Schedule

8:30 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 am

Welcome and Introductions
Hemispheres Staff

9:15 – 9:45 am    

Introductory Remarks: The Importance of World History in the Curriculum
Rosemary Morrow, UTeach Liberal Arts

9:45 – 11:00 am

Why the Buddha Was Different: The Emergence of Buddhism in the Indian Context
Keely Sutton, Department of Asian Studies

11:00 – 11:15 am

Break

11:15 – 12:30 pm

Staging Selfhood: Humanism and the Visual and Verbal Art of the
Italian Renaissance
Douglas Biow, Department of French and Italian

12:30-- 1:30 pm

Catered Lunch

1:30 – 2:45 pm

Ottoman History: Approaches, Strategies, Resources
Barbara Petzen, Middle East Connections

2:45 – 3:00

Break

3:00 – 4:00 pm

Guided Primary Source Activity
Jess Meyer, San Marcos High School

8:30 am          

Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 10:15 am

Russia Does Europe: Social, Political, and Cultural Influences
from the Cold War to Putin
Thomas Garza, Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies

10:15 – 10:30 am  

Break

10:30 – 11:45 am

New Discoveries on the Ancient Maya
David Stuart, Mesoamerica Center, Department of Art & Art History
Viewing of Cracking the Maya Code

11:45 am – 12:45 pm

Catered Lunch

12:45 – 2:00 pm

The History of the Chinese Writing System and Related Cultural Production
Chiu-Mi La, Center for East Asian Studies

2:00  - 2:15 pm

Break

2:15 – 3:30 pm

Human Nature and Economic Decisions 
Robert Duvic, Center for International Business Education and Research

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Guided Primary Source Activity
Jess Meyer, San Marcos High School

8:30 am                   

Continental Breakfast                                                                          

9:00 – 10:15 am

Nationalism and Regionalism in India
Aarti Bhalodia, South Asia Institute

10:15 – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 – 11:45 am

Understanding Genocide in Guatemala 
Virginia Garrard-Burnett, Department of History

11:45 am – 12:45 pm

Catered Lunch

12:45 – 2:00 pm

The Era of Temujin Warriors: Long-lasting Reverberations of the Mongol Invasions
in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Bella Bychkova Jordan, Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies

2:00 – 2:15 pm

Break

2:15 – 3:30 pm      

Under the Curtain: Underground Czech Culture from 1968-1989
Mark Hopkins, Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Guided Primary Source Activity
Jess Meyer, San Marcos High School

8:30 am                   

Continental Breakfast                                                                        

9:00 – 10:15 am

From Ancient Israel to Ancient Judaism 
Jonathan Kaplan, Department of Middle Eastern Studies

10:15 – 10:30 am

Break

10:30 – 11:45 am

Guided Primary Source Activity
Jess Meyer, San Marcos High School

11:45 am – 12:00 noon

Wrap Up; Completion of Evaluation Forms