2024 Autumn Symposium: “At the Helm”
February 19, 2024 in Anniversary, Conference, Conference Announcement, RGME Symposia
2024 Autumn Symposium
“At the Helm:
Spotlight on Special Collections
as Teaching Events”
Friday and Saturday, 25–26 October 2024 by Zoom
[Posted on 19 February 2024, with updates including the Symposium Program, Posters, and Symposium Booklet with Program, Abstracts, and Images]
Part 2 (of 2) in the series of
2024 Spring and Autumn Symposia
on “Bridges”
To follow up from
Part 1 (of 2)
2024 Spring Symposium at Vassar College
“Between Past and Future:
Building Bridges between Special Collections and
Teaching for the Liberal Arts”
[Posted on 18 February 2024, with updates]
This event forms a pair with the Spring Symposium (Part 1) in the 2024 RGME Anniversary Year, for which our Theme is “Bridges”.
By request, as its momentum and enthusiasm develops, this Symposium has extended its span, from one day to two full days.
Part 1 in April
Part 1 is planned in hybrid format, with access in person and online. It was held over three days in April, from 18 Friday to 22 Sunday 2024. Its Title tells its purpose, focus, and mission:
“Between Past and Future:
Building Bridges between Special Collections
and Teaching for the Liberal Arts”
- Spring Symposium ‘Home Page’
2024 Spring Symposium at Vassar College - Report
2024 Spring Symposium at Vassar College: Report
Part 2 in October
Part 2, to be held online for two full days in October, provides an integrated follow-up for the Spring Symposium centered upon Vassar.
This time, taking charge on the Bridge of a nautical vessel of passage (Bridge, Wheelhouse, or Pilothouse; Bridge or Pilothouse), we focus on selected cases to examine such teaching practices and resources at work.
“At the Helm:
Spotlight on Special Collections as Teaching Events”
Friday and Saturday 24–25 October 2024
by Zoom
Friday 9:45 am – 5:00 pm EDT (GMT-4)
Saturday 9:00 am – 5:15 pm EDT
In keeping with our tradition – informal, but structured – for our RGME Symposia (as with our 2023 Spring and Autumn Symposia), we offer presenters the opportunity, with minimal preparation, to showcase collections (private and public) in virtual visits guided by curators or collectors, in the company of teachers and students on-site and online.
Our goal here is to channel the purposeful momentum for the 2024 Spring Symposium at Vassar College in a simpler follow-up demonstrating the mission in action of teaching with the material evidence in Special Collections. Whilst the Spring Symposium focuses (but not exclusively) on the Medieval and Renaissance periods, the Autumn Symposium welcomes a wide variety of periods, cultures, and genres of material.
The poster is available to download. Please circulate and display it, if you wish.
For more information and to register, see below.