Important Announcement:
Due to high enrollment, we are no longer accepting onsite registrations. Thank you for your co-opertaion.

Click Here to view
Peru Conference Booklet for 2009.

Conference and Workshop locations:
Conference registration and welcome will be held in the Washington Room in Mather Hall on the second floor and the workshops will be held in the World Language building, Seabury. We will post red and white balloons to help you find your way, but please print out the directions to the campus and the campus map just in case.

Click here to get directions to Trinity College (try to park near or on Summit Street):

Click here to view the map of the campus:

Parking on Conference Day:
A campus lots are free and open to the public on the weekend, and that there is street parking as well. The Summit Street lots are the closest. The Broad St entrance lot near the gym nearly always has spaces available.

The Association of Peruvian American Professionals and the Hispanic Studies Program at Trinity College would like to invite you to attend the Interdisciplinary Conference for Educators: Incorporating Perú into the Curriculum on Saturday, September 26^th at Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut.  Learn new ways to incorporate Perú into your classroom by attending the workshops on Peruvian film, literature, music, dance, history, and cuisine. 

In addition to the various culture workshops presented by many talented and creative professionals, this conference will feature an authentic Peruvian lunch, a Peruvian dance performance, and a keynote address by Ministro Alfredo Chuquihuara, the Consul Adscrito from the Consulate General of Perú in Hartford.  Workshop participants will receive educational materials and activities on Perú that they will be able to use in their classrooms.  We also have two presenters traveling in from New York to present, Marcos Napa, a professional Afro-Peruvian performance artist, and Mitchell Teplitsky, director and producer of the film Soy Andina.

Participants are encouraged to register as early as possible since registration is limited.  If you register early, you will receive a discount as listed on the registration form. 

Conference Registration Information

The registration fees are as follows:

Registrations must be postmarked by the above dates.

If you register onsite, we cannot guarantee workshop choices, space and/or availability of extra materials.

Lunch Menu

Salad with assorted dressings
Arroz con pollo Peruvian cilantro rice with chicken
Papa a la huancaína potatoes served with ají cream sauce
Selection of assorted dessertstres leches, flan, alfajores and pionono

*If you are a vegetarian, please e-mail us  at peruconference@apapro.org or call 860-593-5353 at least a week before the conference and we will provide you with a vegetarian lunch.

The registration fee includes:

• workshop attendance

• a continental breakfast

• an authentic Peruvian lunch

• a USB drive containing numerous learning activities and cultural materials on Perú

• a Peruvian weaved bag

• materials from the Peruvian consulate

CEUs

Participants will receive CEUs for attending the conference workshops.

Conference Day Schedule

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

List of workshops

See following pages for workshop schedule and descriptions and presenter bios.

• Música Afroperuana

• Soy Andina

• Connect your classroom to Perú through Kiva

• Señor de Sipán y la cultura Moche.

• Peruvian History and Culture Through Peruvian Film

• Gian Marco’s Music in the Spanish Classroom

• Perú: The Heart of the Inca Empire

• Interactive Learning Activities for Incorporating  Peruvian Culture into the Spanish Classroom

• Literatura de José María Arguedas

• Geography of Perú

• Ricardo Palma y Sus Tradiciones

• Peruvian Gastronomy

• Traveling to Perú

• MusicFusion