News and Events

On 18 and 19 May, we had a visit from Kaire Kollom, Head of Studies in the School of Educational Sciences, and her academic colleagues from Tallinn University in Estonia. They requested a visit to Warwick in order to exchange knowledge and experiences of planning and launching interdisciplinary projects.

Cancelled (was scheduled for 4-5pm, 23 June 2016 in the Teaching Grid, University of Warwick)

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Habitability (ICH) and IATL invite you to explore the concept of habitability, both on the Earth and other, distant planets, in this exciting, interdisciplinary roundtable discussion led by renowned writer Alastair Reynolds.

Talk: 5pm, Thursday 26 May | The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry
Workshop: 1pm to 3pm, Friday 27 May | Humanities Studio, University of Warwick

Emergency Circus describes itself as administering ‘inspirational circus shows and workshops to the hospitalised, the homeless, the imprisoned, and the undercircused everywhere.’ and has been performing at camps and train stations alongside thousands of refugees from Turkey to Calais.

1 June 2016, 6 p.m. | R0.21 (Ramphal Lecture Theatre)

In this public lecture, Professor Jack Zipes, a world authority on fairy tales and storytelling and recognised by the U.S. Department of Education as a national model for arts education, will discuss the potential abuses of fairy tales in society.

This book by IATL Director Dr Nicholas Monk, which is available now, argues that Cormac McCarthy's response to the modern world is more subtle and less laden with despair than many realise. It examines the experience of engaging with McCarthy's fiction in order to reveal why so many people report that "reading Cormac McCarthy changed my life."

IATL hosted a pedagogic workshop for the HEFCE-funded project on Innovative Food Systems Teaching and Learning (IFSTAL) in April to support their teaching and learning aims, with a specific focus on best practice in interdisciplinary education.

IATL has recently welcomed three new members of the team; two existing team members will be going on maternity leave at the end of May.

Members of the IATL team have recently presented at or attended the following conferences: 'Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching: Frameworks and Practice'; 'Next Generation Learning Spaces'; 'CounterPlay'; 'European Association for American Studies'.

Tuesday 17 May 2016 | 10:00 - 16:00
Ramphal Building

Warwick's annual Teaching and Learning Showcase provides an opportunity to share and celebrate the many ways in which we encourage, facilitate, and inspire learning. This year's themes are Transforming Space, Transforming Technologies and Transforming Teaching.

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Habitability (ICH) and IATL invite submissions to "Concepts of Habitability", a competition exploring concepts of habitability both on our and other worlds. This is open to all students, undergraduate and postgraduate, and welcomes submissions in any medium.