In Conversation on Laura Seymour’s Book, Shakespeare and Neurodiversity

In Conversation on Laura Seymour’s Book, Shakespeare and Neurodiversity

Tuesday 26 November 2024, 12.30pm

Seminar Room, Radcliffe Humanities

All welcome

Join Laura Seymour and Gillian Woods in conversation on Laura’s new book, Shakespeare and Neurodiversity, which is part of the series Elements in Shakespeare and Pedagogy edited by Gillian Woods and Liam E. Semler Content Listing (cambridge.org). It argues that the Shakespeare classroom should be a place where neurodivergent learners flourish. This Element addresses four key areas: questions of reasonable adjustments, the pace of learning, the issue of diagnosis, and Shakespearean neurodivergent futures in education. Throughout, the Element provides activities and theoretical explanations to enable students and educators to understand how these four areas of Shakespeare education have often been underpinned by ableism, but can now become sources of neurodivergent flourishing.