Our first publication will be a Handbook for Teaching Ancient War and Peace. Designed to complement the recently commissioned Routledge Handbook for Teaching about War and Conflict, it will focus on ancient-world material but with a view to shaping practice in a wide range of classrooms/subject areas (including Classical studies, history, English literature, art history, philosophy, politics, international relations, conflict resolution, refugee studies) and in diverse educational contexts (e.g. in drama schools, mediation contexts, museum spaces and tourist sites, as well as primary-, secondary- and tertiary-level classrooms). The book will touch on primary-level education, but will focus mostly on secondary and tertiary learning environments. The bulk of its contributions will discuss education delivered in classroom settings, but it will also examine other educational contexts such as museum spaces and tourist sites. It will feature case studies from the Global South as well as the Global North, examining pedagogic practice from the UK to Colombia.
As our project develops, our research team will be engaging in a range of outreach actitivies to share our findings and resources with other learners and teachers. In particular, we are offering:
- Online or (funding-permitting) in-person talks to learners, educators and curriculum designers, about current practice and future opportunities in teaching ancient war and peace.
- Online or (funding-permitting) teaching sessions, based on our new resources, to give learners and their teachers a flavour of different ways of studying ancient war and peace.
- Training sessions for educators who are interested in approaching ancient war/peace in new ways.
- Talks/discussion sessions/consultation with educators and curriculum designers working in other fields (e.g. IR, modern Peace and Conflict Studies, History, Pedagogy) who are keen to learn about developments in ancient war/peace teaching.