Category: Theme

Teaching about the Middle East and North Africa – Rethinking Approaches

February 2021 Book: Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh Speaker: Dr. Maria Hantzopoulos Resources:

Stories from The Gambia with Alder Baldeh and Sister City Chair Kujabi

March 2021 Book: One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of The Gambia by Miranda Paul Speakers: Resources:

Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World

April 2021 Book: Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World  by Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche Speaker: Jost Zetzsche Resources:

Go Big Read Book Discussion: Transcendent Kingdom

October 2021 Book: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi UW–Madison Initiative: Go Big Read Resources:

Social Justice: Writing For, Writing Back

November 2021 Book: The Lines We Cross, by Randa Abdel-Fattah Resources:

New Immigrant and Refugee Visions

May 2020 Film: New Immigrant and Refugee Visions Resources

The Lethal Soviet Legacy in Kazakhstan

June 2020 Film: The Lethal Soviet Legacy in Kazakhstan Speaker: Dr. Andy Bruno Resources:

This Changes Everything

April 2020 Film: This Changes Everything Resources:

The Haitian Revolution: Impact on the World

September 2020 Film: PBS’s Égalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution Speaker: Professor Brenda Gayle Plummer 

Understanding Windrush and the Black Caribbean Diaspora in the U.K.

January 2021 Film: BBC Documentary: The Unwanted- The Secret Windrush Files Speaker: Professor Joan Anim-Addo, Goldsmiths, University of London Resources: