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Boston University African Studies Center Outreach Program Newsbrief Issue 6, Fall 2020
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 A LOOK BACK AT RECENT EVENTS
Missed any recent event?
Check out resources and watch the replay of this Fall's workshops, lectures, and webinars.  
2020 African Studies Association Teachers’ Workshop

We hope you enjoyed the 2020 African Studies Association Teachers' Workshop! The resources referenced in each workshop are now available and ready to download. The recordings of the workshop will be available for attendees in the coming weeks. 

To access and download the workshop resources, click HERE
 
Decolonial Perspectives in Teaching
African History
A webinar with Dr. George Sefa Dei
 
Watch here
Affirming Cultural Identity through Image
A presentation by Dr. Kisha Tracy
Watch Here
African Literature Book Group
The African Literature Book group read Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister the Serial Killer, a lively, surprising, and mysterious novel that got us to laugh at its lightness, probe the depths of the novel's feminism, and reflect on our sisterly relationships. Participants shared that hearing from others expanded everyone's range of thinking about the book.
For more information about the book group and upcoming meetings, visit: http://www.bu.edu/africa/outreach/pd/ 
UPCOMING ONLINE COURSES FOR TEACHERS
Medieval Africa and Africans  
Dates: January 11–February 26, 2021, online
Cost: $100
Where:  National Humanities Center
Professional Development Hours: 35
Register herehttps://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/education-programs/courses/

Given the wide popularity of Eurocentric medieval fantasies, it has never been more important that we teach our students about the reality of the Middle Ages rather than the fictionalized fantasies with which they are accustomed. In order to examine Medieval Studies and expand the “Global Middle Ages” beyond the traditional boundaries of Western Europe, this course will concentrate on premodern Africa. While often overlooked, the civilizations that spanned the vast African continent produced great achievements, in conditions of relative parity with their European contemporaries, before the oceanic dominance of a few Western powers. This course will contextualize Medieval Africa in
terms of its contemporary relationships with the medieval globe as well as its modern impact.

Register Here

Africans in the Age of Atlantic Slavery

Dates: January 27 - March 2, 2021 
Focal Skills & Dispositions: Assessing claims & evidence; Evaluating visual evidence; Media literacy; Research skills 
PDPs/Credits: 22.5 PDPs; option for 1 graduate credit ($160 fee applies)
Cost: Partnership educators—no cost (other than fee for 1 graduate credit); Non-partnership educators—$400 (plus fee for 1 graduate credit) 
Teaching Africa Teacher participants receive a 25% discount on tuition.

New scholarship has placed Africa and Africans at the hub of a historical process critical to the early modern history of four continents. In this fully online course, we will examine the making of the Atlantic world and the transatlantic slave trade with special attention to African perspectives and experiences. Through readings, activities, collaboration with colleagues and discussion with leading scholars, you will explore the wealth of virtual exhibits, databases, and digital document collections for Black Atlantic history, and will craft a curriculum project for your own classroom.

This course will be offered completely online and will require a basic comfort level and interest in the use of computer technology as a medium for learning. The time for completing each week's work is approximately 3-4 hours.
Register Here
SAVE THE DATE:
UPCOMING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS 
See below for details and registration on the following events:
  • Global Read Webinar: Africana Book Award: Wednesday February 3rd, 7pm ET.
  • Culture, Connections and Communities: Teaching about the Swahili Coast. Saturday February 6th, 2021, 10am - 1pm, EST.
  • African English Literature Book Group Discussion: Reading Wayetu Moore's The Dragons, The Giant, The Women. Wednesday February 27th, 2021, 4pm EST.
  • Boston Public School ALANA Network Educators: Black History Month Event. Thursday February 25th, EST.
  • African French Literature Book Group Discussion: Reading Abdellah Taïa's Novel Celui qui est digne d'être aimé. Wednesday March 17, 4pm EST.

Culture, Connections, and Communities: Teaching about the Swahili coast
Date: Saturday, February 6, 2021 10am-1pm (US-EST)

Register Here

Boston Public Schools ALANA Educator Network: Black History Month Event
February 25, 2021
For Boston Public Schools ALANA Educator Network teachers only.

Reading French African Literature: An Online Discussion of Taïa's novel ​
Celui qui est digne d'être aimé​.

Date: Wednesday March 17, 2021 
Cost: free

Register Here

Global Read Webinar Series 2021

Once a month, the World Area Book Awards (Américas Award, Africana Book Award, Freeman Book Award, Middle East Book Award, and the South Asia Book Award) sponsor a 60 minute webinar on a book recognized by one of the awards.

Each webinar features a presentation by an award-winning author with discussion on how to incorporate multicultural literature into the classroom. We encourage you to read the books with your colleagues, students, and community, and then join us to hear more from the author. Be sure to join the conversation with the webinar hashtag #2021ReadingAcrossCultures. 

All webinars are 7:00 – 8:00 pm (US-EST).
For more information and to register online,  please visit here
All webinars are free and open to the public.
Tuesday January 10th: Américas Award
Wednesday February 3rd: Africana Award
Thursday March 11th: Middle East Award
Thursday May 13th: South Asia Award

 

Register Here

LESSON SPOTLIGHT

 New Lesson:
Koze! Kreol and Colonialism

This lesson explores language, and in particular the Creole language of Mauritius, as a colonial archive. This allows students to understand the hybrid influences in its construction, the linguistic impact of colonialism, the role of science in perpetuating colonialism, and modern-day issues in perceptions of language. This is a lesson about giving legitimate “voice” to Creole (Koze! = Speak in Mauritian Kreol) and about the importance of continued resistance to dominant ideologies of language.

Access Here
NEW WEBSITE

To address educators' desire to find area studies teaching resources in one place, a group of area studies National Resource Centers (NRCs) has created Teaching the World, which link to all higher education area or international studies centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
NRCs are mandated to provide outreach to K-14 educators and students through training and programming.
NRC resources are available locally and nationally and include virtual classroom visits, training workshops and seminars, multimedia materials, lesson plans, and more.

JOBS


The Boston Public Schools (BPS) Office of Recruitment, Cultivation & Diversity Programs are creating several Affinity Recruitment Advisor Councils. For more information and to apply, select any of the vacant positions below.

 

Affinity Recruitment Advisory Council - Lead Advisor

History Program Director (BASAS 9A)

ELA Program Director (BASAS 9A)

Ethnic Studies Coach (BTU)

 
The Outreach Program at the African Studies Center seeks to increase awareness and knowledge of Africa in New England and throughout the United States. 
Come visit the Outreach Library at 232 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215.

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