CERC - Comparative Education Research Centre

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The Silenced Philosophers: The Systemic Erasure Of Women From Philosophy Explore the impact of gender on philosophy and the voices missing from civic discussions through history.

Constructing a global field? Reflections for the way forward in philosophy of education – Westcoast Philosophy of Education Society As the Westcoast Philosophy of Education Society emerges on the scene, it is a fitting time to take stock of philosophy of education as a global field. Is philosophy of education a global field? This presentation considers alternative meanings of global that we can apply to philosophy of education i...

Never forget? World relations 25 years after 9/11 Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2026)

The CESHK Annual Conference will be held on February 27–28, 2027, at The University of Hong Kong, hosted by the Faculty of Education and the Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC), and co-organized with The Education University of Hong Kong Department of Education Policy and Leadership (EPL).

Conference theme: Comparative Education in Uncertain Times: Challenges, Responses, and Hopes.

We invite submissions that explore the evolving challenges facing comparative education at a time when societies worldwide undergo rapid transformations and multiple intersecting crises.

Submissions in English and Chinese are welcome.

Call for papers opens: September 1, 2026
Submission deadline: October 15, 2026

More details: https://www.ceshk.net/events-3

See you there!

Call for Proposals: Cambridge Companion on Intellectual Diversity

In a global context where academic freedom is increasingly under pressure, this edited volume seeks to critically examine the meaning, value, and politics of intellectual diversity in higher education.

Editors welcome proposals that engage philosophical, empirical, and sociopolitical perspectives—exploring its conceptual foundations, enabling conditions, and contemporary political tensions.

Abstracts due: May 1, 2026
Full manuscripts: Sept 15, 2026
Length: 6,000–7,000 words (APA style)

Contributions can address themes such as academic freedom, epistemic injustice, disciplinarity, and the politicisation of intellectual diversity.

Submit a 500–750 word proposal (Word doc) to John Petrovic: [email protected]

More info: https://pesa.org.au/news

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Counting women, women counting Today, when we look around in our universities and our societies for philosophy of education, it is normal to find women in leadership positions. But this has not always been the case. Women have f...

What is ‘indigenising the academy’ and why attempt it? We will share some thoughts on what ‘indigenising the academy’ might mean, and why we might attempt it. We come at these questions from our different yet intertwined identities, experiences and lin...