The Age of Exploration was a complex period that fundamentally
changed the world. European
exploration and expansion — made possible
by technical innovations in sea travel — were driven
by a conflicting web of individual and national ambitions.
These European socio-political dynamics played out in
the “New World,” shaping the lives of incoming
European settlers as well as indigenous peoples and imported
African slaves. Nevertheless, European empire-builders
did not stumble across a tabula rasa. In Spanish
America especially, they encountered civilizations that — while
differing wildly in the details — had hierarchical
social structures very similar to those they had left
behind at home. The effects of this clash of empires
are still being felt to this day.
The
institute is free and open to all educators.
Applications
are here or by calling Jean
Spencer at
510-642-2162.
Monday,
July 14 – Wednesday, July
16, 2008
2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor
8:30
am – 4:00 pm Monday and Tuesday
9:30
am – 12:00 pm Wednesday
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