University of Montana will host a National Endowment for the Humanities 2015 Summer Institute titled “Indigenous Literary Studies through Global Conversations,” June 22-July 17.

UM to Host Indigenous Studies Summer Institute

MISSOULA – The University of Montana will host a National Endowment for the Humanities 2015 Summer Institute titled “Indigenous Literary Studies through Global Conversations,” June 22-July 17. It will be co-directed by Kathryn Shanley (Native American Studies) and Phyllis Ngai (Communications). The tuition-free, four-week professional development institute will provide high school teachers and advanced graduate students with increased knowledge of indigenous peoples from those peoples’ perspectives.

    The institute seeks to engage participants in cross-cultural comparisons between and among indigenous peoples with further emphasis on civil discourse between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples. Institute participants will study the Salish people of Montana through their expressive cultures –literatures, oral traditions and film –and broaden their intellectual inquiry to include the Kiowas of Oklahoma, Samis northern Norway and Alaska Natives.  For more information about the institute email Phyllis Ngai or Kathryn Shanley atIndigenous.Lit@umontana.edu or call 406-243-5832. Application guidelines are on the institute’s website athttp://indigenouslit.org. Applications