“World Regions in Your Classroom: Latin America, 1492-2013”
November 9th, 2013
This workshop will be held at the
VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR THE HUMANITIES
CONFERENCE ROOM
This workshop will be capped at 50 PARTICIPANTS
Sponsored by the Center for Liberal Arts and Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Many students are not familiar with the backstories of Latin America's complex and dynamic past
beyond the usual suspects in a world-history textbook such as the "triangular trade", the Mexican
Revolution, and Simon Bolivar. Three UVa professors expert in Latin American history are ready to
explore the region with you. After this one day workshop on 9 November at the Virginia Foundation for
the Humanities in Charlottesville, you will be ready to enrich your units on Latin America. Under the
sponsorship of the University's Center for the Liberal Arts, professors Herbert Braun, Joe Miller, and
Brian Owensby will delve into this fascinating region beyond the surface facts and entertain your further
questions. After a truly 'free lunch', Stephanie D. van Hover, Dept. Chair of Curriculum, Instruction and
Special Education at UVa, will coordinate participating educators' efforts to build the morning's
proceedings (and more) into their curricula.