History & Cultural Studies
A Focus on Pedagogy Series
22-24 June, 2026
Madrid
CONFERENCE
Contemporary Teaching in a Time of Change
History & Cultural Studies Strand
Event: 24 – 26 June, 2026 | Abstracts: 15 July, 2025
The History & Cultural Studies strand of this conference is interested in questions of art history, social history, cultural studies and cultural heritage as both subjects of academic research and as disciplines with their own unique pedagogies.
The conference itself forms part of the Focus on Pedagogy series. It examines the future of education across disciplines in an era of unprecedent change: A worldwide pandemic that distanced the educator from the learner. The emergence of AI. The continued diversification of the student body. The decolonization of the curriculum. The incorporation of sustainability and resilience into our teaching, and much more.
Reflecting on this scenario from the historic city of Madrid, we draw on an educational history that is deep-rooted: the city is home to the Royal Spanish Academy, the internationally renowned Instituto Cervantes and some of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Europe. With this in mind, the conference is interested in exploring critical perspectives on the future of education in specific disciplines and across disciplinary boundaries, but is equally interested in understanding their individual pasts and maintaining what is strong and functions well in the way we teach today.
Disciplinary Themes
HISTORY & CULTURAL STUDIES
Themes include:
Case studies of art & architectural history, innovative teaching in the cultural sector, the role of educational technology in humanities teaching and pedagogical innovations in social history, advances in heritage studies, and more.
Other themes:
Teaching & Learning | Methods, modes of practice and innovations in both how we address research questions and how we teach core competencies across the humanities and social sciences.
Art & Design | Examples of innovative collaborations between artists, designers and social scientists in both teaching and research.
Health & Wellbeing | Considerations of how questions of mental health are socially framed and how cross-disciplinary social research informs health and wellbeing practice in the ‘field’ and in the classroom.
Built Environments | Examinations of how works of literature, film and sociological research have explored and influenced design teaching and practice across architecture, urban design and planning.
Science & Technology | Considerations of how technologies like AI inform the humanities and social sciences – whether as a subject or genre in literature, or as a tool for research and teaching.
Further details and to submit your abstract:
Conference outputs include the AMPS Proceedings Series, ISSN 2398-9467; Special Issue Publications of the AMPS academic journal with UCL Press; Books from this event will be developed by Routledge Taylor & Francis, with short films available on the AMPS Academic YouTube Channel. Written papers are optional. If submitted they should be 3,000 word length. Formatting instructions to follow after the conference. All papers are double- blind peer reviewed for the AMPS Conference Proceedings Series. Subject to review, selected authors will be invited to develop longer versions as journal articles with UCL Press or book chapters with Routledge Taylor & Francis. Papers dealing directly with issues of teaching and learning will be considered for the Routledge series A Focus on Pedagogy. In-person: Live in Madrid, Spain @MAdrid: For delegates visiting Spain but presenting virtually Zoom: Virtual presentations coordinated by AMPS Pre-recorded: Pre-recorded presentations or films will be available permanently on the AMPS Academic YouTube channel Written papers: In all cases, delegates can present full written papers for inclusion in associated conference publications Queries: team@amps-research.com Click the button below for full details and to submit your abstract. Publications
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