INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL Mini United Nations, English Culture and Literature, Art and Design and Screen School 13th June 2022 – 21st June 2022 Your chance to develop your unique abilities, creativity, and practical professional skills through an engaging online learning experience.
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL English Culture, Great Literature, and Mini United Nations School of Art and Design and Liverpool Screen School
This exciting Summer School, from one of the UK’s biggest and most historic universities, will enable you to discover new subjects and new skills. You will also be able to learn about university culture in the UK and the famous city of Liverpool. Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) dates from 1823 and has many famous former students, such as John Lennon from The Beatles music band. Liverpool is also the second most filmed city in the UK after London, and appears in many international movies, TV shows and music videos. LJMU attracts expert, creative staff with industry and professional experience, who will be teaching you on the Summer School. This year’s Summer School will be taught online, which means you can join this unique experience from anywhere in the world. There will be two different pathways to choose from: the English Culture and Great Literature and Mini United Nations pathway, and the School of Art and Design and Liverpool Screen School pathway.
During this Summer School, you will have the chance to choose from TWO pathways English Culture and Great Literature and Mini United Nations Summer School Timetable
Monday 13th June
Friday 17th June
Session 1 9:00am-10:15am CHINESE ADAPTATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE
Session 1 9:00am-10:15am READING DOMESTIC SPACE
Dr Rachel Willie
Dr Emily Cuming.
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am INTRODUCTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am WOMEN AND EQUALITY
Dr Megan Armstrong
Dr Sara Parker
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS
Tom Strodtbeck, Centre for Enterprise, LJMU. Creativity and Enterprise 1
Tom Strodtbeck: Centre for Enterprise – CREATIVITY AND ENTERPRISE 2
Tuesday 14th June
Monday 20th June
Session 1 9:00am-10:15am METAPHYSICAL POETRY
Session 1 9:00am-10:15am TRAVELLERS TO BRITAIN
Dr Rebecca Bailey.
Dr Kathryn Walchester
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am THE FICTION OF ANDREA LEVY
Dr Megan Armstrong
Dr. Michael Perfect
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS
Dr Gerwyn Jones, European Institute for Urban Affairs – CULTURE & THE REGENERATION OF A POST-INDUSTRIAL CITY – THE LIVERPOOL STORY
Paul Owen, Fashion Design & Communication THE CULTURE OF TRAINERS (SNEAKERS) IN LIVERPOOL AND BEYOND
Wednesday 15th July
Tuesday 21st June
Session 1 9:00am-10:15am WAR WIDOWS’ STORIES
Session 1 09:00am-10:15am THE VICTORIAN GHOST STORY
Dr. Nadine Muller
Dr. Sonny Kandola
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am MEDIA PRODUCTION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am CONTEMPORARY BRITISH FICTION
Dr. Dror Dayan
Dr. Fiona Tolan
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS
Sarah James, Senior Curator of Exhibitions, Tate Liverpool. TATE LIVERPOOL AND THE TURNER PRIZE
Jacqui McAssey, Fashion, Culture and Communication – WOMEN AND FOOTBALL IN LIVERPOOL
Thursday 16th June
Please note these are UK (BST) times
Session 1 9:00am-10:15am COLERIDGE, ‘KUBLA KHAN’, AND ROMANTIC ORIENTALISM Dr. Jamie Whitehead
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am PERSONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IDENTITY Dr. Mark Benbough-Jackson
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS Dr Clare Horrocks, Media, Culture and Communications – CHARLES DICKENS AND LONDON
Chinese Adaptations of Shakespear with Dr. Rachel Willie and Introduction to the United Nations with Dr Megan Armstrong. Today we will focus on Britain’s engagement over the centuries with other countries. Dr. Willie will examine how UK literature has travelled back to China and been interpreted and developed. In your second session, Dr Armstrong will focus on the important organisation, the United Nations, which aims to maintain international peace and security.
Metaphysical Poetry with Dr Rebecca Bailey and Women Peace and Security with Dr Megan Armstrong. In this workshop, Dr. Bailey will discuss the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century, such as John Donne: an author who transformed poetry in English. To follow this session, you will, again, work with Dr. Armstrong, but today the focus will be on women around the world. Dr. Armstrong will discuss how the United Nations has a special agenda to protect women and will examine why and how women experience war and conflicts in different ways to men.
War Widows’ Stories with Dr. Nadine Muller and Media Production for Social Change with Dr Dror Dayan. We will explore some poignan and touching thoughts in the first part of today’s workshop, surrounding the women who have been left behind in times of war all over the world. We will discuss their recorded stories, ideas and poems. Secondly, we will look at historical and current examples in which media – films, photographs, web – has been used to advance social change and mobilise support for political and social causes.
Coleridge, ‘Kubla Khan’, And Romantic Orientalism with Dr. Jamie Whitehead and Personal, National and International Identity with Dr. Mark Benbough-Jackson. Today’s session will explore some of the UK’s most influential and celebrated writers, including British Romantics, Coleridge, Byron and Shelley put in a new global setting. Session two will examining how people and nations develop their sense of identity. In this session, we will explore questions such as, do we gain a sense of national identity from songs, from flags, from food, or other reasons? Also, what is the relationship between our personal, national and international identities?
Reading Domestic Space with Dr. Emily Cuming and Women and Equality with Dr Sara Parker. Today we will discover all about the appearance and values of the traditional British home with Dr. Cuming. Many writers have provided fascinating descriptions of British living spaces and how these have been used by their inhabitants. This is therefore a way for you to learn about British lifestyle and home interiors through the literature on the subject. Also, we will be talking to Dr Sara Parker about her innovative research with the women of Nepal and how she develops projects to support those women and children who adhere to the United Nations’ Goals for Sustainable Development.
Travellers to Britain with Dr. Kathryn Walchester and the Diction of Andrea Levy with Dr Michael Perfect. Dr. Walchester will explore foreign travel writing about Liverpool and the Lake District and how those places were represented to their home audiences. In your second session of the day, you will explore the workd of Andrea Levy and their importance for all of us, irrespective of our own heritage. The Victorian Ghost Story with Dr Sonny Kandola and Contemporary British Fiction with Dr Fiona Tolan.
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School of Art and Design and Liverpool Screen School Timetable
Monday 13th June
Friday 9th July
Session 1 9:00am-10:15am IMMERSIVE MEDIA: PART ONE
Session 1 9:00am-10:15am LIVERPOOL: THE FILMAKER’S CITY
Mark Smith
Dr. Keith Marley
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am IMMERSIVE MEDIA PART TWO
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM
Mark Smith
Professor Rex Li
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS
Tom Strodtbeck, Centre for Enterprise – CREATIVITY AND ENTERPRISE 1
Tom Strodtbeck: Centre for Enterprise – CREATIVITY AND ENTERPRISE 2
Tuesday 14th June
Monday 20th June
Session 1 9:00am-10:15am FACELAB: PART 1
Session 1 9:00am-10:15am ART IN SCIENCE: Part 1
Dr. Jessica Liu
Mark Roughley
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am FACELAB: Part 2
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am ART IN SCIENCE: Part 2
Dr. Jessica Liu
Mark Roughley
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS
Dr Gerwyn Jones, European Institute for Urban Affairs - CULTURE & THE REGENERATION OF A POST-INDUSTRIAL CITY - THE LIVERPOOL STORY
Paul Owen, Fashion Design & Communication – THE CULTURE OF TRAINERS (SNEAKERS) IN LIVERPOOL AND BEYOND
Wednesday 15th June
Tuesday 21st June
Session 1 9:00am-10:15am FASHION INNOVATION AND REALISATION: Part 1
Session 1 9:00am-10:15am FINE ART
Kayla Owen
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am CREATIVE WRITING
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am FASHION INNOVATION AND REALISATION: Part 2 Kayla Owen
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS Sarah James, Senior Curator of Exhibitions, Tate Liverpool. TATE LIVERPOOL AND THE TURNER PRIZE
Thursday 16th June Session 1 9:00am-10:15am RAP MUSIC AND GRAPHIC DESIGN Carlos Santos Barea
Session 2 10:30am-11:30am DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION Camilla Affleck
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS Dr Clare Horrocks, Media Culture and Communications - CHARLES DICKENS AND LONDON
Imogen Stidworthy
Creative Writing Team
Session 3 12:30pm-1:30pm CULTURE CLASS Jacqui McAssey, Fashion, Culture and Communication – WOMEN AND FOOTBALL IN LIVERPOOL
Please note these are UK (BST) times
Immersive Media with Mark Smith. The subject of Immersive Media means that you can explore and exploit a variety of current and emerging digital tools, to develop engaging audience experiences and new storyworlds. These tools and techniques include VR and projection mapping, wireless HTC Vives, Oculus Quests, Mixed Reality headsets, interactive sensors, 3D modelling tools, holographic displays, digital fabrication and 3d printing, 3D object scanners, 3D room scanners, 8K Stereoscopic 360 cameras, depth sensors. You will have the chance to learn about some of these technologies and processes. There will be opportunities to experiment and be creative with your own ideas for content.
Facelab with Dr Jessica Liu.
Liverpool: The Filmaker’s City with Dr. Keith Marley. This session will explore how the city of Liverpool acts as a muse for Filmmakers. Liverpool is the 2nd most filmed in city in the UK (following London). This talk will use clips to demonstrate the wealth of diverse locations and consider how the image of the city on screen has changed over time.
Art in Science with Mark Roughley. Art-Science collaborations aim to capture, visualise and enhance our understanding of the world around us, through first-hand interactions with ideas and innovations that would not have happened if scientists and artists had been left to their own devices.
FaceLab is a unique laboratory at LJMU. Here you will see the cross-over of forensic anthropology, archaeology, psychology and art. Face Lab researchers are experts with human anatomy and they specialise in working with human skulls and specialist software to ‘build’ the features of the face! You will be able to find out more about how a reconstruction is made and the choices they make to depict a face from the skull. Face Lab researchers work with police to discover the true identity of discovered bodies, and also with museums where they can construct the appearance of historical figures.
In this workshop you will discuss what Art in Science means to you and think about how art-science researchers craft ‘scientific sight’. We will also think about the challenges that we face when communicating complex scientific information to the public.
Fashion Design & Communication with Kayla Owen.
Creative Writing with the Creative Writing Team.
In this workshop you will learn how to form your own MA Fashion Innovation & Realisation proposal. You will also understand how the programme and LJMU’s state of the art facilities can frame and develop your own design thinking and ethos, to create projects which have realworld impact and continue beyond the programme. Current students will share their MA experience and projects and you will be invited to creatively respond to the information, ask questions, strike up discussion and share your personal fashion perspectives.
Fine Art with Imogen Stidworthy. Fine Art in the UK is all about ideas and criticism, rather than emphasising skill. In this workshop you will learn how to narrow down your ideas for exhibition.
In this session you will be encouraged to delve into your most creative mind in order to experiment with writing. Various techniques will be demonstrated and discussed in this session so that you can enable your creative juices to flow! Creative writing can be used for professional or personal benefit, so this session will surely be a revelation for all!
Rap Music And Graphic Design with Carlos Santos Barea. Carlos is a musician, DJ, academic researcher and artist. In this session he will be working with you to explore the overlap between these visual and musical disciplines, and their importance in contemporary European culture. For this session, you will need access to Adobe Illustrator or procreate software.
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CULTURE CLASS INFORMATION THESE SESSIONS ARE SHARED MODULES AND WILL BE ATTENDED BY ALL SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS. Charles Dickens and London with Dr. Clare Horrocks.
Women And Football In Liverpool with Jacqui McAssey.
Charles Dickens is one of the UK’s most famous and important writers. He is known for his descriptive prose documenting how London looked and was experienced in the nineteenth century. Today we learn about how his literary descriptions of London preserve our understanding of this city as it went through a period of huge change and how these scenes still play a key part in promoting London as a literary city. Therefore, in this session you will learn about Literary Tourism and the crucial role it continues to play in marketing destinations for the cultural tourist.
Jacqui McAssey has researched the huge football culture in Liverpool, and in the UK in general. Of course, Liverpool is home to Liverpool Football Club and Everton Football Clubs, which have international significance. In particular, she examines the role that women play as football fans, and the importance of the clothes and accessories that are part of women’s appreciation of football.
Creativity And Enterprise 1 with Tom Strodtbeck. Tom Strodtbeck at LJMU works to enable students to become entrepreneurs. In the arts and humanities, sometimes creative people do not consider themselves as businesspeople or entrepreneurs and yet these skills are vital in working as a self-employed creative person. In this session, Tom explores and develops strategies for enabling creative people to succeed financially and strategically in the real world.
Creativity And Enterprise 2 with Tom Strodtbeck. In this second session with Tom Strodtbeck, you will develop the skills learned during the previous day but will also today examine the link between enterprise, marketing and clear use of language. This will support your plans to live and work as creative people.
The Culture of Trainers (Sneakers) in Liverpool and Beyond with Paul Owen. Liverpool is known for its flamboyant adoption of popular culture and fashion. In particular, Liverpool people have enjoyed wearing and collecting trainers (sneakers). Paul Owen has collected and researched trainers for many years and will present his detailed knowledge on their importance to Liverpool and UK society.
Culture & The Regeneration Of A PostIndustrial City – The Liverpool Story with Dr. Gerwyn Jones. Liverpool was once one of the world’s most important cities. Millions of emigrants left from Liverpool to begin a new life in the USA, Canada or Australia. In the twentieth century, Liverpool’s role altered, and the important port fell quiet. However, Liverpool was one of the first cities in the UK to realise that its historic post-industrial buildings are perfect for regeneration into art galleries, cinemas, and other cultural venues. This talk by Dr. Jones will examine the fascinating changes in Liverpool when historic buildings with industrial uses were converted for cultural purposes.
Tate Liverpool and the Turner Prize with Sarah James, Senior Curator of Exhibitions, Tate Liverpool. Tate Liverpool is the premier gallery of contemporary art in the north of the UK. Sarah James, Senior Curator of Exhibitions from the gallery will present an overview of this important gallery and its significance to international visitors and to students in Liverpool. In particular, Sarah will discuss the fact that Tate Liverpool will host the Turner Prize event and exhibition in 2022. This is the most important annual prize awarded in the UK to a contemporary artist.
HOW TO APPLY... To apply to the LJMU Summer School please visit International Summer School ljmu.ac.uk/ international/summer-school where you can submit your application online. Application deadline is 27 May 2022 and payments must be received by 1 June 2022. The cost of the programme is £600pp, discounts apply for our partner Universities (please email Dr Julia Wang y.wang@ljmu.ac.uk for more information). Students will receive a certificate of attendance on completion of the programme and will have access to all LJMU online facilities.
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