Inequality, Education and Social Power: Transregional Perspectives

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Inequality, Education and Social Power: Transregional Perspectives

Veranstalter
Forum Transregionale Studien; Max Weber Stiftung - Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland
Veranstaltungsort
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin
Ort
Berlin
Land
Deutschland
Vom - Bis
24.11.2014 - 25.11.2014
Deadline
02.11.2014
Website
http://www.forum-transregionale-studien.de
Von
Forum Transregionale Studien

Education is an – often ideologically charged – notion that has been the object of many expectations and at times also cause for disenchantment. It is sometimes thought of as THE means of reducing structural inequalities within societies. Nevertheless, access to education itself can be distributed in unequal ways, contingent on the very structures it is supposed to even out. Furthermore, the question of which forms of knowledge are recognized as education can be fundamentally contested.

This conference, jointly organized with the Transnational Research Group "Poverty and Education in India", aims to bring together research on inequality, education and social power from various disciplinary perspectives, as well as from various countries in different world regions. It seeks to facilitate a mutually beneficial exchange of ideas and concepts among different research communities. Thus, the conference hopes to contribute to opening up new perspectives on the relationship between inequality, education and social power.

The annual conference of the Forum Transregionale Studien and the Max Weber Stiftung – Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland offers scholars from various countries the opportunity to discuss key political, cultural, economic and social themes from a transregional perspective and to have interchange about processes of internationalization in the humanities and social sciences. It is part of the strategic cooperation between the two institutions and is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF).

For more information, visit http://www.forum-transregionale-studien.de/forum/veranstaltungen/konferenzen/2014-ungleichheit-und-bildung.html

Programm

Monday, 24. November 2014

11:00 WELCOMING ADDRESSES
Andreas Eckert, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/Forum Transregionale Studien
Heinz Duchhardt, Max Weber Stiftung – Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland

11:30 PANEL 1: EDUCATION, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL POWER: GENERAL DISCUSSION
Chair: Andreas Eckert, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/Forum Transregionale Studien
Speakers:
Sarada Balagopalan, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Dehli
Klaus Hurrelmann, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
Carlos Costa Ribeiro, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

14:00 PANEL 2: GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE ASYMMETRIES AND EDUCATION
Chair: Barbara Göbel, Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Berlin
Speakers:
Neeladri Bhattacharya, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Peter Kallaway, University of Cape Town
David MacDonald, University of Guelph
Hebe Vessuri, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia

16:00 PANEL 3: SOCIAL DIVERSITY AND EDUCATION
Chair: Jana Tschurenev, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Speakers:
Yusuf Sayed, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town
Céline Teney, Universität Bremen
Martha Zapata Galindo, Freie Universität Berlin

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Jutta Allmendinger, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
Introduction: Marianne Braig, Freie Universität Berlin/Forum Transregionale Studien

Tuesday, 25. November 2014

10:00 PANEL 4: PRIVATE ACTORS IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM
Chair: Andreas Gestrich, German Historical Institute London
Speakers:
Geetha Nambissan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Hania Sobhy, Orient-Institut Beirut
Silke Strickrodt, German Historical Institute London

12:00 PANEL 5: INEQUALITY, EDUCATION AND THE LABOR MARKET
Chair: Ravi Ahuja, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Speakers:
Augustin Emane, Institut d’Etudes Avancées de Nantes
Patricio Solís, El Colegio de México, Mexico City
Anja Weiß, Universität Duisburg-Essen

Kontakt

Dr. Melanie Hanif

Forum Transregionale Studien, Wallotstr. 14, 14193 Berlin

initiatives@trafo-berlin.de

http://www.forum-transregionale-studien.de