Event Summary:
6th-form Study Afternoon: ‘Renaissance, Reformation and Rebellion: Politics, Religion and Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries'
Full Event Details:
The Department of History at the University of Birmingham will be holding a Sixth Form Study Afternoon from 2-5pm on the subject of 'Renaissance, Reformation and Rebellion: Politics, Religion and Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries'.
The afternoon will take the form of four 30-minute talks by individual members of the academic staff, with a concluding 30-minute question-and-answer session. There will also be a 30-minute interval in which sixth-formers can talk to academics in the Department of History about studying History at university. The speakers and topics are:
New Worlds and New Ideas (Dr Margaret Small);
Faiths in Conflict: Protestants-v-Catholics in early modern Europe (Dr Simone Laqua-O’Donnell and Dr Elaine Fulton);
Henry VIII and the English Reformation (Dr Jonathan Willis);
Charles I and the English Civil War (Professor Richard Cust).
The cost of the event will be £5 for students, with free attendance for teachers.
Suitable For:
Bookings by Teachers for Key Stage 5 (Students aged 16-18)
Teachers (CPD)
Duration:
Half Day
Minimum number of students:
1
Institution Profile:
Birmingham has been challenging and developing great minds for more than a century. Characterised by a tradition of innovation, research at the University has broken new ground, pushed forward the boundaries of knowledge and made an impact on people’s lives.
We continue this tradition today and have ambitions for a future that will embed our work and recognition of the Birmingham name on the international stage.
Universities are never complete. They develop as new challenges and opportunities occur. At Birmingham we innovate, we push the frontiers of understanding; we ask new research questions, we turn theory through experiment into practice – because that’s what great universities do.
To find out more, visit one of our upcoming open days.Birmingham has been challenging and developing great minds for more than a century. Characterised by a tradition of innovation, research at the University has broken new ground, pushed forward the boundaries of knowledge and made an impact on people’s lives.
We continue this tradition today and have ambitions for a future that will embed our work and recognition of the Birmingham name on the international stage.
Universities are never complete. They develop as new challenges and opportunities occur. At Birmingham we innovate, we push the frontiers of understanding; we ask new research questions, we turn theory through experiment into practice – because that’s what great universities do.
To find out more, visit one of our upcoming open days.
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