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Seminar Series on SNCC and Grassroots Organizing

Zinn Education Project

The series, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is focused on six themes that are at the heart of SNCC’s history of grassroots organizing: the organizing tradition, voting rights, Black Power, women and gender, freedom teaching, and art and culture in movement building.

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20 Types Of Questions For Teaching Critical Thinking

TeachThought

Sidenote: Questioning And The Socrative Method The Socrative Method is among the most well-known version of the Didactic approach, where students are (or can be, depending on how the seminar is structured) guided by ‘more knowledge others’ (MKO) personalized and extended reflection through inquiry. What is a ‘good question’?

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Call for Fellowship Applications: Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History

Society for Classical Studies

Often, the product of this influence is a colonialist narrative that presents past cultures as flawed or inconsistent (because they fail to meet modern criteria) and modern (usually Western) cultures as the resolution of these inconsistencies. Fellowships will be distributed equally across the 2025-2026 academic year (i.e.,

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Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History: Call for Fellows

Society for Classical Studies

Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History: Call for Fellows kskordal Mon, 03/04/2024 - 13:37 Image The Future of the Past Lab and the Center for Premodern Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities are excited to announce a three-year series of visiting fellowships titled “Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History.”

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Call for Applications: Kingdon and Solmsen Fellowships at IRH

Society for Classical Studies

Kingdon Fellowships sponsor scholars working in the humanities in the historical, literary, artistic, and/or philosophical studies of Christian and/or Jewish religious traditions and their role in society. Fellows are expected to present their work at an Institute seminar and participate in the weekly seminars.

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Diving Deeper with ParaFLY

HistoryRewriter

Student A The Underdogs written by Mariano Azuela is an incredibly famous novel of the Mexican Revolution as it highlights several traditions in a narrative format. Literature that was once filled with European tradition now contains Mexican events, culture, tradition, and history. I was very pleased with their efforts.

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Other Anthropology Schools: Translating Disciplinary Treasures for “Undisciplined” Minds

Anthropology News

While some Chinese anthropology departments keep the tradition of extensive collaborative work, One Res presented a more “liberated” version where ideology did not matter, and authority could be challenged. Indeed, openness can hit the limit, while traditional ways of learning have their own merits. Like a textbook?”