The Center for the Liberal Arts and the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
are pleased to present a Free
Classics Workshop for Teachers
Free - Julius Caesar: The Man, the Writer, the Legend
Saturday, March 24, 2012
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Zehmer Hall at UVA
Gaius Julius Caesar (10044 BC) is an iconic figure in the history of western civilization. An accomplished general who conquered Gaul for the Roman state, he turned his armies to personal advantage in a civil war from which he emerged victorious. An innovative, if controversial, ruler, he was also a distinguished orator, a respected writer of military memoirs, and made an important contribution to culture by introducing the Julian calendar. Legends of Caesar began with Caesar himself but thereafter enjoyed a long and varied life both within classical antiquity and continuing until today. Caesar's conquest of Gaul, crossing of the Rubicon, liaison with Cleopatra, and his assassination by Brutus and the other conspirators are all the stuff of legend, which one can see played out from Plutarch and Suetonius to Machiavelli and Shakespeare to John Wilkes Booth, Caesar's Palace, and HBO's Rome (among others).
This workshop offers several different perspectives on Julius Caesar and his legend. The speakers will focus on Caesar as general and statesman, the accomplishment of Caesar as a writer in his Gallic Wars, and Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar. There will be ample time for discussion of all these topics and of teaching Caesar in the high school classroom. The workshop is aimed at teachers across the high school curriculum, whether of English, Latin, Social Studies, or other subjects.
Participants are asked to read book 1 of Caesar's Gallic Wars and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
The presentations will be by three UVa professors: Jon E. Lendon, Professor of History; Jane W. Crawford, Professor of Classics; and Gordon Braden, Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English. Organizer: John F. Miller, Professor of Classics.
THE CENTER FOR THE LIBERAL ARTS AND
ARTHUR VINING DAVIS FOUNDATIONS
ARE PROUD TO PRESENT A
FREE SATURDAY SPANISH WORKSHOP FOR ALL K-12
VIRGINIA TEACHERS
Saturday April 14, 2012
The Mexican Muralists:
Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros
Organized by
Gustavo Pellón, Director of the Foreign Language Project, C.L.A.
Professors Fernando Operé, Daniel Chávez, and doctoral candidate Ashley Kerr, all of the University of Virginia’s Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, and guest lecturer Manuel Aguilar-Moreno, Professor of Art History at the California State University, Los Angeles, will present different approaches to the works of the great Mexican muralists and will place them in their artistic, historical, and cultural context. We are grateful to the teacher who suggested this fascinating topic in last year’s workshop evaluations.
Manuel Aguilar-Moreno:“Muralismo Mexicano: Pasion, Historia y Arte.”
Daniel Chávez: "Del Comic a la Internet, el Muralismo en la Cultura Visual de México"
Ashley Kerr: "Pintura, historiografía, e identidad nacional: La recepción del muralismo mexicano en los 20 y hoy en día"
Fernando Operé
"El muralismo mexicano en la poesía de Pablo Neruda"
View Ashley Kerr's Presentation Here
Virtual tour of what was the Escuela Preparatorio
Ashley Kerr's Presentation Notes
(PDF)
Free - Camelot at 50: Reassessing the Kennedy Presidency
Miller Center Workshop
April 21, 2012
Forum Room – Miller Center
University of Virginia
This workshop examines the successes and failures, symbols and images, and historical views of John F. Kennedy's presidency, a half-century after his wife applied the Camelot label to her husband's truncated administration.
We will not only examine JFK's one thousand days in office, but also the Kennedy family and the impact of his presidency to the development of the modern executive office.