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Program Wittenberg Teacher Academy 2023

Thursday, 16 November	15:00	Arrival and Check in
	16:30	Welcome and Introduction U.S. Consulate General Leipzig represented by Dave T. Panetti (Public Affairs Officer) Executive Directors of the Muhlenberg Center for U.S. Studies & the English Department at MLU represented by Carsten Albers Organizers: Julia Nitz and Laura-Isabella Heitz
	17:00	Opening Lecture: “Across the Pacific: The United States and China in Historical Perspective,” Meredith Oyen (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
	18:30	Dinner Buffet (Best Western)
	20:00	Reading: Family Matters: Of Life in Two Worlds (PalmArtPress 2023) Martina Kohl
Friday, 17 November	8:00	Breakfast (Leucorea)
	9:00	Lecture: “U.S.-China Technology Conflict,” Sarah Eaton (Humboldt University Berlin)
	10:00	“’I was one of an army of enthusiasts:’ Empire and American Women in the Philippines (1899–1914)” Esther Wetzel (MLU Halle-Wittenberg)
	11:00	Coffee break
	11:30	Conversation groups with lecturers
	13:00	Off time
	15:00	Workshop I: “Afro-Futurism in the EFL-Classroom,” Timothy E. Stroud (MLU Halle-Wittenberg)
	16:30	Coffee break
	17:00	Workshop II: “A Food-Centric Approach to Teaching American Literature and Culture,” Jiann-Chyng Tu (Humboldt University Berlin)
	19:00	Round Tables with Speakers and Thanksgiving Dinner at Best Western Stadtpalais Wittenberg
Saturday, 18 November	8:00	Breakfast (Leucorea)
	9:00	News from the U.S. Embassy’s Public Diplomacy Section and Resources for Teaching U.S.-Pacific Relations, Martina Schulze (U.S. Embassy Berlin)
	9:30	Lecture: “Teaching Reproductive Justice from Granny Midwives to the SisterSong Collective,” Helen A. Gibson (Erfurt University)
	10:30	Workshop III: “’If You Catch Me at the Border I Got Visas in My Name:’ Hip-Hop and Global Youth Culture,” Eric Weisbard (The University of Alabama & Fulbright at University of Uppsala)
	11:15	Coffee break
	11:45	Workshop III continued
	13:00	Feedback and Farewell
	14:00	Guided City Tour

Program Wittenberg Teacher Academy 2023

Welcome and Introduction

Opening Lecture: “Across the Pacific: The United States and China in Historical Perspective,”

Reading: Family Matters: Of Life in Two Worlds(PalmArtPress 2023)

Lecture: “U.S.-China Technology Conflict,”

“’I was one of an army of enthusiasts:’ Empire and American Women in the Philippines (1899–1914)”

Workshop I: “Afro-Futurism in the EFL-Classroom,”

Workshop II: “A Food-Centric Approach to TeachingAmerican Literature and Culture,”

News from the U.S. Embassy’s Public Diplomacy Sectionand Resources for Teaching U.S.-Pacific Relations,

Lecture: “Teaching Reproductive Justice from Granny Midwivesto the SisterSong Collective,”

Workshop III: “’If You Catch Me at the Border I Got Visas in My Name:’ Hip-Hop and Global Youth Culture,”

Workshop III

Reading: Family Matters: Of Life in Two Worlds
(PalmArtPress 2023)

Workshop II: “A Food-Centric Approach to Teaching
American Literature and Culture,”

News from the U.S. Embassy’s Public Diplomacy Section
and Resources for Teaching U.S.-Pacific Relations,

Lecture: “Teaching Reproductive Justice from Granny Midwives
to the SisterSong Collective,”