Teaching & Learning in the Renaissance ~Thurs 24 Sept 2026

Exact programme and tutors are yet to be confirmed, but the format will more or less follow what we have done previously in terms of timings and room location (Faculty of Arts building, room 2.32).

Schedule

10-10.50am: Session one

11-12 noon: Session two

12-1pm: Lunch break (provided)

1-1.50pm: Session three

2-3pm: Session four

3-3.30pm: conclusions and discussion

Confirmed speaker Clive Letchford has provided a draft title and abstract: 'A school like any other? Shakespeare and an English grammar school education.' What did a schoolboy in a typical grammar school in Elizabethan England learn, and how was he taught? To what extent was Shakespeare’s experience at the Kynges New School typical? This session explores what we know of schooling in early modern England, including the account of a Plymouth schoolmaster, to illuminate the most formative influence on Shakespeare’s intellectual development.

Confirmed speaker David Lines has provided a draft title and abstract: 'Universities in the Renaissance.' How did professors teach and students learn in medieval and Renaissance Europe? This talk will look at developments from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, particularly from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, comparing the model of education in northern Europe (e.g., Paris) to that in Italy (e.g., Bologna and Padua).