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1999 Speaker Biographies
Journey to the West & Prester John
2000 Speaker Biographies
Preventing Deadly Conflict: Toward a World Without War
2002 Speaker Biographies
Katheryn Twiss is a graduate student in Archaeology at U. C. Berkeley. Her work focuses on the anthropology of food and zooarchaeology in the Neolithic Near East.
2003 Speaker Biographies
As'ad AbuKhalil is a professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus and a research associate with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley.
2004 Speaker Biographies
Beshara Doumani (Islamic law in the Arab Middle East)
2005 Speaker Biographies
Sener Akturk received his bachelor's degrees in Political Science and International Studies, and his master's degree in International Relations, both from the University of Chicago.
2006 Speaker Biographies
Javier Alvarez-Mon holds degrees in Art History, Near Eastern Archaeology, and Ancient Religions, from the School of the Louvre (Paris), The Jesuit School of Theology, and the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley (California), a
2007 Speaker Biographies
ROBERT ALTER is Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967.
2008 Speaker Biographies
LAURA W. ALLEN received her Ph.D. in Japanese art history from U.C. Berkeley in 1989.
2009 Speaker Biographies
CINDY AUSEC was born and raised in California. After graduating from high school, she entered the U.S. Army, where she was trained as a German linguist and spent four years in Germany. After army service, she earned a B.A.
2010 Speaker Biographies
CATHERINE CENIZA CHOY is an associate professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, where she teaches courses on Asian American history, Filipino American Studies, and contemporary U.S.
2011 Speaker Biographies
TIMOTHY ABDELLAH FUSON completed his Ph.D. in Music at U. C. Berkeley and is both a scholar and performer.
2012 Speaker Biographies
Richard Abrams is a professor emeritus of history at U. C. Berkeley. His expertise is in modern U.S. history, government-business relations, political economy of industrial societies, and the history of deregulation.
2013 Speaker Biographies
Nick Bartel taught two years with the Peace Corps in Micronesia, then worked for 37 years with the San Francisco Unified School District, interspersed with work in Korea, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and a refugee camp in Thailand.
2014 Speaker Biographies
Ken Albala is Professor of History at the University of the Pacific in Stockton California and Director of Food Studies at the San Francisco campus.
2015 Speaker Biographies
Jo Ann Conrad is a folklorist who has researched in the field of narrative, specifically the Fairy Tale.
2016 Speaker Biographies: Pop Culture in World History
Esther Clinton is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University. She received her Ph.D.
2016 Speaker Biographies: Women in World History
Beverly Bossler is Professor of History at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on gender and social history, particularly the Song and Yuan dynasties.
2018 Speaker Biographies: Architecture
JoAnn Conrad is a professor of Anthropology and Folklore at CSU East Bay. Her research focuses on narrative theory, gender, embodied knowledge, and the relationship between affect and the senses.
2019 Speaker Biographies: Body & Identity
Alex Locust is counselor, community organizer, and champion of disability justice.
2019 Speaker Biographies: The Global Rise of National Populism
Martin Eiermann is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at UC Berkeley. His research focuses on social movements, populism, and the history privacy in the United States.
2020 Speaker Biographies: People Power
Elena is a volunteer for Conversations with the Courageous (CwC), a group of HongKongers and allies that raise awareness of and support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement through human interacti
2020 Speaker Biographies: Propaganda
Kristie Flannery grew up in Sydney, Australia.
About ORIAS
Absent Voices - Everyday Life in World History
History courses are peopled with the prestigious, the wealthy, the powerful.
Ancient Roots, Modern States (2000)
COMING SOON
Architecture: Space, Power, and Community
Summer Institute for k-12 Teachers
June 25 - 27, 2018
Body & Identity
Summer Institute for k-12 Teachers
June 26 - 28, 2019
Cairo to Jerusalem, Damascus, Medina, and Mecca: 1326
"From Gaza I travelled to the city of Abraham [He
Calendars of UC Berkeley Events
Curated Calendars of Events for Educators
Professional Development for Educators: Focus on Education and Teaching
Causes and Consequences of Imperialism
Empire building has been a prominent thread in human history since ancient times.
Contact
ORIAS helps teachers globalize their course materials.
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Current Books
Our chosen topic, Migrations and Diasporas, seems particularly fitting given the current refugee crisis in the Mediterranean region.
Encountering Nature in World History (2006)
COMING SOON
Environmental History
Summer Institute for Community College Educators
June 2 - 3, 2017
Epic of Gilgamesh
See images of some of the original tablets. Learn about the history of writing. Hear parts of the epic read in the original Akkadian.
Featured: "Jews & Muslims" 2017 Summer Program in Morocco
California middle and h
Featured: African History Resources
At time of writ
Featured: In Favor of Podcasts
My love affair with podcasts began while I was teaching.
Featured: New ORIAS Speakers Bureau
Featured: The Golden Record
Featured: The Travels of Ibn Battuta
Foodways in World History
Global Views of COVID 19
ORIAS created the Global Views of COVID 19 webinar series to help teachers deepen their understanding of the unfolding pandemic.
