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Federal Support for the Arts & Humanities at the University of Michigan Federal funds provide both direct and indirect support for research, scholarship and creative activity in the arts and humanities at the University of Michigan. Individual artists and scholars find support directly through the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as through partnerships with the Michigan Humanities Council and other organizations. The Institute for Museum and Library Services, the Department of Education, and other federal sources provide support in these areas, as well. Research and scholarship in anthropology, archeology, history, linguistics, English literature, languages and culture, music, dance, and other fields have been supported through federal programs. Besides cultural research, federal funds provide for the preservation of research materials, and expanded access to them through libraries and web sites. Also, graduate fellowships and summer institutes for teachers and other diverse activities are all made possible with federal funds. Examples of UM projects in the arts and humanities: Preserving Library Collections: The journals of European learned societies are an important resource for scholars but many collections are brittle. UM Libraries, building on a highly productive effort to preserve Slavic materials, is embarking on a work to preserve on microfilm Scandanvian, Italian, Dutch and Belgian society documents. This effort is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Beethoven the Contemporary: In conjunction with the University Musical Society, UM music students and scholars are offering special events to explore combining the works of contemporary American composers with the great string quartets of Beethoven. In addition to concerts by the American String Quartet, activities include a panel on interdisciplinary creativity in the arts, and a symposium with papers, panel discussion, and keynote speaker on Beethoven and contemporary composers. The events are sponsored by private donors, with a contribution from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Arab World and the West--A History of Intellectual Relationships: A summer, 1999, institute for high school teachers, to be held at the UM Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies will highlight the many connections between the Arab world and the West. Arab philosophy, science, and literature helped fuel a European Renaissance, and later, ideas from the colonizing West triggered responses in the Arab world. Arab heritage figures prominently in Michigan, which in the Dearborn area has among the highest concentration of Arab immigrants in the country. A PDF version is available, if you would like to view or print this document as it was originally formatted: Federal Funding by Agency Other pdf briefing documents available: UM Facts and Graphs, Economic Opportunity For more information, contact the University of Michigan Washington office: (202) 554-0578 Fax (202) 554-0582 1999