DATES AND LOCATION
July 6–11, 2008, at the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

ELIGIBILITY
The Summer Institutes in Literary Studies are open to scholars who received a Ph.D. within the last ten years and who teach in departments of literature or other relevant disciplines at colleges or universities in the United States.

STIPENDS AND EXPENSES
Participation in an institute carries a stipend of $1,500. The National Humanities Center will cover the cost of travel, lodging, meals, and texts.

FORMAT
Each institute will combine extensive seminar discussion with small group work and individual consultation with the seminar leader.

ACCOMMODATIONS
Participants will have individual apartments in a residence hotel within ten minutes of the Center. The Center will provide bus service to and from the hotel.

DEADLINE
Applications must be postmarked by March 7, 2008.