Jointly sponsored by:
The Erasmus Institute of the University of Notre Dame
and the
Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture
College of the Holy Cross

June 14 - June 28, 2003,

College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester, Massachusetts

Seminars for faculty and for graduate students

Faculty seminar: Religious Hermeneutics and Secular Interpretation, led by Geoffrey Hartman, Senior Research Scholar and Sterling Professor of English and Comparative Literature Emeritus at Yale University. Hartman’s many books include The Fateful Question of Culture; The Longest Shadow: In the Aftermath of the Holocaust; A Critic's Journey: Literary Reflections, 1958-1998; Easy Pieces; Minor Prophecies: The Literary Essay in the Culture Wars; Saving the Text: Literature/Derrida/Philosophy; Scars of the Spirit: The Struggle against Inauthenticity; and, as co-editor, Midrash and Literature.
Cooperative in nature, the seminar will examine topics from the diverse perspectives of its participants. Interested Holy Cross faculty are encouraged to apply. The Seminar will be open to applicants from around the country. The Erasmus Institute will cover the costs of food, transportation and lodging at Holy Cross.

Graduate seminars:
Art History, led by Elizabeth Johns, Professor Emerita in the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania, and Lilly Fellow, Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, College of the Holy Cross.

History, led by Margaret Anderson, Professor of History, University of California at Berkeley.

The Erasmus graduate summer seminars are open to advanced graduate students in the dissertation stage of their graduate work, and postdoctoral scholars revising a dissertation for book publication. The purpose is to give them a chance to enrich their research by relating it to the intellectual traditions associated with Catholicism in particular, as well as to those of other Christian traditions and the Abrahamic religions more generally. A professor highly regarded in his or her field leads each of the seminars, helping its members over the course of two weeks to explore ways in which these traditions can enhance their individual projects. The Institute will cover expenses of food, lodging, transportation, and provide a $600 stipend for all participants.

For more information on all of the seminars and the Erasmus Institute, or to download an application form, please go to http://www.nd.edu/~erasmus/. Deadline for applications is February 17, 2003.