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The university reimagined: past and present

Dates:16 September 2015
Times:All day
What is it:Conferences
Organiser:University History and Heritage
How much:Free
Who is it for:University staff, Adults, Current University students
Speaker:Prof. William Whyte, Dr Heather Ellis, Prof. Michael Hebbert, Dr. Mike Finn, Dr. Martyn Walker, Dr. Keith Vernon, Prof. Helen Rees-Leahy, Prof. Juhan Maiste
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The idea of the university has been evolving since medieval Europe and the process of change continues today through innovation and reimagining of purpose. This symposium will focus on how, when and where universities have been remodelled or repurposed and how their history informs their present. It will consider, for example: why new forms of the university were introduced; how new institutions challenged the university’s established functions, or their relationship with church and state; the process through which these institutions became a primary mechanism for knowledge production and dissemination, and how they came to serve a greater proportion of citizens. It will consider the context, motivations and expression of these changes across time and space and how they continue to inform and shape the universities of today.

The symposium will be opened with a keynote address by Professor William Whyte, St. Johns College, Oxford, who recently published Redbrick: a social and architectural history of Britain's civic universities.

Registration for the event is now open: http://the-university-reimagined.eventbrite.co.uk

Price: Free

Speakers

Prof. William Whyte

Organisation: St John's College, Oxford

Dr Heather Ellis

Organisation: Liverpool Hope University

Prof. Michael Hebbert

Organisation: University College London

Dr. Mike Finn

Organisation: Liverpool John Moores University

Dr. Martyn Walker

Organisation: University of Huddersfield

Dr. Keith Vernon

Organisation: University of Central Lancashire

Prof. Helen Rees-Leahy

Organisation: University of Manchester

Prof. Juhan Maiste

Organisation: University of Tartu

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