SOME
OVERSEAS CONFERENCES, LECTURES AND FELLOWSHIPS
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2008
ISSEI
2008, The University of Helsinki, Finland
July28-August 2, 2008
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theme of the ISSEI 11th Conference
(International Society for the Study of European Ideas) was "Language
and the Scientific Imagination." It took place at the Language Center,
University
of Helsinki, Finland. With MichèIe Lemettais, we offered a panel
on "Irrelevant Humanities and Dehumanized Sciences: Is the 21st Century
in Peril?" My paper was titled "Serres's New Landscape for Knowledge,"
and will be published by the University of Malta Press in a volume
edited by Henry Frendo. |
HEC Montreal, Canada
June 17-20, 2008Eighth International Conference on the Diversity in
Organisations, Communities and Nations
| At the 2008 Eighth International Conference on the Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, I spoke about
"Neutrality in
Education and the Necessity of Diversity and Multiple Voices." Abstract available online. |
PESGB
2008, The University of Oxford, England
March 28-30, 2008
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Oxford Museum
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"Maintien le Droit" |
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2007
IAPL
2007, The University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
June
4-9, 2007
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Egéa-Kuehne)
Glimpses
of Cyprus
| Each year, the IAPL (International
Association for Philosophy and Literature) conducts a spring conference
in cooperation with a major international university. At these meetings
discussions center around an important contemporary theme. In 2007, the
University of Cyprus hosted the 31st annual conference of the IAPL. The
conference topic, LAYERING - textual / visual / spatial / temporal, opened
up many possible spaces for discourse: "Layering is concerned with what
happens between layers -- layers between textual, visual, spatial, and
temporal levels, strata, coats of paint, architectural, archaeological,
filmic, literary, hermeneutic, political, social, cultural, and many other
domains of meaning production" (IAPL). In the panel tilted "Between philosophy
and literature: A politics of thought for postmodern philosophers of education”
and chaired by Zelia Gregoriou (University of Cyprus, Nicosia), I spoke
on "The Languages of Philosophy: A Layering of Cultures." Two other papers
were offered on this panel: Zelia Gregoriou, "Reading Orhan Pamuk's My
Name is Red," and Michalinos Zembylas (Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia),
Bearing Witness to the Ethics of Suffering: J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace,
Inconsolable Mourning and The Task of Educators. |
PESGB
2007, The University of Oxford, England
March
30-April 1, 2007
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New
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| At the 2007 conference of
the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB), I spoke about
"The Paradox of the Universal Right to Education." Abstract
available online. |
2006
The
University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
October
27-28, 2006
(photos
Egéa-Kuehne)
"A Century with Levinas:
The Emmanuel Levinas Centennial Conference," a conference organized in
commemoration of Levinas by the Department of Philosophy at the University
of Sofia (Chair Plamen Makariev, and Professors Maria Dimitrova and Ivan
Kolev) on the theme "Levinas's Metaphysics: Right of the Other," took place
in Sofia, Bulgaria, on October 27-28, 2006. Twenty two scholars from Belgium,
England, France, Greece, Hungary, The Netherlands, Russia, South Africa,
USA, and of course, Bulgaria, presented their work in a symposium format.
Presentations were in Bulgarian or in English with simultaneous translation
into the other language. In the paper I presented, "The Quest for Social
Justice: Levinas's Idea of a Possibility," I questioned: How realistic
is Levinas's call for a responsibility to the Other in a world where the
persistent focus on self-interest appears to be at the antipodes of what
he advocates in his notions of dis-interest-edness and primacy of the Other?
Yet, I argued, should not these concepts rest at the very heart of education,
all the more so in societies where competition and self are advocated?
