Teaching London
Resources
We intend to provide a list of links, print resources, and databases that might be helpful to instructors teaching courses on early modern London.
Fenton, Jill. "Teaching London: A Two-Day Conference jointly organised by The Centre for Metropolitan History, Institute for Historical Research and the University of Westminster London Studies Programme, 3-4 November 2006." The London Journal 32.2 (2007): 185-89. DOI 10.1179/174963207X205734. Web.
Syllabi
Representations of London in Early Modern English Literature. Graduate seminar taught by Janelle Jenstad, University of Victoria, 2005. Syllabus (.pdf file).
Early-Modern London and its Theatre. Graduate seminar taught by Glenn Clark, University of Manitoba, 2008. Syllabus (.doc file).
The Geography of London's Imaginary Spaces in the 18th Century. Graduate seminar taught by Allison Muri (The Grub Street Project), University of Saskatchewan, 2009. Link.
Sample Assignments
Early Texts about London (.doc file): Graduate-level assignment designed to help students master the skills of data-base and catalogue searching, reading early printed texts in their original form, and analyzing the discursive field of an early text about London.
This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.