Events

In order to contribute to democratising what we access and produce at the university, our events are recorded and made openly available on our YouTube channel whenever possible.

Upcoming Events

Soon we will announce new events. Find out about CLAREC events first by subscribing to our mailing list and following us our social media, Instagram, Twitter & Facebook.

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Past Events

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From Latin America’s Triple Frontier: resistance, memory, and collective power. On April 11–12 in Ciudad del Este, CLAREC supported the V Social and Popular Forum of the Triple Frontier, which brought together social movements from across the region. It was a space for collective resistance, grassroots regional integration, and the defence of hard-won rights in the face of authoritarianism and extractivism. Read here the full declaration.

V Social and Popular Forum of the Triple Frontier – April 2025

On April 11–12, grassroots organisations from Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and across Latin America gathered in Ciudad del Este for the V Social and Popular Forum of the Triple Frontier — a space for collective resistance, regional integration from below, and defence of hard-won rights in the face of authoritarianism and extractivism.

Hosted at Añua Róga, a community centre led by Callescuela and CONNATs, the forum brought together Indigenous, peasant, feminist, student, labour, and community-based movements in two intense days of political dialogue and strategic coordination.

Discussions centred on:

✊ Agrarian reform, Indigenous rights, and agroecology
✊ Climate crisis, hydroelectric dams, and energy sovereignty
✊ Popular education and counter-hegemonic pedagogies
✊ Feminist struggles, gender-based violence, and LGBTQIA+ rights
✊ Precarious labour, trade union organising, and the solidarity economy
✊ State violence, criminalisation, and political imprisonment
✊ Communication as resistance to hegemonic narratives
✊ Youth leadership and the protagonism of children, adolescents, and young people in political decision-making

The forum’s final declaration denounces authoritarian rollbacks, environmental and territorial devastation, and the complicity of governments in repressing social movements. It reaffirms the demand for reparations from hydroelectric projects, the urgency of popular agrarian reform, and the protection of seeds, water, land, and collective memory.

CLAREC was present and stands fully committed to these struggles. Popular education is not just an approach — it is a political strategy to articulate grassroots resistance and build democratic alternatives. Events like this are a call to action for institutions in hegemonic contexts like Cambridge: to listen, to learn, and to align with the knowledge produced from the ground up.

📍 From the Triple Frontier, a clear message echoes: Organised peoples resist, reclaim, and rebuild. CLAREC walks alongside them.

📄 The full declarations are available here in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. More information about the Social and Popular Forum of the Triple Frontier here.  

DECLARATION OF THE V SOCIAL AND POPULAR FORUM OF THE TRIPLE FRONTIER

The grassroots organisations gathered at the V Social and Popular Forum of the Triple Frontier position ourselves in favour of regional integration driven by organised peoples and their struggles, in solidarity with the daily battles of the working majorities. We understand these struggles as a confrontation with imperialism, particularly in a context where several of our governments display fascist and dictatorial elements and are themselves aligned with that same imperialism.

We are peasant, Indigenous, trade union, human rights, women’s, childhood, student, educator, and working-class neighbourhood organisations. We are an intergenerational collective – fighters of all ages – on equal footing. This reality brings us great joy and enriches our debates.

We are deeply concerned about policies that dismantle state mechanisms of support for the popular majorities, resulting in the erosion of rights, often with the complicity of the three branches of government. We reiterate the demand for historical reparations that hydroelectric dams owe to Indigenous and peasant communities. It is also essential to raise awareness about the profound challenges posed by climate change. Within the extractivist models we endure, we are troubled by the loss of sovereignty; the growing use of agrochemicals; the contamination of rivers, soil, and wetlands; the deforestation of native species and their replacement with exotic ones; and the commodification and monopolisation of seeds and land. These issues stem from the aggressive advance of corporate agribusiness over peasant territories, Indigenous lands, and their vast bodies of knowledge. For this reason, we reaffirm the urgent relevance and necessity of a comprehensive and popular agrarian reform, as well as the recovery, protection, and communal management and exchange of seeds.

We emphasise the need for the democratisation of communication and the strengthening of alternative and community media that expose the realities and struggles of our peoples. Only through such communication can we reclaim and value our popular and ancestral identities, and uphold our ongoing pursuit of memory, truth, and justice.

We denounce the structural violence manifested in the intensified repression of popular mobilisations, the criminalisation of community members and leaders, and the persecution of our impoverished populations – Indigenous peoples, peasants, children, and women. We are alarmed by the resurgence of dictatorial practices in the evictions of peasant, Indigenous, and urban communities, by the existence of political prisoners, and by the conditions of the penitentiary systems. We uphold that the active and leading participation of children, adolescents, youth, and women in decision-making spaces is essential for building a more just and inclusive society. We endorse the Dónde está Lichita (Where is Lichita?) campaign, as well as solidarity efforts with the peoples of Palestine, Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, and Peru.

We commit to building joint actions within a shared agenda so that we may support each other’s struggles. United, our struggles grow stronger.

Ciudad del Este, 12 April 2025.

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Join us at #CIES2025 for the panel “Continuities & Disruptions: Historical Traces & Legacies in Latin America” (March 23, 9:45 AM [GMT-5]). Explore colonialism, race, class, gender & education in the region.

If you’re attending the Comparative and International Education (CIES) conference! We warmly invite you to the panel session: “Continuities and Disruptions: Exploring Historical Traces and Contemporary Legacies in Latin America”, organized by Anna Maria Del Fiorentino, María Fernanda Rodríguez, Rocío Fernández Ugalde, Bruna Dalmaso-Junqueira and María Teresa Rojas with María Balarin as discussant ✨

This panel explores how structural and cultural forces shape education in Latin America. While neoliberalism is often seen as the dominant force shaping these inequalities, historical configurations have produced distinct capitalist and educational formations. Towards envisioning alternative futures, the panel examines colonialism, race, class, gender, sexuality, and statecraft in education, highlighting historical traces, commonalities, and disruptions across the region.

Join us to debate key contemporary educational issues in Latin America from a critical and feminist perspective 👊🏼❤️‍🔥

📍 When? March 23rd at 9:45 AM [GMT-5]
🌍 Where? CIES 2025, Chicago, IL

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New Series Edition!  CLAREC Back & Forth

📅 11th March, 1:00 – 2:00 PM UK Time
📍Online event (Zoom link in our bio)

This event will explore the PhD journey on Latin American researchers, examining how the experience of studying in Cambridge could reshape subjectivities and academic identities. Through a dialogue, we will talk about the transformations that occur as we navigate diverse intellectual landscapes. 

How does one’s Latin American background influence our research? how do we re-engage with these contexts after years abroad? and how do we transform and strategically occupy the academic and cultural spaces that we return to, using the tools, knowledge, and experiences gained through our time at hegemonic institutions like Cambridge? 

We will also showcase the exciting new directions of ongoing projects and current work being undertaken by Rocío @rfernandezu and Alex @alexandre.da.trindade , CLAREC’s PhD and postdoctoral researchers. What are the core themes of our current research, and how do they connect back to Latin American issues and intellectual traditions?

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The Transnational Research and Exchange Programme on Anti-Racism in Education invites you to the Abdias Nascimento Conference: Anti-Racist Education from a Transnational Perspective.
This event will explore transnational research themes on anti-racism presented by postgraduate students from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), the State University of Bahia (UNEB) and the University of Cambridge. The multilingual conference provides a platform for UFRJ and UNEB students currently in Cambridge to share their research and engage with the work carried out by their colleagues in Cambridge’s Faculty of Education.

Registration here!

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CLAREC Presents: Counter-Hegemonic Science Education in the Global South. Double Seminar: Juliana Nogueira’s ‘Do Science Like a Girl’ & Gabriel Lisboa’s ‘Petrochemical Initiatives and Environmental Injustices’. Thu, 23 Jan 2025, 11:00 (UK time). Online & Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Information and Registration here.

CLAREC presents its first event of 2025, part of the new edition of the CLAREC Whereabouts Seminar Series: ‘Counter-hegemonic Science Education from the Global South: A View from Brazil.’

This double seminar will feature presentations by Juliana Nogueira de Souza and Gabriel Lisboa de Melo, Brazilian visiting scholars at the Faculty of Education.

Seminar One: Juliana Nogueira de Souza
“Do Science Like a Girl: Reflecting on the Relationship Between Women and Science Through the Action Research Methodology.”
Juliana’s presentation will be delivered in Brazilian Portuguese, with slides available in both English and Portuguese.

Seminar Two: Gabriel Lisboa de Melo
“Petrochemical Initiatives and Socio-Environmental Injustices: The Role of Science Education in the UK and Brazil.”
Gabriel’s presentation will be delivered in English.

Speakers:

• Juliana Nogueira de Souza is a PhD Candidate at the University of Campinas, Brazil, and a Visiting Student at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. With a Bachelor’s and teaching degree in Biology and a Master’s degree in Biology Education, Juliana has been teaching Science and Biology in Basic Education since 2012. Her research focuses on Science Education, women in science, decoloniality, the Global South, and basic education.
• Gabriel Lisboa de Melo is a PhD Candidate at Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil, and a Visiting Student at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. He holds a Master’s degree in Science Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Physics with a teaching qualification from Universidade Federal de Itajubá. Gabriel’s research explores Environmental Education, Science Education, Petro-pedagogies, Socio-environmental Injustices, Physics Teaching, STSE Education, and Scientific Literacy.

Facilitator:

Anna Maria Del Fiorentino

Event Details:
📅 When: Thursday, 23rd January 2025
⏰ Time: 11:00 am–12:30 pm UK time
📍 Where: Room 1S7, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
Also via Zoom: The Zoom link will be shared after registration, closer to the event date.

Information and Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1203285873439?aff=oddtdtcreator
Important Notes:

Certificates of attendance will be issued for Brazilian attendees.

If attending in person and not affiliated with the Faculty of Education, please check in at reception before proceeding to Room 1S7.

The event will be recorded, and photographs will be taken. Please contact us if you prefer not to appear in recordings or photographs; otherwise, we will assume consent for sharing on CLAREC’s social media.

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Join us for a Conversation with Antonio Patriota, Brazilian Ambassador to the UK!

Date: Monday, November 18, 2024

Time: 3:00 PM (GMT UK time)

Location: GS4 – Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge | 184 Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 8PQ, United Kingdom

Register here.

Join us for an insightful conversation with Ambassador Antonio Patriota, exploring the intersection of diplomacy, education, and the role of Brazil-UK relations in shaping global perspectives. This event offers a unique opportunity for students and the Brazilian community in Cambridge to engage directly with the Ambassador on topics related to current global affairs and education.

Don’t miss this special occasion at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, where the bust of Paulo Freire, donated by the Cambridge University Brazilian Society in 2021 to celebrate his centenary, is proudly displayed.

The event will take place in person, with an option to join the live stream online. Registration is required for both in-person attendance and to receive the link for the online broadcast. Please note that photographic ID will be required upon arrival for in-person participants. University of Cambridge staff or students may present their University card. Only registered participants will be admitted. If you have any specific requirements to attend the event or need further information, please feel free to reach out to us at cubs@cubsbrazil.org. We’re happy to assist with any questions or accommodations you may need.

By confirming your participation, you agree to the recording of this event and grant permission for the use of any images, video, or audio taken during the event for educational, academic, and promotional purposes. If you have any concerns, please feel free to contact the event organisers.

Following this event, we invite you to attend a lecture by Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, hosted by the Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics. The lecture will be held on Monday, November 18, from 5 to 7 pm GMT in the Lubbock Room, Peterhouse, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RD, United Kingdom. Please note that a separate reservation is required, as seating is limited. Reserve your spot here.

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CLAREC invites you to the Real Centre Seminar “Resilient citizenship and resilient education: Higher education in Latin America in times of crisis” with Dr Paula Leal, from the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana. Tuesday, 5th November, 13:00-14:00 (GMT) at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge & Online. Information & registration: https://HigherEducationInLatinAmerica.eventbrite.co.uk

Resilient citizenship and resilient education: Higher education in Latin America in times of crisis

Speaker: Dr Paula Leal, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana

To register for the in-person event or to receive the online access link, please visit here.

This seminar discusses conceptualisations and practices of resilient higher education, focusing on the Latin American and Chilean contexts. In the context of environmental and political crisis and in the face of socioeconomic and technological inequalities in the region, the seminar emphasises the need for higher education that equips students to adapt, resist and view adversity as an opportunity. By embracing Paulo Freire’s critical consciousness, empowerment, and hope principles, the discussion explores how higher education could create learning and coexistence environments that foster resilient educational communities empowered to transform society. The seminar also presents recommendations for how higher education can enhance the development of resilience.

About the speaker:

Dr Paula Leal Tejeda is a Chilean social worker and Doctor of Philosophy in Education (University of Sussex), currently an academic, researcher and Head of the School of Social Work at the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Chile. Dr Leal has conducted research on citizenship, citizen education and higher education, focusing on interpreting the voices of students and other actors within educational institutions. Committed to contributing to the development of higher education that addresses both contemporary and future challenges, Dr Leal is currently exploring resilient citizenship and resilient higher education. Through her research, she aims to revise and strengthen educational practices at universities to build resilient educational communities and empower citizens.

This seminar is organised by the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective (CLAREC).

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Join us for the first seminar of the academic year! Discover the inspiring leadership of Amazonian women, followed by a “Pedagogy of Hope” mini-workshop in Spanish. The experience will be primarily aimed at our in-person audience, but if you’re not in Cambridge or nearby, no worries, we’ve got you covered! You can join us online! Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84604217745?pwd=aZcvZiSmOm158bglhfaahu0uGMfdci.1
ID: 846 0421 7745 | Password: clarec

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The CLAREC Welcome Meeting 2025 brought together new and returning members, as well as those interested in learning more about the collective, to share experiences and discuss its activities. Projects and events—past, present, and future—were presented, fostering an inclusive, multilingual environment where participants contributed in English, Portuguese, or Spanish. It was a great opportunity to strengthen connections and promote academic collaboration within the group. Watch the video above and check out the photos below from the meeting.

Are you interested in education and Latin America? Would you like to be part of our research collective that fosters community? You are warmly invited to attend our welcoming meeting on Wednesday, 9th October, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm at the Faculty of Education, room GS4. We hope to see both old and new faces!

CLAREC (Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective) is excited to share more about our collective, past, ongoing, and future events our members are involved with. We also invite you to briefly share a bit about your research by bringing a picture that describes your academic work—feel free to speak in Portuguese or Spanish if you prefer!

See you there!

Anna, Mafer, Heidy, Rocio, Jáfia and Alex

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CLAREC invites you to CLAREC WHEREABOUTS SEMINAR SERIES: “Bolsonarism and the UKIP: A Comparative Approach Between the Brazilian and the British Far-Right” with Dr. Lenon Campos Maschette. Tuesday, 25th June, 1pm-2:30pm at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge & Online via Zoom. Information & registration: https://bit.ly/clarec2024

CLAREC invites you to CLAREC WHEREABOUTS SEMINAR SERIES: “Bolsonarism and the UKIP: A Comparative Approach Between the Brazilian and the British Far-Right” with Dr. Lenon Campos Maschette, Postdoc Fellow at the Department of Political Science at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and Visiting Scholar at the Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS) Cambridge.

Please complete this form to register for the event, either in person or online.
Registered participants will receive the Zoom access link one day before the event.

This event is in English, free of charge, and will provide a certificate of participation.

When: Tuesday, 25th June, 1pm-2:30pm
Where: Room 2S8, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
184 Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 8PQ, United Kingdom & Online

Dr. Maschette will explore the differences in far-right movements in Brazil and the UK, showing how unique contexts shape their ideologies. This will be followed by an interactive session (in person only) connecting Lenon’s presentation to our real-life experiences with extreme right ideologies. We encourage you to share how these ideologies have impacted your life and research. The event will be divided into two parts. The first part, a presentation, will take place in person and be streamed online via Zoom for registered participants, followed by a Q&A session. The second part will be an interactive, in-person session. CLAREC invites the in-person audience to share their experiences on how living in times of extreme right ideologies has affected or is affecting their lives and research.

Abstract:
The global rise of the far-right has echoed worldwide. Although there are shared ideas, far-right movements in different countries have distinct characteristics shaped by their specific contexts. This presentation examines the Brazilian and British far-right, highlighting key differences in their discourses and ideas, rooted in their unique historical and social evolutions.

About Dr. Lenon Campos Maschette:
Dr. Maschette is a Postdoc Fellow at the Department of Political Science at UNICAMP and a Visiting Scholar at the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge. His research focuses on right-wing political ideologies, particularly the connections between neoliberalism and the new far-right in Brazil and the UK.

Facilitators: Anna Maria Del Fiorentino, Alexandre Da Trindade and Sayed Mostafa Samimi.

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CLAREC invites you to Kaleidoscope 2024, the biggest student event of the year at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. The online part of the event is free of charge. CLAREC member Heidy M. Perez-Cordero will present her work, “Exploring the dynamic and multi-layered formation of the Heritage Language Teacher identity,” in person on Thu 30 May at 2:30 pm (UK time) in MAB-G12, Homerton College. More information: https://t.co/swOWzxqulp

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Many congratulations to CLAREC member and PhD candidate Paulina Perez-Duarte Mendiola, who is the recipient of one of this year’s Vice Chancellor’s Social Impact Awards. She won the category of “Global Impact 2024” mainly due to the project of Semana JIM, which she launched in December 2021. For more information, visit https://linktr.ee/clareccam.

Do you remember the Revolution of Paediatric Healthcare we talked about back in February 2022? Do you remember when we talked about the ‘Play and Health Revolution’ that was brewing in Mexico and many other Spanish-speaking countries? 

Paulina Pérez-Duarte Mendiola, a member of CLAREC has been awarded this year with one of the fifteen “Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Award”. She won the category of “Global Impact 2024” mainly due to the project of Semana JIM, which she launched in December 2021. 

The very beginning of Semana JIM was shared with all the Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective (CLAREC) community during our “Whereabouts Seminars” of 2022 – Video available on the CLAREC YouTube channel.

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CLAREC invites you to the seminar “The role of Education and Technology during and post Gaza’s Genocide, Epistemicide and Educide” with Dr Saida Affouneh and We’am Hamdan. Discussants: CLAREC member Dr. Jáfia Naftali Câmara and Dr. Jumana Al-Waeli. Online📍20 May, 2024 4 – 5 p.m. London / 6 – 7 p.m. Beirut. Click here to register.

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“I am thrilled to share with you that I will be one of the Keynote Poets Unesco Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts conference 2024. Looking forward to meeting everyone at #RILASpring24 and learn about your exciting and necessary work. Muchisimas gracias for this amazing opportunity”! – CLAREC member Heidy M. Perez-Cordero

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CLAREC supports the Cambridge student encampment for Palestine and invites all members of the Collegiate University of Cambridge (including staff, graduate students, and alumni) to stand in solidarity with Cambridge students as they launch an encampment protesting the university’s ties to Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. Read and sign the Open Letter

Photos by CLAREC member Dr Jáfia Naftali Câmara.

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The genocide on Palestine and conditional solidarities in higher education in UK and Lebanon. Speakers: Dr. Mai Abu Moghli and Dr. Vivienne Badaan. Discussants: CLAREC member Dr. Jáfia Naftali Câmara and Dr. Jumana Al-Waeli. Click here to register.

As part of our ‘Education, Ethics and Research Politics’ webinar series, the British Academy Education Research in Conflict and Crisis – Bilateral Research Chairs based at the Centre for Lebanese Studies, the University of Cambridge and the University of Ulster, School of Education and in collaboration with Koya University, Kurdistan Iraq, invites you to attend a webinar titled: 

The genocide on Palestine and conditional solidarities in higher education in UK and Lebanon 

4 – 5 p.m. London / 6 – 7 p.m. Beirut  

30 April 

Description:  

This talk engages with the narratives and practices adopted by selected universities and academics in Lebanon and the UK since October 7th, with most academic solidarity actions being reactionary and limited to the genocide in Gaza even though the struggle for liberation has persisted for over 75 years.  

The aim is to unpack the spectrum of responses, from those that are increasingly securitized and complicit in genocide—either through silence or conditional solidarity —to those who stand in solidarity with the struggle unconditionally and without apology from their academic positions and positionality(ies). At the core of our argument  is the assertion that Palestinians have historically provided both the concepts and actions necessary for genuine solidarity. This type of solidarity transcends performative or conditional gestures, exposing the continuous and relentless colonial violence not just in Palestine, but in liberation struggles worldwide. 

Speakers: 

Dr. Mai Abu Moghli is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Lebanese Studies (CLS) and a Co-PI on the British academy bilateral chair in education in conflict at the University of Cambridge and CLS. Mai works with teachers in Lebanon and her research focuses on teachers’ experiences in conflict and contexts of mass displacement, decolonising higher education and teachers’ activism. 

Dr. Vivienne Badaan is Assistant Professor at the American University of Beirut. Dr. Badaan works at the intersection of psychology, politics, and the study of social issues. 

*The EERP series has been created by Research Fellows Dr.Jáfia Câmara and Dr. Jumana Al-Waeli with the aim of fostering dialogue, learning and collaboration. 

Dr. Jáfia Naftali Câmara

Dr. Jáfia Câmara is a British Academy Research Fellow at the Centre for Lebanese Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Bristol. 

Jumana Al-Waeli

Jumana Al-Waeli is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ulster University’s School of Education, and a Research Fellow of the Education, Peace and Politics network. She studied for her PhD at the department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment at UCL’S faculty of Education and Society (IOE). 

Please register in advance for this webinar here

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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CIES 2024 Panel Session: “Making visible the unseen: Interrogating Education in Latin America through Feminist and Intersectional Lenses” with CLAREC members: María Fernanda Rodríguez, Rocio Fernandez Ugalde and Anna Maria Del Fiorentino

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NEW BOOK! Reading Group: “The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman” by Davi Kopenawa & Bruce Albert. Online | Portuguese & Spanish | Supported by CLAREC and Universidade Emancipa | Click here to register. To access the recordings of the meetings, visit CLAREC YouTube Channel.

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CLAREC member Heidy Perez is presenting her work at #WarwickES2024 Conference. Info & registration here.

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Join CLAREC members Anna Maria Del Fiorentino and Heidy M. Perez-Cordero at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, or virtually for an empowering journey of self-expression at the “Cambridge Great Expectations” art exhibition in celebration of Women’s International Day week! 

CLAREC, Universidade Emancipa, and the guest editors warmly invite you to the launch event of the Special Issue ‘Paulo Freire – Global Educator’ in the academic journal Globalisation, Societies, and Education. Please, fill out this form to register: https://bit.ly/launch_freire

CLAREC, Universidade Emancipa & guest editors Alexandre Da Trindade, Susan L. Robertson, and Carlos Alberto Torres warmly invite you to the launch event of a special issue in the academic journal Globalisation, Societies, and Education, dedicated to Paulo Freire.

