Event 3
Below is the programme of studies prepared for this course. Resources generated for some of the sessions can be accessed through the links included in the programme.
Day 1: Using History of Science Archives (Royal Institution of Great Britain)
| Session 1 | David Knight (Durham): ‘What Did People Do All Day? What Can Sources Tell us About the Scientific Life in the Romantic Age?’ (handout) |
| Session 2 | Tour of museum, Group work: Manuscript exercise |
| Session 3 | Michael Hunter (Birkbeck): ‘Reflections on Textual Editing’ |
Day 2: Exploring Science, Literature, and Objects (National Maritime Museum)
| Session 1 | Rebekah Higgitt (NMM): Welcome and Introduction |
| Session 2 | Crosbie Smith (Kent): ‘Mirror of the Sea: Reflections on the Sea Literature of Joseph Conrad’ |
| Session 3 | John McAleer (NMM): ‘Representing Exploration: William Hodges and the Art of Scientific Travel’ |
| Session 4 | Gillian Hutchinson (NMM): ‘Excursions Into Surrogate Worlds: Approaches to Interpreting Historic Seacharts’ (slides) |
| Session 5 | ‘Objects, Interpretations, and Narratives’: Student presentations (Richard Dunn’s introductory slides) (some slides) |