Teachers' Corner Upcoming Events

February-March 2025

Blackness in Europe: Professional Learning Series

On February 26th, the GLC begins an enriching professional development series that examines the complexity of racial formations in the classroom by exploring Blackness in Europe. Through conversations with historians and guest speakers, we will uncover the legacies of key figures such as Nathaniel Wells, Shakespeare, and the Tudor period. We will also explore how technology can help bring these stories into the contemporary classroom in meaningful and engaging ways.

This series will delve into themes in art, literature, theater, and historical sources, using both primary and secondary materials to deepen our understanding of race and identity across time.

April 2025

Rethinking the Amistad Story

Award-winning historian, writer, filmmaker, playwright, and activist Dr. Marcus Rediker will present, “Rethinking the Amistad Story." This is a rare local opportunity to meet the historian whose work transformed the understanding of the Amistad revolt and was central to the recent re-interpretation of the New Haven Museum exhibit, “Amistad: Retold.”

Rediker will discuss who the African rebels were, how they waged the uprising, and what the ordeal meant to them. He will explore the legacies of the Amistad Revolt as a powerful example of resistance to oppression that was a “deeply human affair about real people, under real circumstances, making life-and-death decisions in real time.” He will also address what drove him to research the “Amistad” in Sierra Leone, and the subsequent presentation of his work in graphic novels, a documentary, and his recent play, “The Return of Benjamin Lay,” co-written with Naomi Wallace.

The program is organized by New Haven Museum with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition and the Amistad Committee, with support by Connecticut Humanities.

New Haven Museum | Thursday, April 3, 2025 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM with a reception at 5:30 PM