Conference poster. |
The
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada,
October
4-7, 2006
http://www.umanitoba.ca/publications/mosaic/events/derrida/
Set to mark the second anniversary
of his death, "Following Derrida: Legacies" was a celebration of the life
and work of Jacques Derrida. Over the course of four days, more than 120
presenters reflected on the legacies of Derrida's truly remarkable body
of work. A selection of these rich and varied papers will be published
by Mosaic in spring 2007.
I was invited to chair the
session titled "Derrida and the University" which included the following
papers: Simon Morgan Wortham, School of Social, Historical, and Literary
Studies, University of Portsmouth, "Counter-Institutions and the 'Double
Keeping' of Jacques Derrida"; Rebecca Gagan, Department of English,
University of Western Ontario, "On Being True to Your School: The University
After Derrida"; Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences,
University of Washington-Bothell, "Following Derrida’s Teaching: Transformative
Hauntology and the Twenty-first-Century University ." |
INPE
2006, The University of Malta, Msida, Malta
August
3-6, 2006
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Egéa-Kuehne)
The 10th
International conference of the Network of Philosophers of Education
(INPE) was held in collaboration
with the University of Malta, Msida, August 3-6, 2006.
I presented “The Teaching
of Philosophy: Of Rights and Responsibilities,” http://www.ucm.es/info/inpe/
I also chaired a session
for papers presented by Sharon Todd (“Justice for my Neighbour: On the
place of judgement in cosmopolitan education” ), Lars Løvlie (“Education
and Freedom in ‘the perspective from within' ”), and Trevor Norris (“A
philosopher's journey: from hermeneutics of the ancient text to the possibilities
of emancipatory politics”). |
ISSEI
2006, The University of Malta, Msida, Malta
July
24-29, 2006
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Egéa-Kuehne)
WCSC
2006, University of Tampere, Finland
May
21-24, 2006
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PESGB
2006, The University of Oxford, New College, England
March
31-April 2, 2006
(photos Egéa-Kuehne)
| The University of Oxford
New College hosted the annual conference of the Philosophy of Education
Society of Great Britain (PESGB),
March 31-April 2. Based on a close reading of Derrida's texts, my paper
proposed to explore the notion of heritage of a "philosophical memory"
before addressing the necessity of a right to philosophy and to the teaching
of philosophy in the current socio-political context, as well as the concurrent
call to renewed responsibility. This paper is titled "Philosophy Education:
Rights and Responsibilities," and is published in Philosophy of Education
Society of Great Britain Annual Conference 2006 Conference Papers, CD.
Leicester-Bedford, England: De Monfort University. |
2005
Gregynog
University of Wales Conference Centre, Newtown, Powys, Wales
July
17-19, 2005
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Egéa-Kuehne)
| The Gregynog
Philosophy of Education Conference (June 17-19) takes place every year
at the Gregynog residential conference center managed by the University
of Wales. "Hidden away in the peaceful Montgomeryshire countryside, it
is a centre for conferences, education and the arts. The Hall is surrounded
by 750 acres of gardens, woodland and farmland, making Gregynog one of
the most peaceful and relaxing venues imaginable." Six scholars were invited
to present their work: Hanan Alexander (University of Haifa): A View
from Somewhere: Explaining the Paradigms of Educational Research; Mike
Degenhardt (formerly University of Tasmania): Hedgehogs or Foxes? Some
Enquiries regarding Educational Aims following Isaiah Berlin; Denise
