Program Dates

2024-25 Dates and Topics

This year’s Global Fellowship Program will focus on Indigenous peoples across the globe. Participating educators will explore the histories and challenges faced by Indigenous groups in Africa, East Asia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Regional topic sessions will help to expand teachers’ and students’ knowledge about Indigenous peoples outside of North America, their histories and cultures, their interactions with others, and the issues they face in their respective regions. By attending this program, participants will receive historical background and resources on this topic so that they can teach and discuss this subject with their students in their own classrooms.

All sessions will take place online via Zoom, 9:00AM-12:00 PM Eastern Time (with the exception of the orientation session) on the following Saturdays:

  • September 7, 2024, 10:00-12:00 PM EST: Pre-program orientation and networking session
  • September 21, 2024, 9:00AM-12:00 PM EST: Japan’s Ainu with Dr. Kinko Ito (U. of Arkansas at Little Rock)
  • October 12, 2024, 9:00AM-12:00 PM EST: Siberia: Transcontinental Indigenous Connections with Dr. Dima Arzyutov (Ohio State U.)
  • January 25, 2025, 9:00AM-12:00 PM EST: Regional Topic Session on Africa with Dr. Jacien Carr (Ohio State U.)
  • February 15, 2025, 9:00AM-12:00 PM EST: Regional Topic Session on Latin American with Dr. Mintzi Martinez-Rivera (Ohio State U.)
  • March 8, 2025, 9:00AM-12:00 PM EST: Regional Topic Session on the Middle East with Dr. Nathalie Peutz (New York U. Abu Dhabi)
  • April 12, 2025, 9:00AM-12:00 PM EST: Pedagogy Session with Daniel Redman (Ohio State U.)

Please remember that we expect teachers to attend ALL sessions for this program. In the event that you have some sort of emergency, please email or call us as soon as possible. No call, no shows will risk losing their CEUs and their place in the program.

Previous Topics

  • 2022-23, Global Youth Culture and Subcultures
  • 2021-22, Suppression of Journalism and Media
  • 2020-21, Intersection of Coffee and Tea Around the World: History, Culture, and Global Impact
  • 2019-20, Global Pollution: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Environmental Issues
  • 2018-19, Minority Issues around the World
  • 2017-18, Global Migration