Dear UIC Students,
I am delighted to announce the topic for the Spring 2017 Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar: Exchange before Orientalism: Asia and Europe 1500-1800. The Newberry Library Undergraduate Seminar is a team-taught interdisciplinary course that is open to undergraduates from four Chicago-area universities (DePaul, Loyola, UIC, and Roosevelt). The six-credit course provides undergraduate students an unparalleled opportunity to conduct archival research in one of the country's foremost public research libraries. This year the seminar will explore the multiple exchanges—commercial, political, religious—between Asia and Europe during this fascinating period before European imperialism transformed an uncertain process of mutual familiarization into a struggle for dominance.
The seminar will meet at the Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, on Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-5:00 (January 17-May 4) and will be taught by Professor Laura Hostetler (History, UIC) and Professor Ellen McClure (French/History, UIC).
Each student who is accepted into the seminar will be awarded a $250 scholarship to cover the cost of transportation and other research related expenses. Any junior or senior at UIC is eligible to apply. This potentially could serve as a Capstone project for Honors College students.
An Info Session will be held on Monday, October 24 from 2 - 3pm in 114 Burnham Hall.
To apply for the course, simply complete an application form and submit it electronically with the required materials to: Professor Lisa A. Freeman, lfreeman@uic.edu. The application deadline is Monday, October 31.
If you have questions about the course, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am eager to ensure a strong contingent of students from UIC and would be more than happy to meet with you to discuss the course.
Yours,
Lisa A. Freeman
Professor
Department of English
