Since 2013, the English Department has been organizing a one day continuing education program for teachers of English in secondary I and II schools, every year in early Autumn.
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“Art exists that one may recover the sensation of life“ (V. Shklovsky). How can literature help us reconnect with the non-human world in the Anthropocene ? Through lectures and discussions, the course will introduce participants to relevant literary texts and modes of reading, and to ecocriticism as probably the most topical and compelling emergent critical approach in the Humanities today.
On September 15th six renowned scholars have shared their favourite works and teaching strategies to sensitize students, teachers and the general public to this crucial issue. Participants have been encouraged to share their views on the role that literature, poetry and art-making can play in heightening a sense of connectedness with the fragile beauty of the non-human world and the need to preserve it for future generations.
Program
Morning lectures :
- Welcome
Prof. Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère, Head of Continuing Education for English and Comparative Literature, UNIL
- Of birds, bugs, poets and trees: Undersongs of the natural world
Prof. Rachel Falconer, Modern English Literature, UNIL
- The Sketch: A Tradition of American Environmental Writing
Prof. Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet, American Literature, UNIL
- The Economy of Reading and ‘the lingua vernacula of Walden Pond’
Dr Boris Vejdovsky, Maître d'Enseignement et de Recherche, American Literature, UNIL
Afternoon lectures and activities :
- Global collapse and ecological catastrophe in post-apocalyptic literature from 1950s to the present
Dr Marc Atallah, Maître d'Enseignement et de Recherche, Littérature moderne, UNIL
- Reading in the Anthropocene: Theory and Conrad
Prof. Nidesh Lawtoo, ERC principal investigator, University of Bern
- Walking workshop based on Where My Wellies Take Me
Rachel Nisbet, English Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies, UNIL
- Q & A session
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On September 9, 2016, the English Department held a daylong continuing formation which focused on the steady increase and effects of English as a lingua franca in the international, the European, and the Swiss context.
This daylong education programme provided insight into current debates on English as a lingua franca, its acquisition, and its economic value.
Morning session
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Welcome by Martine
Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère
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The role of English on a regional, national, and international level (discussion)
Anita Auer, Patricia Ronan, Jennifer Thorburn & Marije van Hattum
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“Teaching English as a lingua franca : different types of variation’”, followed by Q&A
Guest lecture by Dr. Mercedes Durham (Cardiff University)
Afternoon session
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Multilingualism in everyday life (interactive element)
Patricia Ronan, Marije van Hattum
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Early or late foreign language acquisition? Presentation of different theories
Anita Auer, Jennifer Thorburn
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The economic value of English in Switzerland
Anita Auer, Patricia Ronan
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Workshop on English language-related teaching resources, activities and projects, e.g. Vaud Multilingue project Q & A session
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(@ Eugénie Ribeiro)
On September 11, 2015, the English department held a day of continuing formation focusing on the Nobel Prize-winning American novelist Toni Morrison (1931-). This program was designed to stimulate ideas and insights for teaching one of contemporary literature’s most important figures.
Through talks, discussions and practical demonstrations, the course presented how to approach and teach Morrison’s challenging texts. Participants were also invited to share their own approach.
Program
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Welcome
Prof. Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère, Head of Continuing Education Programme for English, Modern English and Comparative Literature, UNIL
- Introduction to Toni Morrison
Dr Joanne Chassot, Maître Assistante, American Literature, UNIL
Prof. Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet, Head of the English Department, American Literature, UNIL
Dr Boris Vejdovsky, Maître d'Enseignement et de Recherche, American Literature, UNIL
- The Bluest Eye: a lecture on Morrison’s first and most popularly acclaimed text
Dr Joanne Chassot, Maître Assistante, American Literature, UNIL
Prof. Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet, Head of the English Department, American Literature, UNIL
Dr Boris Vejdovsky, Maître d'Enseignement et de Recherche, American Literature, UNIL
- Innovative approaches to teach Morrison through the film version of her novel, Beloved
Prof. Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet, Head of the English Department, American Literature, UNIL
- Recitatif : a short story linked to a discussion of the different discourses and constructions of race in the United States and Europe
Dr Boris Vejdovsky, Maître d'Enseignement et de Recherche, American Literature, UNIL
- Q & A session and book exhibition
Matthew Wake from Books Books Books
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(© Gaëlle Ramet)
This day-long continuing education programme explored imaginary places in English literature, and focused on two great modern classics for adults and children – Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan – and their literary and cultural reception. The 2014 ‘Wonderlands’ programme was designed to stimulate reflection on the significance and relevance of imaginative literature today, from Milton’s great epic to contemporary crossover fiction.
Program
- Welcome
Dr. Kirsten Stirling, Head of the English Department, UNIL
Prof. Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère, Head of Continuing Education for English and Comparative Literature, UNIL
- Wonderstruck, the threshold crossing into otherworlds
Prof. Rachel Falconer, Modern English Literature, UNIL
- Gender in Neverland : Peter Pan, Lost Boys and Curious Girls
Dr. Kirsten Stirling, Modern English Literature, UNIL
- Eve in Eden, Alice in Wonderland
Prof. Neil Forsyth, Prof. hon. Modern English Literature, UNIL
- « Curiouser and Curiouser ! »: Alice’s Mitteleuropean Journeys– from Jan Swankmeijer’s Alice to Angela Carter’s Alice in Prague or the Curious Room
Prof. Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère, English and Comparative Literature, UNIL
- Alice directed by Roelof Overmeer
With Roelof Overmeer as Lewis Carroll (C. L. Dodgson) and AnaMaria Rengifo and Elodie Miserez as Alice. Cello : Pascal Desarzens / Lighting : Romy Sigrist
- Q & A session and book exhibition
Relevant English books were displayed in the foyer of the Grange de Dorigny by Matthew from Booksbooksbook.
Photos
(© Yannick Benisty)
On September 13, 2013, English teachers from the secondary I and II took part in a day-long formation continue designed to stimulate reflection on the significance and relevance of Shakespeare's drama today.
Program
- Welcome
Dr. Kirsten Stirling, Head of the English department, Modern English Literature, Faculty of Letters, UNIL
Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère, Modern English and Comparative Literature, UNIL
- Shakespeare’s English – the language of Hamlet
Dr. Patricia Ronan, English Linguistics, UNIL
- Shakespeare today – Hamlet on screen
Prof. Neil Forsyth, Modern English Literature, UNIL
- Workshop “Staging Hamlet”
Dr. Roelof Overmeer, Modern English Literature, UNIL
The Sun & Moon Theatre Company, created and directed by Roelof Overmeer
- “Hamlet” – played on stage
Performed by The Sun & Moon Theatre Company
Photos
(© Samantha Steiner)
