Curriculum Development

12 Mar 2024

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Educator Workshop: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
CERIS, Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh

CERIS and the Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh will host a workshop centered around the article written by Nathan Thrall "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama".

6 :00 PM Eastern Standard Time

Bob Ross, Professor of Social Justice Studies Point Park University will provide context of life in the West Bank in the Occupied Territories. Erin Brault long time education with Pittsburgh Public Schools is discuss ways to incorporate the content into curriculum.

09 Dec 2023

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2023 African Studies Assocation Teachers' Workshop: Education for Justice: Amplifying Voices When Voices are Silenced

Saturday, December 9, 2023 - 12:00pm to 4:15pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
African Studies Association

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

How have African American activism and African anti-imperial movements been inter-connected across time? What global histories are you silencing when you silence African American history? This workshop invites all teachers to consider a new lens to amplify silenced histories.

Register here: https://berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvce2trTIoHtysUc1Kshxrnx8FXQ...

Contact: 
https://www.asaoutreach.org/contact-us

19 Nov 2023

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The Talk” - Dialogue on Palestine for K-12 Educators

Sunday, November 19, 2023 (All day)
online
Sponsored By: 
Abolitionist Teaching Network and the Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies.

Announced by CERIS

Teach-In about Palestinians and the tremendous pushback and opposition in our schools and communities, offered by Abolitionist Teaching Network and the Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies. (This is part 2 of 2) , 11/19 from 9:30-11:30 AM PST co-sponsored by the Abolitionist Teaching Network and the Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies.

05 Dec 2023

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CERIS Book Discussion: Slavery and Islam

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
online
Sponsored By: 
CERIS, Center for African Studies, Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Join us for an online discussion of "Slavery and Islam," by Jonathan A.C. Brown. Brown, a professor and the Prince Alwahleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown University, explores the moral and ultimately theological problem of slavery across the Jewish, Christian and primarily Islamic traditions.

Contact: 
Elaine Linn eel58@pitt.edu

16 Nov 2022

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Secondary 6th-12th Grade Teacher Workshop: Islamic Beginnings and YA Literature

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

21 Nov 2022

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Lesson Plan Competition

Monday, November 21, 2022 (All day)
Virtual
Sponsored By: 
University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh:

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOV 21!

For Teachers of All Grade Levels!
Teachers of all grade levels (K-12) and content areas: You could win cash, prizes, and prestige by entering our lesson plan competition! The deadline to submit lesson plans for consideration in this year’s competition (by email or regular mail) is Monday, November 7, 2022 (but you are welcome to submit your lessons any time before that).

Contact: 
alimmer@arizona.edu

04 Nov 2022

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CERIS Fall 2022 Book Discussion

Friday, November 4, 2022 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Online
Sponsored By: 
CERIS, Center for African Studies

The Meursaalt Investigation Register Book Discussion

November 4, 2022 6 PM EST (Virtual)

The Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS) invites educators to a discussion by Kamel Koued that offers humanizing retelling of accounts in Albert Camus’1942, The Stranger.

The discussion will be led by Anour Rahmani, a writer and human rights defender from Algeria. His is an Artist Protection Fund Fellow in residence at Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Modern Languages and City of Asylum.

Contact: 
Elaine Linn, eel58@pitt.edu

25 Jul 2022

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Diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa Workshop for K-16 Educators

Monday, July 25, 2022 - 9:00am to Friday, July 29, 2022 - 12:00pm
Hybrid
Sponsored By: 
Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, and the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University

Hybrid Workshop July 25-29

25 Feb 2021

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They Syrian Civil War: An Online Workshop

Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 6:00pm to 9:15pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Choices Program, Brown University

Hosted by Choices Program, Brown University

The first part of this online workshop will focus on the lessons, readings, and videos in the Choices Program’s The Syrian Civil War unit, which is provided. Participants are asked to come to the workshop having read the curriculum unit.

The last hour of the workshop will feature an interactive panel discussion with members of DACOR who were involved in efforts to resolve the Syrian Civil War.

Workshop fee: $20, non refundable.

25 Feb 2021

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Teaching about the Middle East: Teaching Middle East History in World History

Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
online
Sponsored By: 
Middle East Studies at Duke University-The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

This series offers five interactive sessions between January and May 2021, featuring resources and strategies for teaching about the Middle East relevant to both in-person and virtual teaching for Grades 6-12 and community colleges.

All events occur on Thursdays, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time

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