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Books change each semester.  Click on section for information 

 

Join us virtually to delve into discussions with speakers from various National Resource Centers  as well as other experts across the United States.  Registration includes copies of each 8th-grade to 12th grade book which will be mailed to you. (Book should be read before its featured session.)

Time 6:00 pm-8pm CST

Cost: $25- includes mailed copies of all books

Contact hours: 6

Sponsored by the Institute for Global Studies and the African Studies Initiative (University of MInnesota), the Pacific Northwest Resource Center on Canada (Western Washington University), Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (Georgetown University), South Asia Institute (University of Texas/ Austin),Asia for Educators (Columbia), Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (University of Illinois), South Asia Book Award,  Freeman Book Award, Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies University of Texas at Austin 

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Section Title
Spring 2023 Caught Between Cultures
Type
Online, instructor led
Days
M
Time
6:00PM to 8:00PM
Dates
Apr 03, 2023
Campus
Twin Cities (US Central Time)
Type
Online, instructor led
Days
M
Time
6:00PM to 8:00PM
Dates
May 01, 2023
Campus
Twin Cities (US Central Time)
Type
Online, instructor led
Days
M
Time
6:00PM to 8:00PM
Dates
Jun 05, 2023
Campus
Twin Cities (US Central Time)
Schedule and Location
Contact Hours
6.0
Course Fee(s)
FLAT FEE non-credit $25.00
Section Details

April 3, 2023 The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo  A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship to the world. Debut novel of renowned slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo. Alejandra S-Seufferheld Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois and Tiffany Gurgy. (University of Texas, Austin Latin America Center) and teacher Bianca Bustos

May 1, 2023  Ida in the Middle Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents’ village near Jerusalem. An important coming of age story that explores identity, place, voice, and belonging. Led by the author, Nora Lester Murad, and Jennifer Lund (Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan)

June 5, 2023 Everything Sad is Untrue,  In an Oklahoman middle school, Khosrou (whom everyone calls Daniel) stands in front of a skeptical audience of classmates, telling the tales of his family's history, stretching back years, decades, and centuries. At the core is Daniel's story of how they became refugeesAbby Limmer (Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona Tucson)
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