CAMBRIDGE AHRC DOCTORAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP INDUCTION EVENT
Tuesday 10 October 2017
Fisher Building, St John’s College
PROGRAMME
Introduction to the Cambridge AHRC DTP
10.30am-10.45am Welcome to the Cambridge AHRC DTP
Dr Sarah Dillon (Director of the Cambridge AHRC DTP)
10.45am-11.30am Introduction to the Cambridge AHRC DTP: Training Opportunities
Dr Alistair Swiffen (AHRC Doctoral Training Facilitator)
11.30am-12.00 noon Spotlight on Partners
Catherine Hasted (Cambridge AHRC DTP Partnership Manager)
12.00 noon-12.30pm Introduction to University of Cambridge Museums
Kate Carreno (Assistant Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum)
12.30pm-1.00pm Additional AHRC Funding: Research Training Support
Grant and Student Development Fund
The International Placement Scheme
Dr Alistair Swiffen
1.00pm-2.00pm Lunch
Cambridge AHRC DTP Research Leadership Workshop 1: Field and Interdisciplinarity
2.00pm-2.30pm Preliminary plenary discussion led by Dr Sarah Dillon
Dr Dillon will lead a full group discussion opening up questions of of field and interdisciplinarity.
2.30pm-3.15pm Small-group discussion
Informed by the opening discussion, you will break into small groups in order to talk over what you think to be the unique contributions to the knowledge of your own field. You might want to start by concentrating on factors which differentiate your work from that of the others in your group, and then investigate aspects that your research has in common.
3.15pm-3.45pm Presentation/Q&A with Dr Tim Stuart-Buttle
Tim has worked on two large interdisciplinary research projects, and will discuss the potential rewards and challenges of collaboration.
3.45pm-4.15pm Refreshment Break
4.15pm-5.00pm Small-group work
You will be asked to spend some time planning interdisciplinary projects or programmes in your groups, and then to feed back to the rest of the cohort. You might want to reflect on how far the idea of field guides your planning.
5.00pm-5.30pm Closing plenary discussion led by Dr Sarah Dillon
A chance to review the afternoon’s work.
6.15pm-7.30pm Drinks Reception in Galleries 4 and 5 at the Fitzwilliam
Museum, and Private Viewing of the Degas:
A Passion for Perfection Exhibition.