Northumbria
University, 21 November 2014
We are pleased to invite speakers for the next
event of the History Lab North East. This time round, the theme for the
half-day workshop will be ‘History outside the Academy’. As part of a fantastic
networking opportunity for postgraduate students based in the North East, we
are looking for speakers to present short papers (15-20 mins) that will form
the basis of an afternoon workshop, which explores how to effectively disseminate
historical research outside of academia.
The workshop is intended to create an informal and
non-threatening atmosphere in which postgraduate researchers can share ideas,
develop their skills, and create links with researchers from different
institutions and backgrounds. Postgraduates from all areas of historical
research are invited to participate. The afternoon’s proceedings are set to
include:
- Postgraduate papers that consider how cutting edge historical research can be applied to non-academic contexts.
- A group discussion on how the challenges of disseminating historical research to a wider audience can be overcome.
- A training session for researchers on outreach and employability issues.
- Networking and socialising opportunities with postgraduates from around the North East.
Each presentation should ideally provide a brief
overview of the on-going research project and demonstrate how the project can
be relevant and important in a non-academic context. Different approaches may
highlight the possible social, political, cultural, or economic relevance of
historical research to contemporary narratives. Above all, the workshop aims to
generate debate, discussion, and introspective analysis of how we, as
postgraduates, can escape from our scholarly spires and show how our research is
of interest to a wider array of audiences.
Could interested speakers please send a 100-200
word abstract via email to historylab.northeast@gmail.com with ‘History outside the Academy’ as the subject
by 21 October 2014.
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