NEH Summer Seminar 2006
"The Seven Deadly Sins as Cultural Constructions in the Middle Ages"

An NEH Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers at Darwin
College, University of Cambridge 17 July - 18 August 2006 (5 weeks)

DEADLINE for applications: March 1, 2006

This seminar will examine the cultural construction of moral thought in
the Middle Ages using the categories of the Seven Deadly Sins, critically
review recent scholarship on the sins, and make maximum use of the unique
manuscript, research, and human resources available in Cambridge. The
seminar will seek to deepen the participants' appreciation for the ways in
which the conception of morality in the Middle Ages was a response to
varying cultural factors, and will make the study of the sins available
for inclusion in the participants' regular college instruction. The format
of the seminar will combine individual presentations, guest lectures, and
excursions to manuscript collections in Cambridge and to illuminations of
the sins in St Mary's Church, Hardwick (Cambridgeshire) and churches in
Hessett and Stanningfield (Suffolk).

The seminar will be directed by Richard G. Newhauser, Professor of English
and Medieval Studies, Trinity University (San Antonio) and will feature
lectures by the following faculty: Richard Beadle, Department of English,
University of Cambridge István Bejczy, Department of History, Katholieke
Universiteit, Nijmegen, Holland David Ganz, Department of English and
Classics, King's College, University of London Miriam Gill, Department of
Art History, University of Leicester Nigel Harris, Department of German
Studies, University of Birmingham Sylvia Huot, Department of French,
University of Cambridge Ed Peters, Department of History, University of
Pennsylvania Siegfried Wenzel (Emer.), Department of English, University
of Pennsylvania

This seminar means to attract participants from a wide variety of
disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Participants will
receive a stipend of $ 3,600.

For information and application materials:

Richard G. Newhauser,
Chair, Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
Trinity University
One Trinity Place
San Antonio, TX 78212-7200
http://www.trinity.edu/rnewhaus/neh2006/index.htm
E-mail: rnewhaustrinity.edu

or

Amanda Fremion
Administrative Assistant
amanda.fremiontrinity.edu
Email: amanda.fremiontrinity.edu
Visit the website at http://www.trinity.edu/rnewhaus/neh2006/index.htm