Category: 2008-2009

Thursday April 23, 2009 Donaldo Macedo: The Poisoning of Racial and Ethnic Idenitites

by on February 6, 2014 7:21 pm
  6:15 pm CERAS 204 pizza and drinks provided Macedo will discuss the ideological mechanisms that shape and maintain the racist social (dis) order, while moving the race conversation beyond the reductionistic binarism of white versus black racism. Discussing social tragedies, including attacks on immigrants, ethnic cleansing, cultural wars, hegemony, human sufferings, and intensified xenophobia… Read more Thursday April 23, 2009 Donaldo Macedo: The Poisoning of Racial and Ethnic Idenitites

Thursday February 12th Joshua Fishman: A Retrospective and Prospective Conversation about Language Policy, Planning, and Scholarship Youth Literacy Practices, Global Citizenship and Schooling

by on February 6, 2014 7:20 pm
This interview with Prof. Joshua A. Fishman will be conducted by Prof. Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University   6:15 pm CERAS 100B pizza and drinks provided Dr. Fishman is an internationally renowned leader for his work in the sociology of language, language planning, bilingual education, and language and ethnicity. During the course of his long career.… Read more Thursday February 12th Joshua Fishman: A Retrospective and Prospective Conversation about Language Policy, Planning, and Scholarship Youth Literacy Practices, Global Citizenship and Schooling

Thursday January 29th : Kathy Schultz Reconceptualizing Youth Literacy Practices, Global Citizenship and Schooling

by on February 6, 2014 7:19 pm
  6:15 pm CUBBERLEY 114 pizza and drinks provided Historically literacy has been used to both deny and promote citizenship. The privileges associated with literacy, including citizenship, have often been defined as rights for only certain kinds of people, including certain adolescents. Today we live in a world where our local contexts are increasingly influenced… Read more Thursday January 29th : Kathy Schultz Reconceptualizing Youth Literacy Practices, Global Citizenship and Schooling

Thursday January 22nd: Dr. Rosa Rodriquez Izquierdo Education at a Crossroads: Cultrually Responsive Pedagogy

by on February 6, 2014 7:18 pm
  12:00 pm CUBBERLEY 114 pizza and drinks provided Featuring Dr. Rosa Izqierdo, Professor of Education. Pablo de Olavide University (Seville, Spain), visiting scholor at Harvard Graduate School of Education. he is a social pedagogue who conducts research on multicultural education. She has been a visiting professor in Tampere (Finland), in Lima (Peru), in Santiago… Read more Thursday January 22nd: Dr. Rosa Rodriquez Izquierdo Education at a Crossroads: Cultrually Responsive Pedagogy

December 2: H. Samy Alim Conducting Research Related to Linguistically Marginalized Youth: Theory, Methodology, Data and the Quest for Social Transformation

by on February 6, 2014 7:18 pm
  12:00 pm CUBBERLEY 334 pizza and drinks provided This is an informal, interactive talk directed at graduate students in the School of Education and other fields who are interested in conducting research related to linguistically marginalized youth. The talk is designed as a research workshop with three goals in mind: (1) To use my… Read more December 2: H. Samy Alim Conducting Research Related to Linguistically Marginalized Youth: Theory, Methodology, Data and the Quest for Social Transformation