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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 21, 2005
CONTACT: Sarah
Lingenfelter,
Media Relations (585) 567-9559
HOUGHTON PROFESSOR RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION
HOUGHTON, N.Y.
— Houghton College Professor of Old Testament Carl Schultz was selected from a
national applicant pool to attend one of 32 summer study opportunities
supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Schultz is one of
15 teachers to participate in a six-week seminar entitled “Religious Diversity
and the Common Good.” This seminar is held at the Boisi Center for Religion and
American Public Life at Boston College. Schultz also received a stipend to
cover cost of travel, study and living expenses.
Topics for the 32
seminars and institutes offered for college and university teachers this summer
include the Bayeux Tapestry, religion and culture, Latin American philosophy,
African cinema, the early American republic and the Vietnam War. Studies of
major figures include St. Francis of Assisi, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joseph Smith,
Eugenio María de Hostos, José Martí, William Faulkner, and Hannah Arendt.
The National
Endowment for
the Humanities is
an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to
supporting research, education, preservation and public programs in the
humanities.
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