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tally ill loners and 4 that gun control won t prevent such incidents professor metzl will address how assumptions about gun violence incorrectly link to stereotypes of mental illness and race in the united states these issues become obscured when mass shootings come to stand in for all gun crime and when mentally ill ceases to be a medical designation and becomes a sign of violent threat more information about prof metzl can be found at http www jonathanmetzl com the medical humanities researcher cluster greatly appreciates the support of iprh the carle illinois college of medicine and the lemann institute for brazilian studies we hope that faculty staff and students will be able to join us at our upcoming events posted in humanities in the public square illinois leave a comment latin and greek for children posted on october 13 2017 by iprh by ariana traill associate professor classics and antony augoustakis professor and head classics latin and ancient greek are popular subjects these days with kids the classics department offers two successful summer camps now in their third year for children aged 9 12 meet the greeks and meet the romans kids learn the basics of latin and ancient greek body parts animals colors numbers greetings they read simple stories and ancient texts such as graffiti or vase inscriptions while learning about greek and roman culture through games and crafts in the morning they might create a bulla that is a locket that roman children wore to protect themselves from evil spirits while dressing up as their favorite mythological figure in the afternoon they might write out their own greek papyrus with a stylus and ink or paint and label their own greek vase which might resemble a clay garden pot or play a mythology trivia game in the spurlock museum they are probably going to ace the trivia game because authors like rick riordan have made greek mythology such a trendy topic in middle schools these days the camps are run through the university language academy the pioneering work of silvina montrul whose research in secondary language acquisition among children has demonstrated the importance of early and continuous exposure to a foreign language for higher linguistic proficiency professor montrul has been running eight week spanish camps and a year long spanish afterschool program has run since 2010 the program expanded into latin and ancient greek in 2015 at montrul s invitation classics faculty ariana traill saw the potential to bring classical languages to a wider audience as a classicist traill knew about the advantages of learning the classical languages apart from the pleasure of reading classical literature in the original the study of latin and greek has strong transferable benefits to other subjects latin is a great way to boost advanced english vocabulary over 90 of english words of more than two syllables come from latin greek roots abound in english especially in technical vocabulary and they are not hard to identify once kids know the basics as a parent she knew there was plenty of interest in greek and roman culture among kids as well as a need especially at the middle school level for interesting summer camps serving older children the children have a great time they love being able to write their name in greek playing hangman in greek and recognizing the letters on sorority fraternity buildings or playing with clay knuckle bones a common game in antiquity and making roman roads out of candy my favorite latin word is abi one child noted it means go away last summer they even got to practice their latin on a puppy who learned sede sit affer fetch and volve roll over based on a book by a classics alumna parents like that their children are learning and having fun but maybe less candy in those roads noted one the camps can spark an interest in classical antiquity that endures years afterward as one parent commented recently word spread far this year for the first time the classics camps offered a special section this past summer to a group of students from danville p s district 118 a low income school district thanks to the initiative and support of dr alicia geddis district superintendent a group of nine students aged 12 15 were able to attend both camps may 30 june 2 2017 a particularly enthusiastic group including a number of gifted and talented students the danville children triumphed in their trivia games greek jeopardy alethes or pseudes true or false and had fun practicing their new skills whether reading a story about a farmer from a beginning greek textbook or trying on costumes for roman soldiers and brides classics graduate students appreciate that the camps provide new employment opportunities during the summer as on campus enrollments in summer school classes have been in decline ph d students gain exposure to k 12 teaching and knowledge about running an outreach program students in the latin teacher training program benefit particularly because the camps provide valuable experience working with children which can can be required as a condition for hiring by a public school the latin teacher training program has a 100 placement rate in part because graduate have the necessary work experience on a practical note the camps are financially self supporting they are advertised by flyers distributed through local school districts through the university s public engagement portal and through the chambanamoms web site sections are capped at fifteen each section is assigned a lead instructor from the department s latin teacher training program as well as a teacher s aide from the classics ma and phd program all camps staff are subject to criminal background checks the university of illinois offers many camps for children and it is possible to start new ones those looking to launch similar programs should begin by seeking event approval for minors the classics camps are greatly indebted to the university language academy which simplified the start up process enormously special thanks are also due to staff at the spurlock who have provided strong support each year including making the zahn learning center available as the camps main base in 2016 atlas hosts the camps web site and supports registration and credit card payments slcl supports the camp through its budget office which maintains financial records thanks are also due to an anonymous donor whose gift helped make the danville students week possible this year posted in uncategorized leave a comment 1917 ten days that shook the world 2017 ten days that shake the campus posted on september 15 2017 by iprh by harriet murav department of slavic languages and literatures in 2017 russia has been in the news every day russian interference in elections in the us and europe remains a pressing issue not yet fully explained or resolved russia was also in the news one hundred years ago the russian revolution of 1917 profoundly altered the course of history in russia and around the globe scholars have documented the radical economic social and political changes and the accompanying upheavals in the organization of knowledge the structuring of the professions and individual daily life and self consciousness the revolution in society went hand in hand with the revolution in art as we consider the global landscape today major questions of labor and capital economic inequality and democratic transition have yet to be resolved radical visions and radical action