Upcoming Events
The International Spenser Society invites you to two upcoming events!
On Tuesday, Nov. 19, we will host on Zoom a session on "Neurodivergence and the Inclusive Classroom," a conversation with Bradley J. Irish and Laura Seymour, facilitated by Hannah Crawforth.
This session will explore how understanding of neurodivergence can help inform our teaching practices, offering both discussion of some of the intellectual and pedagogical issues involved as well as practical suggestions for making our early modern classrooms more inclusive. Recognising that neurodiversity is a spectrum that applies to everyone and that academic communities are made up of people across the full range of that spectrum can open up a broader awareness of the ways in which sensory experience, social interaction, processing issues and other neurological factors shape all of our classrooms (whether they include people identifying as neurodivergent or not). Our expert panelists will share their own teaching experiences and the session will also include chance for audience discussion.
This event will be hosted on Zoom at 12pm EST/5pm GMT on Tuesday, Nov. 19. All are welcome, and registration is required. You can register for this event by pasting the following URL into your browser.
https://lsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ocuyurTguHdd-_big9Wr39bwnndLaNhg9
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Second, our last Spenser@Random of 2024 will happen Monday, December 9, at 12pm EST/5pm GMT. Join us on Zoom as we ask the Digital Picker Wheel of Fate to select a random stanza from The Faerie Queene for us to close read in randomly-assigned break-out groups. If you're looking for some collegial company (and honestly, who isn't), look no further than our Randomness. As always, this is free and everyone is welcome, so invite your friends, colleagues, students, family, and companion animals to join us. To register, copy and paste this URL into your browser:
https://lsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAocOCqrDMtGdRIFpRDNefSat17ENnHxqbt
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.