In this issue:
- The British in India: Art, Culture and Society | A Workshop for Teachers
- Upcoming Events at the Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia
- EURO Challenge 2010
- Southeast Asian Communities & the Shifting Contexts of Learning | A Workshop for Teachers
- African Studies Program Completed their Fulbright GPA to Rwanda!
- International Posters made by Returned Peace Corps
The British in India: Art, Culture and Society | A Workshop for Teachers
September 10 -13 - UW-Madsion CampusThe British in India: Art, Culture and Society
A Workshop for Middle and High School Teachers
The back drop of this workshop is an exhibit, currently on display, at the Chazen Museum of Art, Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj a selection of expertly decorated silverware produced by craftsmen from different regions of India during the late British rule between 1858 and 1947.
Events include talks by UW faculty and other associates on: Company Rule: East India Trading Company in India, British Policy in India under the Raj, Whose Taste? Indian Silver for the Raj, Influences of British Taste on Indian Music, a Gallery Tour and Talk, Demonstration of Metalsmithing techniques, a Book discussion, film screening of Shatranj Ke Khiladi (The Chess Players), 1977, directed by Satyajit Ray and Lagaan, 2001, directed by Ashutosh Gowariker.
Registration deadline is August 25th
The program fee is $40. 1-Graduate Credit is available for those who are interested for $44.25.For more information, call Rachel Weiss at (608) 262-9224 or
rweiss@southasia.wisc.edu.
More information including schedule is on the workshop website.Upcoming Events at the Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia (CREECA)
September 17 - UW-Madison Campus (Location: TBA)Parno Grazst, a Roma band from northeast Hungary, will give a lecture/demonstration on campus. Free and open to the public.
September 25 - November 10 - Porter Butts Gallery, the Memorial Union
Exhibition of Jonas Bendiksen's photographs from several of the lesser-known regions of the former Soviet Union, including Birobidzhan, Transdniester, Abkhazia, and spaceship crash zones on the Kazakh steppes. Free and open to the public.
Save the date! "Day in Central and East Europe"
Tuesday, March 16, 2010CREECA's most popular annual high school outreach event, will take place in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. Registration information will follow at a later date. With questions, please contact
Nancy Heingartner, CREECA Outreach Coordinator at:
outreach@creeca.wisc.edu or by calling: 608-265-6298.
Visit CREECA's website for more information about their events!The High School *Euro Challenge* is a national academic competition targeting students in grades 9 and 10. Supported by the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, *Euro Challenge* is designed to develop and expand students’ knowledge of the European Union (EU), the European economy and the euro.
Students in social studies, global studies, economics, world history/geography or European studies classes will especially benefit from participating in this innovative and fun educational competition.
For more information please see the *Euro Challenge* Website
If you are interested in registering your school for *Euro Challenge* or would like to receive more information about the competition, please contact:
Csanád Siklós, Assistant Director, European Studies Alliance,
by email: siklos@wisc.edu or call(608) 265-4766.Southeast Asian Communities & the Shifting Contexts of Learning
Saturday, October 10, 2009
8:30 am - 7:30 pmThe Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the U.S. Department of Education offers a unique opportunity for teachers and other K-12 administrators to explore how Southeast Asian youth are involved in multiple contexts of learning—in the schools and in their own communities outside the schools.
This workshop is a “must” for teachers who would like to broaden their understanding of the State’s growing Southeast Asian populations in the context of a fascinating and constantly evolving field of Southeast Asian Studies.
The intensive 1-day workshop begins on the UW-Madison campus at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, where UW-Madison faculty and guest speakers inform teaches about Hmong and Cambodian perspectives on learning. In the afternoon teachers then visit to the Cambodian Temple in Oregon, Wisconsin, where they meet Cambodian monks and community, share in Cambodian cuisine and hear a live folk music ensemble. Preliminary readings will be sent to teachers in preparation for the workshop. We especially encourage a group of teachers and school staff to come from one school--including ESL teachers, media/library specialists, teachers of social studies, unified arts, history culture and geography, as well as principals. 1 Graduate Credit and tuition remission offered. FEE: $85 ($70 for schools sending more than one participant).
Registration Deadline: September 11, 2009
For more information contact Peggy Choy
Workshop Director by email: pachoy@wisc.edu.African Studies Program completed their Fulbright GPA to Rwanda!
With Director Sharon Hutchinson, Catherine Reiland led 13 talented high and middle school social studies teachers and curriculum planners from across the United States on a journey to visit five Rwandan cities, including the capital city of Kigali, with video cameras, audio recorders, and photo cameras in tow, to meet with Rwandan educators, students, and community leaders.
Read Catherine's Rwandan chronicles at:
http://badgersabroad.wisc.edu/blog/index.php/archives/category/continents/africa/rwandaInternational Posters made by Returned Peace Corps
In response to requests from K-12 classroom teachers, the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Wisconsin-Madison are pleased to announce the publication of a set of five international posters. The five posters feature beautiful photos of people and places around the world. They are designed to illustrate various cultural solutions to our common human needs for food, water, housing, clothing and work. Our website offers teaching resources about each photo and the countries portrayed. Ordering information is available on the website. The RPCVs of Wisconsin-Madison are a not-for-profit organization – proceeds from the sale of the posters support grassroots projects locally and in the countries where we served.
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