[Sca-cooks] Paradise, Pottage, and Potions

[Sharon Gordon]

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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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P.S.  accepted aplicants (who have to write an
essay on why the middle ages is a good thing to teach about) get a large
stipend to cover most costs of attending.

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