The symposium will bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines and regional specializations to explore the role of schooling and textbooks in shaping how knowledge is constructed, transmitted, and received, and how we can research these questions. By examining educational practices and curricular materials, the symposium hopes to foster discussion on the production and circulation of knowledge both within nation-states and across transnational contexts.
Registration
The event is free, and everyone is welcome.
Programme
14:00-14:45 Panel 1: History writing, narratives and nation-building
Mohammad Irfani, PhD fellow at Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute for Asian and African Studies: History writing in Afghanistan 2001-2021
Kræn Kielsgaard, PhD fellow at the University of Copenhagen, Middle East Studies: History writing in Post-Assad SyriaModerated by Joakim Parslow, Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Middle East Studies
14:45-15:30 Panel 2: Methodological challenges in studying schooling and curricula
Tea Sindbæk Andersen, Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, East European Studies: Studying the effects of history curricula
Liora Sion, Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Middle East Studies: Ethnography in Israeli schoolsModerated by Christine Crone, Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Middle East Studies
- 15:30-15:50 Break
15:50-16:35 Panel 3: Religious teaching and transnationalism
Minoo Mirshahvalad, Affiliated researcher, University of Copenhagen, Middle East Studies: Al-Mustafa University and Transnational Shia Education in Europe
Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, Professor at University of Copenhagen, Middle East Studies: Islamic teaching in DenmarkModerated by Maria Lyngsøe, Post-doc at the University of Copenhagen, Study of Religions
- 16:35-17:15 Conversation with all panelists and questions from the audience
- 17:15-18:00 Snacks and drinks