BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:62@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201217T130000Z DTEND:20201217T141500Z DTSTAMP:20201112T100608Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/the-political-economy-of-education-in-pe rilous-times-some-reflections/ SUMMARY:The Political Economy of Education in Perilous Times: Some Reflecti ons DESCRIPTION:STEVE KLEES\, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND\nTHE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EDUCATION IN TIMES OF CONFLICT\, CRISES AND PANDEMICS\nOnline Lecture Seri es\nThursdays at 1pm – 2.15pm\, October 8th -December 17th\, 2020\n Onl ine on ZOOM – Register here\nThe Political Economy of Education in Confl ict Contexts Research Network (PEER Network)\, funded by the Arts and Huma nities Research Council (ARHC) through Global Challenges Research Fund Net work Plus Grant and led by the universities of Ulster\, Cape Town\, Nazarb ayev and Sussex\, in conjunction with UKFIET and the Centre for Internatio nal Education (CIE) University of Sussex are organising a global\, online lecture series exploring the theme of ‘the Political Economy of Educatio n in Times of Conflict\, Crises and Pandemics’.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \n\n \;\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\nThis series will be l ed and hosted by the Centre for International Education (CIE) University o f Sussex between October and December 2020 and will be openly accessible\, free and online and aimed at scholars and students of international devel opment and education\, and all those who seek to better understand the com plex situations facing education systems around the world in a period of i ncreasing instability\, where education systems are challenged by war\, en vironmental crisis\, financial austerity and pandemics that threaten the f utures of a generation of young people. The lecture series will be recorde d and uploaded onto a designated webpage and contribute to an open source bank of materials and resources on the Political Economy of Education that will be produced by the PEER Network team during the lifespan of the proj ect.\nThe Political Economy of Education in Times of Conflict\, Crises and Pandemics\nWhilst the current COVID19 pandemic has brought home to many c itizens in the Global North the fragility of their existence\, their educa tion systems lack of resilience\, and exacerbated and revealed widespread learning inequalities\; in the Global South this is but one more crisis in a long list that have punctuated daily lives and educational journeys. Th is lecture series seeks to challenge its speakers and participants to go b eyond narrow understandings of education and its relationship to economy a nd society and to critically explore the complex ways that education syste ms are linked to war\, peace\, ecological crises\, financial crises and pa ndemics – not merely as victims but also as drivers and catalysts. In do ing so we seek to highlight that education systems and actors have agency\ , capable of producing conflict ridden and crises prone systems as well as succumbing to these factors\, and that policy and practice matters in the pursuit of more socially just and equitable educational systems that can contribute to a fairer and better world. We also seek to highlight how edu cation systems are affected by particular crises and what policy options t hey might have to redress this.\nIn that sense the series also seeks to re cognise that education policy and practice is about power and its projecti on into the education system by competing social forces. For that reason w e seek to draw upon a wide range of contexts and examples to highlight the se contestations and their effects on issues of education and social justi ce/injustice in times of conflict and crises.\nCalendar of Events\n\n Thur sday 8th October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). Introduction to Lecture Series and Over view (Mario Novelli\, CIE\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 15th Oct ober\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Politics of COVID 19 and Education (Prachi Sriv astava\, Western University \, Canada)\n Thursday 22nd October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Political Economy of Education Privatization in Times of Crises (Antoni Verger &\; Clara Fontdevila\, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelo na\, Spain)\n Thursday 29th October\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Evidence &\; Educ ation Policy Making in the Global South during Covid19: Pundits\, Social M ovements and Policy Makers in an age of unpredictability (Yusuf Sayed\, Un iversity of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 5th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Con struction and Survival of an Intellectual Community during Structural Adju stment in Africa (Nimi Hoffman\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 12t h November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Towards a Political Economy of Education and Conflict in South Africa’ (Azeem Badroodien and Yunus Omar\, University of Cape Town\, South Africa)\n Thursday 19th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Ac ademics For Peace &\; The Political Economy of Repression in Turkey’s Higher Education Sector (Birgul Kutan\, University of Sussex\, UK &\; Mehmet Ugur\, University of Greenwich\, UK).\n Thursday 26thth November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Politics and Policy of Education in Iraq (Kelsey Shank s\, University of Ulster\, UK).\n Thursday 3rd December\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Gender\, Education\, Conflict &\; Crises (Naureen Durrani &\; Hélè ne Thibault Nazarbayev University\, Kazakhstan )\n Thursday 10th December\ , 1-2.15pm (GMT). Rethinking Peace Education: A Cultural Political Economy Approach (Sean Higgins\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 17th Decem ber\, 1- 2.15pm (GMT) The Political Economy of Education in Perilous Times : Some Reflections (Steve Klees\, Universiyt of Maryland USA)\n\n \nPleas e Register for each lecture on the link below\, and you will be sent a ZOO M link prior to each event. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-political -economy-of-education-intimes-of-conflict-crises-tickets-119873546003\nThi s event can also be viewed during the live session and as a recording via the following link\nhttps://youtube.com/channel/UC8fSNeST25wD4FRMOag5wTg ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/0 9/CIE_Child-with-books.jpg CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR