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A Scottish Literature & Culture Teaching Workshop

Friday, 31 January 2025 09:30-14:00

The Scottish Literature and Culture Network invites you to an online workshop focused on mutual exchange, offering practical insights and strategies for teaching Scottish literature and culture. Our aim is to create an open, informal, and collaborative environment where participants can share their experiences, discuss challenges, and explore creative methods. By drawing directly from participants' own seminar practices, we hope to generate practical solutions and develop ideas. The workshop will address difficulties such as challenges related to language barriers, varying levels of students' prior knowledge, and limited access to both primary and secondary material. We will also host guest speakers to discuss integrating museum and archive collections into research-led teaching, focusing on heritage interpretation, storytelling, material cultures, and Scotland's role in Britain's imperial project. 
If you would like to take part, please send an email to Julia Boll (j.boll@uni-konstanz.de).

09:30-09:45 Welcome and Introduction 

09:45-10:45 Session 1: Sharing Practice 
For this session, we invite participants to share their teaching practice and prepare a short presentation (5-7 minutes). 
If you are interested in sharing your teaching practice, please contact Julia. Please also consider uploading your syllabi in advance of the session (link to cloud space will be sent out to registered participants). 

10:45-11:00 Break 

11:00-12:00 Session 2: Tackling Common Challenges 
For this session, we invite participants to suggest common didactic problems and challenges in advance of this workshop. 
Please send suggestions to Julia by the end of December 2024. 

12:00-13:00 Lunch Break 

13:00-13:45 Guest Session: Working with Museum and Archive Collections 
Anthony Lewis (Glasgow Life Museums) and Viola Lewis (RavingScotland) 

13:45-14:00 Post-Workshop Plans 


We are looking forward to seeing you in January! 

The Scottish Literature and Culture Network