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East Midlands CPD Day
June 14
Teaching Medieval Women is part of a wider project designed via collaboration between Teachers and Academics to bring the lives of medieval women into the teaching of medieval history. This project was borne out of a shared realisation that women were lamentably under-represented in many of the medieval history classes taught at, especially, KS3 and further up the curriculum as well. We hope to remedy this by bringing together teachers and academics to share our respective knowledge and expertise and to produce a variety of materials that are attractive, engaging – and free – to use in the classroom.
The women and the themes we intend to highlight derive from a diverse geographical, religious and ethnic spread, emphasising a fresh, and in part non-European perspective, to the study of the medieval period in schools and colleges.
This CPD day is a forum to share our experiences, to showcase some examples, and to collaborate on materials to understand how best to support the teaching of this topic and attract and engage a new generation of students.
For more about the project see our website: https://teachingmedievalwomen.org/
Our CPD day will take place at Nottingham Trent University City Campus on 7 June 2024.
Academic Participants include:
Dr Natasha Hodgson (Nottingham Trent University)
Dr Ellie Woodacre (University of Winchester)
Professor Jonathan Phillips (Royal Holloway University of London)
Featuring short talk, resource design workshops and discussion panels.
Registration is free, and you can book a place via this Eventbrite.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/teaching-medieval-women-cpd-day-east-midlands-tickets-829535140937
Interim schedule:
10:00 – 10:30 am – Arrival, tea and coffee and Welcome – Aims and plans for the day.
10:30 – 11am – Where are we now? Reflections on current teaching of medieval women.
11am – 12pm– Power and Authority and Wealth
12 – 12:45pm – Lunch
12:45pm – 1:45pm – Patronage, Culture and Education
1:45 –2:45pm – Warrior Women
2:45 – 3pm – Brief Break
3pm – 3:30pm – Final Thoughts and Summary
If you have any questions or would like further information, feel free to send us an email at natasha.hodgson@ntu.ac.uk or catherine.gower@ntu.ac.uk