Liesbeth CorensApr 27, 2022

ah, an #introduction: I'm a historian of #earlymodern minorities, in particular focusing on mobility and record-keeping practices.

I've written and edited these volumes:
- Confessional mobility: https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780198812432.001.0001/oso-9780198812432
- Archives & Information: https://britishacademy.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.5871/bacad/9780197266250.001.0001/upso-9780197266250
- Social History of the Archive: https://academic.oup.com/past/issue/230/suppl_11?login=true

Confessional Mobility and English Catholics in Counter-Reformation Europe

"Confessional Mobility and English Catholics in Counter-Reformation Europe" published on by Oxford University Press.

Oxford Scholarship Online
Show threadLiesbeth CorensApr 27, 2022

Further #introduction, beyond my research: I'm a lecturer at the School of History at Queen Mary, University of London.

I'm also the Deputy EDI Lead there, and worried about student attendance at seminars this year. If colleagues elsewhere have good practice on how to ensure more engagement, please let me know -- our students seem to have disconnected their seminars from their assignments.

A QMUL colleague just published this, which sounds helpful: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/02633957221086879

Show threadDonna Lanclos
@onslies thank you for sharing that piece. I am working on revising a MS about student experiences during the pandemic, and this (esp the need for flexibility for engagement) chimes nicely
Apr 27, 2022 at 6:27pmWeb
Show threadDonna LanclosApr 27, 2022
@onslies though in reading the conclusions I would quibble with some of the framing--I think I agree more with the "institutions need to spend time helping and preparing students" is more important than "students need to manage their time better" but maybe that's a question of emphasis rather than real disagreement
Show threadLiesbeth CorensApr 27, 2022

@DonnaLanclos glad it's already proving useful!

And yes, I see what you mean. Though I also think it's interconnected and particularly inspired by the specific situation at QMUL: a very large proportion of our students have jobs (working sometimes 20 hours a week): that time management is more about juggling responsibilities & formulating mitigations than about 'you shouldn't be on social media that much'.

Show threadDonna LanclosApr 27, 2022
@onslies sure! I think the insight about "we need to help them with timetabling" could usefully be accompanied by "we need to offer classes at more convenient times" too.