are still very much with us we still have much to learn from 1917 and its global ramifications for the past two years a working group consisting of faculty from departments and units across las and fine arts has been meeting to discuss the meaning of 1917 for today our project 1917 ten days that shook the world 2017 ten days that shake the campus brings together scholars from around the world the nation and the campus to analyze the russian revolution of 1917 in a global context by examining its immediate impact elaborating its legacies and tracing its ripples to the present day across national boundaries and realms of human endeavor we have invited scholars from russia as well as scholars who work on india italy and brazil radicalism in the us and its connection to socialist russia is another important dimension of the anniversary of 1917 we have invited key scholar activists whose own histories played a central role we have created an interdisciplinary undergraduate course a film festival a musical performance a poetry slam a theatrical production a library exhibit a krannert art museum exhibit and a closing faculty and community roundtable this series of events constitutes the the ten days of our project which we plan to spread over the fall 2017 semester thus facilitating greater intersection between lectures courses films and art and performance the first campus event in our series will be a lecture from the george and martha kellner chair of south asian history and professor of international studies at trinity college vijay prashad a specialist on global development labor and india he is the author of fifteen books most recently the death of the nation and the future of the arab revolution california 2016 and the editor of eighteen books most recently will the flower slip through the asphalt writers respond to capitalist climate change leftword 2017 which has contributions from naomi klein amitav ghosh rafia zakaria susan abulhawa and others two of his books karma of brown folk and everybody was kung fu fighting were chosen by the village voice as books of the year he writes regularly for frontline india the hindu india birgün turkey and alternet usa in addition he is the chief editor of leftword books new delhi the questions that professor prashad will address in his september 6 lecture the russian revolution as the mirror of third world aspirations refocus attention to parts of the world we typically do not associate with russia what did the russian revolution look like from india or egypt or southern africa what aspirations did it carry what sentiment did it hold for people held in thrall of european colonialism why was it that these anti colonial movements celebrated when japan defeated the tsarist forces in 1904 and then when the ordinary russian people rose up in 1905 why did gandhi sitting in south africa praise the rebels of 1905 and see in them something to emulate what then did 1917 mean to the emergent third world project the fall symposium november 2 3 2017 will focus on 1917 in its immediate context and also reflect on the broadest implications of 1917 and a century of protest and revolution the morning session offers historical perspectives on the revolution in russia scholars will address the immediate and global reverberations of the revolution during the first decades after 1917 the afternoon examines the state of radical political action labor and protest 100 years later focusing on questions of work precarity and inequality boris kolonitski the keynote speaker is the resident senior research scholar at the st petersburg institute of history at the russian academy of sciences and professor at the european university in st petersburg professor kolonitski has authored numerous scholarly works on 1917 including i nterpreting the russian revolution the language and symbols of 1917 with o figes yale university press 1999 for more see 19172017 weebly com posted in humanities in the public square illinois leave a comment placing illinois in history posted on august 31 2017 by iprh by clare crowston professor and chair history and bob morrissey associate professor history there seems to be no better time to mark the sesquicentennial of the university of illinois than at this paradoxical moment when state support for the university has been radically thrown into question and enrollment hits a record high in part through the university s draw to international students as good humanists celebration and commemoration take the form of probing questions rather than balloons and high fives although we definitely like those too as we hail the 150 th anniversary of the land grant institution of the state of illinois we thus ask what is a public university what was it good for in the past and what is it good for now what vision of higher education did abraham lincoln inaugurate when he signed the morrill land grant colleges act in 1862 why did the first president of the university john m gregory believe that an institution devoted to agricultural and industrial education must teach its students history classics philosophy art and literature how has the very notion of the public one of the central values of the american republic become so denigrated and devalued and how should universities and colleges respond the history department is devoting the sesquicentennial year to debating these questions in dialogue with faculty students staff alumni and the public of the state of illinois bob morrissey associate professor of history and upcoming mellon faculty fellow in the environmental humanities will steward programming in his role as director of the department s nascent center for historical interpretation now in the tenth year of its informal existence as the intellectual heartbeat of history we will kick off the year on september 21 with a happy hour event at the illini center in chicago in honor of a collection of essays edited by swanlund professor emeritus frederick hoxie entitled engine of innovation the book s 27 essays celebrate and critically examine the university s unique legacy of sponsoring innovation across the sciences arts and humanities this event which reprises an earlier rendition on our own campus in april 2017 will feature morrissey and hoxie alongside some of the book s authors who will present their findings on the achievements and challenges in transformational research in our campus history you can read one take on the book at the big ten network website the year will continue with a series of guest speakers presenting different aspects of the university organized by the university archives in cooperation with history visit the university of illinois archives website for the schedule of talks and events we will also host a monthly seminar focused on teaching the history of the university of illinois which will rotate meeting venues through the university archives the spurlock museum the prairie research institute and gregory hall the seminar will combine discussions with tours and presentations all geared to help participants design classes and lessons around aspects of the university s history for more information and to sign up contact bob morrissey at rmorriss illinois edu to showcase the department s vision of this pedagogy in fall 2017 we debut a new 200 level course on the history of the university developed by dana rabin with support from the ethnography of the university initiative this will become a permanent element of our curriculum and allow s...