Women's History Network

JUNE 22, 2024

Summer Seminar Series A reminder to all that our Summer Seminar Series will be taking place in July, comprised of three seminars. Each of these seminars was originally due to take place earlier in the year but unfortunately had to be rescheduled due to speaker illness or other unavoidable absence.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

When I was a student, I struggled to see my people represented in curricula, so when I design Spanish and social studies classes, I work to decolonize my lessons and reclaim Indigenous history. However, during the seminar, the facilitators jumped directly into piloting GBL activities with attendees.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

One-Day seminars are the easiest way to engage with Teaching American History in person. Faculty member Dan Monroe at a One-Day seminar in Spring 2022 Although One-Days are designed to fit around a teacher’s busy schedule, it is important to spend some time preparing for the day.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As of 2022, 38 states required a semester of civics education in high school; that same year, the federal government increased spending on “American History and Civics” fourfold. These are all great steps in the right direction, but I believe there is still a lack of respect for the importance of history and civics education.

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NCHE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Looking for advice on how to navigate teaching inclusive history during this time of divisive rhetoric? –Specialized Workshops and Experiences: Dive deep into strategies, tools, and content relevant to K-12 educators, with special emphasis on hidden histories and innovative, hands-on pedagogical strategies.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Today, we’re going to pivot a bit to something equally revolutionary yet rooted in ancient tradition (somewhat)–Socratic Seminars. I’ve got 5 transformative strategies you can use to update Socratic Seminars for today’s learners. What is a Socratic Seminar? Socratic Seminars bring history to life.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Today, we’re going to pivot a bit to something equally revolutionary yet rooted in ancient tradition (somewhat)–Socratic Seminars. I’ve got 5 transformative strategies you can use to update Socratic Seminars for today’s learners. What is a Socratic Seminar? Socratic Seminars bring history to life.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 5, 2024

Anna Lenardson If you ask Anna Lenardson, a 2023 graduate of Ashland University’s Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program , why she enrolled in the challenging program, she replies, “I love to learn. I loved being with other teachers, talking about history and government.” I watch them spread their wings.”

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Women's History Network

JULY 16, 2024

Don’t miss the final seminar of our summer series next Wednesday 24 July at 4 pm BST. We will be hosting Chandrica Barua from the University of Michigan who will be speaking on ‘Subaltern Victorias: The Queen and Her “Poor Little Princesses”’ Sign up here.

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Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Lindblom based it on a summer seminar she attended in the early 2000s: the Presidential Academy, a forerunner of Teaching American History’s current programs. This inspired Lindblom to design an elective sophomore course on the same three periods, using many of the primary documents she’d studied in the TAH seminar.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 31, 2010

The morning began with Collen providing an overview of our school''s comprehensive Holocaust education program; highlighting the course curriculum, the study seminar to the U.S. During this process she comes across influential people who are also passionate about helping students learn from this dark event in history.

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Women's History Network

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Registration is now open for the one day seminar ‘Sayers in the 21st Century’ Programme: Sayers in the 21st Century – One-Day Seminar Friday, 11th October, 2024 Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL IAS Common Ground G11, Ground Floor, South Wing UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT A joint programme between IAS and the Dorothy L […]

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 23, 2025

1933-2024 Credit: Penny de los Santos Sally McLendon (1933-2024) Sally McLendon was an American scholar of Indigenous languages, cultures, and histories in North America, with a special focus on the Indigenous languages and communities of Northern California.

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Women's History Network

JUNE 26, 2024

One week to go until we kick off our Summer Seminar Series with a fantastic paper from Dr Emily Rees Koerner entitled ‘Transnational Collective Action by Women in Engineering and Applied Science in the 1960s and 70s’ To sign up for the seminar please visit the following paper: sign up here We hope to see as […]

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Women's History Network

JULY 3, 2024

Wednesday, 10 July 2024, at 4pm BST/GMT+1 Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Postcards from the Smock Colony: Jessie Tarbox Beals’ photographs of Bohemian Greenwich Village In 1917, Vanity Fair christened New York’s vibrant bohemian Greenwich Village neighbourhood ‘the smock colony’.

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HistoryRewriter

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Story File is ideal for helping students practice asking interview questions and conducting oral history projects. Plus, the interactive transcripts can give even your most introverted students a chance to demonstrate what they learned from a Socratic Seminar where they remained silent. Class Companion.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 22, 2010

With this program I was able to comfort frightened incoming freshmen during orientation, raise money to assist victims of the genocide in Darfur, and attend inspirational seminars about leadership and ethical issues. In the fall of 2009 I went on a field trip to Wall Street with my AP History class.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In featuring three SAPIENS poems, students in a digital anthropology seminar infused video reels for Instagram with vivid history and powerful emotions. ✽ For a digital anthropology seminar at the University of Denver, I asked my students: “Why do the pressures of our lived realities demand a response through poetry?”

