The Living Sahara: New Horizons in Teaching Africa and the Middle East
- Event Type
- Conference/Workshop
- Sponsor
- Center for African Studies And Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- Location
- LEVIS FACULTY CENTER 919 W. ILLINOIS ST., URBANA, ILLINOIS
- Date
- Sep 29, 2023 - Sep 30, 2023 4:00 - 6:00 pm
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- Originating Calendar
- Center for African studies - Outreach Calendar
A K-14 Teachers Workshop
This is an In-person Event!
Date: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 from 4:00 -6:00 PM
&
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, from 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: LEVIS FACULTY CENTER
919 W. ILLINOIS ST., URBANA, ILLINOIS
PDH FOR K-12 TEACHERS
Keynote Address by
Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Director, Institute of African Studies,
Columbia University, “Disrupting Area Studies”
Speakers
Debora Heard
Doctoral Candidate, University of Chicago
“Teaching Ancient Saharan and Nile Valley Populations”
Shayla L. Monroe
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University,
“Teaching Human-Animal Environments”
Liz Matsushita
Visiting Assistant Professor, Reed College,
“Music as Teaching Method for Trans-Saharan Histories”
Live Music Performance TBA
The Teachers' Workshop is free. All educators and lifelong learners are welcome.
K-12 teachers will be given priority and are eligible to apply for a $500 Curriculum Development grant and up to $400 travel grant