Teacher Training Workshops
Alberto Simpser moderates a Latin American Briefing Series public lecture on "The Militarization of US Foreign Relations with Latin America" by Lisa Haugaard, Executive Director of the Latin American Working Group, Joy Olson, Executive Director of the Washington Office on Latin America, and Adam Isacson, Program Director at the Center for International Policy.
The Teachers' Workshop is an ongoing outreach series offered by the Joint Center for Latin American Studies of the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) with support from the United States Department of Education and other center programs, such as the Hewlett Mexican Studies Program. Workshops are designed by university faculty, graduate students, and Joint Center staff to enhance the classroom curriculum of educators from local public and private high schools and community colleges. Workshops introduce pedagogic methods and materials that facilitate the study of Latin America in the classroom and address subjects not traditionally taught in United States school system.
Upcoming and Recent Teacher Training Workshops:
- Classics in Context, Laughter, Mauricio Tenorio, Department of History. January 23rd 2010.
- The Newberry Library and the Center for Latin American Studies: Freedom and Slavery in Brazil, Nov 20-21 2008
- The Newberry Library and the Center for Latin American Studies: The History of Latinos in the United States, Oct 9-10, 2008
- The Field Museum of Chicago and the Center for Latin American Studies: The Aztec World, Oct 4, 2008
- The Art Institute and the Center for Latin American Studies:
José Guadalupe Posada and the Mexican Broadside, November 11, 2006 - Epidemics Then & Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World, Jun 26-29, 2006
- Viewing the World Through Media and Popular Culture, Jun 20-23, 2005
- Social Change and Latin American Cinema, Oct 2, Nov 20, Jan 22, Mar 5,
Apr 16, May 21 2005 - Regional Perspectives on Globalization and Human Rights, June 28 - July 1, 2004
- Indigenous Communities in Latin America, March 13, 2004
- The African Diaspora in Latin America, October 25, 2003
- The Racialization of Latino Identity in the United States, May 3, 2003
- Like Water for Chocolate
- Teaching Spanish in a Cultural Context May 4 & 11, 2002
- Maps, Identity, and World Studies, June 18-29, 2001
- Environmental Studies and Cultural Issues: Latin America, July 24, 1999
- Environment and Sustainable Development, November 18, 1995
