Dr. Patterson Accepted into NEH Summer Institute
Lebanon, IL (07/01/2022) — Dr. Martha Patterson, professor of English at McKendree University, was recently accepted into the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute. The three-week, residential institute, Making Modernism: Literature, Dance, and Visual Culture in Chicago, 1893-1955, will run from July 18 to August 5 and will explore Chicago's vital contribution to the modernist movement.
Directed by Dr. Liesl Olson of Newberry Library and Dr. Susan Manning of Northwestern University, the summer institute will offer an expansive look at creative expression in Chicago across the arts from the turn of the century through the aftermath of the Second World War. The 25 invited faculty members, including Dr. Patterson, will be engaging actively and critically with the Newberry's archival collections in order to understand the networks that contributed to the explosion of cultural styles associated with the modernist period.
In addition to working in the Newberry's archives, the institute will spend time on several site visits throughout Chicago, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the South Side Community Art Center, Hull House, the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection and many more.
For more information, please visit www.makingmodernism.com.
