Summer Institute for the Study of the United States: Focus on American Literature

Résumé

The Branch for the Study of the U.S. of the Office of Academic Programs of the United States Information Agency's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for an assistance award program for the Summer Institute for the Study of the United States: Focus on American Literature. Public and private non- profit organizations meeting the provisions described in IRS regulation 26 CFR 1.501(c)(3)-1 may apply to develop a six-week graduate-level program designed for a group of 18 foreign university educators from around the world, in order to deepen their understanding of U.S. society, culture, values and institutions, using American literature as the central vehicle, and to give them further grounding in American literature and American studies, so that textbooks, curricular materials, and courses in foreign universities will benefit. USIA is seeking detailed proposals from colleges, universities, consortia of colleges and universities, and other not-for-profit academic organizations that have an established reputation in American literature and/or American studies and related sub-disciplines, and that can demonstrate expertise in conducting graduate-level