Join the Queen’s University Art History Department for their Graduate Student Conference “Context and Meaning XXII: Scandal.” It will take place online and in person on February 3-4, 2023. The Keynote Speaker will be John Geoghegan at 1:15-2:15pm on Friday 3, 2023. Register for the conferenc eat gvca.ca.
Month: November 2023 (Page 1 of 3)
The Archaeological Institute of America did a spotlight on the Narragansett (Providence) Society, featuring the president of the society and Institute graduate student, Anna Soifer! To read more about Anna’s work, as well as Community Archaeology Day, click the link here!
The Podcast We The Museum, hosted by Hannah Hethmon, has a new episode entitled “Museum Unions? Museum Unions!” The description is as follows:
To paraphrase Adam Rizzo, museums won’t do the right thing by their workers just because we ask nicely. In a field rife with labor issues, museum workers are increasingly turning to unions. In this episode of We THE MUSEUM, Adam Rizzo of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Union shares their multi-year journey from hushed initial conversations to a three-week strike that was ultimately successful. He walked me through the unionization process and reflected on why unions will make this field stronger.
Listen to the new episode here!
The Inaugural Conference for Dcomomo Sudan (December 2022) is now available! To view the recording of the lectures and discussions, click this link!
Women have long played important, though often unrecognized roles in society, from the home to political activism to literature to the war front and beyond. March is Women’s History Month, with International Women’s Day observed on March 8. While women’s history should be integrated into the study of history throughout the year, the month of March offers the opportunity to give special attention to the accomplishments and contributions of women.
The selected Choices Program curriculum units and videos below can serve as a starting point for including more women’s voices in your classes. As always, please reach out if the Choices Program staff can be of assistance as you determine what materials would best suit your course needs.
Program Highlights:
- The United States in Afghanistan
- The Iranian Revolution
- Nigeria: History, Identity, and Change
- The Russian Revolution
- The Civil War and Meaning of Liberty
- Freedom Now: The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi
To explore more of the Choices Program’s curriculum, click this link.
As ta-set-neferu, the “The Place of Beauty” or “The Place of (Royal) Children”, the Valley of the Queens served as the New Kingdom necropolis for both royal children and queens, as well as highly regarded non-royal officials. It boasts some of Thebes’ most beautifully preserved tombs, including the tomb of Nefertari (QV 66), and the tombs of the sons of Rameses III (Princes Khaemwaset – QV 44, Setherkhepeshef – QV 43, Amenherkhepeshef – QV 55, and Pareherunemef – QV 42). The Western Wadis served as a precursor to the Valley of the Queens, as many 18th Dynasty queens and royal family members were interred here in high cliff-tombs and large subterranean shaft tombs. These include a tomb prepared for the Queen Hatshepsut (Wadi A-1), the tomb of the three foreign wives of Thutmes III, Menhet, Merti, and Menwi (Wadi D-1), and the tombs of the royal court members of Amenhetep III (WB1).
As with the Valley of the Kings, the Theban Mapping Project will serve as your digital guide, providing users with interactive tomb plans, exhaustive site histories, and references. Limited photography will be included and will be added to over the next year. Which tomb are you most looking forward to exploring?
The ARCE Podcast has released episode three of Season 2 entitled “Conservation and Presentation at Carter House, with Dr. Nichollas Warner, Tom Hardwick, Sally El Sabbahy, and Mena Melad.” Listen to the Carter House team speaking about the behind the scenes look into the conservation and curation of this historic house-turned museum in Luxor’s West Bank. The house reopened on November 4, 2022- 100 years to the day that Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutnakhamun.
To listen, click this link.
This year, the Choices Program was recently selected by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) as one of the Best Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning in 2023. The award recognizes “digital tools that foster innovation and collaboration, encourage exploration and participation, are user-friendly, and offer information and references.”
“I’m so thrilled that Choices has been recognized by the AASL,” said Rebecca Nedostup, Choices Program Faculty Director. “The staff work as hard at making Choices resources accessible in a variety of ways as they do ensuring that they draw on the most up-to-date scholarship and pedagogy. Choices is a small but mighty self-funded program, and it is wonderful to see their efforts honored.”
The Choices Program offers a wide variety of high-quality educational resources that aim to make innovative scholarship accessible to diverse classrooms. These evidence-based materials include:
- History and Current Issues curriculum units in digital and print formats
- Free online Teaching with the News lesson plans that connect to news
- A free online collection of more than 1,800 short videos featuring scholars, policymakers, and practitioners who address a wide range of topics that complement the Choices curriculum.
Be sure to let your librarian know about Choices. And if your school or district has a Digital Editions Site License, make sure your librarian is added to it!
Discover their curricula here.
In the late nineteenth century, European powers claimed the African continent for themselves. But Africans did not submit to outside control willingly. How did Africans resist European colonialism?
The Choice’s Program’s popular curriculum unit “Colonization and Independence in Africa” explores Africa before colonialism. Students then examine African responses and resistance to colonialism, the challenges of independence, and the legacies of colonialism and independence. They delve into four case studies (Algeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Democratic Republic of the Congo) and consider the changes colonialism imposed on governments, economies, and societies. The unit contains seven lesson plans that cover political geography, photo analysis, oral history, and assessment of primary and secondary sources.
This curriculum unit is part of our new Africana Studies Series that helps students critically examine, explore, and analyze unique experiences of African people and African-descended people.
For the curriculum, click this link. For more information on the Choices Program’s Africana Studies, click this link.
Discover the grandeur of Egypt’s rich history on ARCE’s Member Tour, Untapped Treasures: Off the Beaten Path. This remarkable adventure, led by the renowned Egyptologist, Dr. Melinda Hartwig, will take you from Cairo to Alexandria, unveiling iconic and lesser-known treasures along the way.
Tour Highlights:
- Visit the Pyramids of Giza and The Sphinx.
- Venture into the Catacombs of Kom Shuqqafa.
- View the Royal Mummies at National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
- Discover graffiti from Pharaonic times to Egypt’s 20th-century King Farouk at Wadi Hammamat
- Explore the remote Valley of the Whales (Wadi El-Hitan), a UNESCO World Heritage site that displays prehistoric whale and shark fossils from 40-50 million years ago.
- Exclusive visits with experts and scholars overseeing site research and excavation.
Participants must be an ARCE member in good standing. Tour dates are from October 23 – November 10, 2024. Ticket prices start at $10,975 (includes hotel accommodations, flights within Egypt, a private tour guide, and more).
For more information, click this link. To secure your spot, please email Rebekah Atol at ratlo@arce.org, or call 703-721-3470.
