Dudley Andrew asked me to post this on Screen-L for him ------------------------------ Subject: NEH Seminar in French Film From: Dudley Andrew <[log in to unmask]> IMAGES OF THE NATION IN INTERWAR FRANCE NEH SUMMER SEMINAR College teachers and independent scholars are invited to apply to participate in this 7-week seminar in Iowa City. Dates: June 20-August 5, 1994 Location: The University of Iowa Directors: Dudley Andrew and Steven Ungar Stipend: $3,600 Application Deadline: March 1, 1994 Our seminar explores conceptions of literature and film in interwar France with emphasis on rival attempts to renew culture and nation in a period of political, economic, and social instability. Activities to be studied will range from book publishing, the popular press, and international expositions to theater and the emergent technologies of radio and sound film. The prime objective of our seminar is to promote and assist participants in their proposed research. At the same time we will work as a group to develop methods of inquiry sophisticated enough to read texts, institutions, and events of various kinds in such a way that evolving ideas about the nation and national identity can be recognized and interpreted. Films, particularly films dealing with life outside France's borders (especially le cinema colonial) will be screened and intensively discussed as the primary index for understanding conceptions and anxieties about nationhood. We welcome participants interested to work on issues of culture and nation whether or not centered on 20th century France. Naturally we expect to involve teachers from departments of French, foreign languages, History, literature, and Political Science, particularly if they have made use of films in their teachin and research or have wished to try this out. We also welcome applications from academics and independent scholars involved with anthropology, communications, art history, theater, and music. European modernism, colonialism, and issues of method related to cultural studies are all areas of inquiry we will explore. While a reading knowledge of French is desirable, we will work throughout the seminar with materials in English supplemented by French sources brought to the table by those who work in that language. We should emphasize that over the years, the University of Iowa has gathered a phenomenal collection of French films, journals, and other materials related to this period. All this will be open to participants. For more information and application materials, contact us via one of the routes listed below. Please include your current mailing address and telephone number. e-mail: [log in to unmask] Letter: Dudley Andrew and Steven Ungar NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers Program in Comparative Literature 425 English-Philosophy Building The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242-1408 phone: (319) 335-0330 fax: (319) 335-2930 attn. Dudley Andrew