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The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Humanities proudly presents: “Democracy and Totalitarianism: Historical and Literary Lenses,” a three-day workshop for high school teachers of the humanities on June 14-16, 2022. What are the unique features of a democracy? What are the conditions for and consequences of totalitarianism? Can democracies […]

The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Humanities proudly presents: “Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in the Ancient World” a three-day workshop for high school teachers of the humanities on June 16-18. How old are concepts such as race and ethnicity? How did ancient Greeks and Romans define and describe people […]

The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities presents a free three-day summer workshop for secondary teachers on Close Reading, Close Playing: Video Games, Pedagogy, and the Humanities Classroom with Dr. Edmond Y. Chang on June 5-7, 2019. Chang is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio University. […]

  The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities presents a free three-day summer workshop for secondary teachers on “Remembering the Great War” from Wednesday, June 13, through Friday, June 15, at Ohio University. The First World War—at its outset dubbed “the war to end war” by […]

by Kristin Distel This year, the Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities celebrated an important milestone—its 20th anniversary of providing cutting-edge continuing education for secondary teachers and humanities faculty. The Ping Institute, which was founded by the Ohio University Board of Trustees, is widely recognized for […]

     The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities presents A Global Perspective on Islam June 15-17, 2016 A Summer Institute for Teachers Ohio University  •  Athens, Ohio Islam continues to dominate global headlines from the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq to Boko Haram in […]

Nuremberg, Germany, 1942. “Mother gave private lessons in English, so Rita would come to our house, and once a week they would have lessons,” explained Professor Emerita Marie-Claire Wrage. “One day my mother realized she was upset, and Rita said she was trying to get out of the country, but […]