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CLA Spanish Program increases teachers’ comfort in teaching difficult topics
CLA is grateful to the 31 Spanish teachers who attended our April 11 program, Crisis y cultura en el siglo XXI, many of whom traveled long distances for it.
The IHGC and CLA received a grant from the Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation
The Institute for Humanities and Global Cultures and the Center for the Liberal Arts have received a grant from the Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation to host a Spring 2026 seminar.
French teachers attend program based on two UVA exhibitions
On September 27, thirty-one secondary school French teachers from across the Commonwealth worked with a series of speakers in association with two exhibitions: “The Strange Story Furcy Madeleine” at the Shannon Library and “Haiti’s Time” at the Fralin Museum of Art.
Videos from Previous Programs
Dr. Julian Bond on "Making the Civil Rights Matter"
The Center for the Liberal Arts remembers with gratitude and admiration the extraordinary life and work of Julian Bond. Bond did us the great honor of recording “Making Civil Rights Matter” for one of our workshops on teaching about the American movement for civil rights, remarks as important now as ever.
Teaching the History of American Migrations
Watch Jennifer Williamson, Principal at Western Albemarle High School, discuss teaching the history of American migrations at our November 11, 2017 session at the Miller Center for Public Affa
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