Teaching Medieval Women

Leeds International Medieval Congress Panel
2024-07-01 11:15 - 12:45 UTC | University of Leeds
The Teaching Medieval Women team will be chairing a round table panel at Leeds International Medieval Congress 2024.
Teaching Medieval Women: Facilitating Knowledge Exchange between Schools and Academia – A Round Table Discussion
The Teaching Medieval Women project is a collaboration between teachers and academics to bring the experiences of medieval women into the teaching of medieval history at school. This project was born out of a shared realisation that women are still substantially under-represented in many of the medieval history classes taught at school in the UK, at KS3, KS4, and A-Level. The women and themes we 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. The group aims to bring together teachers and academics to exchange our respective knowledge and expertise, to learn about the challenges involved in driving change forward, and to develop solutions, as well as producing a variety of co-created materials that are attractive, innovative, engaging, and based on recent historical scholarship and educational pedagogy.
This discussion panel incorporates the core team of the Teaching Medieval Women project, and we will reflect and invite discussion on teaching experiences, the delivery of CPD for teachers, co-creating materials, and how to develop a sustainable future for the teaching of medieval women in UK schools and across the globe.
Participants include Zara Adaci (Claremont High School), Vicky Brock (North London Collegiate School), Sam Jones (Bolder Academy, Twickenham), and Elena Woodacre (University of Winchester).
Register for IMC here.

Peter Symonds College CPD Day
2024-06-18 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Peter Symonds College, Owens Rd, Winchester, SO22 6RX, United Kingdom
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.
The proposed programme for the day is as follows:
10.00 am Registration/coffee aims and plans for the day to include a brief introduction by PSC and UVI students (2) explaining examples of medieval women they have worked on.
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 – college is providing this
12:45pm – 1:45pm – Patronage, Culture and Education
1:45 –2:45pm – Warrior Women
2:45 – 3pm – Brief Break – tea
3pm – 3:30pm – British Library exhibition
3.30 – 3.45pm Final Thoughts and Summary
Register free for the event at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/petersymondscollege1/1236784

East Midlands CPD Day
2024-06-14 | Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, NG1 4FQ
Register for event here
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

Historical Association Conference 2024
2024-05-10 08:00 - 2024-05-11 17:00 UTC | The Eastrooms, Woodcock Street, Birmingham, B7 4BL
Teaching Medieval Women will be speaking at the Historical Association Annual Conference (10-11 May 2024).
To register to attend the conference, visit https://www.haconference.com/registration/

Natasha Hodgson, 'Crusading Societies: Women, Gender and the Crusades'
2024-03-13 15:30 - 17:00 UTC | King Edward VI College, King Edward Rd, Nuneaton, CV11 4BE, United Kingdom
Natasha Hodgson will be speaking about women and the Crusades at the Nuneaton branch of the Historical Association.
The talk will take place on Wednesday 13 March 2024 at King Edward VI College, Nuneaton.
Contact michael.arnold@cantab.net for more information.

History UK Pedagogy Forum: Collaborations Between Schools and Universities
2024-03-06 16:00 - 17:30 UTC | Online
Natasha Hodgson and Sam Jones from Teaching Medieval Women will be speaking at an online roundtable on 6 March 2024 hosted by History UK on the topic of establishing collaborations between schools and universities. They will be speaking along with Dr Sarah Longair (University of Lincoln) and David Ingledew (Education/Teacher Training).
The event will be held on Zoom. For more information and to register your place, go to the History UK website.

Natasha Hodgson, 'Women and crusading conflicts: changing perspectives'
2024-03-04 18:15 - 19:15 UTC | Minerva Building, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, United Kingdom
Natasha Hodgson will be giving a lecture on the subject of women and the Crusades for the Lincoln branch of the Historical Association.
The talk will take place on 4 March 2024 at 6.15pm at the University of Lincoln’s Brayford Pool campus in the Co-op lecture theatre (Minerva Building, MB0312). For more information about the event and to register, go to the Eventbrite.
