Brazilian Literature: Contemporary Urban Fiction

Recipient: Foster, David W (Tempe, AZ 85287-0202 USA) in affiliation with Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ 85287 USA)

Goal: A four-week college and university faculty member seminar for sixteen participants on twentieth-century urban Brazilian fiction, to be held in São Paulo, Brazil.

Description: The seminar focuses on five major works of Brazilian fiction from the twentieth century. Through a detailed examination of these works as literary texts that interpret the urban experience in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Curitiba, and Porto Alegre, the seminar will provide participants with a grounding in Brazilian literature. Participants will be college and university professors of Latin American studies, some with a familiarity with Brazil. The latter will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of Brazilian literature, while other participants will receive a solid introduction to Brazilian culture through major literary texts. Portuguese remains a critical language in the U.S., and both the seminar proper and the language workshop, an auxiliary part of the program, will contribute toward addressing the critical lack of trained scholars in the field. The seminar will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, between June 22 and July 17, 2009.

Grant: 197345 / FS-50211-09,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for College Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2009

Brazilian Literature and Culture: From the Baroque to Modernism

Recipient: Costigan, Lucia H (Columbus, OH 43210 USA) in affiliation with Ohio State University Research Foundation (Columbus, OH 43212 USA)

Goal: A six-week institute for twenty-six college and university faculty, to be held in Campinas, Brazil, on Brazilian literature and culture from Baroque to Modernism, with a language learning component.

Description: We propose a 6-week NEH Summer Institute for College and University Teachers and Scholars, entitled Brazilian Literature and Culture: From the Baroque to Modernism. This Institute will examine from an interdisciplinary perspective the literature, art, and other cultural expressions produced in Brazil between 1654 and 1928. The Institute’s primary goal is to familiarize scholars of Spanish American literatures and cultures with the Brazilian cultural expressions produced during the period under study, to be incorporated into their teaching and research at the US university level. Since most of the primary and secondary texts written in Portuguese by writers, artists, and critics of the period are not available in Spanish or English translations, the second goal of the Institute is to help participants rapidly acquire a basic working knowledge of written Portuguese. This Institute will take place on the campus of the University of Campinas, Brazil, from June 18-July 28, 2007.

Grant: 182121 / EH-50095-06,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2006

Brazilian Literature: Contemporary Urban Fiction

Recipient: Foster, David W (Tempe, AZ 85287-0202 USA) in affiliation with Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ 85287 USA)

Goal: A five-week seminar for college and university faculty to study contemporary Brazilian urban fiction.

Description: The seminar focuses on five major works of Brazilian urban fiction. Through a detailed examination of these works as literary texts that interpret the urban experience in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, and Porto Alegre, the seminar provides participants with a grounding in Brazilian literature. Participants will be college and university professors of Latin American studies. Some will deepen prior knowledge of Brazilian literature, while others will receive an introduction to Brazil through literary texts. Portuguese remains a critical language in the U.S., and both the seminar proper and the adjunct language workshop that will be an auxiliary part of the program address the critical lack of trained scholars in the field.

Grant: 176793 / FS-50064-05,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for College Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2005

Nahuatl Theater from Colonial Mexico

Recipient: Burkhart, Louise M (Albany, NY 12222-0000 USA) in affiliation with SUNY Research Foundation, Albany (Albany, NY 12222 USA)

Goal: Preparation of three volumes of a four-volume series that will make available edited translations of dramatic works in Nahuatl, the Aztec language of indigenous Mexico. (36 months)

Description: This project will produce a reference collection of texts, translations, and analyses of the colonial Nahuatl (Aztec-language) theater that developed in Mexico as Spanish and indigenous writers scripted plays on Christian themes and adapted European plays for native audiences. Nahuatl, a lingua franca in the Aztec Empire and the Spanish colony, is the only native language in which colonial dramas survive. A series of four volumes, plus an English-only student volume, has been accepted by the University of Oklahoma Press. Volume 1 is complete; during the grant period volumes 2 and 3 will be completed and research and translation work for volume 4 will be prepared. volume 2 features Spanish Golden-Age dramas that were adapted into Nahuatl; Volume 3 foucuses on dramatizations of the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Grant: 162816 / RZ-50012-03,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Collaborative Research,   Year Awarded: 2003

DERRUMBANDO FRONTERAS: Integrating Mexican American and Latino Literatures in the Secondary Classroom

Recipient: Clark, Ellen Riojas (San Antonio, TX 78285 USA) in affiliation with University of Texas, San Antonio

Goal: A four-week institute for 28 secondary school teachers on Mexican American and Latino literatures and cultures.

Grant: 95679 / ES-23174-02,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2002

Afro-Hispanic Literature and the Canon

Recipient: Lewis, Marvin A (Columbia, MO 65211 USA) in affiliation with University of Missouri, Columbia

Goal: A six-week seminar for college teachers to study key works of Afro-Hispanic literature and their place in the widening spectrum of world literature.

