BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_440_ec9fb1a0edf553bd7b9aa10aad605a76@www.gilderlehrman.org SUMMARY:Across the Border: A Transnational Approach to Tea ching the Underground Railroad\, July 14–20 DESCRIPTION:\n Directors\n \n \n Richard J. M. Blackett\, Andrew Jackson Professor of History\, Vanderbilt U niversity\n \n Karolyn Smardz Frost\, Senior Re search Fellow\, Harriet Tubman Institute\, York Un iversity\n \n Seminar Location: Harriet Tubman Institute for Research into the Global Migrations of African Peoples\, York University\, Toronto\, C anada\n \n Overview\n \n The summer institut e is a one-week course exploring the history of th e North American anti-slavery movement and the rol e of Canada as the main terminus of the Undergroun d Railroad (UGRR)\, a vital part of the broader st ruggle waged against slavery. Teachers from across the US and Canada will explore some of the early history and mythology of the movement\, and the wa ys these have come to be questioned in the last fe w decades\, as well as some of the true stories of individuals who risked their lives for the sake o f freedom. Driving our examination is the convicti on that\, at its heart\, the UGRR was a continenta l movement that politically challenged the legitim acy of slavery. Our exploration will be constructe d around three identifiable approaches: one\, the decision of the enslaved to seek their freedom\; t wo\, what occurred at the points of conflict when slaveholders or their agents attempted to reclaim runaways\; and three\, what efforts were made by w hites\, free blacks\, and slaves to disrupt slaver y at its source. \; The workshop will illumina te the experience of freedom-seekers once they cro ssed the border into British North America\, and t he contributions they and their descendants have m ade to building Canada as a nation. \; The wor kshop concludes with an extended tour of African C anadian sites of memory founded in the UGRR era.\n \n \n Readings\n \n Readings are sent by the Institute to seminar participants. Readings may include:\n \n Griffler\, Keith P. Front Line of Freedom: African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio River Val ley. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky\, 200 4.\n \n Gara\, Larry. The Liberty Line: The L egend of the Underground Railroad. Lexington: Univ ersity Press of Kentucky\, 1996.\n \n Smardz Frost\, Karolyn. \; I'\;ve Got a Home in Gl ory Land: A Lost Tale of the Undergroun Railroad. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux &\; Toronto: Tho mas Allen Publishers\, 2007.\n \n \n \n Tra vel &\; Accommodations\n \n York Universit y is located in the north of the City of Toronto. For directions to the Keele Campus please visit th e York University website.\n \n Workshop part icipants will be housed in an on-campus dormitory on the Keele Campus of York University. Participan ts will have single bedrooms\, but share bathrooms and common space. The university provides pillows \, blankets\, sheets\, and towels only. Please not e that participants should plan to bring alarm clo cks\, hangers\, irons\, hair dryers\, and shower s hoes.\n \n \n \n Meals\n \n Meals will be served in a university cafeteria in space shar ed by other programs. All on-campus meals will be paid for by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of Americ an History.\n \n \n \n Travel Reimbursement \n \n Each summer seminar participant will re ceive reimbursement of travel expenses up to $400.  \;Participants are responsible for making the ir own travel arrangements to and from the seminar .\n \n Participants traveling internationall y or from Alaska and Hawaii receive a $500 stipend in lieu of reimbursement upon completion of the s eminar.\n Applicants to seminars should note th at supplements will not be given in cases where th e $400 allowance is insufficient to cover all trav el expenses.\n \n Our reimbursement policy ha s changed from previous years. \;For more info rmation on our policy \;click here.\n \n \n \n Graduate Credit\n \n The Gilder Lehrm an Institute of American History is proud to annou nce its agreement with Adams State University to o ffer three hours of graduate credit in American hi story to participating seminar teachers. For more information click here.\n \n \n \n Question s?\n \n Email the Teacher Seminars department or call 646-366-9666.\n \n CATEGORIES:GL Summer Seminars CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130714T170000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130714T170000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130720T090000 LOCATION:York University\n Toronto\, ON\n Canada\n URL:http://www.gilderlehrman.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=440 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR