Call for Papers 2014 UK History of Education Society

Call for Papers TRANSNATIONALISM, GENDER AND TEACHING: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION

Annual Conference of the History of Education Society (UK)
University College Dublin
21st-23rd November 2014

Keynote speakers
Professor Joyce Goodman MBE, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Winchester
Professor Elizabeth Smyth, Vice-Dean, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto
Professor Dáire Keogh, President, St Patrick’s College, &
Cregan Professor of Modern Irish History, Dublin City University

Papers are invited that examine the conference theme: Transnationalism, gender and teaching: perspectives from the history of education. Papers may also be considered that provide historical perspectives on one of the conference thematic areas: transnationalism and teaching, OR gender and teaching. Papers may address the conference theme through consideration of some of the following, though this list is only suggestive, and not definitive:

International education networks & alliances | Travel, transnational mobility and global citizenship | Knowledge formation & travel writing | education and the Grand Tour | Education and diasporas | missionary education | Travel scholarships, boarding and finishing schools, school tours | Education & experiential travel | teachers as ambassadors |  Networks of schools and teachers | voluntarism, voluntary action and education | Life histories| history in the margins | masculinities and femininities | Heritage education and global knowledge| cross-cultural studies and the history of education | Nationality, language and schooling | transnational femininities | space and place | Academic leadership, public intellectuals and international education | Gender and university teaching | gender-differentiated curricula and schooling |  Materialities of teaching | visual histories | education archives | Reading, libraries and transnational culture |books, publishing and the transfer of ideas | Teacher education and gender| teacher unions and professional societies

Abstracts (500 words max) should be sent to deirdre.raftery@ucd.ie
Deadline: 1st June 2014

Conference host: School of Education, University College Dublin, Ireland
Conference venue: Bewley’s Hotel / Thomas Prior Hall, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland