BSA/QUB Sponsered Masterclass on Bourdieu and Education

The details of the Bourdieu and Education event have now been finalised. We have:

An event Timetable.

A list of postgraduate panels, presenters and their titles.

and a list of the event participants.

This two day event will focus on the philosophy and theories of Pierre Bourdieu in the fields of sociology and anthropology with a substantive focus on education. Scheduled for the 30th and 31st of March 2010 and sponsored by The BSA and Queen’s University Belfast it is styled a master class and is open to postgraduate researchers.  The event is structured around:

• Three plenary lectures to given by Prof Diane Reay (University of Cambridge), Prof Bev Skeggs (Goldsmiths) and Dr Caragh Brosnan (Kings College London).

• Three *2 tutorial style classes facilitated by the plenary speakers. The first class will be based around short (5min) presentations by each of the postgraduate participants.

• Nine 20 min paper presentations by postgraduate research students.

We are seeking 18 postgraduates currently registered at HEIs in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland whose research is directly involved with the sociology/ anthropology of Pierre Bourdieu to participate in this event. Participation is open to any UK or RoI postgraduate with a substantial theoretical interest in Bourdieu although preference may be given to those who have a particular interest in the fields of post-primary, higher and professional education as these will be the themes of the masterclasses.  We also seek abstracts from 9 of the participating postgraduates to give 20 minute papers in the usual conference style.

The full call for papers which gives further details is available here (.pdf) and we can be contacted at bourdieuinbelfast@gmail.com if you have any further queries.

The participant application form is available here (.docx) and here (.doc).

The deadline for the receipt of applications is Friday the 29th of January 2010.

During the summer of 2009 the BSA put out a call for organisers for postgraduate study days. We, the organisers , responded and were successful in securing the BSA funding on offer and in applying for matched funding from QUB. We each have an interest in the theoretical work of Bourdieu and in our respective fields of interest we each apply and develop his social theoretical insight. Nathan does so in the context of professional education focusing on undergraduate medical (ethics) education. Ciaran’s interest is in the area of non-vocational undergraduate degrees and post university career trajectories and employment. Nicola’s research is within the context of post-primary education. Her focus is on working class teenage boys’ sense of identity. As a result we have themed our study day proposal ‘Bourdieu and Education.’ On the 30th and 31st of March 2010 the Institute of Governance, the School of Law, QUB will be hosting a Bourdieu in Education masterclass. The two days will involve presentations by three internationally recognised academics and by UK and Ireland based postgraduate students. Each of the academics will host a two part masterclass for 1/3 of the participating students.

Further details of academic speakers, a provisional timetable and a call for postgraduate participants will follow.