Oil and the Contemporary Globe is an intensive workshop designed to assist educators teaching on or interested in topics related to oil, hydrocarbons or diverse geographical locations. The workshop will examine and discuss oil from a variety of disciplines (politics, economics, geology, geography, history, art and culture). It will serve educators teaching or interested in history, social studies, science, literature and geography.  

Oil and the Contemporary Globe takes a unique approach to the topic of oil by examining it from a multi-regional perspective.  In addition to our core regions—the  Middle East, Russia and Eurasia and Latin America—we will also examine oil from an African perspective. The workshop has been co-organized and planned by a committed group of K-12 educators who have worked with the sponsoring centers.  Interested educators should submit an online application.  

For more information, contact any of the co-organizers: the Outreach Program of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Outreach Program at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.