The following event in Feb may be of interest. Please circulate!
thanks,
Sumi
Dear colleague you are warmly invited to:
‘Young Identities in the Baltic’ lecture by Professor Alistair Ross,
14th February at London Metropolitan University*
The first in a series of lectures: Border Crossing, Crossing Borders.
This first lecture will focus on the identities and experiences of young
people in the Baltic countries. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania present a
particularly fascinating context for identity formation. Briefly
independent between 1920 and 1939, they have become independent of the
Soviet Union in 1991, and joined the EU in 2004. The young people in the
study are the first generation born in these post-Soviet countries, and
have been socialised in greatly different circumstances to their parents
and grandparents.
This lecture is the first in a series of Jean Monnet Lectures: Border
Crossings, Moving Borders examining the shifting identities of young
people growing up in recent or near recent countries joining the EU by
Professor Alistair Ross (Jean Monnet ad personam professor, Institute
for Policy Studies in Education, London Metropolitan University) and
will be introduced by Professor Malcolm Gillies (Vice-Chancellor,
London Metropolitan University).
The Lecture Series
As part of his Jean Monnet personal Chair activities, Alistair Ross is
researching how young people of secondary school age are constructing
their personal identities, and becoming aware of their actual or
potential European citizenship. This three year study planned until
2012, focuses on two groups of countries: some that have recently joined
the European Union and the four candidate countries. Each country has
either ‘crossed the border’ into the European Union, or is about to do so.
The research with young people between 12 and 18 in each country
examines the various aspirations and identities being constructed and
used. How do they view Europe, and the potential for their role within
it? Is this different from the views of their parents, their teachers?
Does education have a particular role to play in helping them develop
these identities? A growing number of young people in parts of the
European Union are acknowledging an at least partial sense of European
identity alongside their national identity: the degree to which this is
acknowledged varies by nationality, gender and social class, as well as
by age. Understanding how new young Europeans construct their idea of
Europe, their role in it, and what it means to be European will be of
value and importance to a very wide audience.
*Future lectures in the series will examine the identities and
aspirations of young people in:*
· Turkey (June 2011)
· Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary (November 2011)
· Croatia (2012)
· Bulgaria and Romania (2012)
· Macedonia
The lecture will take place on Monday 14th February from 5.30- 7pm in
Room GCG-08, The Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan University, London
N7 8DB. The lecture is free of charge but places are limited. If you
wish to attend please contact Angela Kamara on [log in to unmask]
Please feel free to print and circulate the attached flyer and forward
this e-mail to those who you think may be interested.
Best wishes,
Angela Kamara
*** Apologies for any cross-postings ***
--
Angela Kamara
Projects Administrator
Institute for Policy Studies in Education,
London Metropolitan University
Room LB01,166-220 Holloway Road,
London N.7 8DB
Tel: 0207 133 4189
Fax: 0207 133 4219
[log in to unmask]
www.multiverse.ac.uk
--
Sumi Hollingworth
Senior Research Fellow
Institute for Policy Studies in Education (IPSE)
London Metropolitan University
Direct line: 020 71334170
www.londonmet.ac.uk/ipse <http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/ipse>
Companies Act 2006 : http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/companyinfo
--
Sumi Hollingworth
Senior Research Fellow
Institute for Policy Studies in Education (IPSE)
London Metropolitan University
Direct line: 020 71334170
www.londonmet.ac.uk/ipse <http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/ipse>
Companies Act 2006 : http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/companyinfo
|
