International Perspectives on Ethnic Minority Education: History, Theory, Policy and Practice

Invitation

Call for papers

Date: 23-24  November 2019

Dear friends and colleagues,

We sincerely invite you to attend the international conference on 23 and 24 November in 2019 at Minzu University of China, Beijing. The conference will be held by School of Education, Minzu University of China with support from the International Centre for Historical Research in Education, UCL Institute of Education, the theme is 'International Perspectives on Ethnic Minority Education: History, Theory, Policy, Practice '. This is a great opportunity to meet colleagues as well as experts in the related fields for the purposes of exchanging ideas, establishing new networks and developing further discussion and collaborations.

Background

Education is vital for the identity, purpose, a sense of belonging and pride of ethnic minority peoples. It can also serve to undermine these vital features. Globalization is now providing both an opportunity, through the mobilization and integration of peoples, and a threat in terms of separatism and radicalism. It has become important to develop international perspectives on ethnic minority education, in order to shed light on its history, theory, policy and practice.

The conference will be a meeting place for scholars, researchers, graduate students, education policy-makers, and activists from across China and globally. It is a unique opportunity to present and discuss current education research, policy and practice relating to majority and minority communities. We welcome research papers addressing education for minority education from sociology, education, law, history, politics, and other relevant disciplines, as well as analyses of policy, practice case studies of campaigns and curriculum development.

Call for papers

We invite papers that address any aspect of education for minority groups and citizenship. This can include research on ethnic minority education and discussion from theoretical, practical, and realistic perspectives. We will particularly welcome papers addressing themes such as:

· International perspective on professional practice;

· Histories of ethnic minority education;

· Establishment of national identity;

· Citizenship and ethnic minority education;

· Prevention of extremism and fundamentalism;

· Education equality for minority groups;

· Minority children’s rights;

· Multiculturalism and Interculturalism in Education;

· Racism, anti-racism and institutional racism in Education;

· Ethnic minority education and intersectionality.

Abstracts of no more than 250 words including name, institutional affiliation and contact email should be sent, no later than 1 May 2019 to the email: 2019conference@muc.edu.cn. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed by members of the steering group. Applicants will be informed of the outcome of the review by 8 May 2019.

Additionally, there will be no charge fees for the conference .It is regrettable to say that we cannot support you financially because of fiscal stringency of the Conference Committee. However, we serve you lunch and dinner on four days from 23^th to 24^th Novemver 2019. We hope you would kindly join the conference on your own expense of travelling and accommodation fees. We will provide advice on local hotel, eg. Beijing Hubei Hotel (No. 36 South Street Zhongguancun, Haidian District, nearly opposite of Minzu University of China ) and Beijing Friendship Hotel(

No.1,South Zhongguancun Street, 100873 Beijing, 1km from Minzu University of China).

More updates, please see the website: http://edu.muc.edu.cn/

Best wishes

The Conference Committee.

13 December , 2018.