International and
Area Studies
PROGRAMS:

Coming Events:

History Through Literature 2008 Working Group: Enduring stories in religious traditions.

• Hebrew Bible stories: Book of Ruth and sacrifice of Isaac
  January 27, 2008, 10:30AM - 1:00PM (Flyer)
  
  
• Panchatantra: Ancient Hindu animal tales
  February 10, 2008, 10:30AM - 1:00PM

ORIAS/ BAGEP Educator Working Group: Schools of Thought at Humanities West (Flyer)

• Voltaire and the French Enlightenment
  October 5-6, 2007
  
  
• The Enduring Legacy of Genghis Khan
  February 22-23, 2008
  
  
• Athens in the Time of Pericles
  May 2-3, 2008

World Affairs Council of Northern California/BAGEP (co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, U.C. Berkeley)

• Portrait of Turkey
  February 2, 2008

A one-day workshop at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco - exploring the politics of Turkey today and the history of a country that spans two continents and three regions. The program includes a special session for educators with lesson plans and student work exemplars from standards-based lessons on Turkey. Facilitated by Bay Area teachers Jeanne Kohl, Nancy Midlin, Susan Sevilla, and Mary April Brown.

For reservations, visit the Council’s website at www.itsyourworld.org or call 415.293.4600

Other news:

• UC Berkeley is the first university to make videos of full courses available through YouTube. Visitors to the site at youtube.com/ucberkeley can view more than 300 hours of videotaped courses and events, including peace and conflict studies courses.

ORIAS CLASS ARCHIVES: links, presentation summaries, bibliographies, lesson resources

Digital TV and the World - ORIAS/IEAS Program for teachers

December 4, 2007

Exploring Humanitarian Law Educator Training & Digital Arts Professional Development - Workshop for High School Teachers

July 25-27, 2007
Downtown Oakland

Crude Awakening: Energy Policy in Latin America: Center for Latin American Studies 2007 Summer Institute for Teachers

July 26 - 27, 2007

ORIAS 2007 SUMMER INSTITUTE: The Making of Cities (Flyer)

July 9 -13, 2007
UCB, 2223 Fulton, Sixth Floor

Blue Planet, "Green" Classrooms: Summer institute on human history and the environment.

July 26-27, 2007
Sponsored by Bay Area Teacher Development Collaborative and ORIAS

For teachers in San Mateo County:

Silk Roads and Silicon Highways: Interwoven Threads of China and the Bay Area
July 1-14, 2007
Summer Institute sponsored by sponsored San Mateo County Office of Education, Institute of East Asian Studies at U.C. Berkeley, and the Committee of 100.

2007 ORIAS Working Group: Engaging World History Through Graphic Novels

Sunday brunch sessions 10:00AM - 1:30PM
Jan. 21, 2007 - Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman
February 4, 2007 - Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
(Comic Relief's Workshop Feb 24)
March 11, 2007 - Kampung Boy by Lat; American Born Chinese by Gene Yang

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