SCUTREA: : Call for Abstracts: 'Re-enchanting the Academy' Conference

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Call for Abstracts: 'Re-enchanting the Academy' Conference

The organisers of the conference 'Re-Enchanting the Academy' at Canterbury Christ Church University have put out a second call for abstracts

The new deadline for submitting proposals is: Friday May 29th. The panel will respond by Friday June 26th.

This conference addresses how (or indeed why) modern universities might reclaim this sense of universal value through cultivating imagination and intuition as modes of practice, learning, and enchantment. Can we create a poetics of learning that touches human souls, in both sciences and arts? Can we understand studying and learning as sacred activities, which allow individuals to reflect on meanings in their lives? Does such a quest step beyond the personal and entail a social and cultural
critique?

Visit http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/education/conferences-events/re-enchanting-the-academy/re-enchanting-the-academy.aspx for further details.

Introduction to SCUTREA

SCUTREA
SCUTREA was established in 1971 as a network of adult educators involved in researching and teaching adults. Initially members were drawn from university adult education departments throughout the United Kingdom. Today, with the broad spread of lifelong learning activities and international interest in adult education the membership is diverse which makes our annual international conferences very interesting and lively events. We have regular and close contact with colleagues from Australia, Canada and the US, and individual members provide strong links with the European Studies for Research in Adult Education.

Conference
SCUTREA holds a three day conference each year, usually in early July, the proceedings of which are refereed and published. Students and participants interested in research but not research active are also welcome. For details of past and current conferences click the Conferences tab. If you are interested in organising seminars and other events with SCUTREA please let our Chair know.

Awards
We make a number of awards for the best student paper, and papers focusing on social justice, international or comparative issues. We also have an award for small scale research. For further details click the Awards tab.

Membership
We have three types of membership, institutional, individual and 'Friends of SCUTREA' for those who have retired. Benefits include preferential NIACE Journal Subscription rates for Adults Learning and Studies in Education of Adults, book discounts and SCUTREA conference discount. For further details click the Membership tab or contact Kate Miller, our Membership Secretary.

Officers
Elected members take honorary positions for three years and our current council is as follows:

Chairperson: Ellen Boeren, University of Edinburgh
Secretary: Bonnie Slade, Glasgow University
Treasurer: Nalita James, University of Leicester
Membership Secretary: Kate Miller, University of the West of Scotland
Communication Officer: Gillian Cowell, Stirling University

Click the Contacts tab for contact officer details, and click the contact us tab to send us news and information that you would like added to our web site or Twitter feed @SCUTREA14.

Library and Links
For copies of the SCUTREA constitution, past editions of SCOOP, links to adult education sites and resources click the Library and Links tabs above.

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Call for Abstracts: 'Re-enchanting the Academy' Conference