We woudl like to remind you of a relevant and highly topical Conference:
apologies for cross posting
website including booking:
http://www.fss.muni.cz/psych/romale/conf_2000
MINORITIES in a PLURALIST SOCIETY in the new MILLENNIUM
CONFERENCE: 1-3 SEPTEMBER 2,000 (31/8 - 4/9 including flights to & return)
FOR POLICY MAKERS, EDUCATIONISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS,
ADMINISTRATORS:
MASARYK UNIVERSITY, BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC
Sponsors: CR Government; UK Foreign Office
Email enquiries: [log in to unmask] (Eva Polaskova)
UK enquiries to: Dr Hilary Gray, Tel: +44 (0)1629 55345; [log in to unmask]
Conference opening: Czech Minister of Education & the UK Ambassador
Committed speakers:
Prof Sally Tomlinson: U Oxford
Prof Tony Cline: U Luton
Prof Ed Cairns, U Ulster (Member, APA Ethnic Conflict Committee)
Prof John Rex, U Warwick
Plenary & Parallel Sessions:
Ethnicity, anti-racism
National and local administration for Equal Opportunities.
Anti-oppressive practice: working with minority families
School management and curriculum in the interests of all children
Educational assessment of ethnic minority children
Promoting skills in young children
Conference languages: Czech and English
If you research, administer policy, or practice with ethnic minority children
and their families, you probably have a contribution which would help Czech
professionals with their difficult problem. Workshop material is particularly
welcome.
Visits to local provision, films, a reception, and an exhibition.
THIS IS A FINE CENTRAL EUROPEAN BASE: JOIN THE EVENT, MEET THE PEOPLE, MAYBE
TRAVEL AFTERWARDS.
Submission of Papers: as soon as possible & not later than 20 05 2,000
You will be informed within 3 weeks and not later than 30 05 2,000:
Title, short resume, and generous abstract (approx 700 words)
Send to: Dr Christopher Alan Lewis,
Psychology Department, Behavioural & Communication Studies,
University of Ulster at Magee College, Londonderry, BT 48 7JL
+44 (0)1504 375 320 [log in to unmask]
CONTEXT & RATIONALE:
Brno, a fine Central European city, is capital of Moravia & the Czech
Republic's second city. Approximately 200 km by rail or road from Prague
(Vienna is nearer), BRNO is an excellent base for visits to Central Europe:
castles & renaissance towns within easy reach; un-missable Czech beer; night
life second to none.
Masaryk University is the country's second oldest, with 20,000 students.
This conference will complete one of the Czech Republic's first Equal
Opportunities projects in post-communist times, conducted in the Faculty of
Social Studies, by the Department of Psychology, a discipline which suffered
heavy repression in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The education system
also carries effects of the totalitarian regime: it successfully teaches
basic skills, but is formal in delivery and management.
All the psychologists' research has been within the context of the Roma
community, the ethnic minority who suffer much discrimination thorughout East
& Central Europe. The research has included an investigation of Roma
child-rearing, (relevant to anti-oppressive social work), a study of fair
educational assessment of children, (including Dynamic Assessment), and a
project to facilitate democratic classroom discipline.
Venue:
The Conference venue is Masaryk University's very modern Economics Faculty 1
km from the town centre. Meals and accommodation are 4 minutes away, in
comfortable, modern 2-bed rooms (bathroom between 2 rooms)
Costs:
Participants living, working & holding passport of East European country:
Waged: 500 Krc + 250 Krc / night + 250 Krc food / day (total 1750 Krc (35
gbp) for meeting, 2 nights & 3 days.
Conference dinner extra 250 Krc (5 gbp).
Western participants: Waged: 120 gbp; Unwaged 75 gbp.
This includes:
Meals from evening 31/8 to breakfast 4/9, (1 day before & after conference)
Accommodation with 2 sharing (you can request single rooms and/or additional
nights: 5 gbp / night)
This price does not include airfare.
Two main groups will be travelling on 31 / 8 & returning on 4/9:
>From Heath Row, almost certainly on the BA flight at 11 00am, returning at 15
00.
200 GBP, payment to East European Psychology Conference, c/o Dr C A Lewis
(address above) by 30 06 00.
>From London Stanstead, 15 00pm with BA Go, prices from 98 GBP. This is self
booking with credit card by phone: 0845 60 54321 or via the Internet:
www.go-fly.com
The convenient return flight is at 11 20 from Prague.
Book quickly for these Supersaver fares!
If you arrive early in the Czech Republic, Prague is now relatively
expensive, but we recommend Pension Denis, Narodni Obrany 33, Prague 6, 00420
2 312 02 24 for clean, satisfactory accommodation at the end of the city
metro nearest to the airport (119 'bus from the airport).
If you wish to remain in Brno before or after the Conference, we anticipate
no problems with accommodation at our excellent hostel, but please notify us.
Some people will remain in the Czech Republic or Slovakia after the
Conference, if you wish to join a short extension. We are also delighted to
recommend interesting & beautiful visits if you prefer independent on-going
travel.
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