Summer Seminars
Deadline: March 2, 2010
FHC’s summer seminars offer participants the unique opportunity to engage in an intensive exploration of a curriculum-relevant humanities topic through field trips, readings, lectures, discussions, films, and cultural experiences. The seminars provide a collegial forum for teachers to exchange ideas and strategies with their peers and distinguished professors during a five-day program, with meals, materials, and lodging provided at no cost to participants. In-service points are awarded for all seminars through participants’ districts. Teachers will leave feeling renewed and inspired, with fresh perspectives on a humanities topic and the teaching profession.
Click on any of the seminar titles below for detailed descriptions on content, presenters, location, and application.
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Jump at the Sun:
Zora Neale Hurston and her Eatonville Roots
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The application deadline for this has passed. Examine the impact of place on the life and work of Florida’s remarkable author of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Study the national context for the town of Eatonville’s founding and the role this small community played in Hurston’s development as an anthropologist, folklorist, and writer. Funded by a grant from NEH, this six-night residential seminar is open to teachers nationwide and offers a generous stipend and travel supplement. The eligibility guidelines and application process for the Zora Neale Hurston seminars are different than  all other FHC summer seminars.
Dates: June 13 – 19, 2010 or June 20 - 26, 2010
Location: Rollins College, Winter Park
Lead Scholar: Dr. Heather Russell, Associate Professor of Literature, Florida International University, Miami
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Between Columbus and Jamestown:
Spanish St. Augustine
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Immerse yourself in Florida’s Spanish Colonial past during this week-long comparative study of America’s Spanish and British colonial experiences. St. Augustine’s historic Flagler College is the home base for our exploration of North America’s oldest city.
Dates: July 5-9 or July 12-16, 2010
Location: Flagler College, St. Augustine
Lead Scholar: Dr. James Cusick, Curator of the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History at the University of Florida.
Important Details: This is a four-night residential seminar.
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Tribal Traditions in the Modern World: The Seminole Tribe, Their Voices, and Their Stories
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For many years, the Seminole Tribe of Florida was known only for alligator wrestling, gaming, and craft sales along a highway, becoming one-dimensional figures in the minds of most Floridians and tourists. Seminar participants will have the opportunity to interact with Tribal members on their own land. Through this interaction, an introduction to Seminole history, culture, and perspectives, participants will broaden and revise their one-dimensional, static views of the Seminole people.
Dates: July 26-30, 2010
Location: Clewiston Inn, Clewiston, FL
Lead Scholar: Dr. Andrew Frank, Associate Professor of History, Florida State University, Tallahassee
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For further information regarding Teachers Center Summer Seminars contact:
Karen Jackson
Florida Humanities Council
599 Second Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
ph 727-873-2009
kjackson@flahum.org
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