America Engages Russia, Circa 1880-ca. 1930:
Studies in Cultural Interaction
A Summer Institute Funded by
The National Endowment for the Humanities
The New York Public Library
Sunday June 14 ­- Friday July 3, 2009

The Institute will bring together twenty-five university teaching faculty, curators, and senior bibliographers with nationally-recognized Session Leaders to consider, investigate, and reflect upon the implications of the various forms of cultural engagement between the United States and the Russian Empire/Soviet Union from the late 19^th century to the beginning of the 1930s. Over a period of three weeks, daily sessions, discussions, field trips, and independent project research will explore strategies for developing and implementing new teaching and educational paradigms.

During the Institute, participants will have the opportunity to work with many of North America¹s greatest repositories of Americana and Slavic and East European materials, among them the NYPL and Columbia University Libraries. In addition, the Co-Directors Edward Kasinec (NYPL) and Robert Davis (Columbia) will assist participants in gaining access to the myriad other museums and archives in the Greater New York Metropolitan area.

A full description of the program, and details of the application process are available here in pdf or here in html.

Alternatively, you may contact the Co-Directors for further information here.

Admission is competitive,
and all applications MUST be postmarked no later than March 2, 2009.