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Call for Applications Theme: Global Geographies of Knowledge Subtitle: Creating, Representing, and Commodifying Ideas Across Early Modern Places (1400-1800) Type: NEH Summer Institute Institution: Saint Louis University Location: St. Louis, MO (USA) Date: 26.6.–21.7.2023 Deadline: 3.3.2023 __________________________________________________ The early modern world was characterized by the integration and fragmentation of space that arose from the increasing mobility and interaction of peoples and objects. “Global Geographies of Knowledge” focuses on the fluid processes of encountering and transmitting ideas about peoples and objects in physical and imaginary landscapes. Conversely, this Institute also analyzes how such ideas affected the human and nonhuman relations with specific sites and environments. We seek to bring together higher education faculty and advanced PhD students from around the country to deepen their knowledge and research using critical ways of thinking spatially in the humanities and social sciences and to develop innovative ways of applying them to themes in world history and cultures of knowledge in the classroom. To foster this inquiry, the institute directors have invited eight renowned guest faculty from diverse humanistic disciplines to lead master classes and deliver themed lectures. In addition to these sessions, participants will pursue a project connecting their research and/or teaching to institute themes. The institute’s 30 participants will make regular use of the collections and spaces of the university’s libraries and special collections, as well as local partner institutions including the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the Jesuit Archives and Research Center. The institute will be held on Saint Louis University’s beautiful North Campus located in Midtown St. Louis and adjacent to the city’s vibrant Arts District. Application Please upload both a CV (no more than 5 pages) and a cover letter (no more than 2 pages) and fill out each box at our website: https://geographiesofknowledge.org/apply/ Be sure to include answers to the following questions in your cover letter: - How do you envision your teaching and/or research interacting with notions of space? - How did you hear about the Global Geographies of Knowledge Summer Institute? - Have you participated in a NEH Summer Institute for Higher Education Faculty before? In addition, please solicit two letters of recommendation. All applications are due by March 3, 2023. Applicants will be notified of the status of their application on April 3, 2023. Individuals must send in their acceptance of an offer to participate in the Institute by April 14, 2023. Please email geographiesofknowle...@gmail.com with questions or if you experience technical difficulties in applying. Directors Claire Gilbert Email: claire.gilb...@slu.edu Fabien Montcher Email: fabien.montc...@slu.edu Charles Parker Email: charles.par...@slu.edu Website: http://www.geographiesofknowledge.org __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
