English Programme of Events
Programme of Events
Day One: Friday 7th November
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9.00 – 10.45
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Registration
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10.45 – 11.15
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Introduction to Academic Steering Group and Teacher Leaders
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11.15 – 12.15
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Pupil Discussions with Oliver Blond: Inspirations
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12.15 – 1.15
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Lunch
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1.15 – 1.40
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Course Welcome by Course Director, Bernice McCabe
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1.40 – 2.30
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Keynote Lecture: Robert Harris
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2.30 – 3.00
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Panel Discussion
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3.00 – 3.30
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Break
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3.30 – 4.30
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Lecture: Prof John Mullan: Tricks Novelists Play
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4.30 – 5.30
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Group Workshops: Sharing Good Practice
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5.30 – 6.30
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Workshop: How do we ensure pupils extend their interest beyond the curriculum?
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6.30 – 7.30
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Break
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7.30 – 10.00
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Reception and Dinner
After Dinner Talk by Lord Richard Wilson GCB |
Day Two: Saturday 8th November
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8.45 – 9.45
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Lecture: Dr Mark Llewellyn: The Novel as Form: from Austen to Faulks
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9.45 – 11.00
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Seminars:
Dr Mark Llewellyn: Teaching irony
Dr Hester Lees-Jeffries: Jane Austen: Definitely Not Chick Lit Dr Dan Wakelin: Narrators and Irony, from Chaucer to the present |
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11.00 – 11.30
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Break
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11.30 – 1.00
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Workshops:
RSC Drama Shakespeare Workshop (11.15am-1.15pm)
or Teacher Leader workshops: How do we ensure challenge and coherence in the classroom? |
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1.00 – 2.00
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Lunch
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2.00 – 3.30
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Workshops:
RSC Drama Shakespeare Workshop (1.45pm-3.45pm)
or Teacher Leader workshops: How do we ensure challenge and coherence in the classroom? |
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3.30 – 4.00
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Break
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4.00 – 5.00
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Lecture: Professor Helen Cooper: Hamlet and the Invention of Tragedy
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5.00 – 6.15
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Seminars:
Prof. Helen Cooper: Five ways of staging death
Dr Dan Wakelin: Tragedy and Comedy: Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream Dr Hester Lees-Jeffries: The Spaces of Tragedy |
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6.15 – 7.30
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Break
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7.30 – 10.00
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Reception and Dinner
After Dinner Talk by Professor Lisa Jardine CBE |
Day Three: Sunday 9th November
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8.45 – 9.45
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Lecture: Dr Fred Parker: Milton in his Time: Paradise Lost and the Idea of Context
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9.45 – 11.00
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Seminars:
Dr Fred Parker: Milton among the Romantics
Dr Gavin Alexander: Using the other Miltons Dr Dan Wakelin: Some Introductions to Paradise Lost |
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11.00 – 11.30
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Break
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11.30 – 1.00
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Lecture: Philip Pullman: Elementary Particles of Narrative
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1.00 – 2.00
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Lunch
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2.00 – 3.30
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Writers Workshops with William Fiennes, Raffaella Barker and Romesh Gunesekera
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3.30 – 4.00
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Break
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4.00 – 5.00
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Lecture: Dr Gavin Alexander: Looking at Poems
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5.00 – 6.15
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Seminars:
Dr Gavin Alexander: Verse form and meaning
Prof. Helen Cooper: Reading simple poetry Dr Fred Parker: Poetry and real life: The Rape of the Lock and Wordsworth |
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6.15 – 7:30
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Break
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7.30 – 10.00
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Reception and Dinner
After Dinner Talk by David Aaronovitch |
Day Four: Monday 10th November
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8.45 – 9.45
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Teacher Leader Workshops: Schools Programme
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9:45– 10.30
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Lecture: Mick Waters: Curriculum Development
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10.30 – 10.45
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Break
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10.45 – 11.30
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Reports on Key Themes
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11.30 – 12.30
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Plenary Discussion with Panel of Educationalists
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12.30 - 1.00
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Course Evaluation
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1.00 – 2.00
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Lunch
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2.00
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Depart
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