Workshop: Dancing in the Dark – A Survivor’s Guide to the University by Annie Pirrie, Nini Fang & Elizabeth O’Brien
Annie Pirrie and Elizabeth O-Brien
Free, for PhD students only, and you will get a free book at the session.
Workshop: 10.30 – 11.45
Lunch: 12:00-13:00 (bring your own lunch and eat together with participants)
Informal research discussions: 13:00-14:00 (PhD students will have the opportunity to share their research project in pairs or small groups)
In the workshop, there will first be a short presentation from the Workshop Leads and Book authors Annie Pirrie and Elizabeth O-Brien on: Renewing generosity in the university: between shadows and light
Then, participants will be supported to discuss “insecurity, uncertainty, fears” around life in the university, and how to seek out pockets of community as sources of light and of shade, illumination and relief. Then, together, participants will consider “the heart work and art work” of a little blue book… Dancing in the Dark: A Survivor’s Guide to the University. is an illustrated pocketbook designed to keep those studying and working in universities in good heart. (Read a review here.)
PhD students who come to the event are entitled to a free copy of the book. You can pick yours up at the seminar. (Please register in advance, so we have some idea of numbers.)
And if you would like to give a copy as a gift to a friend you can buy one online here.
Organised by: Dr Andrea English, University of Edinburgh
Sponsored by: The Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain Edinburgh Branch, The University of Edinburgh’s Moray House School of Education and Sport Philosophy of Education Research Group