UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 10
November 7, 1996
Salzburg deadline Dec. 2

     Proposals are being accepted now through Dec. 2 for faculty
interested in participating in the 1997 Salzburg Seminar. Started
in 1947, the Salzburg Seminar series enters its second half-
century next year.
     Over five decades, the seminar has evolved from an idea of
three Harvard students into a center for intellectual exchange
that has attracted the attention and participation of political
and business leaders from around the world.
     "There are hundreds of seminars in the prestige-conscious
firmament of academe," Newsweek magazine has written, "but few
can rival the eminence of the Salzburg program."
     Today, the Salzburg Seminar consists of the traditional core
sessions that are the foundation of the program; the American
Studies Center, which promotes the teaching of American studies;
and the Schloss Leopoldskron Conference Center, which provides
conference services for seminar attendees.
     The common goal that has changed little in the last 50 years
is enhancing dialogue among future leaders from around the world,
with the conviction that individuals can make a difference in
their communities and their societies.
     The University of Delaware has had a long association with
the Salzburg Seminar, and many faculty have attended the sessions
and used the experience to enhance their research and teaching.
     As in the past, interested faculty members may submit a
proposal, not to exceed two pages, explaining how the seminar
would enhance their work at the University.
     The 1997 core program includes 10 sessions:
       Feb. 22-March 1, "World Trade: Protectionism vs.
  Globalization,"
       March 15-22, "Eclipse of the Nation State?"
       April 19-26, "The Rise of Industrial East Asia and Its
  Implications for the Developing World,"
       May 17-24, "Race and Ethnicity: Models for Diversity,"
       June 16-23, "Journalism in the Information Age,"
       July 12-19, "Education Youth: Challenges for the Future,"
       Aug. 2-9, "Recent Developments in American Law and Legal
  Institutions,"
       Oct. 11-18, "Europe: Consolidation and Enlargement,"
       Nov. 15-22, "Nongovernmental Organizations: Leadership
  and Civil Society" and
       Dec. 6-13, "Music for a New Millennium: The Classical
  Genre in Contemporary Society."
     Each proposal for sessions should be accompanied by a memo
from the department chairperson or dean and addressed to G. Arno
Loessner, urban affairs and public policy, at Graham Hall. The
deadline is 4:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 2.
     A Salzburg brochure, outlining details of the different
sessions and listing former fellows from the University, is in
the Reserve Room of the Morris Library.
     For further information, send questions, via e-mail to
loessner@brahms.udel.edu