Vol. 18, No. 6	Oct. 8, 1998

1999 Salzburg Seminar series application deadline is Nov. 2

P roposals are being accepted through Nov. 2 for faculty interested in participating in the 1999 Salzburg Seminar.

Started in 1947, the Salzburg Seminar series continues to attract faculty and academic professionals from around the world. However, the seminar gives preference to "mid-career" persons, usually under 40, although others are accepted.

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 1999 core program includes sessions on:

• "The Independent Sector: Building on the Past and Looking to the Future," Feb. 6-13;

• "The Transatlantic Agenda at the Turn of the Century," March 20-27;

• "Public History and National Identity," April l7-24;

• "Urban Youth," April 25-May 2;

• "Costs and Benefits of the Free Market System," May 9-16;

• "Scientific Development and the Democratic Process," June 16-23;

• "The Challenges of an Aging Society: The Intergenerational Contract," July 10-17;

• "Personal Responsibility of Judges," July 31-August 7;

• "Art, Religion and the Shaping of Culture," Sept. 4-11;

• "Information Technology and the Future of Education, Truth and Consequences," Sept. 25-Oct. 2;

• "Race and Ethnicity: Social Change through Public Awareness," Oct. 9-16; and

• "China and the Global Community," Dec. 4-11.

The participation by UD faculty has strengthened academic offerings by enriching teaching and research with international experience.

The program is administered by a faculty committee, chaired by G. Arno Loessner, Institute for Public Administration. This year's committee includes the three faculty members who attended in 1998, Dan Green, political science and international relations; Lloyd Shorter, music; and Karen Stein, consumer studies.

Others on the committee are Beth Haslett, communication; Leslie Reidel, theatre, and Silvia Weyerbrock, food and resource economics.

The seminar offers a fellowship, which covers half the cost of the $4,500 tuition, room and board. Persons wishing to apply for sessions in 1999 should include with their proposals a memo, addressed to Loessner, from their department chairperson and/or dean, indicating support for their participation and willingness to pay the balance of $2,250 in tuition, room and board, plus the cost of round-trip travel to Salzburg.

The deadline for proposals is 4:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 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@udel.edu>.