Submit a Conference Talk or Workshop Proposal

Have an idea for a workshop, plenary talk, or practicum for our annual Repairing the Ruins conference? Submit it here.

Proposals for the 2025 Conference are due November 1, 2024. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Proposals on any topic of general interest are welcome, but for the 2025 Repairing the Ruins conference, we are especially interested in talks that align with the conference theme: How the Medieval Tradition Can Re-Enchant the Classroom. A selection of potential talk topics is given below.

Topics on other subjects will also be considered! Our attendees have indicated that they are especially interested in talks or workshops on the following subjects:

  • Physical education at classical schools
  • Singapore math
  • Classical methods and subjects in the grammar school
  • Best practices for collaborative model classrooms

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2025 Conference Talk Ideas

Lower School Pedagogy

  • Laying the Foundations: What Are You Teaching With Grammar?
  • How To Teach Fairy Stories
  • Encouraging Wonder Through Nature Study
  • Reviving the Practice of Narration
  • Breaking the Subject Barrier: How the Trivium Changes the Approach to the School Day
  • Grammar School Liturgies and Catechisms
  • Medieval Songs for your Classroom (Including Latin Songs)
  • Teaching Medieval Stories and Adaptations to Younger Students

Upper School Pedagogy

  • Ways To Engage Students in Deep Contemplation
  • How To Re-enchant Bored and Cynical Students
  • Using Medieval Tutorials in the Classroom
  • Combining Science and Natural Philosophy
  • How the Teacher Can Act a Role in the Classroom (Ex: Role-Playing a Medieval Onion Farmer)
  • Teaching Specific Works of Literature: Confessions, Rule of St. Benedict, Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Consolation of Philosophy, Canterbury Tales, The Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, The Faerie Queene, The Space Trilogy
  • “Tales from the Green Valley” and Other Helpful Re-creations

Practical How-To’s

  • How to Run a Themed Day or Event: Medieval Feast, Monk Day, Debate, Guild Week and Other Ways to Help Students More Fully Imagine the Medieval World
  • Guiding Students to Create Their Own Medieval Manuscripts
  • How to Put On a Shakespeare Play for the First Time
  • How to Bring Work into the Classroom (From Classroom Chores to Building a Trebuchet)

Medieval Worldview & Philosophy

  • Why Models Matter: Contemplating the “Discarded Image”
  • Lessons from Medieval Universities
  • Restoring Sacramentality to Students’ Understanding of the World
  • Reading That Hideous Strength with Students
  • Contemplating the Place of Grades and Examinations in the Modern Classroom: Are There Alternatives?