The multidisciplinary essays in Configuring History describe how teachers can use virtual
reality technology to teach the Harlem Renaissance. Describing in detail the construction of
Virtual Harlem Bronzeville and Montmartre - all important sites in African American cultural
history - the essays delineate the technologies employed in the construction of these
cityscapes and the learning theory - configuring history - that informs the project. The book
provides a model of a collaborative learning network linking classrooms at universities in the
United States and in Europe and demonstrates the importance of collaboration between the
sciences and the humanities for the future development of instructional technologies.
