On Friday 29 May, the "Histories of Activism" will host a work-in-progress session in cooperation with the GLO project. The event is entitled "Education for Peace, 1920s to 1950s" and will take place from 2:00 to 4:15 pm.
The event will feature three papers and ample room for discussion:
- Emily Calcraft (PhD candidate, University of Sheffield) – ‘Physical education, youth and pacifism in interwar Britain'
- Elisabeth Teige (Senior Lecturer in History, Volda University College) – ‘“To educate the human mind for peace”: exploring the roots of UNESCO’s “Education for International Understanding” programme’
- Sophie Scott-Brown (Honorary Research Fellow in History, University of St Andrews) – ‘Teaching the two sides of Satyagraha: peace, pedagogy and strategy in early Cold War anti-nuclear activism’
To register, please contact Daniel Laqua.
