Teaching Violence and Trauma in the Premodern Classroom (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

BABEL Working Group

Organizer Name

Justin Barker; Robyn Malo

Organizer Affiliation

Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts; Purdue Univ.

Presider Name

Melissa Ridley Elmes

Presider Affiliation

Lindenwood Univ.

Paper Title 1

Teaching the Culture of Medieval Violence

Presenter 1 Name

Larissa Tracy

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Longwood Univ.

Paper Title 2

"War. War Never Changes": Using Popular Culture to Teach Traumatic Events

Presenter 2 Name

Kim Klimek

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Metropolitan State Univ. of Denver

Paper Title 3

Strategies for Teaching Trauma in Hartman von Aue's Armer Heinrich

Presenter 3 Name

Thomas Leek

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Paper Title 4

Childish Things: Traumatic Constructs, Constructs of Trauma between the High School and College Classroom

Presenter 4 Name

Tara Mendola

Presenter 4 Affiliation

TS Mendola Editing

Paper Title 5

Triggers without Warning: Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in the Medieval Classroom

Presenter 5 Name

Christina Hildebrandt

Presenter 5 Affiliation

St. Louis Univ.

Start Date

12-5-2018 10:00 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 209

Description

This roundtable focuses on the subject of the pedagogy of violence and trauma in the premodern classroom, considering issues such as helping modern students understand medieval violence, bringing sociological approaches to the teaching of trauma in various medieval texts, trigger warnings, helping students negotiate their responses to traumatic texts, and differences in teaching medieval trauma in the high school and college classroom.

Melissa Elmes