When: Monday, March 11 – 8:50 to 9:30am Miami/ Eastern Time (10:50 Brasília / 13:50 London)

Where: CIES 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Miami & Online – the online session will be free of charge.

Please, fill out this form to register, receive more information about the event, and get the online access link: https://bit.ly/launch_freire

About the special issue:

Special Issue: Paulo Freire – Global Educator

Authors: Wen Xu, Tatiane Ribeiro, Rosana Cebalho Fernandes, Rocío Fernández Ugalde, Peter Mayo, Paula Maíra Cordeiro, Paula Castro, Naiara do Rosário, Nadia Saito, Massimiliano Tarozzi, Leila Rentroia Iannone, Kathryn Moeller, Juliana Spadotto, José Beltrán-Llavador, Joana Salém Vasconcelos, Garth Stahl, Carlos Alberto Torres, Alexandre Da Trindade.

The idea for this special issue emerged during the celebrations and initiatives that marked the 100th anniversary of educator Paulo Freire in 2021. One of these initiatives was the two-week series of events titled “Paulo Freire 100th Anniversary: Celebrating His Legacy in Education” at the University of Cambridge, organized by the Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective (CLAREC) in collaboration with the Faculty of Education community and partner institutions, collectives, and social movements. (See https://clarec.org/freire/)

In the introduction to this special edition, discover more about the genesis of this special issue—a confluence of circumstances that vividly illustrates the spaces and encounters where individuals gathered to engage with the thoughts of Paulo Freire – https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2023.2289167

Truly a global educator, Freire’s work has contributed to many reflections in the social sciences, as well as to debates involving economics, politics, culture, and critical social issues such as gender, race, and environmental justice. Moreover, discussions on the role of education, and particularly as it involves power, politics, coloniality, justice and social action, are related to education as a means of social transformation. Paulo Freire’s work has reached a global dimension. His masterpiece, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, is considered one of the foundational texts on critical pedagogy – a philosophy of education that holds that teaching and learning cannot be detached from politics, democracy and social justice. Freire advocated a pedagogy founded on a new relationship between teachers, students and society and developed an approach to education that links the identification of issues with positive actions for change and development. Freire was critical of what he described as the ‘banking model’ of education, in which students are positioned as passive listeners into whom knowledge is ‘deposited’ by a teacher. He argued that this reinforces political contexts in which the poor and disadvantaged simply accept the authority of those in power. His ideas have shaped education systems and inspired practitioners, philosophers and activists worldwide.

This roundtable launch event for the Special Issue consists of a brief introduction to the special issue by the three editors and the authors of papers present at CIES 2024, followed by an open debate involving all roundtable participants and the audience. The focus of the discussion will be on the profound impact of Freire’s revolutionary ideas and works and their significant influence on education debates and practices worldwide. At a time when academic communities are facing challenges to their freedom, whether in the form of a neo-conservative agenda or being violently threatened by authoritarian governments, we believe that this timely discussion surrounding the Special Issue contributes invaluable inspiration and thoughtful reflections, offering educators potential avenues for navigating this complex landscape with dialogue and tolerance while persistently resisting these daunting circumstances.

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_{^{Across the UK and around the world, students and academics have taken a stand against the Israeli occupation, violence, and impunity. As a result, many have faced intense backlash and harassment, including threats to their livelihoods and safety. We invite you to the event: “Academic Freedom and Solidarity with Palestine,” which will take place online on October 23rd at 18:30 (UK time). This event is co-hosted by the Knowledge, Power, Politics research group at the University of Cambridge and the Race, Empire, Education Collective based at the University of Bristol. For more information, please see below, and to register, kindly click here}}

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Save the Date: CLAREC WELCOME MEETING | Join us for our first event of the year, where CLAREC members will share their work and introduce the collective

Save the Date: CLAREC WELCOME MEETING

🗓️ When: Monday, 9th October • 5 PM – 7 PM

📍Where: Faculty of Education • University of Cambridge – Room GS4 – DMB

❓ Are you interested in Education and Latin America?

❓ Are you new at Cambridge?

❓ Would you like to be part of a research collective that fosters community?

Join us for our first event of the year, where CLAREC members will share their work and introduce the collective.

The event is open to all interested parties, both within and outside the Faculty. For those coming from outside Cambridge, come visit the city!

Stay tuned for more details coming soon!

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NEW BOOK! Reading Group: “THE POLITICAL WRITINGS FROM ALIENATION AND FREEDOM” by Frantz Fanon. Online | Portuguese & Spanish | Supported by CLAREC and Universidade Emancipa | Click here to register.

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NEW BOOK! Reading Group: “THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH,” Frantz Fanon. Online | Portuguese & Spanish | Supported by CLAREC | Click here to register.

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II Freire Conference: Building the bridge between popular education and university named Event of the Year by the Cambridge Students’ Awards 2023

On the afternoon of Friday, June 16, 2023, at the Graduate Hotel in the city of Cambridge, England, the first student awards ceremony organised by the Cambridge Student Union (Cambridge SU) took place. The event began with a reception in the hotel gardens on the banks of the River Cam to share with other students and student organisations, who were nominated for their local and international work and contribution. The “II Freire Conference: Building the bridge between popular education and university” was nominated for the category of “Event of the Year” by two professors from the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge and evaluated by a committee.

Two members of the Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective (CLAREC) were present at the ceremony. Rocío Fernández Ugalde, on the right of the photo, who is one of the founders of CLAREC and worked on the mobilisation of networks for the conference, and Heidy M. Perez-Cordero, on the left, who was in charge of the “Building Community Day” held at Homerton College at the University of Cambridge.

Heidy shares her experience during the event.

“Cambridge SU surprised the nominees by reading a profile of who would be the winner for each category. It was exciting to hear the description and realise that they were talking about your event who just won the prize. Tears welled up because the II Freire’s Conference was the result of the love, true solidarity and dedication of many people. Walking down the middle of the aisle to pick up the trophy and certificate was like walking with each one of the people who worked hard and are highly dedicated in promoting and practising popular education, democratic education, and social justice (Universidade Emancipa, CLAREC, UFRJ, Instituto Federal Rio de Janeiro, Acao Educativa, Instituto Paulo Freire, CLACSO & the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, among others). We walked that distance for every Latin American who has never been recognised in this very Eurocentric part of the world”

Rocio shares her experience during the event.

“When we plan the conference we do not intend much recognition from the University. The main purpose was to transform – even a little – the way in which the academic world (and in particular Cambridge) relates to other forms and spaces of knowledge production in order to build bridges based on solidarity. During the Student Union ceremony, I realised how significant it is to give visibility to initiatives that look beyond the pre-established order and imagine new spaces so these can be amplified”.

After the award ceremony, two students approached CLAREC members to congratulate them. Both participated in the Building Community Day. One highlighted the need to hold events like this in spaces where interaction with people not involved in academia is not encouraged enough. The other student, who is Colombian, said she was proud of the collective for representing and bringing Latin America to the University of Cambridge.

It should be noted that community leaders both in Cambridge and in Brazil were a key contribution to the success of the II Freire Conference, since they are the ones who keep the practice of popular education and the sense of social justice alive generation after generation.

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CEDiR Roundtable “Dialogue in Different Educational Traditions” with CLAREC member Alexandre da Trindade | Wednesday, May 09 at 10:00 (UK) • in-person at GS5 in the Faculty of Education and Online via Zoom. Click here to register.

Cambridge Educational Dialogue Research – CEDiR Roundtable, “Dialogue in Different Educational Traditions” with CLAREC member Alexandre da Trindade, which will take place on Wednesday 10th May 2023 from 10.00-12.30pm (BST) in-person at GS5 in the faculty of education and online via Zoom.

The hybrid roundtable will explore the use of educational dialogue in historical and current cultural traditions to identify parallels and divergences in terms of aims, beliefs, purposes, norms and practices. Each of the five speakers will talk about a specific educational dialogue tradition and answer questions about ways in which these practices might help us to think about educational dialogue in contemporary classrooms and decolonising pedagogies and curricula.

Please note additional details are now available on the CEDiR website Events and Seminars page and in the attached poster.

For those attending in person, tea and coffee will be available from 9.45am, and a light lunch offered from 12.30pm.  If you wish to stay for lunch, please sign up here by 5pm 3^rd May so we know numbers for catering.

For those attending online, zoom details are below:Meeting ID: 918 6099 7490Password: 417182Invite Link: https://zoom.us/j/91860997490?pwd=c2p2a1BqaldrOS9ONElZY3hlWkkrdz09

We hope that you will be able to join us for this exciting and informative event.

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NEW BOOK!  🌱 Reading Group: “FUTURO ANCESTRAL” by Ailton Krenak • Friday, March 10 at 09:00 (Brasília) • Online • Portuguese & Spanish | Supported by CLAREC | Click here to register.

It is with great enthusiasm that we invite you to another journey of reflections and dialogue in our Reading Group. The discussion of this book will take place on March 10 from 09:00 to 10:00am Brasília (12:00 UK), Online via Zoom. 

If you are interested in participating in this new reading with us, please fill in the form to receive the access link. This is an open invitation, so feel free to pass it on to your network.

About the book:

Futuro Ancestral

by Ailton Krenak

Ailton Krenak provokes us with the radicalism of his insurgent thinking, which demolishes common sense and invokes amazement. The idea of the future sometimes haunts us with apocalyptic scenarios. At other times it presents itself as a possibility of redemption, as if all the problems of the present could be magically solved later. In both cases, illusions keep us away from what is around us. In this new collection of texts, produced between 2020 and 2021, Ailton Krenak says: “The rivers, those beings that have always inhabited the worlds in different forms, are the ones who suggest to me that, if there is a future to be envisaged, that future is ancestral, because it was already here.”

Author: Ailton Krenak
Organizer: Rita Carelli 
Cover: Alceu Chiesorin Nunes
Publisher: Companhia das Letras
To buy the book access: https://www.companhiadasletras.com.br/livro/9786559211548/futuro-ancestral

Let’s go together!

With very kind regards,

This Reading Group is supported by CLAREC.

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International Women’s Day Celebration supported by CLAREC: in-person “Speed Research” exercise. For more info and sign up, go to this form. Questions? Contact hmp54@cam.ac.uk  All genders welcome!!! Please invite your friends and colleagues! LIMITED SPACES! 

Please sign-up to be an audience member at the International Women’s Day Celebration supported by CLAREC. The MAB auditorium-Homerton College will be set up with round tables and chairs, and each presenter will have 3 audience members for a 10 minutes presentation. When the time is up the MC will ask you to move to the next presenter. All genders welcome!!! Please invite your friends and colleagues! LIMITED SPACES! If you have any questions, get in touch with Heidy: hmp54@cam.ac.uk

The program (TBC) *This event is subject to participation*

Day: Wednesday, 8th of March 2023

4:30-4:40pm Welcome

4:40-4:55pm Creative opening by Eleanor Ryan (violinist, educator and researcher)

4:55-5pm Instructions

5-5:30pm Speed Research Exercise

5:30-6pm Debrief and goodbyes 

Universities in crisis: police, militarization, protest and universities in Perú
 _{^{Prof Cecilia Méndez (UC Santa Barbara) and Dr Patricia Oliart (Newcastle University).}} 

_{^{fRIDAY, february 03 | 17:00 UK (12:00 PERU)}}

We invite you to an upcoming panel Universities in crisis: police, militarization, protest and universities in Perú, in solidarity with the current struggle against state violence in Perú. The speakers will be Peruvian scholars Prof Cecilia Méndez (UC Santa Barbara) and Dr Patricia Oliart (Newcastle University). This event is co-hosted by KPP, CLAREC and the Universities in Crisis project.  

As you may already be aware, Perú is facing a significant political crisis during which many people have been killed. You can read more about it here and the way it is affecting universities here. 

This event will reflect on the current situation in Perú, as well as the fate of universities during political crises, touching upon questions of university autonomy and the role of universities in politics. There will be a chance to ask questions. 

The event will take place on Friday, 3^rd February, 5pm UK time (12pm Peru) in GS1 in the DMB (Faculty building). There is an option to join online: 

Meeting ID	979 2957 6609
Password	666881
Invite Link	https://zoom.us/j/97929576609?pwd=ck5vUlJPbGVlckRDbDBsRnlkTFhYUT09

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Teachers on Strike! Global Perspectives on Educator Struggles in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States
_{^{Dr. Rebecca Tarlau – Pennsylvania State University}}

_{^{Monday, NOVEMBER 21 | 17:00 UK gmt (14:00 BRAZIL/CHILE)}}

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II Freire Conference: Building the bridge between popular education and university
_{^{Organised by the Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective (CLAREC) and Universidade Emancipa: an international, multicultural, and interdisciplinary initiative organised by a collective of people based in multiple academic institutions and social movements.}}

_{^{14-17 OCTOUBER 2022}}

CLAREC in Mexico City: insights from the World Social Forum 2022 and the CLACSO 2022 Conference
_{Rocío Fernández and Alexandre da Trindade – CLAREC members and PhD Candidates at the University of Cambridge}

_{^{Monday, JUNE 28 | 14:00 – 1530 (UK time)}}

“CLAREC in Mexico City: insights from the World Social Forum 2022 and the CLACSO 2022 Conference” – an informal conversation about two relevant events that took place in Mexico City in the last weeks: the World Social Forum 2022 and the CLACSO 2022 Conference. Two CLAREC members will be presenting their impressions and reflections about the experience of participating in these events.

These are some of the basic things you need to know:

What is it about?

🗨 “CLAREC in Mexico City: insights from the World Social Forum 2022 and the CLACSO 2022 Conference” – an informal conversation.

Who is presenting?

🗨 Rocío Fernández @rfernandezu and Alexandre Trindade @alexandre.da.trindade – CLAREC members and PhD Candidates at the University of Cambridge

When is this going to happen?

🗨 Tuesday 28th of June 2022, at 2pm (UK time).

Where is this going to happen?

🗨 Online and in-person at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge – Room 1S7 – 184 Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 8PQ.

How can I subscribe?

🗨 Register on Eventbrite for FREE to receive the Zoom link – link bio @clareccam https://clarec-in-mexico-city.eventbrite.co.uk 

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CLAREC Whereabouts Seminar: “Thinking critically about inclusive education in Latin America: Disability inclusion in Colombia”
_{Profesora Titular Marisol Moreno (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Dr Leda Kamenopoulou (Associate Professor, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society) and Dr Shaun Grech (IDEA, University of Cape Town) and CLAREC member Dr. Julia Hayes}

_{^{Monday, JUNE 6 | 14:00 – 1530 (UK time)}}

CLAREC Whereabouts Seminar “Thinking critically about inclusive education in Latin America: Disability inclusion in Colombia” • 6th June, 2pm UK with Profesora Titular Marisol Moreno (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Dr Leda Kamenopoulou (Associate Professor, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society) and Dr Shaun Grech (IDEA, University of Cape Town) and CLAREC member Dr. Julia Hayes

Registration on Eventbrite.

Latin American research on disability inclusion is often missing from the global debates that seek to think critically about how children are being included in education. Colombia has adopted global goals and international policies calling for inclusive education, but it remains a challenging context, characterised by post-colonial social hierarchies, extreme economic inequality, corruption and poverty, and scarred by its over 50 year-long internal conflict.

CLAREC (Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective) are honoured to host a presentation by the leading authors in disability inclusion in Colombia and Latin America as a whole: Profesora Titular Marisol Moreno (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Associate Professor Leda Kamenopoulou (UCL) and Dr Shaun Grech (Director of the Critical Institute, IDEA University of Capetown), who will present their latest chapter on Colombia and its struggle for justice.

This followed by a presentation by a recent CLAREC graduate, Dr Julia Hayes, who will present her visual particiaptory research on the inclusion of children with disabilities in Colombian Escuela Nueva schools.

Speakers: Profesora Titular Marisol Moreno (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Dr Leda Kamenopoulou (Associate Professor, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society) and Dr Shaun Grech (IDEA, University of Cape Town) will be presenting their chapter ‘Colombia and the struggle for social justice’ from the upcoming publication of Hodkinson & Brown (2022) Key issues in SEND and Inclusion: International Perspectives across six continents (see https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/publication/1892943/1)

Dr Julia Hayes (CLAREC) will be presenting her PhD research ‘Including children with disabilities in Colombian Escuela Nueva schools’

Zoom link to follow!

CLAREC Seminar: “Urban Cartographies of Educational Inequalities. The School/Subjects/Slums Series in Buenos Aires, Argentina“
_{Prof. Silvia Grinberg – Universidad de San Martin, Buenos Aires,}

_{^{TUESDAY, JUNE 7 | 16:30 – 18:00 (UK time)}}

We are delighted to host Prof. Silvia Grinberg from Universidad de San Martin, Buenos Aires, presenting her work “Urban Cartographies of Educational Inequalities. The School/Subjects/Slums Series in Buenos Aires, Argentina”, co-organized by CLAREC – Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective; KPP – Knowledge, Power and Politics Research Group; and CLAS – Centre of Latin American Studies.

When: Tuesday 7^th of June, 4.30 – 6.00 PM.

Where: Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Room 2S5 (in person).

Sig up in Eventbrite here

Prof. Silvia M. Grinberg is researcher of the National Committee of Science and Technology in Argentina (CONICET), professor of Pedagogy (UNPA) and Sociology of Education. Director of the Center for Inequalities, Subjectivity and Institutions (National University of San Martín, UNSAM). Her work has focused on pedagogical apparatuses and precarity in management societies, schooling, poverty and environmental degradation in the metropolitan periphery. She has been an international invited scholar in UNAM (México); Universität Kassel (Germany); Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile); York University (Canada); Pontificia Universidad Bolivariana de Medellín, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá, and Universidad de Santo Tomás (Colombia); UNISINOS (Brasil); Institute of Education, University of London (UK); Universitè de Reims Champagne Ardenne (France).

If you have questions about the seminar, please contact Consuelo Béjares cb2018@cam.ac.uk

We look forward to seeing you for an exciting presentation and discussion!

The Role of Education in the Fake News Era
_{Dr Haira Gandolfi (Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge), Professor Susan Robertson (Head of the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge), Márcia Tiburi (Philosopher and Lecturer, University Paris 8), Jean Wyllys (Journalist and scholar, University of Barcelona and Harvard) and Victor Fraga (DMovies).} 

_{^{Monday, MAY 24 | 16:00 – 21:00 (UK time)}}

“The Week of Fake News” is a one-off large cross-sector initiative encompassing cinema, music, academic debate and fine arts. Its objective is to investigate how fake news and media bias have impacted the democratic institutions and the election process in Brazil, drawing pertinent parallels to the UK and the rest of the world.

The Cambridge University Brazilian Society (CUBS), the Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective (CLAREC) and DMovies are delighted to be hosting at the Faculty of Education (University of Cambridge) three events of this insightful week. The events will take place in-person and free of charge on 24th May 2022:

16h UK – Documentary Screening: “The Coup d’Etat Factory”
18H UK – Catering & Book Signing with Jean Wyllys and Márcia Tiburi
19H UK – Seminar and Q&A “The Role of Education in the Fake News Era” (in-person and online) – with simultaneous translation into Portuguese and live broadcast via Zoom Webinar. Attendance certificates will be provided.

📍Note: Limited availability. To attend any of the events (in-person or online), please register on Eventbrite – https://education_and_fakenews.eventbrite.com Zoom link will be sent to those registered on Eventbrite.

The seminar “The Role of Education in the Fake News Era” will promote debate on the phenomenon of fake news, which has become a global threat to democracy. We seek to understand what role does (or can) education play in times marked by the advance of misinformation and a social and political context with the rise of populist movements, global polarisation and technological advances increasing the potential for rapid dissemination of fake news. The seminar will be chaired by Dr Haira Gandolfi (Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge), with guest speakers Professor Susan Robertson (Head of the Faculty of Education, University of
Cambridge), Márcia Tiburi (Philosopher and Lecturer, University Paris 8), Jean Wyllys (Journalist and scholar, University of Barcelona and Harvard) and Victor Fraga (journalist and filmmaker). By promoting the premiere of the documentary “The Coup d’État Factory” before the seminar, we hope to enrich the debate with the presentation and contextualisation of a relevant case.

Agenda 24 May 2022:

16h: The Coup d’État Factory (A Fantástica Fábrica de Golpes)

Intro by Victor Fraga, Writer and Filmmaker

An Anglo-Brazilian documentary about media bias, “fake news”, and democracy. Brazil has a long tradition of coup d’états. These coups would not have been viable without the support of the big media, particularly TV Globo. Two Brazilian journalists in the UK reveal the manipulative tactics of these organisations.

When: Tuesday 24 May 2022 – 16h – 18h
Where: Auditorium, Mary Allan Building, Homerton College, University of Cambridge

18h: Book Signing and Refreshments

With Jean Wyllys and Márcia Tiburi

Meet Jean Wyllys and Márcia Tiburi as they sign copies of their books. Márcia will sign copies of her new book: Psycho-Cultural Underpinnings of Everyday Fascism: Dialogue as Resistance.
When: Tuesday 24 May 2022 – 18h – 19h
Where: Rooms GS4/GS5, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

19h: Seminar “The Role of Education in the Fake News Era”
With Dr Haira Gandolfi, Professor Susan Robertson, Marcia Tiburi, Jean Wyllys, Victor Fraga.

Guest speakers will talk about the role of education in times of “fake news” and hate speech since the presidential elections in Brazil in 2018 that led them to self-exile in Europe.
When: Tuesday 24 May 2022 19h – 21h
Where: Rooms GS4/GS5, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

Guest Speakers:

Márcia Tiburi is a philosopher, plastic artist and writer. She is currently living under exile in Paris, and works as a professor at the University Paris 8. She has written extensively about the rise of fascism and fake news in Brazil. She authored the book The Psycho-Cultural Underpinnings of Everyday Fascism, published in 2021.

Jean Wyllys is a scholar in Political Science at the University of Barcelona, where he researches the contagion by fake news and the rise of authoritarian governments. Award-winning journalist, he writes about civil rights and liberties. He served two consecutive terms as federal deputy in Brazil.

Susan Robertson is the head of the Faculty of Education at University of Cambridge and went on to hold academic posts at the University of Auckland, University of Bristol. She sits on the ESRC’s funding council and is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Globalisation, Societies and Education.

Haira Gandolfi is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Education – University of Cambridge. Her teaching and research interests are Science Education, Decolonial Curricula and Pedagogies, Science & Technology Studies, and Teachers’ Work and Professional Development.

Victor Fraga is an Anglo-Brazilian journalist and filmmaker. He is the founder and director of the DMovies, the portal for thought-provoking cinema. He co-directed the documentary The Coup d’Etat Factory, about the role of media manipulation and fake news in the collapse of Brazilian democracy and rise of Neo-fascism.

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CLAREC Whereabouts Seminar: “What can we learn from the voices of novice teachers trained in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic?”
_{Artemio Arturo Cortez Ochoa & Israel Moreno Salto}

_{^{Monday, MAy 9 | 14:00 – 1530 (UK time)}}

We invite you all to watch our CLAREC Whereabouts Seminar: “What can we learn from the voices of novice teachers trained in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic?” with our guest speakers Artemio Arturo Cortez Ochoa & Israel Moreno Salto. The seminar will take place Monday 9^th of May 2022, at 2pm (UK time). Online and in-person at the Faculty of Education, Room 1S3, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.

The Zoom link will be sent to Eventbrite registrants one day before the event.

The research focuses on the broader outcomes of initial teacher education in Mexico during the school shutdown due to the spread of COVID-19. Drawing on evidence from a graduate follow-up survey administered in three subnational states to kindergarten and primary school teachers who finished their undergraduate studies during the pandemic, the research explores their perceptions concerning competency development. Considering that teacher education in Mexico is dominantly provided by Escuelas Normales -teacher colleges- who struggled to transition from in-person to remote learning, the two researchers are concerned with if, how, and to what extent this generation of teachers’ competencies was affected. The presentation will discuss preliminary survey results and reflect upon further research action.

Artemio Arturo Cortez Ochoa is a research associate at the REAL Centre, the University of Cambridge, working on an international project about Teaching Quality in Rwanda. He received a PhD in Education from the University of Bristol, UK. His area of expertise is Teacher Evaluation Systems, Continuing Professional Development, and Quality Education.

Israel Moreno Salto is a lecturer-researcher in education sciences at the Autonomous University of Baja California in northern Mexico. He holds a PhD in Education from the Faculty of Education of the University of Cambridge. His research interests focus on education governance, policies and practices.

CLAREC Whereabouts Seminar Series: “Mothers and Daughters: intertwined memories, healing trauma and the rupture with paid domestic work in Brazil”
_{Anna Maria Del Fiorentino}

_{^{Monday, MARCH 7 | 14:00 – 1500 (UK time)}}

We invite you all to watch our CLAREC Whereabouts Seminar Series: “Mothers and Daughters: intertwined memories, healing trauma and the rupture with paid domestic work in Brazil” with our guest speaker Anna Maria Del Fiorentino. The seminar will take place Monday 7^th of March 2022, at 2pm (UK time). Online and in-person at the MAB Auditorium – Faculty of Education, Homerton College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.

In this event, Anna Maria Del Fiorentino will be presenting her recently published book Memórias Entrelaçadas: do trauma ao empoderamento (Intertwined Memories: Transforming Trauma into Empowerment), based on her master’s dissertation entitled Mothers and Daughters: intertwined memories, healing trauma and the rupture with paid domestic work in Brazil . Her research work highlights the life stories of mothers that are paid domestic workers and school cleaners in Brazil and their daughters, the first generation of women university entrants to obtain a higher education degree within their families. At the core of Anna’s research is a quest on how to combine women’s empowerment through higher education with happier individuals, bringing positive, lasting change for generations to come. 

Anna Maria Del Fiorentino lives in the United Kingdom since 2008 and is the mother of two children. Her research interests are related to themes of maternity and motherhood, dignity in childhood and adolescence, human rights, inclusive feminism, social justice, LGBTQI+ and antiracism movements. She has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), worked at Ericsson’s Research and Development Centre (Brazil) and at Banco do Brasil in London (United Kingdom) where she also worked as a volunteer in theatre and cinema at the Old Vic Tunnels. Anna had a break on her corporate career to be a full-time mother and, recently, returned to academia after being offered a place at the master’s programme of the Centre of Latin American Studies (CLAS) of the University of Cambridge.

CLAREC Whereabouts Seminar Series: “Teachers’ formative assessment of reading comprehension in Chile: challenges and opportunities”
_{Elisa de Padua}

_{^{FRIDAY, MARCH 4 | 14:00 – 1500 (UK time)}}

We invite you all to watch our next CLAREC Whereabouts Seminar Series: “Teachers’ formative assessment of reading comprehension in Chile: challenges and opportunities” with CLAREC member Dr. Elisa de Padua. The seminar will take place Friday 4^th of March 2022, at 2pm (UK time). Online and in-person at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.

In this event, Elisa de Padua will be presenting the results of her PhD project regarding the main challenges an opportunities that formative assessment practices face in Chile.

On line and in-person at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge

The Zoom link will be sent to Eventbrite registrants one day before the event.

Elisa de Padua, MPsyc, Mphil, is an educational psychologist from Chile. Her career has focused in the devolpement of assessment at the national level and also al classroom level. She is a founder member of CLAREC and is currently working as the Pedagogical Cooridinator in SUMMA (the first Education Research and Innovation Laboratory for Latin America and the Caribbean). She is also the director of FEVED, the Chilean forum of professional working in educational assessment. In December 2021 she passed her PhD Viva at the University of Cambirdge.

CLAREC Whereabouts Seminar Series: “Play and Health: The Revolution of Paediatric Healthcare in Mexico“
_{Paulina Pérez-Duarte}

_{^{MODAY, FEBRUARY 7 | 14:00 – 1500 (UK time)}}

We invite you all to watch our first ‘CLAREC Whereabouts Seminar Series’ of the year. ‘Play and Health: The Revolution of Paediatric Healthcare in Mexico’: A brief description of ‘Hospital Specialised Play’, its global status and the revolution towards ‘Child-Friendly Paediatric Healthcare’ in Latin-America with CLAREC member Paulina Pérez-Duarte, Paediatrician, Medical Anthropologist and PhD Student. The seminar took place Monday 7^th of February 2022, at 2pm (UK time). Online and in-person at the MAB Auditorium – Faculty of Education, Homerton College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.

Paulina Pérez-Duarte Mendiola, MD, MSc, is a clinical paediatrician and medical anthropologist. Her career has focused on improving the holistic outcomes of children’s health and addressing healthcare-inequalities. She completed her Paediatric Residency at ‘Children’s Hospital of Mexico Federico Gomez’ (HIMFG). She holds a Master’s degree in Medical Anthropology from University College London (UCL) where her research focused on the profound impact of ‘Play’ on sick-children’s development, learning and healthcare experiences. She has presented at conferences and published articles promoting hospitalised children’s human rights and the role of Health Play Specialist in the UK. She is Director of Development at Pediatric Potential Inc. Currently, as a ‘Play and Health’ researcher, she is a PhD Student at the PEDAL Hub (Play in Education, Development and Learning), within the University of Cambridge.

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“Paulo Freire 100th Anniversary: Celebrating his legacy in education”

_{^{between the 1st and 12th November, 2021}}

2021 marked the centenary of the birth of one of the greatest thinkers in education: Paulo Freire. The Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective (CLAREC) in collaboration with the Faculty of Education community and partner institutions, collectives and social movements will promote several academic and cultural activities to foster discussions around Freire’s work. Events took place between the 1st and 12th November, 2021. More information: https://clarec.org/freire/.

“What can research from the global South tell us about educational accountability reforms’ success in addressing access and quality learning?”
 _{Javiera Marfan-Sanchez}

_{^{NEW DATE: tUESDAY, JUNE 29 | 13:00 – 1400 (bst)}}

CLAREC member Javiera Marfan-Sanchez (@javimarfan) will present at the Real Centre Seminar Series on Tuesday, June 29 – 13:00–14:00 (new date). The discussion question is: “What can research from the global South tell us about educational accountability reforms’ success in addressing access and quality learning?” To sign up access Eventbrite.

About the REAL Centre: Education is at the heart of social transformation. It is a fundamental human right and has the potential to reduce poverty, empower women, improve health and drive economic growth. However, in some of the poorest parts of the world many children and young people are deprived of access to good quality education and denied the chance to learn and fulfill their potential. The Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre aims to pioneer research into overcoming barriers to education, such as poverty, gender, ethnicity, language and disability, and promote education as an engine for inclusive growth and sustainable development. Find out more about the REAL Centre and our key principles.