Grant: 108503 / FS-23283-02,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for College Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2002

Timbuctoo

Recipient: Vogel, Susan (New York, NY 10012-0000 USA) in affiliation with MUSE Film and Television (New York, NY 10022 USA)

Goal: Consultation in preparation for a documentary film exploring the history of the ancient Saharan city of Timbuctoo.

Grant: 157050 / GN-26141-01,   Division: Public Programs,   Program: Media, Humanities Projects in,   Year Awarded: 2001

Humanities Scholar in Residence

Recipient: Pauler, Martha (Houston, TX 77008 USA) in affiliation with Alexander Hamilton Middle School (Houston, TX 77027 USA)

Goal: A project to engage a group of teachers of language arts, English as a second language, and Spanish in the study of major works by Spanish and Latin American authors and by Hispanic writers in the United States.

Grant: 157589 / HE-20045-01,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Humanities Scholar in Residence Awards,   Year Awarded: 2001

Derrumbando Fronteras/Breaking Boundaries: Integrating Mexican American and Latino Literatures in Sec. Curriculum

Recipient: Clark, Ellen Riojas (San Antonio, TX 78285 USA) in affiliation with University of Texas, San Antonio

Goal: A four-week national institute for 28 high school teachers on Latino/Latina literature, with an emphasis on works by Mexican-American authors.

Grant: 143664 / ES-23112-00,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 2000

Derrumbando Fronteras/Breaking Boundaries: Institute for the Inclusion of Mexican American and Latino Literature

Recipient: Clark, Ellen Riojas (San Antonio, TX 78285 USA) in affiliation with University of Texas, San Antonio

Goal: To support a four-week institute for 28 secondary school teachers on Mexican- American and other Latino literature of the U.S. in its historical and cultural setting.

Grant: 143643 / ES-23047-98,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1998

Modern Hispanic Drama: A Metatheatrical Approach

Recipient: Rosenberg, John R (Provo, UT 84602 USA) in affiliation with Brigham Young University, Provo

Grant: 154614 / FV-22039-95,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1995

Contemporary Latin American Women's Writing

Recipient: Stemler, Michele L (Portland, OR 97217 USA) in affiliation with Portland Public School District #1 (Portland, OR 97208 USA)

Goal: To support a humanities focus project on contemporary Latin American women writers representing five countries, for 16 high school teachers of Spanish from the metropolitan area.

Grant: 143602 / ES-22826-95,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1995

Latin American Literatures and Cultures: Self and Society

Recipient: Meyn, Virginia (Mission Viejo, CA 92629 USA) in affiliation with Community College Humanities Association (Newark, NJ 07102 USA)

Goal: To support a five-week national institute for 25 faculty members from two-year and four-year colleges who will study fiction by eminent 20th-century Latin American writers.

Grant: 142600 / EH-21787-94,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Institutes for College and University Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1994

Modern Poetry and Poetics in Latin America, 1880-1980

Recipient: Santi, Enrico Mario (Claremont, CA 91711 USA) in affiliation with Claremont Graduate University

Grant: 151513 / FS-22861-94,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for College Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1994

What Is Secret: Short Stories by Chilean Women, ed. by Marjorie Agosin

Recipient: LaMattina, Elaine S (Fredonia, NY 14063 USA) in affiliation with White Pine Press

Goal: To support the publication of an anthology of short stories written by Chilean women.

Grant: 161100 / RP-21868-94,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Scholarly Publications,   Year Awarded: 1994

Annotated Bibliography of Mexican Autobiography

Recipient: Woods, Richard D (San Antonio, TX 78212-3104 USA) in affiliation with Trinity University (San Antonio, TX 78212 USA)

Goal: To support the completion of an updated, annotated bibliography of 650 Mexican autobiographical works, including letters, diaries, journals, autobiographical essays, and novels.

Grant: 159722 / RG-20184-94,   Division: Preservation and Access,   Program: Reference Materials - Guides,   Year Awarded: 1994

Chronicles of the New World Encounter

Recipient: TePaske, John J (Durham, NC 27708-0000 USA) in affiliation with Duke University (Durham, NC 27708 USA)

Goal: To support the translation of four chronicles of the Spanish discovery, con- quest, and colonization of the New World, written during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Grant: 160232 / RL-22035-93,   Division: Research Programs,   Program: Translations,   Year Awarded: 1993

Myths of Cultural Identity in THE LABYRINTH OF SOLITUDE and ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE

Recipient: Gutierrez-Mouat, Ricardo (Atlanta, GA 30322-0000 USA) in affiliation with Emory University (Atlanta, GA 30322 USA)

Grant: 154463 / FV-21662-93,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1993

Fiction of Fictions: Reading Jorge Luis Borges

Recipient: Forster, Merlin (Provo, UT 84602-0000 USA) in affiliation with Brigham Young University, Provo (Provo, UT 84602 USA)

Grant: 154395 / FV-21511-92,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1992

Myths of Cultural Identity in THE LABYRINTH and ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE

Recipient: Mouat, Ricardo G (Atlanta, GA 30322 USA) in affiliation with Emory University

Grant: 154372 / FV-21462-92,   Division: Education Programs,   Program: Seminars for School Teachers,   Year Awarded: 1992