The Sixteenth Century Society Annual Conference
Toronto, Canada, October 31-November 2, 2024
The Pedagogy Working group of the Historians of Netherlandish Art IDEA Committee is looking for people who regularly teach Netherlandish art to help us develop a pedagogy workshop for the Sixteenth Century Society’s 2024 conference. The proposed workshop will facilitate the inclusion of Netherlandish art in college-level courses, not only in art history but also in a variety of disciplines taught by scholars with a range of areas of expertise. We hope that this workshop will be helpful both to early career scholars who are creating new content and veteran teachers.
The proposed workshop aims to demonstrate strategies for incorporating a few key artworks into thematic lessons by presenting objects that relate to a topic, issue, or theme common across Early Modern studies, such as identity, globalization, or systems of power. Demonstrations should introduce participants both to content (the artworks) and practice (discussion topics, classroom activities, etc.). They should therefore include a balance of both the art historical information and ways to engage with this information in the classroom. In practice, this might look like a demonstration that shows “here’s how I teach X… here’s what you could assign for a reading, here’s the art you could look at, here’s an in-class activity you can do.” And if possible, then run the activity or an abbreviated version among the workshop participants. Our goal is for workshop participants to leave the session with everything they need to incorporate Netherlandish art into a couple of lessons.
If you are interested in offering a bit-sized lesson to help interdisciplinary instructors include Netherlandish art in their classrooms, we invite you to submit a brief proposal of no more than 500 words. Your proposal should outline the topic, issue, or theme your demonstration will address, the primary artwork/s you will be presenting, and your pedagogical approach. The organizers are especially interested in proposals that address issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access, either in the historical topic itself, highlighting a topic not often included in “traditional” courses on Netherlandish art, or by exemplifying inclusive pedagogy. Proposals can be sent to Jessica Weiss (jweiss16@msudenver.edu) until April 12, 2024.
Please note that assisting with the workshop would NOT count as a paper presentation and would instead be equivalent to membership on a roundtable or commenting on a session.
Additional information about the Sixteenth Century Society’s Annual Conference can be found at https://www.sixteenthcentury.org/conference/.
All conference participants must also be members of the Sixteenth Century Society. Information on joining the society can be found at https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/scj/member-sub