Egéa-Kuehne (Lousiana State University): The Violence of Being
and Levinas's Quest for Justice: Of Faith and the ‘Possibility of Education’;
Christopher Higgins (Teachers College, Columbia): The Good Life of Teaching;
Geoff Hinchcliffe (University of East Anglia): Capability and the Love
of Learning; Nick Peim (University of Birmingham): Sure Start, Heidegger
and the World. |
PESGB
2005, The University of Oxford, New College, England
April
1-3, 2005
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Egéa-Kuehne)
| At the Philosophy of Education
Society of Great Britain (PESGB) annual meeting, University of Oxford New
College, England, April1-3, 2005, I chaired a panel
presentation on "Levinas and Education," with Zdenko Kodelja (Educational
Research Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia), Zelia Gregoriou (University of
Cyprus, Cyprus), Paul Standish (University of Sheffield, England), Sharon
Todd (Stockholm Institute of Education, Sweden), and Gert Biesta (University
of Exeter, England). We discussed the book Levinas and Education: At
the Intersection of Faith and Reason, Egéa-Kuehne (ed.), to
be released by Routledge of London in 2006. |
UNTELE
2005, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
March
24-26, 2005
| The Sixth Colloquium on
the Use of New Technologies in Foreign Language Teaching (Usages des
Nouvelles Technologies dans l'Enseignement des Langues Etrangères,
UNTELE) took place at the Université de Technologie in Compiègne,
March 24 - 26, 2005. Its theme was: Input, Interaction, Feedback, Evaluation,
Second Language Acquisition and Multimedia Environements. I offered a presentation
supported by PowerPoint on Ateliers pédagogiques par videoconférences
et création d'un centre de ressources sur Internet pour professeurs
de français, États-Unis. |
2004
ISSEI
2004, Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Estudios Europeos, Pamplona, Spain
August
2-7, 2004
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Campus
Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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theme of the ISSEI 9th Conference
(International Society for the Study of European Ideas) was "The Narrative
of Modernity: Co-Existence of Differences." It took place at the University
of Navarre in Pamplona, Spain, 2-7 August 2004, . I spoke on "The Idiom
of the Other in Derrida's The Monolingualism of the Other." An article
is in press in The Narrative of Modernity: Co-Existence of Differences,
E. Banus and E. Talmor (Eds.), Navarra: Center for European Studies. |
The
University of Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lettres et Sciences
Humaines, France (Spring 2004)
April
14-17, 2004
| The 7th Biennial on Education
and Training, Conferences on Research and Innovations, took place in Lyon,
at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. It was organized by the Institut
National de Recherche Pédagogique (INRP)
et par l'Association pour la Promotion des Recherches et des Innovations
en Education et en Formation (APRIEF).
This year's theme was "Apprendre soi-même. Connaître le monde."
My presentation was on "Formation
des enseignants par et pour l'usage d'Internet dans la classe de langues." |
The
Oxford Round Table 2004, The University of Oxford, Lincoln College, England
March
28-April 2, 2004
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Scheduled
March 28-April 2, 2004 at Oxford’s Lincoln College, the topic of this Oxford
Round Table was human and civil rights with particular focus on women's
rights and issues of gender discrimination in both the public and private
sectors. I was invited as a member of a group limited to 39 delegates in
order to facilitate productive collegial dialogue. My Oxford paper is on
"Women's Education: Rights and Responsibilities."
