Middle Passages: Schedule
Middle Passages: A Shared History of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
July 31 to August 7, 2011
University of York
Sponsored by:
The Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History
The Gilder Lehrman Center
for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
The Department of History, University of York
Staff and Instructors:
Gloria Sesso, Master Teacher, Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History
Stephanie Smallwood, Associate Professor, University of Washington
Thomas Thurston, Director of Education, Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, Yale University
Dmitri van den Bersselaar, Senior Lecturer, African History, University of Liverpool
James Walvin, Professor of History Emeritus, University of York
Schedule:
Sunday, July 31
US, UK and Ghanaian Teachers arrive throughout the day
1:00-3:00 pm Registration and check-in at Langwith College, University of York
3:30-4:00 pm Tea, Coffee & Biscuits (Langwith Lower JCR, Langwith College)
6:00-7:00 pm Dinner (Derwent Dining Room, Derwent College)
7:00-8:30 pm Introductions: University of York, Gilder Lehrman Center, Gilder Lehrman Institute, Staff and Instructors, Teachers
Monday, August 1
8:00-9:00 am Breakfast (Derwent Dining Room, Derwent College)
9:30-10:30 am Introduction and Overview: Professors Stephanie Smallwood and James Walvin (Langwith College)
10:30-11:00 am Tea, Coffee & Pastries (L/006, Langwith College)
11:00-12:00 pm Introduction and Overview, cont. (Langwith College)
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch (Derwent Dining Room, Derwent College)
1:30-3:30 pm Slavery in Africa: Professor Dmitri van den Bersselaar and Victor Fiifi (Langwith College)
3:30-4:00 pm Tea, Coffee & Biscuits (L/006, Langwith College)
4:00-5:00 pm Slavery in Africa, teacher breakout sessions (Langwith College)
7:00-8:00 pm Dinner (Galleria Restaurant, Roger Kirk Centre)
8:00-9:00 pm Introduction to Ghana (Victor Fiifi and Ghanaian teachers)
Tuesday, August 2
8:00-9:00 am Breakfast (Derwent Dining Room, Derwent College)
9:30-10:30 am Working with the Slave Trade Database: Stephanie Smallwood and James Walvin (Langwith College)
10:30-11:00 am Tea, Coffee & Pastries (L/006, Langwith College)
11:00-12:00 pm Working with the Slave Trade Database, teacher breakout sessions (Langwith College)
12:30-5:00 pm Visit to Harewood House, Leeds (box lunch)
7:00-8:00 pm Dinner (Galleria Restaurant, Roger Kirk Centre)
Wednesday, August 3
8:00-9:00 am Breakfast (Derwent Dining Room, Derwent College)
9:30-10:30 am Ships, Crews, and Cargoes: Stephanie Smallwood (Langwith College)
10:30-11:00 am Tea, Coffee & Pastries (L/006, Langwith College)
11:00-12:00 pm Ships, Crews, and Cargoes, teacher breakout sessions (Langwith College) Possible workshop with Andrew Payne, The National Archives
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch (Derwent Dining Room, Derwent College)
1:30-3:30 pm Life and Death in the Ocean Crossing: James Walvin (Langwith College)
3:30-4:00 pm Tea, Coffee & Biscuits (L/006,Langwith College)
4:00-5:00 pm Life and Death in the Ocean Crossing, teacher breakout sessions (Langwith College)
5:00-6:15 pm Teaching with primary documents session: Gloria Sesso
7:00-8:00 pm Dinner (Galleria Restaurant, Roger Kirk Centre)
Thursday, August 4
8:00-9:00 am Breakfast (Derwent Dining Room, Derwent College)
9:30-6:30 pm Travel to Liverpool; 11:30: walking tour of the City of Liverpool and the Docks (with a break for lunch); 2:30: visit to the International Slavery Museum; 4:30: return to York
7:00-8:00 pm Dinner (Galleria Restaurant, Roger Kirk Centre)
Friday, August 5
8:00-9:00 am Breakfast (Derwent Dining Room, Derwent College)
9:30-10:30 am The Impact of the Slave Trade in Africa and the Americas: Stephanie Smallwood (Langwith College)
10:30-11:00 am Tea, Coffee & Pastries (L/006, Langwith College)
11:00-12:00 pm The Impact of the Slave Trade in Africa and the Americas, teacher breakout sessions (Langwith Upper JCR, Langwith College)
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch (Langwith Upper JCR, Langwith College)
1:30-3:30 pm Antislavery and the Abolition of the Slave Trade: James Walvin (Langwith College)
3:30-4:00 pm Tea, Coffee & Biscuits (L/006, Langwith College)
4:00-5:00 pm Antislavery and the Abolition of the Slave Trade, teacher breakout sessions (Langwith College)
5:00-6:15 pm Teaching with primary documents session: Gloria Sesso
7:00-8:00 pm Dinner (Galleria Restaurant, Roger Kirk Centre)
Saturday, August 6
8:00-9:00 am Breakfast (Derwent Dining Room, Derwent College)
9:30-10:30 am Legacies of the Slave Trade (Langwith College)
10:30-11:00 am Tea, Coffee & Pastries (L/006, Langwith College)
11:00-12:00 pm Legacies of the Slave Trade teacher breakout sessions (Langwith College)
12:30-1:30 pm Lunch (Langwith Upper JCR, Langwith College)
1:30-3:30 pm Share and Discuss Teaching Strategies: The Seminar Members (Langwith College)
3:30-4:00 pm Tea, Coffee & Biscuits (L/006, Langwith College)
4:00-5:00 pm Share and Discuss Teaching Strategies, cont.
6:30-7:30 pm Dinner (Wentworth Private Dining Room, Wentworth College)
7:30-9:00 pm Farewell Reception
Sunday, August 7
8:00-9:00 am Breakfast (Derwent Dining Room, Derwent College)
Seminar Members depart throughout the day