Archive - Bristol Conversations in Education 2021-22 series

2022

• 06 July 2022 (1-2.30pm) - Decolonising Education from Theory to Praxis – Decolonising the curriculum, (co-hosted with Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching/Centre for Black Humanities/UNESCO Global Chair in Inclusive, Good Quality Education)
• 06 July 2022 (10:30-12pm) - Learning Whiteness: Education and the Settler Colonial State - Book Launch, Arathi Sriprakash, Sophie Rudolph and Jessica Gerrard
• 29 June 2022 (5-6pm) - Transforming Education with No More Exclusions, Lana Crosbie, Sophia Purdy-Moore and Mumtaz Musa (No More Exclusions)
• 22 June 2022 (12-1pm) - Higher Education, Violent Modernities and the ‘Global Present’: The Paradox of Politics and New Populist Imaginaries in HE, Professor Jo-Anne Dillabough (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge)
• POSTPONED - 15 June 2022 - University organisational capabilities and the crisis management response to the global pandemic, Tatiana Fumasoli (UCL Institute of Education) we apologise for the inconvenience. Details of reschedule to follow in due course.
• 09 June 2022 - Decolonising Education from Theory to Praxis – Seminar two: Conceptualising decolonisation as praxis, (co-hosted with Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching/Centre for Black Humanities/UNESCO Global Chair in Inclusive, Good Quality Education)
• 06 June 2022 - Psychology and Pedagogy Post Pandemic, Professor Niamh Stack (Deputy Head of School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Glasgow)
• 01 June 2022 - Unsettling Student Identities: Affect, Memory, and Student Narratives During the Pandemic, Bronwyn T. Williams (Professor of English, University of Louisville)
• 24 May 2022 - How To Write Curriculum After All The Critical Race Theory Books Have Been Banned, Tyler Denmead (Associate Professor of Arts and Creativity in Education, Fellow and Director of Studies, Education at Queens' College)
• 19 May 2022 - Decolonising Education from Theory to Praxis – Seminar five:  Beyond the boundary:  The quest for a democratic university, (co-hosted with Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching/Centre for Black Humanities/UNESCO Global Chair in Inclusive, Good Quality Education)
• 8 May 2022 - From Countering Colston to Bridging Histories: How to teach challenging history and inspire positive change, Dr Joanna Burch-Brown (University of Bristol)
• 10 May 2022 - Excellent Universities or Excellent Researchers? Competitive Strategies of Universities and Collaborative Research Activities of University Members, Professor Dr. Anna Kosmützky & M.A Sarah-Rebecca Kienast (Leibniz University Hannover)
• POSTPONED - 04 May 2022 - A reflection on higher education research, Professor Jeroen Huisman (Ghent University)
• 03 May 2022 - Margareta Matache - Anti-Roma racism: pillars and manifestations, The Arc of History seminar series: Dr Margareta Matache (Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights’ Roma Program, Instructor at Harvard University)
• POSTPONED - 28 April 2022 - Decolonising Education from Theory to Praxis – Seminar four: Decolonising research, (co-hosted with Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching/Centre for Black Humanities/UNESCO Global Chair in Inclusive, Good Quality Education)
• 27 April 2022 - How youth use their literacies to work algorithms for critical participation and well-being,Christian Ehret (Associate Professor, McGill University, Canada)
• 31 March 2022 - Decolonising Education from Theory to Praxis: Seminar three: Decolonising the curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, (co-hosted with Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching/Centre for Black Humanities/UNESCO Global Chair in Inclusive, Good Quality Education)
• 23 March 2022 - Rethinking the relationships between education research, policy and practice post COVID: Opportunities and challenges, Professor Gemma Moss (Professor of Literacy and Director of the International Literacy Centre, UCL Institute of Education)
• 16 March 2022 - The Interplay Between Language and Social Cognition in Young Children, Dr Birsu Kandemirci (Lecturer in Psychology, Kingston University London)
• 08 March 2022 - Paul Warmington: Critical Race Theory and ‘the permanence of racism’, The Arc of History seminar series: Professor Paul Warmington (Nottingham Trent University)
• POSTPONED - 24 February 2022 - Decolonising Education from Theory to Praxis – Seminar two: Conceptualising decolonisation as praxis, (co-hosted with Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching/Centre for Black Humanities/UNESCO Global Chair in Inclusive, Good Quality Education) further details on reschedule will be available in due course
• CANCELLED - 22 February 2022 - Accountability and trust of teachers in South Africa: the role of relations and professional standards, Professor Melanie Ehren (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands) further details on reschedule will be available in due course
• 15 February 2022 - Show Me What You Know! An exploration of student perceptions of creative ways of demonstrating summative learning at university, Dr Simon Brownhill (Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Bristol) and Jules Godfrey (Graduate Teacher and PhD Candidate, University of Bristol)
• 08 February 2022 - Kehinde Andrews - The New Age of Empire: Benevolent Imperialism, The Arc of History seminar series: Professor Kehinde Andrews (Professor of Black Studies and author of The New Age of Empire: How Colonialism and Racism Still Rule the World, Birmingham City University)
• 02 February 2022 - Temporal Pedagogy: how do we learn to live (well) in time? Professor Keri Facer (Professor of Educational and Social Futures, School of Education, University of Bristol)
• 27 January 2022 - Decolonising Education from Theory to Praxis – Seminar one: The changing contexts of the decolonisation debate, (co-hosted with Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching/Centre for Black Humanities/UNESCO Global Chair in Inclusive, Good Quality Education)
• 25 January 2022 - Tariq Modood: Empires and the countries that made me, The Arc of History seminar series, Professor Tariq Modood (Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy, University of Bristol)

