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Teaching the Transatlantic/Transatlantic teaching
Institute of Historical Research, London
17 May 2013
This one-day interdisciplinary workshop organised by the Higher
Education Academy will explore how (and even why) we teach the
Transatlantic.
Crossing the Atlantic has, in many ways, never been so easy. As
teachers and researchers in the field of Transatlantic studies, we are
often building bridges across cultures. We move between text and
image, history and literature, research and teaching. We are also
often crossing the space of the Atlantic itself, a space that is rich
in movement and metaphor. How does this ebb and flow across cultures
translate into our teaching? With increasing numbers of academics
crossing the Atlantic in both directions, it is a good time to explore
how they translate themselves in a new geographical and cultural
landscape.
This workshop is the first in a series of events (leading to eventual
publication) designed to explore these issues.
Call for papers - extended to 15 April 2013
Please send 250 word abstracts for 15 minute papers on teaching
across/in the Transatlantic in any of the Arts and Humanities
disciplines to [log in to unmask] before 17:00 on 15 April.
Suggested topics include but are not limited to:
? Translating the teacher ? how do we translate our own
learning experiences that are deeply embedded in a specific time and
place?
? Transatlantic modules ? what kind of texts are used in
seminars about the transatlantic and how do students respond?
? Teaching the Caribbean across the disciplines;
? Travelling through/across/into languages;
? Transatlantic student mobility;
? Comparing and contrasting teaching practice across the Atlantic.
Fee
£50 for subscribers (£100 for non-subscribers)
Free for those presenting papers.
For further information please visit our website at
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2013/17_May_Transatlantic
Jennie Osborn
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