BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:767@ukfiet.org DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250619 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250621 DTSTAMP:20250527T061948Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/politics-of-knowledge-power-and-the-stru ggle-for-academic-futures-higher-education-and-schooling-amidst-war-and-di splacement/ SUMMARY:Politics of Knowledge\, Power and the Struggle for Academic Futures : Higher Education and Schooling Amidst War and Displacement DESCRIPTION:19-20 June 2025\nIn person in Cambridge\, UK\, and Beirut\, Leb anon. Also online\nVenues:\nUK: Lauterpacht Centre for International Law\, University of Cambridge\, Sidgwick Site\, 5 Cranmer Road\, Cambridge\, CB 3 9BL\, UK\nLebanon: Crowne Plaza\, Hamra Main Street\, Beirut\, Lebanon\n Register to join online\nFor in person\, please send an email to applicati ons@lebanesestudies.com and mention “On-site UK” or “On-site Beirut ” in your subject line.\nLanguages \nEnglish and Arabic (simultaneous in terpretations available)\nOrganisers\n\n Centre for Lebanese Studies\n Cam bridge Refugee Hub/ Centre for Global Human Movement\n REAL Centre\, Unive rsity of Cambridge\n\nIn times of crisis\, displacement\, and war\, educat ion becomes both a battleground and a site of resistance. Schools and univ ersities are not only places of learning but also spaces where power is ne gotiated\, knowledge is contested\, and futures are shaped. This conferenc e seeks to critically examine the role of higher education and schooling a midst conflict and forced migration\, bringing together scholars\, student s\, policymakers\, and practitioners to rethink the politics of knowledge production in times of upheaval.\nCoinciding with World Refugee Day in Jun e\, the event interrogates dominant\, top-down approaches to education in crisis settings—approaches that often reinforce global knowledge hierarc hies and marginalize the voices of those most affected. It calls for a rad ical reimagining of education: not as a system imposed on displaced commun ities but as one co-led by refugees and forcibly displaced people. How can higher education and schools serve as a space of resistance\, inclusion\, and collaboration? What does it take to develop knowledge production mode ls that centre local expertise\, lived experience\, and the agency of refu gee scholars and institutions—including those operating in exile?\nThis conference is grounded in a decolonial ethos\, foregrounding equity\, rela tionality\, and resistance to structural inequalities in global education governance. Participants will explore the challenges of building partnersh ips in emergency settings\, the politics of solidarity\, and the role of b oth schooling and higher education in shaping the futures of displaced pop ulations. Key themes include:\n– The power dynamics of knowledge product ion in crisis-affected education\n– Refugee-led education initiatives an d the decolonization of humanitarian aid\n– The role of international or ganisations\, donors\, and local actors in shaping education governance\n – The politics of academic exile and the possibilities for sustaining in tellectual communities in displacement\n– Strategies for co-producing re search and teaching under conditions of war and forced migration\n– The challenges of accountability\, equity\, and sustainability in education in terventions\n– The role of universities and in particular the University of Cambridge.\nThis gathering also marks the culmination of the British A cademy Bilateral Chair Programme between the Centre for Lebanese Studies a nd the University of Cambridge. Building on years of work on refugee educa tion and its politics\, the conference offers a moment to reflect on the t rajectory of the field over the past two decades—while pushing toward mo re just\, inclusive\, and sustainable academic futures.\n \;\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/0 5/Politics-of-Knowledge-19-6-25.jpg CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR