Below are the conference programmes from the past PESGB Annual Conferences:
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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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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What is Meant by ‘Meant’: Being and Writing in a Chatbot World Prof. Ronald Barnett, University College London https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87956607775?pwd=WlVhbkp2Tm9qUnZpWF... Meeting ID: 879...
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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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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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#parentinghacks: what are we hacking? Naomi Hodgson, Edge Hill University In today’s digitized conditions, our experience of which is constituted in part by (a mostly popularized version of)...
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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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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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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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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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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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Ashamed of myself: rethinking body shame Heather Widdows, University of Warwick All welcome. Heather Widdows is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. Prior to taking up her post...
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