2021 

• 14 December - Transculturalism in parents’ experiences of caring for an autistic child, Dr Diana Seach (Autism education and family consultant, former Principal Lecturer in Special Education, University of Chichester)
• 08 December - Future Doctorates: access to and outcomes from the UK doctorate, with a special focus on the social sciences, Professor Paul Wakeling (Head of Department of Education, University of York)
• 07 December - Book Launch - Rural Transitions to Higher Education in South Africa: Decolonial Perspectives, by Sue Timmis, Thea de Wet, Kibashini Naidoo, Sheila Trahar, Lisa Lucas, Emmanuel Mfanafuthi Mgqwashu, Patricia Muhuro and Gina Wisker (published by Routledge), speakers incl. Professor Lebo Moletsane (JL Dube Chair in Rural Education, School of Education, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa) and Professor Chrissie Boughey (Professor Emeritus, Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa) 
• 24 November - Translanguaging and plurilingual pedagogies: Cross-curricular and cross-language teacher collaborations for critical literacy and intercultural education, Dr Sunny Man Chu Lau (Associate Professor, Bishop's University, Canada)
• 16 November - Challenging the dehumanisation hypothesis, Dr Harriet Over (Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, University of York)
• 03 November - Locating the development of ‘Education for All’ in the Isle of Man within an international literature, Professor Angela Little (Honorary Emeritus Professor, UCL Institute of Education and UCL Social Research Institute)
• 27 October - Learning spaces and learners in motion beyond institutional walls: (re)configurations and methods, Professor Kevin Leander (Professor of Literacy Education and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University, US) and Dr Paulina Ruiz-Cabello (ESRC postdoctoral fellow, School of Education, University of Bristol)
• 06 October - Re-humanising teacher education: website launch, Dr Janet Orchard (Director of Postgraduate Research, School of Education, University of Bristol) and a team of inspirational co-researchers, academics and consultants who contributed to the project and website
• 05 October - Voices from SIDS at the sharp end of environmental uncertainty: Small Island Developing States speak to COP26, Aminath Muna & Aminath Shiyama (ESSRG Team Members, Maldives), Dame Pearlette Louisy (Emerita Governor General of St Lucia), Dr Merle St.Clair-Auguste (Vice Principal, Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, St Lucia), Professor Rosiana Lagi (Deputy Head of School of Education, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji/Tuvalu), Cabot Institute representative TBC (Cabot Institute, University of Bristol)