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Mary C. Bingham Seminar
Every other year, the Center holds an open competition among university faculty who wish to offer a special topical seminar in the humanities. Approximately 12 students are then selected by way of competitive application for participation in this seminar. The Bingham Seminar provides faculty and students a chance to explore a subject not in the university's regular course offerings and to do so on-site, since the seminar provides funding for a four-week study visit either to the US or to a foreign country. Recent seminar participants have visited London, Paris and Vienna, walked along the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, traveled in China investigating the Confucian family tradition, and studied the art, architecture and folkways of Sicily.
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