Some
excursions were planned in Oxford, the Cotswolds and Blenheim Castle. |
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Bodleian
Library, Oxford
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Bodleian
Tower, Oxford
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Radcliffe
Camera, Oxford
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Cotswolds
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Blenheim
Castle
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2003
WCSC
2003, East China Normal University, Shangai, P. R. China
October
26-29, 2003
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Egéa-Kuehne)
The
First World Curriculum Studies Conference, the First Triennial Meeting
of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies
(IAACS) took place from October 26
through October 29 in Shangai, P. R. China, at the Institute of Curriculum
and Instruction, East China Normal University. The Preparatory Committee
included Prof. Zhong Qiquan (Chairman), Prof. Wang Binhua (Vice Chairman),
Prof. Xu Binyan, Dr. Zheng Tainian, Dr.Wang Xiaoming, Dr. Han Yanmei, and
Mr. Xu Lixin (members). Pictures from the First World Curiculum Studies
Conference can be viewed at http://shaghai.tuxcafe.org/Shanghai-2003
Within
the theme of the conference, "Curriculum Studies Worldwide," I spoke on
"Curriculum Studies In Europe: The French Interdisciplinary Search For
Theoretical Meaning." |
PESGB
2003, The University of Oxford, New College, England
April
11-13, 2003
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Egéa-Kuehne)
| Oxford
University hosted the annual conference of the Philosophy of Education
Society of Great Britain (PESGB)
in the buildings of the magnificient New College, April 11-13. In this
conference, I spoke about "The Violence of Being and Levinas's Quest for
Justice: The 'Idea of a possibility' for Education." |
2002
The
University of Auckland, New Zealand
November
25-30, 2002
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Egéa-Kuehne)
| On
November 27, 2002, at the School of Education of the University
of Auckland I spoke about "The Challenge of Education in Multicultural
Societies: Of Rights and Responsibilities." |
The
University of Hull at Scarborough, England
July
28-30, 2002
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The
University of Hull at
Scarborough,
England
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The
Moors
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the University of Hull, Scarborough campus, England, my paper was scheduled
for the opening session of the Loyola College in Maryland 6th annual conference,
July 29. I spoke on "Levinas and the Judeo-Christian Heritage: In Search
of New Ethical Markers." |
ISSEI
2002, The University of Whales at Aberystwyth, Whales, GB
July
22-27, 2002
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Egéa-Kuehne)
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July 26, at the University of Wales at Aberystwyth, I spoke on "The Art
of Victor Hugo: Crossing Borders of Time and Space and the Complexification
of Cultural Models" at the conference of the International Society for
the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI). This paper was part of a whole day
symposium chaired by Michelle Lemettais and Bill Everett, "Pauperized,
Creolized, or Enriched? Globalization and European Visual Arts, Theater,
Literature, Music, and Cinema." It is published in
European Culture
in a Changing World: Between Nationalism and Globalism, D. Meyer-Dinkgräfe
(ed.), Aberystwyth, GB: ISSEI (2002). |
2001
2001
SABBATICAL (Spring)
In
spring and summer 2001 I returned to Europe on sabbatical to further explore
the recent developments of Philosophy of Education in France, and what
issues and problems are addressed under this heading. The study of the
theory of education in France has been an ongoing project of mine since
1995 and resulted in invitations as a visiting scholar at the Institut
National de Recherche Pédagogique (INRP)
in Paris during the summers of 1996 and 1997.
Although the two educational systems and cultural contexts in the US and
in France are vastly different, some of the problems seem to stem from
similar circumstances: immigration, lack of literacy, language barrier,
violence, globalization, education for all, discrimination, segregation
and exclusion, etc. Considering that for several years, the works of many
leading French thinkers (e.g., Bachelard, Cixous, De Beauvoir, Derrida,
Foucault, Irigaray, Kristeva, Lacan, Levinas, Levi-Strauss, Sartre, Serres,
etc.) have informed the reflection of the American philosophers of education
and curriculum theorists, what new insights and greater understanding of
educational issues can be gained by exploring the current struggles of
the French philosophy of education and pedagogy? What can the French experience
bring to the American field, especially when its new philosophy of education
and pedagogy states that its goal is "to question and bring to light preconceptions,
assumptions, presumptions, biases, prejudices, preset ideas in any form
about education"? Which of these scholars' work not read in American universities
yet can bring some very valuable reflection and perhaps some fresh understanding
to those same issues which challenge education on both sides of the Atlantic? |
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Archives
Nationales, Paris, France
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research resulted in several publications and conference papers. "Understanding
Education in France: A Multifaceted Approach to Thinking Education" was
published in W. F. Pinar (ed) Handbook of International Curriculum Research,
Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum (2003); and "Educational Theory," in
