BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:44@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20201112T130000Z DTEND:20201112T141500Z DTSTAMP:20201112T100337Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/towards-a-political-economy-of-education -and-conflict-in-south-africa/ SUMMARY:Towards a Political Economy of Education and Conflict in South Afri ca DESCRIPTION:Azeem Badroodien and Yunus Omar\, University of Cape Town\, Sou th Africa\nTHE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EDUCATION IN TIMES OF CONFLICT\, CRISE S AND PANDEMICS\nOnline Lecture Series\nThursdays at 1pm – 2.15pm\, Octo ber 8th -December 17th\, 2020\n Online on ZOOM – Register here\nThe Pol itical Economy of Education in Conflict Contexts Research Network (PEER Ne twork)\, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (ARHC) through Global Challenges Research Fund Network Plus Grant and led by the univers ities of Ulster\, Cape Town\, Nazarbayev and Sussex\, in conjunction with UKFIET and the Centre for International Education (CIE) University of Suss ex are organising a global\, online lecture series exploring the theme of ‘the Political Economy of Education in Times of Conflict\, Crises and Pa ndemics’.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n&nbs p\;\n\n\n\n\n\nThis series will be led and hosted by the Centre for Intern ational Education (CIE) University of Sussex between October and December 2020 and will be openly accessible\, free and online and aimed at scholars and students of international development and education\, and all those w ho seek to better understand the complex situations facing education syste ms around the world in a period of increasing instability\, where educatio n systems are challenged by war\, environmental crisis\, financial austeri ty and pandemics that threaten the futures of a generation of young people . The lecture series will be recorded and uploaded onto a designated webpa ge 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 project.\nThe Political Economy of Educati on in Times of Conflict\, Crises and Pandemics\nWhilst the current COVID19 pandemic has brought home to many citizens in the Global North the fragil ity of their existence\, their education 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 dail y lives and educational journeys. This lecture series seeks to challenge i ts speakers and participants to go beyond narrow understandings of educati on and its relationship to economy and society and to critically explore t he complex ways that education systems are linked to war\, peace\, ecologi cal crises\, financial crises and pandemics – not merely as victims but also as drivers and catalysts. In doing so we seek to highlight that educa tion systems and actors have agency\, capable of producing conflict ridden and crises prone systems as well as succumbing to these factors\, and tha t policy and practice matters in the pursuit of more socially just and equ itable educational systems that can contribute to a fairer and better worl d. We also seek to highlight how education systems are affected by particu lar crises and what policy options they might have to redress this.\nIn th at sense the series also seeks to recognise that education policy and prac tice is about power and its projection into the education system by compet ing social forces. For that reason we seek to draw upon a wide range of co ntexts and examples to highlight these contestations and their effects on issues of education and social justice/injustice in times of conflict and crises.\nCalendar of Events\n\n Thursday 8th October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). Int roduction to Lecture Series and Overview (Mario Novelli\, CIE\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 15th October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Politics of COVID 19 and Education (Prachi Srivastava\, Western University \, Canada) \n Thursday 22nd October\, 1-2.15pm (BST). The Political Economy of Educat ion Privatization in Times of Crises (Antoni Verger &\; Clara Fontdevil a\, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona\, Spain)\n Thursday 29th October\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Evidence &\; Education Policy Making in the Global Sout h during Covid19: Pundits\, Social Movements and Policy Makers in an age o f unpredictability (Yusuf Sayed\, University of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 5t h November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). The Construction and Survival of an Intellect ual Community during Structural Adjustment in Africa (Nimi Hoffman\, Unive rsity of Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 12th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Towards a Political Economy of Education and Conflict in South Africa’ (Azeem Bad roodien and Yunus Omar\, University of Cape Town\, South Africa)\n Thursda y 19th November\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Academics 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 Polic y of Education in Iraq (Kelsey Shanks\, University of Ulster\, UK).\n Thur sday 3rd December\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Gender\, Education\, Conflict &\; C rises (Naureen Durrani &\; Hélène Thibault Nazarbayev University\, Ka zakhstan )\n Thursday 10th December\, 1-2.15pm (GMT). Rethinking Peace Edu cation: A Cultural Political Economy Approach (Sean Higgins\, University o f Sussex\, UK)\n Thursday 17th December\, 1- 2.15pm (GMT) The Political Ec onomy of Education in Perilous Times: Some Reflections (Steve Klees\, Univ ersiyt of Maryland USA)\n\n \nPlease Register for each lecture on the lin k below\, and you will be sent a ZOOM link prior to each event. \nhttps:// www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-political-economy-of-education-intimes-of-confl ict-crises-tickets-119873546003\nThis event can also be viewed during the live session and as a recording via the following link\nhttps://youtube.co m/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