ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FREE PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE CLASSES IN SPANISH
11/08/2006
College-level courses for low-income Spanish-speaking students will be offered in Pilsen.
CHICAGO -The Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the Spanish Language Odyssey Project (El Proyecto Odisea), sponsored by the IHC with support from the University of Chicago, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Bard College in New York, and Gads Hill Center in Pilsen. This course offers a free, intensive, college-level introduction to Academic Writing, Philosophy, Literature, and History for low-income adult Spanish speakers. The course is offered at no charge to students and provides books, CTA fare, and on-site baby-sitting.
Classes are taught exclusively in Spanish by faculty drawn from leading universities in the Chicago area. The course will run over two terms -- from January 4 through March 15 and from March 26 through May 31 on Mondays and Thursdays from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Gads Hill Center in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, 1919 West Cullerton Street. For more information about attending the course, please call course coordinator Aaron Lambert at 773.288.6891 and leave a message in Spanish or English.
Founded on the premise that engagement with the humanities can offer a way out of poverty, The Odyssey Project offers instruction to course participants in humanistic disciplines. The English language Odyssey Project is in its seventh year here in Chicago, while its Spanish language counterpart, El Proyecto Odisea, is in its fourth.
"As we begin our seventh year of providing high-quality education to men and women who otherwise would not be able to afford it, the Illinois Humanities Council is committed to providing The Odyssey Project to Spanish-speaking adults in Chicago," explains Amy Thomas Elder, Illinois Odyssey Project Director at the IHC.
Syllabi and reading lists are roughly equivalent to those a student might encounter in a first-year humanities survey course at a first-rate university. Tuition is free, and all books, childcare, and transportation vouchers are provided. The UNAM will grant a certificate of achievement to any student who completes the course, while Bard College will grant college credit to those students who successfully complete all the course requirements.
Curriculum: There are two discrete sections in each of two terms: Academic Writing and Philosophy in Term I, and Literature and History in Term II.
Students: Low-income Spanish speakers who want to study, age 18 and older. Students should be able to read and write in Spanish and should have finished elementary school (Primaria= 6th grade).
Faculty:
- Academic Writing: Nene Lozada, Senior Lecturer, Department of Romance Languages and Literature, University of Chicago
- Philosophy: Aaron Lambert, PhD candidate, Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago.
- Literature: Elisa Marti-López, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Northwestern University. Dr. Marti-López received her Ph.D. from New York University.
- History: Mauricio Tenorio, Professor, Department of History, University of Chicago. Dr. Tenorio received his Ph.D from Stanford University.
For more information about The Odyssey Project, please call the IHC at 312.422.5580 or visit www.prairie.org/OdysseyProject.
The Illinois Humanities Council is a nonprofit educational organization [501 (c) 3] dedicated to fostering a culture in which the humanities are a vital part of the lives of individuals and communities. Organized in 1973 as the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the IHC creates programs and funds organizations that promote greater understanding of, appreciation for, and involvement in the humanities by all Illinoisans, regardless of their economic resources, cultural background, or geographic location. The IHC is supported by state, federal, and private funds.
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