C. Murray (ed.)
Companion to Modern French Thought, London and New
York: Fitzroy Dearborn and Routledge (2004). At the First World Curriculum
Studies Conference, the First Triennial Meeting of the International Association
for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (IAACS), in Shanghai, P. R. China
(see above 2003) I presented a paper titled "Curriculum Studies In Europe:
The French Interdisciplinary Search For Theoretical Meaning" (October 26-29,
2003). |
While
on sabbatical in Europe (Spring-Summer 2001)
I
delivered papers at several European conferences
PESGB
2001 The Univesrity of Oxford, New College, England
April
5-8, 2001
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Egéa-Kuehne)
New
College, The University of Oxford, England
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April, at the University of Oxford, New College, I presented a paper before
the Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain
(PESGB) on ethico-political
issues concerning teaching via Internet ("The Commodification of Education:
When Ethico-Political Issues Call for a Rethinking of the Nature of Knowledge"),
and chaired a panel on "Derrida and
Education" in which I talked about "Derrida and the Challenge of Education."
Paul Standish (University of Dundee, Scotland) and Zelia Gregoriou (University
of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus) were the other members on this panel. |
(photos
Egéa-Kuehne)
The
University of Freiburg, Germany
| In
June, at the University of Freiburg in Germany, I addressed the Associations
for the Study of the New Literature in English (ASNEL/GNEL) and Many Varieties
of English (MAVEN) on "Derrida's Monolingualism of the Other and
Linguistic Human Rights." The conference extended conversations in a restaurant
overlooking Freiburg. |
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Egéa-Kuehne)
The
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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paper was scheduled for the opening plenary session at the Loyola College
in Maryland 5th annual conference July 8-12, 2001, at the University of
Edinburgh, Scotland. Within the theme of "The New Europe at the Crossroads,"
in a country where the native language and culture were violently discriminated
against for many centuries, but which just regained a new parliament, I
spoke about "The Challenge of Languages and Democratic Education in the
European Union." It is published in Ursula Beitter (ed.) The New Europe
at the Crossroads V, New York: Peter Lang. |
I
was also invited to lecture and discuss my work at several European universities
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Université
Lumière Lyon 2, France
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the University of Lyon, France (my Alma Mater), on May 3, 2001, I was invited
to lecture on "L'Éducation aux États-Unis" in the context
of the program: "Étude Comparée des Systèmes Educatifs
Contemporains." I was also given the opportunity to discuss my researh
on minority languages and cultures in general and Derrida in particular
with scholars from the Institut des Sciences d'Éducation et de Formation
at the University of Lyon. |
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Egéa-Kuehne)
Université
de Limoges, France
| June
21-23, 2001, the University of Limoges, France, invited me for a
three-day visit to discuss "Education in the US" in general and "Francophony
in Louisiana" in particular with scholars from a variety of disciplinary
backgrounds, looking into establishing a partnership
between LSU and the University of Limoges. This partnership has now
been successfully established. |
(photos
Egéa-Kuehne)
University
of Dundee, Scotland
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the University of Dundee, Scotland, I
was invited on July 13, 2001 to address faculty and doctoral candidates
on "Heritage languages and cultures" (Gaelic and Scottish languages and
cultures being prime examples) and "Derrida and the challenge of education,"
and to discuss my recently published book Derrida & Education,
co-edited with Gert Biesta from the University of Exeter, England. Published
in February 2001 by Routledge of London, Derrida & Education
raised much interest. In Derrida's words, it is "a magnificent volume,"
"exemplary," "admirably conceived and edited," "major in a domain where
the stakes are so grave." |
2000
Adam
Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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Egéa-Kuehne)
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Adam
Mickiewicz University, Poznan,
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Poland |
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October 17, 2000, at the International
Conference on Cultural Studies, Institute of Cultural Studies, Adam
Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland. "The Commodification of Culture:
Globalization of Local Multiculturalism(s)" is published in E. Rewers (ed.)
Man
within Culture at the Threshold of the 21st Century.
Poznan, Poland:
Wydawnictwo Fundacji Humanoria. |
1999
SIHFLES
1999 The University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Egéa-Kuehne)
University
of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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