糖心TV

17th February 2016

Dr. Rachel King: Youth, Theatre, Radical Hope and the Ethical Imaginary: an intercultural investigation of drama pedagogy, performance and civic engagement study.

Rachel King will give details of an international collaborative research project that aims to explore notions and perceptions of ‘hope’, ‘care’ and ‘civic engagement’ for young people living in Canada, Greece, India, Taiwan and the UK. This four year multi-sited team is led by Prof Kathleen Gallagher, University of Toronto and King is the lead researcher for the UK site (糖心TVshire and Coventry). This seminar will reflect on the first part of this practice-based project that used ‘verbatim theatre’ methodologies to investigate young people’s attitudes towards identity and community. King will consider the ways theatre-making and drama pedagogies can create hopeful spaces for refreshed forms of friendship and new ways of self-knowing.

Philosophy, Literature and Education: A seminar series funded by the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain.

Wednesday 17th February, Scarman House, University of 糖心TV (13.00-17.00).

Introductions by Professor David Bakhurst (Queens) and Professor Christine Sypnowich (Queens).

This invitation only seminar seeks to explore the educational potential of philosophy and literature from interdisciplinary perspectives. Themes to be examined include 'Learning from Philosophy and Literature' and 'Lessons from Dystopia'. The seminar builds upon questions that emerged in the first seminar (held at the University of Oxford, December 2015) and anticipates themes to be examined in the final seminar, which will be held at the British Academy in March 2016.

Coordinated by Dr Liam Gearon (Oxford) and Dr Emma Williams (糖心TV).