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About
this website
The bulk of
this website was created in 1997. It was never meant to be a scholarly
resource nor for academic study, but was instead aimed at anyone
with an interest in late 17th century clothing. Do bear in mind
that at the time when the pages were written - 1997 and earlier
- the author's English language skills were not yet bilingual.
This website
moved to its current host in 1999. Happy 10 year anniversary, Positive
Internet, what a brilliant and recommendable company.
The main content
of the website will not be updated nor changed, but remain
available on the web.
About the
author
Nicole gives
public talks (at an assortment of venues, such as the Costume Society
of Scotland and Scottish Embroidery Guild charters) and lectures
(such as for Heriot-Watt University's School of Textiles) on topics
of 17th century clothing and customs. She is available as a public
speaker, and here is more information
on how to book Nicole for a talk on late 17th century clothing history.
Regarding her
academic background, Nicole Kipar obtained her Magistra Artium (M.A.)
degree from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in English Historical
Linguistics, English Literature and Political Economics at RWTH
Aachen (Aachen University of Technology, Germany) in 1995. She started
teaching as a postgraduate assistant in the English Literature Department
at Aachen University and moved on to manage Aachen University of
Technology's Interdisciplinary IT Forum for four years, followed
by three years experience as Quality Manager in the private sector
both in Germany and the UK.
Nicole moved
to the UK in 2000, where she worked at Canterbury Christ Church
University, and has been working at Heriot-Watt University since
early 2006 as the Flexible Leaning Co-ordinator. She runs a Flexible
Learning Programme which is built upon current Learning and Teaching
Theory and Practice, combining a scholarly approach to Flexible
Learning with the practical exploration of learning and teaching
opportunities. She is also the module leader for a module on "Designing
Online Learning Environments" which explores flexible learning.
Her professional
research interests are group work and learner motivation in virtual
worlds.
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and Contents © Copyright N. Kipar 2003-2010.
Photo copyright © N. Kipar 2008.
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