IARTEM Mini Conference 2010

The Department of Education, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada is pleased to host the IARTEM Mini conference from August 22‐24, 2010. This year’s Mini Conference aims to provide an intellectual space for scholarship focused on Constructions of conflict and peace in/by textbooks and educational media. There are six sub‐themes that engage with the broader conference theme. (1) The role of Textbooks and educational media in post‐disaster situations (2) The role of Textbooks and educational media in conflict and post‐conflict societies, (3) The role of Textbooks and educational media in construction/resolution of domestic conflicts (Ethnic, Racial, Gender, Class), (4) The role of Textbooks and educational media in constructing defenses of peace, (5) The role of Textbooks and educational media in constructions and/or resolution of conflict (and war) between states, and (6) Textbooks and educational media and the construction of identities (Ethnic, national, regional, religious, etc). Additionally, papers related to epistemic conflicts and tensions in textbooks (Example: reationism vs. evolutionism; qualitative vs. quantitative, etc.) will also be onsidered.

For further informations go to: www.iartem.no