Title: Paulo Freire Centenary
Date: Monday 6 December - Wednesday 8 December
Time: Various
Venue: Zoom
The Faculty of Education is organising a centenary celebration which commemorates the birth of Paulo Freire. The event will be convened by Prof. Peter Mayo and Dr Joseph Vancell from the Faculty of Education and it will be spread out between the following dates and times:
- 6 December 2021 from 16:30 to 20:00
- 7 December 2021 from 14:00 to 19:00
- 8 December 2021 from 17:00 to 20:15
It includes leading global scholars in their respective areas, including
Ali A Abdi (UBC), Anderson Abreu (State University of Santa Catarina), Hasan H. Aksoy (University of Ankara), Ines Barbosa (University of Porto), Asoke Bhattacharya (Jadavpur University and Bangladesh lifelong Learning Institute), Alicia Cabezudo (National University of Rosario), Ana Cruz (St. Louis Community College, Missouri), Tal Dor (Université Paris-Est Créteil [UPEC], LEGS and LIRTES research centres), Ramon Flecha (University of Barcelona), Isabelle Gatt (University of Malta), Anne Hickling Hudson (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AUS), Didacus Jules (Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States), Walter Kohan (State University of Rio de Janeiro), Colin Kirkwood (University of Edinburgh), Maria Herminia Laffin (Federal University of Santa Catarina), Margaret Ledwith (University of Cumbria), Donaldo Macedo (University of Massachusetts at Boston), Maria Teresa Muraca (Istituto Pratesi and State University of Pará), Maria Nikolakaki (University of Peloponnese), Ira Shor (City University of NY Graduate Center), Juha Suoranta (Tampere University), Alessio Surian (University of Padova), Rebecca Tarlau (Penn State University), Carlos Alberto Torres (University of California at Los Angeles), Paolo Vittoria (University of Naples, Federico II)
The events can be accessed via zoom and are held under the aegis of the UNESCO Chair in Global Adult Education.