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Teaching the 18th Century
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City: Bristol
Venue:
University of the West of England, St Matthias Campus
Date:
13 Sep 07
Time:
10:30
Event Overview:
Eighteenth-century studies have recently undergone exciting changes. Research has expanded to include many non-canonical texts and a variety of interdisciplinary approaches, while new electronic resources (especially Eighteenth-Century Collections Online) with the potential to revolutionise both research and teaching have become available. At the same time, students seem to find it increasingly difficult to relate to the period.
This one-day workshop will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and good practice among lecturers teaching the 18th century. Most sessions will take the format of a brief presentation, followed by a discussion in which all participants can join. The following issues will be explored:
- How long is the (long) 18th century? Should 18th-century courses go into the Romantic period? Where is the 18th century situated in the curriculum?
- What kinds of text do we teach? How do we integrate
Eighteenth-century studies have recently undergone exciting changes. Research has expanded to include many non-canonical texts and a variety of interdisciplinary approaches, while new electronic resources (especially Eighteenth-Century Collections Online) with the potential to revolutionise both research and teaching have become available. At the same time, students seem to find it increasingly difficult to relate to the period.
This one-day workshop will provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and good practice among lecturers teaching the 18th century. Most sessions will take the format of a brief presentation, followed by a discussion in which all participants can join. The following issues will be explored:
- How long is the (long) 18th century? Should 18th-century courses go into the Romantic period? Where is the 18th century situated in the curriculum?
- What kinds of text do we teach? How do we integrate
Programme: (subject to alteration)
| Time | Theme/Session |
|---|---|
| 10:30 | Registration and Coffee |
| 10:50 | Welcome |
| 11:00 | Postcolonialism Stephen Gregg, Bath Spa |
| 11:30 | Defamiliarising the not-familiar Dafydd Moore, Plymouth |
| 12:00 | Immaterial? Marginality, Materiality and the Case of Children's Literature Matthew Grenby, Newcastle |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Using ECCO in Teaching Jonathan Gibson, English Subject Centre and Elaine McGirr, Royal Holloway |
| 14:30 | Web-based Resources on Robert Bloomfield and Thomas Chatterton Sam Ward, Nottingham Trent |
| 15:00 | Tea/Coffee |
| 15:30 | Interdisciplinary Approaches Jennie Batchelor, Kent |
| 16:00 | Planning and Implementing an 18th-century Module in the 21st Century Robin Jarvis, Maire Mulvey-Roberts, Kerry Sinanan, UWE |
| 16:30 | Close |
