Announcements

ANNOUNCEMENTS The University of Iowa Center for Advanced Studies invites applications for $3500 Obermann Fellowships for participation in the 1992 Faculty Research Seminar titled "The Image in Dispute: Visual Cultures in Modernity." The seminar is directed by Dudley Andrew, Institute for Cinema and Culture, and will be held June 9-July 3, 1992. Applications are due January 15, 1992. For information, contact Jay Semel, Center for Advanced Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242; (319) 335-4034. The National Endowment for the Humanities has published a new and revised mid-year edition of its Overview of Endowment Programs. The Overview describes more than 30 funding opportunities at NEH. The Overview also contains information on how to get application forms, when to apply for grants (application deadlines through 1992), the address and phone number of each state's Humanities Council, and who to contact for more information. To obtain a copy, write to NEH Overview, Room 406, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20506; (202) 786-0438. The Conseil International D'Études Francophones will hold its next World Congress in Strasbourg, France, June 20-27, 1992. The CIEF welcomes proposals to read papers in French or to organize and chair sessions or panels related to all French-speaking areas world wide and in all disciplines. In addition to over sixty multidisciplinary sessions, the Congress will feature receptions, special cultural events, a book exhibit, and excursions in the Strasbourg region. The World Congress will include guest speakers, Francophone authors, and representatives of Francophone agencies and organizations. For information, contact Maurice Cagnon, Executive Director, CIEF, French Department, Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, 07043; (201) 893-5143 or -4283; Fax: (201) 893-5455. To join the CIEF, please send dues of $35 to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. The First International Conference to establish an International Association of Literary Semantics will be held July 31-August 2, 1992, at Eliot College, University of Kent at Canterbury. For information, contact the Conference Convenor, Trevor Eaton, Editor, Journal of Literary Semantics, Honeywood Cottage, 35 Seaton Avenue, Hythe, Kent CT21 5HH, England. The Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program for the academic year 1992-93, which offers U.S. educational institutions an opportunity to engage a native Austrian, Belgian, Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Mexican speaker for their language teaching programs, has been announced by the Institute of International Education. Under the auspices of the program, university students or young teachers come to U.S. schools, colleges, and universities as native informants to serve in language departments or in language houses. In return for the services of the assistants, U.S. host institutions provide the FLTA'S room and board, plus a waiver oftuition. For further information about this program, contact Luisa Guerriera, Institute of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017; (212) 984-5494. 199 ...