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Announcing Our Visiting Scholar: Dr F. Tony Carusi
Join us in welcoming F. Tony Carusi, our new visiting scholar at CPEP. Catch his presentation at the upcoming SCAPE symposium. More info and flyer attached.
Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023
Upcoming Symposium: Climate, Education, and Conflict – A SCAPE Project Event
Join us for the upcoming symposium on Climate, Education, and Conflict from October 10-12 at Maynooth University.
Date: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Friday Seminar Series Begins
The Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy's Friday Seminar Series is back starting September 1st at 3PM.
Date: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Publication News: The New Publicness of Education
Edited by Dr. Carl-Anders Säfström and Dr. Gert Biesta, this book explores democratic possibilities for education after the critique of the impact of neo-liberalism on educational policy and practice. Together, the authors investigate the contours of a ‘new publicness’ of education.
Date: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
Publication News: Some notes on the necessity of autonomous education practice and two concerns
Director of CPEP, Dr. Carl Anders Säfström has published a new article suggesting a sophistical autonomous practice in response to Platonian Aristotelian philosophy's domination over education. The article is available Open Access.
Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Publication News: The Touch of the Present: Educational Encounters, Aesthetics, and the Politics of the Senses by Dr. Sharon Todd
In her new book, Dr. Todd explores the importance of the body and the senses in educational encounters, drawing out the aesthetic and political dimensions of educational practices.
Date: Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Dr. Carl Anders Säfström affiliated professor at Malmö University, Sweden
Director of the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy, Dr. Carl Anders Säfström, is beginning his role as an affiliated professor at Malmö University, Sweden
Date: Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Dr. Gert Biesta ranked in top 2% of scholars in Education in Scopus rankings
Dr. Gert Biesta, member of the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy, has been named in the top 2% percentile of Education scholars in the 2022 Scopus citation rankings of academics. A total of 24 scholars from Maynooth University were included in the worldwide list.
Date: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Publication News: "The Destruction of a Great Idea: Public Education and the Politics of Instrumentalism" by Dr. Carl Anders Säfström
Educational Theory has recently published Dr. Carl Anders Säfström's newest article: "The Destruction of a Great Idea: Public Education and the Politics of Instrumentalism". The article is open access and therefore free for all here:
Date: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Art and Education in an Uncertain World
In preparations for an upcoming book with Routledge, this group of scholars will be reflecting on the urgency of thinking and acting in response to climate change, through art and education
Date: Tuesday, 08 November 2022