Hero's Journey Contributors
Between 1998 and 2000, ORIAS held a series of teacher institutes at UC Berkeley on the theme of teaching pre-modern history through literature.
How to Read a Film
Learn to use film more effectively in your classroom.
How To Read an Object
What can material culture tell us about the past?
Image Credits
2016 Community College Summer Institute, Women in World History:
Photo Collage
In Cairo: 1326
"I arrived ... at the city of Cairo, mother of cities ...
International Children's Literature (2001)
COMING SOON
Iraq and Persia: 1326 - 1327
"When the afternoon prayer
Lands of the Golden Horde & the Chagatai: 1332 - 1333
"At every halt the Turks loose their horses, oxen
Lessons from Morocco
Fulbright-Hays Groups Projects Abroad: Morocco 2017
Literature for Children and Young Adults
Recommended literature from around the world.
Medieval Travelers in World History (1999)
COMING SOON
Migration & Diaspora
Summer Institute for Community College Teachers
May 31 - June 2, 2018
Mithila Painting: Folk Art of India
Why Study Mithila Painting?
Monomyth: Hero's Journey Project
Joseph Campbell's Monomyth, developed in Hero With A Thousand Faces, describes the common heroic narrative in which a heroic protagonist sets out, has transformative adventures, and returns home.
ORIAS Online World History Cohort
What is the Online WH Cohort?
ORIAS Summer Institutes for Teachers
ORIAS Summer Institutes invite educators to be students again.
Past Books
2019 - 2020 San Francisco and East Bay Books
People Power
Summer Institute for Community College Instructors
4 online sessions: 5/29, 5/30, 6/5, 6/6
Personal Narratives in World History (2005)
COMING SOON
Pestilence and Public Health (2008)
COMING SOON
Pop Culture in World History
Modern technologies enable young students to observe and - in some ways - participate in pop culture from around the world. What is pop culture and where does it come from?
Pop Culture in World History: Additional Resources
Pop Culture
Books:
Propaganda
Summer Institute for k-12 Teachers
June 22 - 26, 2020
5 online sessions, see schedule below
Ramayana Resources
Read summaries of the narrative, including one illustrated with art from different regions. See a beautiful digitized version of the tale. Watch a controversial modern film based on the epic.
Ramayana through Dance
Music and dance are core aspects of retellings of the Ramayana. As part of the Hero's Journey Project, ORIAS contributors interviewed dancer and choreographer, Jyoti Rout.
Religion in World History (2003)
COMING SOON
Shadow Theater
Watch video from ShadowLight Productions about bringing Balinese shadow theater to America. Download lesson plans to use shadow theater with students of all ages.
Sundiata Plot Summary
This plot summary of the Sundiata epic organizes the tale using the Monomyth structure.
Call to Adventure
Teacher Travel
“THROUGH TRAVEL I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD; IT WAS THROUGH TRAVEL THAT I FOUND MY OWN INTROSPECTIVE WAY INTO BECOMING A PART OF IT.” – EUDORA WELTY
Teaching World Literature
A short selection of resources on the value and challenges of teaching World Literature.
The Global Rise of National Populism
Summer Institute for Community College Instructors
May 31 - June 1, 2019
The Hajj - from Medina to Mecca: 1326
"Our stay at al-Madina ...
The Making of Cities (2007)
COMING SOON
The Role of Food in World History (2002)
COMING SOON
The Role of Technology in Shaping Human History
How have societies historically viewed the role of information technology from cuneiform tablets to social media? What conditions fostered innovation in industrial and military technology and what were the social consequences? Why did technologica
The Role of Travelers in World History
Travelers’ tales are older than writing itself and have lost little of their popularity over time. For historians, travelers offer unique insights into cross-cultural exchange, as well as interpretive challenges.
The Shahnameh
Read a summary of the epic. Learn about its history and its author. Compare dozens of versions of the same scene in an extensive database. Plus, recommendations for English-language versions of the epic for children.
The Travels of Ibn Battuta: Side Trips
Side Trips will give you some historical background about
The Travels of Ibn Battuta: Student Activities
This site was created with flexibility in mind. Listed below are a number of options for site-related projects and activities. Each of the possible activities helps students meet one or more of the following goals:
The View from the Sea: Oceans in World History
Summer Institute for k-12 Educators
June 26 – 28, 2017
Travel Updates
Look below for recent news and application deadlines for travel opportunities.
Visible Power - Art in National Life
Art production for public display has been a component of every historical era.
Women in World History
How would your curriculum change if your default historical subjects were women, rather than men?
World History Reading Groups
Teachers in ORIAS World History Reading Groups read one book each month within a global studies theme. Participants meet monthly to eat and spend two hours in collegial conversation.
Yamato Bibliography of Sources
Literary Histories
Keene, Donald. Seeds in the Heart: Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century, New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1993.
Yamato Plot Summary
This plot summary, by Hero's Journey Project scholar Stephania Burke, outlines the myth of Yamato Takeru within the Monomyth format.
Call to Adventure
Yamato Text Excerpts
These passages come from B.H. Chamberlain's 1882 translation of the Kojiki. The full text is available at sacred-texts.com.