An Overview of Programs Previously Funded by the Center for the Humanities

I. Public Lectures, Lecture Series, and Performances

The Center sponsors guest lecturers, lecture series, and other public events such as fine arts exhibits, performances, and concerts. While lectures need to address a humanities-related theme, sponsorship of lectures can come from any department, faculty member, or administrator of the College.

Proposals for funding under $1,000 may be submitted from September through April.
Without exception, proposals for funding over $1,000 are due by January 1 of the academic year preceding event.

The following examples of faculty and departmentally sponsored lectures, lecture series, and performances represent the variety of events the Center sponsors:

Examples of Lectures and Lecture Series

Lecture by journalist Peggy Orenstein on her book, Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem and the Confidence Gap (1995).

Lecture by Lee Glazer, "Living up to our Teapots: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement, 1876-1890" (1999).

Lecture by Brian Stiegler, "Towards a Theory of Political Metafiction in Latin America (1999).

Theology Department Fall Lecture Series: "Jews and Christians Reading Luke-Acts." Lectures by Peter Ochs, Luke T. Johnson and Beverly Gaventa (1994).

Language, Literature and Society Symposium: "Race: Identity and Differences." Lectures by Philippe-Joseph Salazar, Ute Stebich, Euzhan Palcy and Anita Haya Goldman (1994).

Examples of Performances and Exhibits

Voice Master Class Series: an annual series of master classes,
workshops and lectures for singers and voice teachers.

Modern Masters Series: an annual series of readings by modern poets.

Performance of Aristophanes' Birds by the Aquila Theater Company (1995).

Open Ears, Open Minds: Three chamber music concerts including a
Maryland composers competition (1996).

Exhibit, Mirror Images: Photography Reflects Society (1994).

II. Programs Supporting Research in the Humanities

Supplemental Support for Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty Sabbaticals
      One automatic summer research grant of $3,500 for tenured, tenure-track faculty members in the humanities taking a full year sabbatical at half-pay. Faculty members who receive full funding for their sabbatical, whether through a college grant or from outside sources, are not eligible.

Junior Faculty Sabbaticals
     Fully-funded one-semester sabbaticals for untenured faculty to advance scholarly and/or creative projects

Departmental Student Writing Awards
     Writings awards given annually by each department in the humanities.

Student Summer Fellowships
     Fellowships supporting student work on scholarly or creative projects in the summer, under the direction of a faculty member.

Student Research Assistant Program
     Funding for faculty to hire student assistants to help with research and associated clerical work.

The Nachbahr Award
     An annual award recognizing outstanding achievement in scholarship or creative work by a faculty member in the Humanities.

Faculty Publication Costs
     Provides reimbursement for certain costs of publishing.

Humanities Faculty Publication Library
Provides reimbursement for limited distribution of faculty books on and off campus, including: 
     *cost of 5 copies for author to distribute 
     *cost of providing books or works in other media to faculty members who request it   
     *purchase of 2 copies for Humanities Center library

Summer Study Grants for Adjuncts & Affiliates
     This program funds six weeks of concentrated reading of a coherently organized list of materials for at least three adjunct faculty at $3,000 each.

Stipends for Adjunct & Affiliate Faculty Sponsoring Programs
     Awards adjunct faculty who sponsor or significantly participate in programs funded by the Center from $100 to $300.

Stipends for Summer Study for Students
      Stipends for eligible undergraduates applying to participate in unique programs in the humanities (e.g. participating in an archaeological dig or intensive language program) during the summer which are not available to the students through Loyola offerings and which may not count as credit toward graduation.

Stipends for (Otherwise) Unpaid Internships
    Stipends for students to participate in a non-credit summer internship pertaining to the Humanities that would otherwise not offer remuneration.

III. Programs Supporting Teaching in the Humanities

Grants for Team-Taught Courses
     Supports the development of interdisciplinary courses with grants of $2,000 to $4,000.

Enriching Classroom Teaching
     *Provides reimbursement for materials to improve or support a new course; and/or
     *Provides stipends to attend conferences

Nurturing Intellectual Friendships
       This program enriches the academic climate at Loyola College by funding (up to $250) opportunities for faculty to nurture intellectual friendships with, and among, students whom they identify as exhibiting a particular passion for learning.

IV. Other Types of Programs

Examples of programs that do not fit the categories above, initiated through grant proposals include:

Humanities Faculty Reading Group
     A monthly gathering of faculty members to discuss texts in various disciplines across the humanities.

French and German Reading Groups
       Faculty groups have organized in some years to read and discuss French and German texts in various disciplines across the humanities.

Faculty Friday
     An opportunity for faculty across the disciplines to meet one another and socialize.

V. Ongoing Major Programs Funded by the Center

The Honors Program
The Honors Program, which receives half of its funding from the Center, offers an academic curriculum designed to enrich and complement the academic experience inherent in a Loyola education, along with a wide range of activities, including numerous cultural experiences off campus. For more information, see the Honors home page, http://www.loyola.edu/dept/honors/

Humanities Symposium
The Humanities Symposium links a series of intellectual and cultural events (lectures, films, fine arts activities) to a single text and theme each year. The chosen text is typically included in 40 or more courses and thus becomes the basis for a campus-wide discussion which is both interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary. A 'Symposium Week' includes multi-class discussion of the symposium text during regularly scheduled class periods, and culminates in a keynote address. The keynote speakers for past symposia have included CORE co-founder James Farmer, Nobel laureates Elie Wiesel and Czeslaw Milosz, and, in 1999, Toni Morrison.

Cardin Programs
     --Cardin Lecture
The Jerome S. Cardin Memorial Lecture was established by the Jerome S. Cardin family in 1985 to present topics on Jewish-Christian relations, particularly those that define parallels and connections between the two. The lecture is given annually. Past Cardin lecturers have included Dr. Harry James Cargas, professor emeritus at Webster University in St. Louis; Harvard Professor Marc Shell; Mark Rosenthal, Curator of 20th Century Art at the National Gallery of Art; historian Taylor Branch; and philosopher Cornell West.

      --Cardin Chair
This biannual chair, established through the generosity of the Cardin family, rotates among the humanities departments and is held by a visiting scholar. In addition to conducting research in an area related to Jewish-Christian traditions, the Chair teaches one undergraduate seminar and holds a semester-long seminar for faculty in the area of his or her research.

VI. Annual Reports and Compendiums

2002-2003 Narrative Annual Report and Compendium of Events
Budget for 2002-2003
Compendium of 2001-2002 Events
Compendium of 2000-2001 Events