's Book of Martyrs, Spenser's Faerie Queene, and Milton's Paradise Lost.
The Department of English at Ohio State University is eager to welcome members of the seminar, whose privileges as visiting faculty will include full access to facilities. The university research collections are among the largest in this country. Our main library houses very rich holdings in primary and secondary texts related to the literature and culture of the English Renaissance and Reformation. Comfortable lodgings are available for participants.
Applications are welcome from college teachers and independent scholars who specialize in the literature and cultural history of the English Renaissance and Reformation, and to historians of religion, politics, art, and music. Participants must have received the Ph.D. degree, but they may not teach in programs that grant the Ph.D. Sufficient time will be reserved for individual research, work-in-progress designed for publication, or other projects related to the seminar's common concerns. Participants are expected to remain in residence for full duration of the program, and they will receive stipends of $4,000. The deadline for application is March 1.
For further information, direct inquiries to:
Professor John N. King
NEH Summer Seminar
Department of English
The Ohio State University
164 West 17th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210-1370
office telephone: 614-292-6065 (attention Kevin Lindberg)
home telephone: 614-875-1761 (attention Kevin Lindberg)
e-mail: Lindberg.2@osu.edu
[JW 20 September 1996]