2003 PIER Summer Institutes
The Teaching of Africa
The First World War and the 20th Century
Portraits of Contemporary Puerto Rican Communities
Understanding Global Issues: National Security in Today's World
Chinese Ethnicity: Visual & Personal Encounters
The Teaching of Africa
July 7- 18, 2003
An intensive introductory
course in African Studies designed to help teachers and educators learn
about Africa in a way that they can then teach confidently about its peoples,
civilizations, and cultures. The course is developed to help transform
other professionals' perspectives about the continent and to enable participants
to identify and access unique resources about Africa. The program includes
several hands-on cultural and artistic projects complemented by a full-day
field trip to cultural sites in New York City.
Sponsored by PIER-African Studies and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies with support
from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.
The First World War and the 20th Century
July 7 - 18, 2003
This intensive two
weeks of seminars and workshops in New Haven and New York examine both
the causes of the 1914-18 cataclysm and its impact on Europe and the world.
The program focuses not only on the diplomatic, economic, and military
history that gave rise to "the Great War" but also on its social
and cultural consequences, some still echoing today. Topics include: Anglo-German
antagonism; Austria in the Balkans; the stalemate on the Western Front;
the Armenian genocide; the Eastern and Southern fronts; the Treaty of
Versailles; mourning and memory; Surrealism and Existentialism; the Russian
Revolution; Weimar and the rise of Fascism; and a comparison of the pre-WW
I and post-Cold War worlds. Sessions include computer simulations and
teaching resources on the web.
Sponsored by PIER-European
Studies and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies with
support from a U.S. Department of Education Title
VI grant.
Portraits
of Contemporary Puerto Rican Communities
July 7-11, 2003
A one-week institute
designed to introduce educators to the geography of diverse communities
throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Participants interpret the
experiences of Puerto Ricans through migration patterns, the development
of urban and rural communities and the transformations they have undergone
throughout the last century. The program explores the cultural landscapes
of specific Puerto Rican neighborhoods in New York, New Haven, Chicago,
and Philadelphia, and their interaction with other communities. Lesson
plan development sessions consist of an introduction to the theories of
multicultural education and strategies for integrating diverse perspectives
into the curriculum. Evening activities include cultural events such as
films, musical performances and dance lessons.
The seminar was
followed by an optional field study trip to Puerto Rico.
A Follow-up workshop was held in November 2003.
Sponsored by PIER-Latin
American Studies, the Yale Center for International and
Area Studies, the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition
with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Understanding
Global Issues: National Security in Today's World
July 7-11, 2003
In the wake of September
11, 2001, educators are grappling with ways to address pressing international
issues in the context of America's role in the world. In a survey of high
school students in six states, more than half cited national security
as their top concern. This one-week institute will inform participants
about the broad issues of national security. Topics include: health, the
environment, development and foreign aid, poverty, ethics, conflict resolution,
and technology, within the context of the practical challenges and multidimensional
character of today's changing world and the U.S. role in it.
Syllabus
Sponsored by PIER-International
Studies and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies.
Chinese
Ethnicity: Visual & Personal Encounters
July 14-17, 2003
To learn and teach
about ethnicity in China by way of books and films, is it as simple as
finding a work that's objective in view and accurate with data? Are films
mere aids to teaching and writing? In what ways are museums and story-telling
alike? These are some of the questions this seminar intends to address,
study and hopefully begin to answer. With its informative and intriguing
syllabus, we aim to create a vigorous and compelling setting where lively
dialogues between texts and films, vision and illusion, learning and life
take place.
Sponsored by PIER-East
Asian Studies and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies with
support of the Freeman Foundation.
