The purpose of the seminar is to explore the historical layers behind  the ultraright politics, which are becoming an increasingly visible part of European politics with possible consequences for the politics of education. 

At the seminar keynote speaker will be Professor (assist.) Anja Giudici, Cardiff University, who among other topics has made groundbreaking research in the history of the education politics of the European radical right.

Program:
Keynote-session: 13.00-14.30:

13.00-13.10:  Opening and introduction of keynote/ Chair: Professor (assoc.) Manté Vertelyté, CfU, AAU

13.10-13:55: Keynote: Professor (assist.) Anja Giudici: The far right and education after 1945: continuities and change

13.55-14:10: Professor (assoc.) Gro Hellesdatter Jakobsen, CfU, AAU, Professor (assoc.) Lisa Rosén Rasmussen, Aarhus University and Professor (assist.) Lucas Cone, University of Copenhagen open the discussion with a comment and a question to Giudici (5 minutes each)

14.10-14.30: Discussion

14.30-15:00: Break, coffee + water + ultra-light snacks

Short papers-session (as input to continue the discussion) 15.00-16.30:

15.00-15.05 Opening and introduction of speakers/ Chair: Professor (assoc.) Manté Vertelyté, CfU, AAU

15.05-15.25: Professor (assoc.) Jin Hui Li, CfU, AAU: A perspective from the street level: Right radical gangs and the memory of racialized pupils in the Danish welfare 1980s

15.25-15.45: Professor Mette Buchardt, CfU, AAU: A perspective from the European borders: Progressive Catholic reformers and educational fascism in early 20th century

15.45-16.30: Discussion and conclusion

Arranged by: Mette Buchardt & Lea Høxbroe Højbjerg, Center for Education Policy Research, Aalborg University in collaboration with Professor Jane Gingrich, University of Oxford, financed and organized in the frame of: Reforms in Education – Research network granted by the Swedish Research Council https://educationreform.network/

Sign up no later than Monday, October 21 – mail to Lea Høxbroe Højbjerg leahh@ikl.aau.dk