[Herbalist] FW: [ProtoNet] Cool symposium coming up!

[Christine Seelye-King]

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Almost worth going up for Pennsic a month early....
Christianna

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Subject: Fwd: [ProtoNet] Cool symposium coming up!


I didn't know if this had reached the Cooks or Herb lists yet...

FYI....

Molli

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Title: Symposium for Professional Educators at PSU



A Summer institute funded by the National Endowment for the

Humatities (NEH):

Paradise, Pottage and Potions: The Medieval Garden,

This summer institute for professional educators, hosted at the

Pennsylvania State University July 6-August 1, 2003, will be an

introduction to many different aspects of medieval culture. The

focal point

of the institute will be Penn State's AT&T medieval garden, which

is a

unique installation that includes a kitchen and medicinal garden,

a   pleasure ground, a contemplation garden, medieval agronomy plots

and the

beginnings of a period orchard.

The institute includes lectures by internationally known experts in

the

field, work with master teachers, development of lesson plans and

projects

related to the topic and field trips to the Cloisters museum and

medieval

gardens in New York City and to Jefferson's gardens at Monticello

in

Virginia. Stipends for expenses are available for 25 teachers. For

more

information, contact Vickie L. Ziegler, Director, Center for

Medieval

Studies, vlz1 at psu.edu. The deadline for applications is March 1st,

2003.

A detailed description, schedule and application forms are

available at our

web site [www.psu.edu/dept/medieval/teachers.html].

Educators attending the interdisciplinary institute will study

botanical,

horticultural and medical connections with the garden and how these

relate

to medieval history, literature and culture. The institute will

approach

culture through the role the garden played in medieval society,

roles

reflected in the title. Paradise refers to the image of the garden

as a

place of refreshment and perfection in literature, the arts and

theology.

Pottage stands for the garden as a source of food, while potions

refers to

its uses in medicine and alludes to the magical meaning of plants.

This

institute will enable you and other teachers, from a wide variety

of

backgrounds, to develop curricular materials of interest to

students in the

study of a medieval multi-cultural landscape through the immediacy

of

plants and gardens.

Our goal is to enliven and enrich the humanities for you and your

students,

not only through the lectures, but also through collaborative

activities

such as workshops, projects and field trips. As a participant, you

may

choose from a variety of projects related to the theme of the

Institute.

More about these projects can be found under the Institute Schedule

on our

website.

Dr Vickie Ziegler,

Director, The Center for Medieval Studies

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park PA, 16802

By e-mail: vlz1 at psu.edu

[www.psu.edu/dept/medieval/teachers.html].


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