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Alice in Brussels: The Hallgarten-Franchetti Schools at the 1910 World Fair

The exhibition Alice in Brussels celebrates the award-winning model of progressive rural education created by Alice Hallgarten over a century ago. The groundbreaking model through which Alice educated rural farm children in Italy captured the attention of leading figures in the field — including Maria Montessori. Several innovations developed in Alice's schools have influenced elementary education across the globe. Cristina Caracchini, Languages and Cultures, is curator and project coorindator of Alice in Brussels along with collaborators in Italy. Learn more about the influence of Alice Hallgarten and the Montesca & Rovigliano Rural Schools.

Unearthing Vindolanda: Footwear from the Edge of the Roman Empire

In a new exhibition at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, visitors can discover over 100 footwear-related artifacts from Vindolanda, a Roman auxiliary fort and settlement located just south of Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, England. This exhibition is co-curated by Elizabeth Greene, Classical Studies and features remarkable objects are part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire UNESCO World Heritage Site which is renowned for its ongoing archaeological excavations providing unprecedented accounts of ancient life at the edge of the Roman Empire. Exhibition runs through September 2027.

Working feeling: affect, agriculture, Romanticism

Ecological and economic crises are deeply felt by farmworkers and beekeepers, with one-third of crops dependent on precarious honeybees and half the world’s farmworkers living in poverty. Nathan TeBokkel, postdoctoral fellow in English, approaches his research through lived experience and literary history. He studies agricultural capitalism, the impact of its alienation and the resistance from farmworkers as well as Romantic poets. He hopes to use his research for sustainable community-building and public education, including two proposals for de-alienating experience: a hands-on educational agriculture tour and a beekeeping mentorship network, developed at ��ҹ��վ as models for broader socioecological change.