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Women's History Network

JULY 2, 2024

Join us TOMORROW at 4pm BST as we kick off our Summer Seminar Series with an exciting paper from Dr Emily Rees Koerner.

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Women's History Network

JULY 22, 2024

T-minus two days until we finish off our Summer Seminar Series with a fascinating paper from Chandrica Barua entitled ‘Subaltern Victorias: The Queen and Her “Poor Little Princesses”’ In her paper, Chandrica will illuminate the elusive and messy archives of unusual presences in the Victorian court, particularly dwelling upon the story of (..)

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HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This post features examples of a 10th-grade World History class practicing interpreting literary criticism. This was a part of a large, interdisciplinary project that required the collaboration of an ELA teacher, a History teacher, and a Spanish teacher. I was very pleased with their efforts.

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Women's History Network

MARCH 3, 2024

Wednesday, 6 March, at 4pm GMT Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Articulating Syrian Women Refugees’ Education in an Age of Uncertainty Political conflicts propelled a wave of refugees that are seen as a force that threatens the stability of the UK and Western Europe.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Two teachers, known as “academic advisors,” were on call to field questions and ensure everybody stayed on task (the teachers also lead weekly seminars or labs to bolster the computer work). Northern Cass students Jaenna Wolff (left) and Abby Richman work on history and physical science, respectively, at the Jaguar Academy.

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Women's History Network

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

LGBT History Month Special: ‘A BullDyke in a Queen City’: Queer Women in the U.S. Wednesday, 21 February, at 4pm GMT Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Urban South This paper will discuss the significant differences between gay men’s and lesbian women’s lived experiences.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 24, 2022

Over the past 12 months, I learned more than any textbook could ever explain, more than any seminar could ever teach, and more than any video could ever portray. From there, the seed was planted in my mind that one day I could become a college president—and the rest is history.

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Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 24, 2024

If selected, fellows will give a public lecture on their work, participate in a workshop on their project, participate in a seminar with graduate students relating to their work, and record an episode for the Future of the Past Podcast. Fellowships will be distributed equally across the 2025-2026 academic year (i.e.,

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2024

History reminds us that counterattacks have followed every advancement in equity and inclusion, from Brown vs. Board of Education to affirmative action. Universities would do well to consider requiring DEI seminars as part of orientation and encourage faculty to include DEI content in every course.

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 4, 2024

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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Women's History Network

JULY 3, 2024

Calling all Women’s and Gender History enthusiasts. Join us for the first seminar of our Summer Seminar Series THIS AFTERNOON AT 4PM BST. Dr Emily Rees Koerner will be delivering her paper, ‘Transnational Collective Action by Women in Engineering and Applied Science in the 1960s and 70s’ Don’t miss out!

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This tendency is first expressed through its course design — three of the four core courses on “anthropology” while the last one on history being arguably a sisterly discipline. For instance, we tried to unpack the history of tombstones based on their minute traces. Could you tell me more about its history? Like a textbook?”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2019

When the school held a mandatory seminar last fall to discuss the impact of race on student learning, some teachers and staff walked out, accusing the school of sowing division between teachers. There’s more consensus about what it is not: a checklist, or an annual celebration, like Black History Month.

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Women's History Network

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Wednesday, 29 November 2023, at 4pm UK time. Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the Making of a Shia Ismaili Muslim Sociality Over the course of the twentieth century, Shia Ismaili Muslim communities were repeatedly displaced.

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Teaching American History

JUNE 18, 2024

And that means the pinnacle of TAH’s professional development for teachers has arrived as well: our Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program at Ashland University in Ashland, OH. The four questions cover a variety of topics, eras, or themes in American history and government. But that’s just the start.

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Teaching American History

JULY 9, 2024

Sean Brennan Brennan, a frequent participant in Teaching American History seminars , has long promoted civic education and civil cooperation at the local and state level. As a teacher, he appreciated Teaching American History’s free seminars featuring scholar-led discussion of primary documents.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2022

For example, my research is on Parkinson’s disease, using magnetic resonance imaging to understand how comorbidities and health-life histories may change the rate of cell death in a critical region of interest in the brain. STEM education, like scientific research, should be rigorous and demanding; an area where some failure is expected.

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Teaching American History

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Teaching American History provides various free resources for American history and government teachers, including our popular seminars , multi-day seminars , and extensive database of original source documents. Two Core Document Collections cover the entire scope of American history.

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ED Surge

JUNE 27, 2023

Memories of the continual improvement he was able to do back then have stuck with him as his career has progressed, including jobs as a high school history teacher, an edtech consultant to schools, a doctoral student and professor, and director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab. And Reich has made it a personal goal to share the lesson.

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