Traditions and Change: Book Club for Educators: Join us virtually to delve into discussions with speakers (and sometimes authors!) from various world area Title VI National Resource Centers to learn resources and strategies how to use these award-winning books in your classroom.
CURRENT: You can still attend the sessions! The cohort to receive each book is full, but feel free to register, purchase the book on your own, and attend any or all the sessions. Copy of Dec. 11 book sent to registrants, while supplies last:
Time: 7pm-9 pm Eastern (6pm-8pm Central, 5pm-7 pm Mountain, 4pm-6pm Pacific)
Dates: October 16, October 30, November 13, November 27, December 11, 2023
- October 16 Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Faciliated by Awa Saidy, African Studies Initiative at the University of Minnesota and Susan Tenon, NEAFoundation Global Learning Fellow Alumni from Ohio
- October 30 Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh. Faciliated by Nancy Hope, Asia for Educators at the Weatherhead East Asia Institute of Columbia University
- November 13 Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan and On the Trapline by David Robertson/Julie Flett. Faciliated by Kyla Sweet, the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University
- November 27 Drawn Across Borders: True Stories of Human Migration by George Butler. Facilitated by Jennifer Lund, the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan
- December 11 Lady Murasaki's Tale of Genji: The Manga Edition adapted by Sean Michael Wilson . Facilitated by Janet Smith, the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University
Fall 2023 World Area Book Club sponsoring centers include the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota/ Asia for Educators at the Weatherhead East Asia Institute of Columbia University/ the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University/ the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan/ the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University/ the African Studies Initiative at the University of Minnesota.
The Dec. 11 event is coordinated by the East Asian Studies Center and sponsored in part by the University of Pittsburgh national coordinating site for the National Consortium for Teaching About Asia (NCTA) Asian Studies Center, University Center for International Studies and a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University.
