The Summer Institute will foster collegial relationships among graduate students, without the pressures of a graded seminar. A certificate of completion, which may be used toward academic credit, will be awarded at the end of the term. Works to be discussed encompass fiction, poetry, and essays dealing with issues of national identity, cultural regionalism, and geographical displacement in the literature and cultures of the Americas. There is no tuition fee.
Advanced registration is required.
Lectures are conducted in Spanish. Applications should include a one-page statement of interest, a letter of reference from a faculty member, and a brief curriculum vitae. Deadline for fellowship applications and advance registration for the 2001 Summer Institute is February 20, 2001. Applicants will be notified by March 20.