Events in UCIS

Saturday, May 6

8:30 am Conference
Africa in the Classroom: Pedagogy, Community, Decolonization
Location:
Global Hub, Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies and Global Hub along with IISE, The Institute for International Studies in Education and Department of Music
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The Center for African Studies invites you to our yearly Spring Conference! This year's theme is "Africa in the Classroom: Pedagogy, Community, Decolonization."

Both across and beyond the university, our decolonial moment offers a pivotal opportunity for Africanist thinkers, researchers, and teachers. As the African continent grows in both population and global influence, how can these shifts be reflected in our practices of presenting knowledge? What colonial, imperialist, or elitist mindsets persist, and how might university structures be reworked to destabilize them? Most concretely of all, what is the role of the classroom and those entrusted to lead it? This year’s conference will convene a conversation around these timely questions, as well as foster a community of mutual support that cuts across lines of discipline, geography, and institutionality. Through paper presentations, a keynote address, roundtable discussions, and a syllabus workshop, conference attendees will both benefit from and contribute to a reconsideration of Africa in the classroom.

We invite all scholars and practitioners who work on Africa-related topics—including those based in our regional academic networks in the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and Appalachian regions—to participate in the conference.

Find the conference schedule here: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/spring-conference-1

9:00 am Workshop
Africa in the Classroom Workshop
Location:
William Pitt Union
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies
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This is a yearly workshop hosted by the Center for African Studies to help K-12 teachers incorporate Africa into their classrooms.

Are you an educator wanting to diversify the content in your classroom? Are you seeking to expand your students' horizons? This workshop is the perfect opportunity to learn how to bring Africa into your classroom. This event brings together K-16 educators to workshop on teaching Africa in schools. All teachers, administrators, students, librarians, and the public are welcome whether you are an expert on teaching Africa or this is the first time you have even considered it.