Africa and Asia: Intersections of Labor and Migration: a mini-course for K-12 educators

A mini-course this February at the University of Pittsburgh for K-12 teachers. This course is offered by NCTA in collaboration with the Asian Studies Center, Global Studies Center and African Studies Center, University Center for International Studies.

Africa and Asia: Intersections of Labor and Migration: a mini-course for K-12 educators will take place on Pitt’s campus on Friday February 1 in the evening, all day on Saturday February 2, and all day on Saturday, February 16. This two-part mini-course will focus on Chinese who travel to African countries for work, Africans who work in China, and the history of Africans who moved to India, in conjunction with the exhibition Africans in India: From Slaves to Generals and Rulers. This mini-course will incorporate a screening of the documentary Guangzhou Dream Factory, a tour of the Africans in India exhibition, and a discussion of classroom implementation strategies with Cindy McNulty of Oakland Catholic High School and NCTA alumna.

Meals, free parking, 10 Act 48 hours, and packets of teaching materials will be provided.
Participants are strongly encouraged to attend all three sessions (10 Act 48 hours for those who attend ALL of the sessions). The February 1 & 2 sessions are a unit (teachers must attend both sessions in order to reserve a spot).

Featured speakers will include Dr. Carlton Jama Adams of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (New York), Dr. Yoon Jung Park and Susan Douglass of Georgetown University, collector and expert in Indian art Dr. Kenneth X. Robbins, Jazmin Graves, PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, and Dr. Omar H. Ali from University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

Schedule:
*Friday, February 1, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. Room 4130 Wesley Posvar Hall. Dinner and Keynote Address.

*Saturday, February 2, 8:30 a.m. –3:00 p.m. Room 4130 Wesley Posvar Hall. Africans in China and Chinese in Africa.

*Saturday, February 16, 8:30 a.m. –3:00 p.m. Room 204 Frick Fine Arts Building. Africans in India and Indians in Africa

See our website for full schedule and some additional optional programs: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/ncta/event-opportunities/teacher-programs

Space is limited, so please reserve your spot by Monday, January 29, 2019 by emailing Patrick Hughes at
hughespw@pitt.edu Please let us know which sessions you will be attending and include your PPID# if you would like the Act 48 hours.