The NLUS program, sponsored by DePaul University, Loyola University Chicago, Roosevelt University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, offers Chicago area undergraduates a semester-long humanities seminar each year from January to May. The seminar carries the credit of two courses and involves common reading assignments, research in the Newberry’s Core Collections, and a major research paper. Seminars are team-taught and topics vary from year to year. Each class is limited to twenty participants, who are assigned individual study areas and are encouraged to work closely with Newberry staff.
This year’s seminar is Exchange before Orientalism: Asia and Europe, 1500–1800.
How to Apply
If you are a student at one of the participating institutions and would like more information on the seminar, send a message to research@newberry.org, or contact the NLUS Advisor on your home campus:
- DePaul University
Professor Lori Pierce, American Studies Program
(773) 325-7283
lpierce3@depaul.edu - Loyola University Chicago
Professor Edward Wheatley, English Department
(773) 508-2254
ewheatl@luc.edu - Roosevelt University
Professor Celeste Chamberland, Department of History and Philosophy
(312) 341-3726
cchamberland@roosevelt.edu - University of Illinois, Chicago
Professor Christian Roa, Department of Latin American and Latino Studies
(312) 996-0125
roa@uic.edu