Program Dates: July 23-26, 2024, 9:30 am-3:00 pm
Location: Howard University Undergraduate Library (hybrid)
This summer the Center for African Studies at Howard University, in collaboration with Princeton University, will host a four-day hybrid institute for secondary school educators across disciplines, Healing and Justice: Medieval Stories from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt. This Institute is fully funded and will introduce teachers to Ge’ez manuscripts catalogued in PEMM (The Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracle of Mary database).
The Institute will include morning and afternoon presentations by content experts. Teachers will learn about historical, political, and cultural contexts of early Christianity in Ethiopia and Eritrea, and gain knowledge of the significance of Ethiopian manuscripts and their production and use. On the fourth day, local teachers will attend a hands-on workshop. Teaching artists will introduce participants to the various techniques, skills and tools relevant to making an illuminated manuscript. These hands-on activities will equip educators with techniques and strategies to engage their students in making their own manuscript books. The Institute should be particularly attractive to art teachers, language arts teachers, and world history teachers grades 6-9.
For further information and to register, go to https://cfas.howard.edu/SIE2024.