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“The Decolonial Epistemic Turn and The Idea of Latin America – a conversation with W. Mignolo“.
_{Prof. Walter Mignolo}

_{^{MONDAY, APRIL 26 | 15:00 – 16:30 pm (bst)}}

“On the ‘life of numbers’ in governing Mexico’s education system: a multiscalar account of the OECD’s PISA“
_{Dr. Israel Moreno Salto}

_{^{MONDAY, APRIL 19 | 15:00 – 16:00 pm (bst)}}

CLAREC is pleased to invite you to the seminar regarding OECD, Governance, and PISA in the Mexican education system. The seminar is led by Dr Israel Moreno Salto, Cambridge alumnus, who discuss his joint paper with Professor Susan Robertson, titled: “On the ‘life of numbers’ in governing Mexico’s education system: a multiscalar account of the OECD’s PISA“. This paper reports on a large multi-scalar, multi-method and multi-actor dataset on the Mexican education system, where they explore what actors located at different scales know about PISA, and whether and how they use it in education policy and practice decisions. Paper available here. 

Dr Israel Moreno Salto is a full-time Lecturer in Education Sciences at the Autonomous University of Baja California in northern Mexico. He recently received his PhD in Education from the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Professor Susan Robertson. His research interests involve the governing of education, education policies, educational leadership and teacher education.

To learn more about this seminar access the video below.

CLAREC SEMINAR:

_{^{Monday, March 8 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (GMT)}}

CLAREC is commemorating International Women’s Day and the relevance of the 8M women movement in Latin America, acknowledging the ongoing struggle for gender equality in Latin America and worldwide. We invite everyone on the of March at 2PM (UK Time) to the virtual seminar: “#8M: A conversation on feminism and education in Latin America“.

The seminar will bring together a panel of three speakers, follow by a Q&A:

– CLAREC member Elisa de Padua (Chile) will talk about “How a Chilean feminist performance became a global anthem against gender-based violence“. Elisa de Padua is a Psychologist and a PhD student in the Faculty of Education of Cambridge University. Elisa is interested in how systemwide and classroom-based assessment practices affect teaching and learning. She finished her MPhil in Educational Leadership and School Improvement at Cambridge University in 2011. Elisa has worked in different levels of the Chilean educational system, from schools to the Ministry of Education and research centres. She has also worked as a consultant in educational assessment for international organisations like World Bank, UNESCO, OECD. She considers herself an imperfect feminist and environmentalist.

– Dr Karla Esquerre (Brazil) will present: “Girls in data science: reframing experience through data“. Karla Esquerre is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, where she leads research and educational and social initiatives to foster the development of metrics and mindful analysis to build sustainable processes and a better society. Leader of Gamma Research Group. Idealizer and coordinator of the Girl on Data Science and Data Science on Public Education initiatives. Co-founder of AI Inclusive Salvador and R-Ladies Salvador, organizations to promote gender diversity in several areas. PhD in Chemical Engineering, Unicamp (Brazil, 2003). Postdoctoral fellow in Socio-Environmental Engineering, University of Hokkaido (Japan, 2003-2005). Visiting Scholar within the Center for Control Systems and Dynamics (2015) and the Adaptive Computing and Embedded Systems Lab (2020), University of California San Diego – UCSD.

– Alejandra Brito and Alejandra Luna (México) will talk about “MUxED: A Mexican women network in favor of education”. Alejandra Luna is a PhD candidate in Education at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico, City. Her research interests include access to education, the analysis of educational public policy related to practice, and autonomy in school management. Alejandra Brito is an educational consultant who designs solutions for school management and public policy to improve education. She has been part of several projects at UNESCO, UNICEF, the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI), and the Mexican Ministry of Education. They are both members of MUxED an important Mexican women network looking to create spaces for interaction, dialogue, and action regarding education with a gender perspective.

To learn more about these initiatives, please watch the video. To join or for more information, don’t hesitate to contact the presenters.

CLAREC member Paula Teixeira de Castro will present at the Hughes Hall event “Dialogue in different cultural contexts” on Thursday, January 28 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm. Dialogic education – education for dialogue as well as through dialogue – takes many different forms in different cultural contexts. Led by senior members Rupert Wegerif and Sara Hennessy, this event will explore how dialogic education works in three quite distinct contexts: Islamic education the Freirean tradition of education for liberation, and teacher development through shared reflective inquiry. The three perspectives will be provided by: Farah Ahmed (Islamic tradition) Paula Teixeira de Castro (Freirian tradition) Sara Hennessy (Teacher inquiry tradition). Short presentations will be followed by Q&A. All welcome, including non college members. To know more and register your interest, click here.

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“A systematic analysis of the active participation of young adults with intellectual disability in educational dialogue using a coding framework”
_{Ana Rubio-Jimenez}

_{^{Friday, January 29 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (GMT)}}

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“Teacher Craft Knowledge in the Dominican Republic: A building-on-strengths approach to improving teaching and learning in the Hispanophone Caribbean”
_{Dr Sophia D’Angelo}

_{^{Monday, December 07 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (GMT)}}

After a successful launch event, the Cambridge Latin American Research in Education Collective (CLAREC) will be having its second virtual meeting on Monday, December 7th from 2:00-3:00pm. This session’s student presentation is titled, “Teacher Craft Knowledge in the Dominican Republic: A building-on-strengths approach to improving teaching and learning in the Hispanophone Caribbean,” by Dr Sophia D’Angelo, who recently completed her PhD at the Faculty of Education. The presentation will follow with an opportunity for questions and answers, before CLAREC members offer a more informal presentation on the history of the Collective and the personal importance it has for its student members.

CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR POLICYMAKING”
_{Javiera Marfan}

_{^{Thursday, November 26 | 7:00 pm – 7:40 pm (GMT)}}

CLAREC researcher, Javiera Marfan, will be presenting about contemporary approaches to educational policy implementation, at Churchill college’s postgraduates Chu-talks. If you want to know more about these theories and how they have influenced Javiera’s doctoral research, we invite you to participate in the presentation. The event will be on Thursday 26 November, by zoom. Details below.

“Using visual illustration in disability research”
_{Julia Hayes}

_{^{Friday, November 20 | 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm (GMT)}}

We are very proud to tell you that CLAREC researcher, Julia Hayes, will be presenting her work “Using visual illustration in disability research” in the CaNDER conference. Details below.

CLAREC Launch Event AND “Youth negotiating exclusion and belonging at the urban periphery in Chile”
_{Consuelo Béjares}

_{^{Monday, November 16 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (GMT)}}

Launch of the collective which features introduction from Prof Susan Robertson and Prof Ricardo Sabates before featuring the research of our member Consuelo Béjares on her PhD research: “Youth negotiating exclusion and belonging at the urban periphery in Chile”.

“The mediatization of education: an introduction, approaches and key aspects”
_{Sebastián Ansaldo}

_{^{Thursday, November 05 | 7:00 pm – 7:40 pm (GMT)}}

Would you want to know more about our ongoing research projects? CLAREC researcher Sebastián Ansaldo will be presenting “The mediatization of education: an introduction, approaches and key aspects” at Churchill College’s Chutalks. This virtual talk will be on Thursday 5 November (19.00 UK time). In this talk, he presents the mediatization approach, which tries to make sense of media and technology impact in a comprehensive and multidisciplinary way. He uses the educational field as an example, also analysing some elements from the current pandemic scenario.

“LIFE AND TIMES OF THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: THE WORK AND REMIT OF THE SPC”
_{Elisa de Padua}

_{^{Thursday, November 05 | 11:30 am (GMT)}}