Trinity College Dublin

TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
SCHOOL OF LAW

Tel : 353 1 896 2367; Fax 353 1 677 0449;
email: lawevent at tcd.ie

CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

[ ABOUT THE CONFERENCE ] [ PROGRAMME ]

[ RESERVATIONS ] [ VENUE DETAILS ] [ THE BOOK]

Date: Monday-Tuesday, 11-12 May 2009

Venue: Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), Trinity College Dublin

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The conference will explore issues arising as contact grows between communities with a cultural tradition of nomadism and economic migrancy, and the school system. This conference is inspired by issues raised in a recently published book dealing with the educational experience of Travellers and Roma, circus and fairground people, nomadic pastoralists and other migrant groups in countries as diverse as Nigeria, India, Australia, Ireland, Siberia, Norway and Spain. Most of the international contributors to the book will be at the conference, so discussion should be wide-ranging, informative and very lively. There will be plenty of opportunity for interaction and exchange of views.

PLEASE NOTE THAT PLACES ARE LIMITED SO EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISABLE.

Last Modified 21 April, 2009 by Catherine Finnegan

 PROGRAMME

Monday Afternoon:
Changing Schools: A Two-Way Challenge

2:00		Registration
2:15	Professor William Binchy	Welcome
2:25	Patrick Alan Danaher Southern Queensland University, Australia	Why this book now? Overview of themes and issues for formal education
3:10		Tea/Coffee Break
3:25	led by book contributors	Small group workshops
3:45	Sheila Nunan, INTO General Secretary Designate	Issues for Irish Education
4:20	Chair: Máirín Kenny (Book Editor)	Plenary Discussion
4:50	Máirín Kenny	Closing
5:00	Fintan O'Toole	Book Launch (School of Law, House 39, New Square)

                    

Tuesday morning:
Widening the Circle: Schools, Minorities and Dominant Society

9:30	Judith Gouwens, Migrant Education Consultant, Illinois, USA	Reprise and Review Continued: Sociocultural Issues
10:00	Goretti Mudzongo and Geraldine Dunne Southside Traveller Action Group	Issues for Ireland
10:40		Tea/Coffee Break
11:00	led by book contributors	Small group workshops
11:45	Patrick Danaher, Máirín Kenny and Judith Remy Leder (book editors)	Plenary and Closing Review
12:30		Close

The right to substitute and rearrange lectures is reserved

 

RESERVATIONS AND FEES  

FEES*	€50 (for participants from Public Bodies and Institutions). There is no charge for participants from Community organsiations, students or the unwaged.

Reservations: Please complete and return the booking form to:

Catherine Finnegan, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin , Dublin 2 or email lawevent (at) tcd.ie

Telephone (01) 896 2367; Fax (01) 677 0449

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT PLACES ARE LIMITED SO EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISABLE

Please make cheques payable to TCD No 1 Account.

VENUE

The conference will take place in the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) Conference room,
Sutherland Centre, Level 6, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. The IIIS is located on the top floor of the Arts Building. The nearest entrance to the Arts Building is via the Nassau Street entrance. When you enter the building take the lift (follow signs) to the 6th floor, turn right and continue until you reach the IIIS conference room.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: Traveller, Nomadic and Migrant Education Edited by Patrick Alan Danaher, Máirín Kenny, Judith Remy Leder. Publishers: Routledge. Price: $95.00

Traveller, Nomadic and Migrant Education presents international accounts of issues, challenges and opportunities that arise when mobile peoples (such as circus and fairground people, migrant farm workers, herders, hunters, Travellers and Roma) and the formal school sector try to engage with each other. Chapter contributors include scholars from as far apart as Siberia and Nigeria, Australia, Ireland and the UK, mainland Europe and the USA. As the studies in this book powerfully demonstrate, remarkably common themes run through these communities' socio-cultural concerns, and concerns for their children's education. And the formal education systems in the various countries studied also show remarkably common difficulty in engaging with these peoples. For further details, see Routledge publicity web page.