Teaching the Renaissance - A Free Event

NRS

17th March 2010 10-5 Scholars Restuarant

Teaching the Renassaince is a free, one-day event aimed at anyone who teaches Renaissance history, literature and culture. Funded by the English Subject Centre, this event is led by keynote presentations from Lisa Hopkins (Sheffield Hallam) and Stephen Longstaffe (Cumbria) and will include papers by Adam Hansen, Tracey Hill, Janice Wardle, Carol Banks, Julie Raby and Jerome de Groot.

The event is free but places are limited. Please email Trudi Emmens (TMEmmens@uclan.ac.uk) to book a place. Pleasecould you also let Trudi know if you require parking (non-UCLan visitors only).

The programme starts in Scholars Restaurant at 10am and will conclude at 5pm.

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This one-day seminar will use discussion and debate to assess the current state of teaching Renaissance literature and culture.

As we continue to advance our knowledge of the Renaissance as a cultural, political, historical and theoretical field, how does our research shape and inform the way that we teach the subject?

Conversely, to what extent are the demands of teaching influencing the methods and subjects of new research?

The seminar will provide an opportunity to share innovative approaches to teaching a subject as diverse and complex as the Renaissance. It will also provide a forum for talking about vital issues about the institutional place of Renaissance studies in educational contexts.

The seminar is hosted by the University of Central Lancashire under the auspices of the Northern Renaissance Seminar and in partnership with the University of Northumbria. However, participation will be open to all academics in the UK. The seminar’s organisers are Stuart Hampton-Reeves (UCLan) and Monika Smialkowska (Northumbria).

The event will consist of a mixture of paper sessions and a round-table debate.