The University Reimagined: Past and Present
One day symposium
16 September 2015, The University of Manchester
The idea of the university has been evolving since medieval Europe and
the process of change continues today through innovation and reimagining
of purpose. This symposium will focus on how, when and where universities
have been remodelled or repurposed and how their history informs their
present. It will consider, for example: why new forms of the university
were introduced; how new institutions challenged the university?s
established functions, or their relationship with church and state; the
process through which these institutions became a primary mechanism for
knowledge production and dissemination, and how they came to serve a
greater proportion of citizens. It will consider the context, motivations
and expression of these changes across time and space and how they
continue to inform and shape the universities of today.
The symposium will be opened with a keynote address by Professor William
Whyte, St. Johns College, Oxford, who recently published Redbrick: a
social and architectural history of Britain's civic universities.
Call for papers
Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers on topics which consider
developments in the form and function of universities or which offer
comparative analysis between types of universities or universities in
different global settings.
Abstracts of a maximum of 200 words should be submitted to:
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Registration
There is no charge for the event and lunch will be provided. Please
register at:
http://the-university-reimagined.eventbrite.co.uk
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The University of Manchester
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