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For two consecutive years, Practical Pedagogy hosted a lecture series that exposed scholars and educators from throughout the University of Washington—and from the community at large—to some of the most current thinking on education and pedagogy. The series brought one scholar to campus each quarter to deliver a public lecture and to facilitate a smaller workshop. The lectures opened a space for public engagement with the topic while the smaller workshops promoted a more practice-based engagement with the ideas presented by the lecturers. The goal of the series was to encourage dialogue across disciplines about the educational projects we undertake in our classrooms and in our scholarship. The series was supported by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation, and the Departments of English, Comparative Literature, and Women Studies. See below for descriptions of each speaker series.
2004-2005 Lecture Series This year, the colloquium has invited Brenda Brueggemann (Department of English, Ohio State University), Kathleen Weiler (Department of Education, Tufts University), and Sherene Razack (The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto) to speak to Paulo Friere's concern that educators theorize the "limits of freedom" in contemporary discussions of education reform and "liberatory" pedagogy. This series is made possible by the continued support of the Simpson Center for the Humanities and the Departments of English and Women Studies. Brenda Brueggemann Kathleen
Weiler Sherene Razack See our calendar for dates and times.
2003-2004 Lecture Series The colloquium invited Victor Villanueva (Department of Rhetoric and Composition, Washington State University), Paula Moya (Department of English, Stanford), and Peter McLaren (Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles) to engage with Lisa Delpit's challenge to educators to make visible the cultures of power that often operate unseen in our classrooms. The speakers each led a workshop discussion, in addition to their public lectures, and drew enthusiastic audiences from throughout the University of Washington and surrounding communities. One participant from Olympic College wrote in response to Moya's lecture that "being able to speak to [Moya] and other educators from a variety of venues after the lecture provided specific insight into many of the issues we confront on a daily basis." And Villanueva's talk was described by one University of Washington faculty member as "the ideal talk on pedagogy . . . I cannot remember an occasion when an audience was more engaged and inspired." The series was put on with the support of the Simpson Center for the Humanities and the Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation, in addition to support from the Departments of English, Comparative Literature and Women Studies. The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206.543.6450/V, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or e-mail at dso@u.washington.edu.
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