I was asked to forward this to the list, which I am happy to do. It looks like an interesting session. Edward Knoblauch Webmaster, New York History Net >THE ETHNIC EXPERIENCE IN NEW YORK CITY >JUNE 20 - 27, 1999 >American University >Washington, DC > > > The United States has always been a nation of nations, its population >replenished by immigration from around the world. Migrant groups shaped >and were shaped by American cities, incubators of their own unique >ethnic cultures. No city opened more doors for immigrants than New York >City. This summer, participants in "The Ethnic Experience in New York >City" spend a week exploring this gateway to opportunity with a series >of walking tours, site visits, and lectures that will reconstruct the >urban immigrants' experience. > > Participants divide their time between lectures on the campus of >American University in Washington, DC and site visits in New York City. >They tour three vital neighborhoods -- the Lower East Side, Harlem, and >East (or Spanish) Harlem -- along with numerous historical and cultural >sites that include the Lower East Side Tenement House Museum, the Museum >of the City of New York, and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. >Participants take a bus tour of New York's churches, synagogues, >mosques, and temples, and end their stay with a trip to the Lower East >Side's open-air market. Institute Co-Directors Dr. Alan Kraut of >American University's Department of History and Professor Ed Smith, >Director of American Studies, will lecture, lead discussions, and guide >the thematic tours of local sites. > > The cost for the course is $400 without housing or $600 with housing >provided in either New York City or Washington, DC. (The course may >also be taken for undergraduate or graduate credit for the cost of >tuition.) Deadline for registration is May 21, 1999. For more >information, please contact: > >THE ETHNIC EXPERIENCE IN NEW YORK CITY ><[log in to unmask]> > >Office of Summer Sessions >McKinley 350 >American University >4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW >Washington, DC 20016-8170 > >888-765-2751, outside DC >202-885-2421, in DC > >