Disinventing Old English is pleased to have had a session approved for the 2024 ICMS Kalamazoo. The topic is “New Directions in Old English Pedagogy.”
CFP: While scholars of race, gender, disability, and the digital humanities are all rethinking the way we study Old English literature and culture, many pedagogical tools still prioritize the Grammar-Translation method of language learning. Vocabulary and readings that still support imperial and ethnocentric modes of thinking, often using violent, sexist, racist, and ableist examples of literature from the period. This session invites papers that interrogate our usual methods of teaching Old English and lay the groundwork for more inclusive pedagogical modes.
Please contact Donna Beth Ellard (donna.ellard[at]du.edu) or Mary Kate Hurley (hurleym1[at]ohio.edu) for more information. Click here to go to the submission website.
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