NEH 2006 Summer Seminar: Revolution and the Making of Identities:
France and Haiti, 1787-1804
The Newberry Library invites college and university teachers nationwide
to apply for the 2006 summer seminar, /Revolution and the Making of
Identities: France and Haiti, 1787-1804/, from June 19^th -July 21^st ,
2006, led by Jeremy Popkin (University of Kentucky). The seminar will
use the concept of identity to study trans-Atlantic revolutionary
movements, and processes of social and cultural change more generally.
The notion of revolution as a process of change in individual identities
opens new perspectives for understanding these dramatic upheavals that
marked the beginning of the modern era in the western world. We will
look at how those involved in these revolutions came to think of
themselves as citizens, and what this meant in their lives; we will also
examine how old identities were stigmatized and dissolved, and how
opponents of the revolutionary movements were singled out. Readings will
address changes in racial identification, gender roles, and religious
identities.
Successful applicants will receive a stipend of $3,600 to help defray
travel and housing expenses. Completed applications must be postmarked
no later than Wednesday, 1 March 2006.
Further information and application instructions are available online at
www.newberry.org/research/revolutions.html
<http://www.newberry.org/research/revolutions.html> or you may contact :
Sara Austin
Research and Education Division
The Newberry Library
60 W Walton St Chicago, IL 60610-7324
e-mail:austins@newberry.org <mailto:austins@newberry.org>
phone: 312-255-3662
This seminar is supported by a major grant from the National Endowment
for the Humanities, an independent federal agency.