April 1st – 5th 2019
Beaulieu Hotel, Forest Retreat, Hampshire
A 5-day, all-inclusive residency offering an intensive, advanced training opportunity for doctoral researchers at all levels whose PhD project and seeks to bring to light, restore and/or critically recuperate works/individuals/objects that have been lost, obscured, neglected or denied.
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The Retreat
Hosted at the Beaulieu Hotel, Hampshire and supported by the CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership, this retreat brings together established scholars and doctoral researchers to discuss and develop on-going conversations about the value, method and impact of “recovery” research. The retreat will foster critical reflection on how each individual’s project fits within and speaks to wider research practices around recuperation and political commitments to diversity in the humanities.
Together we will explore the following key questions:
Why? What is the value of recovery research?
How? What methodologies might we use, and why? What theories?
For whom? What kinds of politics are at stake? What is the impact of such work?
The Venue
Formerly a Coaching Inn, the Beaulieu Hotel is located in the stunning New Forest National Park and close to many local attractions. Surrounded by beautiful open heath land and New Forest wildlife, it’s the perfect escape for this intensive, thought provoking retreat that will allow participants to benefit from meeting and working with experts in the field and researchers at different stages of their career, as well as time away to focus on their individual work. The retreat is also fully catered by the Beaulieu Hotel
Tutors
Prof. Alison Donnell (University of East Anglia)
Dr Corinne Fowler (Leicester)
Dr. Roshini Kempadoo (University of Westminster)
Dr. Nicole King (Goldsmiths, London)
Dr Holly Pester (University of Essex)
Dr. Carole Sweeney (Goldsmiths, London)
Dr. Nonia Williams (University of East Anglia)
Schedule
Day 1
Arrival and presentation of projects and goal setting led by Nonia Williams (UEA)
Day 2
Why? – political investments?, challenging disciplinary constraints?, developing new discoverabilities? – led by Roshini Kempadoo (University of Westminster) & Nicole King (Goldsmiths, London)
- Small group work with academic facilitators to enable students to explore the ‘why’ of their project.
- Feedback sessions
- Individual study/networking
- Reading group – Participants will have the opportunity to choose daily readings beforehand to discuss with the group.
Day 3
How? – methodologies & theories (archival/editorial/biographical/contextual) led by Holly Pester (University of Essex), Carole Sweeney (Goldsmiths, London)
Small group work with academic facilitators to enable students to explore the ‘why’ of their project.
- Feedback sessions
- Individual study/networking
- Reading group
Day 4
For whom? – audiences for recovery research, and engagement methods & opportunities led by Alison Donnell (UEA) & Dr Corinne Fowler (Leicester)
- Small group work with academic facilitators to enable students to explore the ‘why’ of their project
- Feedback sessions
- Individual study/networking
- Reading group
Day 5
- Group Feedback on Learning
- Tutors Plenary session – Review group learning outcomes; Presentations from all on how the retreat has influenced research questions/methods; Discussion to develop potential focus for follow-up day workshop; Course evaluations.
Eligibility
We welcome doctoral researchers at all levels and in all humanities discipline areas in CHASE-funded institutions. Applicants are asked to submit an application (please see below) that includes:
- Institution
- Programme
- Year of study
- PhD title
- Statement of interest explaining how the retreat will benefit your research.
For further information please visit our website https://recoveryresearchretreat.wordpress.com or contact nonia.williams@uea.ac.uk or Ayanna.Lloyd@uea.ac.uk