Teaching The Arabian Nights in Wisconsin

A Great World Texts Colloquium for Educators Monday, October 4, 2010 Room 126 Memorial Library
8:00-8:30 am 8:30-9:00 Arrivals. Coffee, juice and bagels Welcome! Brief introductions and resource overview with Great World Texts program coordinator Heather DuBois Bourenane Harold Scheub, Professor of African Languages and Literature The Kings Endless Story Sofia Samatar, graduate student and Arabic instructor, African Languages and Literature Teaching The Arabian Nights in Wisconsin: curriculum guide overview Ellen Amster, Professor of History, UW-Milwaukee "The Wiles of Women, Sheherazade as Historian, Feminist, and Islamic (Sufi) Mystic" Lunch at the University Club Kellie Robertson, Professor of English and Medieval Studies Framing The Arabian Nights Jill Rosenshield, Special Collections, Memorial Library. Brief presentation on rare and illustrated editions of 1001 Nights Collaboration Strategies: Making and maintaining connections between students, schools and educators. Brainstorming session Caroline Levine, Professor of English "Reading for Resonances: A Workshop in Literary Analysis" Evaluations, book distributions and final discussion/Q&A

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