The university reimagined: past and present
| Dates: | 16 September 2015 |
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| Times: | All day |
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| What is it: | Conferences |
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| Organiser: | University History and Heritage |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Current University students |
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| 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
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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Humanities Bridgeford Street
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