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 Glen Carman, Department of Modern Languages
  (773) 325-1869
  gcarman@depaul.edu
• Loyola University Chicago
  Professor Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, Department of History
  (773) 508-2221
  eshermer@luc.edu
• Roosevelt University
  Professor Priscilla Archibald, Department of Literature and Languages
  (312) 341-6453
  parchibald@roosevelt.edu
• University of Illinois, Chicago
  Professor Lisa Freeman, Department of English
  (312) 355-2530
  lfreeman@uic.edu