The Embassy of the United States of America in Mexico is pleased to announce the Summer U.S. Studies Institutes offered by the U.S. Study Branch of the Department of State during a six week period beginning in June 2010 for university faculty and other scholars.

The institutes include the following topics:

1. U.S. Culture and Society

Host Institution: To be confirmed

Designed for Specialists in:  History, American Studies, American Literature

2. American Politics and Political Thought

Host Institution: University of Massachusetts, Amherst (tentative)

Designed for Specialists in: Political Science, Political Theory, Sociology, Philosophy.

3. Contemporary American Literature

Host Institution: University of Louisville, Kentucky (tentative)

Designed for Specialists in: Literature in general, American literature or American studies.

4. U.S. Foreign Policy

Host Institution: University of Florida, Gainesville (tentative)
Designed for Specialists in:  International Relations, Foreign Policy, History, Political Science.

5. Journalism and Media in the United States

Host Institution: To be confirmed
Designed for Specialists in:  Journalism instructors and related specialists

6. Religious Pluralism in the United States

Host Institution:  University of California, Santa Barbara (tentative)
Designed for Specialists in: Political Science, Sociology, Religion, History, American Studies

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