In 1996 Irven M. Resnick, UTC Professor and Chair of Excellence in Judaic
Studies, was awarded the first grant in UTC's history from the National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to direct a five-week summer institute
for college and university professors. Such programs, which enable faculty
from across the United States to gather for intensive study around a common
theme, are not typically directed by faculty from primarily undergraduate
institutions.

Earlier this month, Dr. Resnick learned from Congressman Zach Wamp's office
that another summer program he has developed will receive $161,500 from
NEH--the second such award in UTC's history.

Titled "Representations of the 'Other': Jews in Medieval Christendom," this
5-week program will gather twenty-five university professors from across
the United States to study under a group of distinguished senior scholars
from the U.S., England, and Israel. The program, one of only eight summer
institutes funded by NEH for 2003, will  be conducted 9 July through 13
August, 2003 at Oxford University's Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
and will examine the status of Jews in medieval Christian culture from the
standpoints of art history, literature, philosophy, and history.

Dr. Resnick, an expert on medieval Jewish-Christian relations and a former
Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, has also been
named a Visiting Scholar there for 2003-2004. He will be responsible for
all aspects of the grant--including the selection of participants and daily
study activities in Oxford.

Please join in congratulating Dr. Renick on this award and in commending
him for the prestige his work brings to UTC.


Diane Miller
Director
Office of Grants and Program Review/Dept 4905
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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