London Branch Seminar

28th February 2024
Confucian Dialogue: Harmony in Diversity Qasir Shah (UCL IOE) Although the twenty-first century has seen unprecedented global interconnectivity, it has witnessed fragmentation, conflicts, and...
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21st March 2024
In his recent book Di Paolantonio (York University, Canada) grapples with what it means when education and democracy seem to be at an end. Di Paolantonio shows that today the possibilities for the...
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14th February 2024
Studying Christopher Nolan’s Memento to Teach Andy Clark & David Chalmers’ ‘The Extended Mind’ Michael Quinn, University of Glasgow I analyse the effectiveness of teaching ‘The...
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13th March 2024
Aesthetics and education: Rosa, Rancière, and the aesthetics of teaching Johannes Rytzler (Mälardalen University) The aim of the session is to explore the aesthetic elements of teaching through...
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6th March 2024
The languages we speak and the empires we embrace: addressing decolonization through the gaze of the empire Paula Ambrossi (UCL IOE) 'The home of the empire cannot be decolonised. Ignoring the...
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21st February 2024
Studying with a Teacher: Education beyond the logic of progress Piotr Zamojski (Polish Naval Academy) I present a thought-experiment aimed at thinking education beyond the logic of progress. First,...
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7th February 2024
Playing it by Ear: Potential as an Improvisatory Practice Catherine Herring (UCL IOE) This paper investigates the concept of potential through a Deleuzean lens, arguing that it is a creative...
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31st January 2024
CRYSTALLISING EDUCATION, PHILOSOPHY AND POPULAR CULTURE Learning from loss: Tragic visions and ethical purpose in the sci-fi films of Denis Villeneuve James MacAllister, University of...
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31st January 2024
Education without testing Jan Bransen (Radboud University Nijmegen) I shall argue in this session that testing has a number of relevant and useful functions in education, but that the use of...
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24th January 2024
A new social contract, a new social criticism Paul Standish (UCL IOE) 24th January, 2024 5:30-7:15 pm Room C3.15, UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL Books by Minouche Shafik...
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17th January 2024
Cultivating Slowness as Contemplative Practice: Literature, (Dis)Enchantment and the Modern University Alison Brady (UCL IOE) When asked to justify its existence in the university, those defending...
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10th January 2024
CANCELLED Civic education in Poland, a philosophical assessment Igor Czernecki (University of Warsaw) As young liberal democracies in East-Central Europe face a structural and spiritual crisis, a...
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