RE-NUP/EURO-EXPERT Conference

Learning, Unlearning, Relearning: Cultural Expertise and its Praxis 

A virtual conference convened by Rama Srinivasan and Livia Holden

Dates: November 23-24, 2021

Register here to attend: https://bit.ly/3ohSFyJ 

Conference Schedule

Day 1, 4:15pm (Central European Time)

Webinar ID https://unive.zoom.us/j/88576336786?pwd=V2lTVEIrRmQ3WEUrVmMvVU9JUERwQT09 

Passcode: RbwVT3

Welcome note: Livia Holden, Principal Investigator, EURO-EXPERT project; ERC Consolidator Grant holder

Introduction by Rama Srinivasan, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Panel 1 Rethinking Institutions: Social Engineering Through Education

4:30-4:45 “Lessons in Democracy? Strategies and Paradoxes of (Re-)Education in Post-War Germany”

-- HEIKE PAUL, Professor of English and American Studies, FAU Nuremberg-Erlangen

4:45-5:00 “Teaching about Asia, Asian America, and Ethnic Studies in the USA: A 30-year Struggle of
Coalition Building, Protests, and Activism”

-- CHORSWANG NGIN, Professor of Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles

5:00-5:15 “Transnational Migration, Education, and Intercultural Practice: Field Notes from Experiences
with Bangladeshi Pupils in Florence”

-- ZORAN LAPOV, Research Fellow, University of Florence 

Discussion and Q&A

Day 2, 10am (Central European Time)

Panel 2 Cultural Competence in the Global Workplace (Convened by Rama Srinivasan)

Webinar ID: https://unive.zoom.us/j/84404593332?pwd=dlUvU0ltMVZNek5DUENrWnRLQ1VmUT09 

Passcode: mNJF1h

10:15-10:30 “L’interculturalite face à la culture institutionnelle en milieu professionnel
(Interculturality in the Face of Institutional Culture in the Workplace)”

           -- JACKIE BOTIMELA LOTETEKA, Lawyer at the Paris and Kinshasa Bars

 10.30-10.45 “Diversity Management in the Global IT World: Why a Single Project's Life Cycle is not Enough”

           -- NORA ENGELBERT, Independent Consultant, Bremen, Germany

10.45-11:00 “Cultural Expertise and International Commercial Arbitration”

           -- GIORGIO COLOMBO, Professor of Law, University of Nagoya  

Discussion and Q&A

Panel 3, 2pm How to Engage Communities? (Convened by Joshua Bishay)

Webinar ID: https://unive.zoom.us/j/89436719492?pwd=cW1KQVA0bUx0TGNkOWdiQklaejBqdz09 

Passcode: Rm5e9N

2:15-2:30 “Uncomfortable Conversations Beyond the Classroom: Dialogue and Embodiment Through
Public Walking Tours”

           -- OLIVIA DURAND (Free University, Berlin); PAULA LARRSON (Oxford); and WAQAS MIRZA (Oxford)

2.:30-2:45 “La culture à l'épreuve des disciplines et des pratiques: retour sur une expérience personnelle et professionnelle
(Culture at the Test of Disciplines and Practices: Feedback on Personal and Professional Experience)”

-- AFEF HAGI, Researcher, Associazione Pontes Ricerche e Interventi

2:45-3:00 “Empowering Body Dialogues with People Affected by Racism” [speaker has cancelled her participation]

           -- AKI KRISHNAMURTHY, Independent Consultant, Berlin, Germany

Discussion and Q&A

Coordinated by Rama Srinivasan with organisational support from Joshua Bishay

This conference is organised as part of EURO-EXPERT Events, a virtual series hosted by the Universities of Venice, Paris Nanterre, and Padua. It has received funding from the European Commission via a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship & an ERC Consolidator grant.

Header artwork credit: Ramya Ramachandran