FW: The Transatlantic: towards a scholarship of learning and teaching, Liverpool, 1 May 2014

 

From: Jennie Osborn [mailto:news@mail.heacademy.ac.uk]
Sent: 14 April 2014 15:09
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Subject: The Transatlantic: towards a scholarship of learning and teaching, Liverpool, 1 May 2014

 

Email not displaying correctly? Click here to view it in your browser.   Arts and Humanities - The Transatlantic: towards a scholarship of learning and teaching April 2014 The Transatlantic: towards a scholarship of learning and teaching, Liverpool, 1 May 2014 'Towards a scholarship of learning and teaching the Transatlantic' is a one day symposium that will bring together scholars from across the Humanities and across the Atlantic to explore how the Transatlantic functions as a theme and metaphor in our teaching in higher education settings.  We're hoping to make this event a thought-provoking dialogue between those who see themselves as literal, linguistic and/or figurative transatlantic teachers and to examine how we might bring our research and pedagogical practices closer together. The day will start with a  keynote from Professor Alan Rice, University of Central Lancashire, that invites us to consider: "The marginal, the ghostly, the local, the global and the refiguring of the Transatlantic". Alan teaches across a range of subjects for the literature and cultural team at UCLan and is an expert in the field of the Black Atlantic where his scholarship has led to collaborative projects with museums and community organisations. Alan has published widely in African American Studies, Transatlantic Cultural Studies and also in Ethnic Studies. His latest monograph project Creating Memorials, Building Identities: The Politics of Memory in the Black Atlantic (Liverpool University Press) was published in 2010 and was written with the help of an AHRC research grant. The remainder of the day focuses on Transatlantic methodologies, practices from across the Atlantic, other ways of knowing and  investigating the Transatlantic as metaphor for academic practice. Full details of the programme and online booking can be found via our website. Jennie Osborn     About the Higher Education Academy The HEA is a national body for enhancing learning and teaching in higher education in the UK. We work with institutions across the HE system to help bring about change in learning and teaching to improve the outcomes for students. We do this by recognising and rewarding excellent teaching, bringing together people and resources to research and share best practice and by helping influence, shape and implement policy. The HEA supports staff in higher education throughout their career from those who are new to teaching through to senior management. We offer services in 28 disciplines and throughout the UK, and have offices in England, Wales and Scotland. Through the partnership management team we work directly with institutions to understand individual circumstances and priorities and bring together resources to meet them. Owned by Universities UK and Guild HE, the HEA is funded by the four national funding councils, institutional subscriptions and project income. For more recent news, events and funding opportunities, subscribe to Academy Update. Want to unsubscribe or change your details? The Higher Education Academy, Company Limited by Guarantee Registered Number 4931031. Registered Office: The Higher Education Academy, Innovation Way, York Science Park, Heslington, York, YO10 5BR, United Kingdom. Registered charity, England and Wales 1101607. Registered charity, Scotland SC043946. VAT Registered number GB 152 1219 50. The Higher Education Academy and its logo are registered trademarks and should not be used without our permission.