DECOLONIAL EDUCATION AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

Department of Education, Roma Tre University
Via del Castro Pretorio, 20 Rome
Aula Volpi | Free access
November 18, 2025 | 3:00 PM (CET)

With the contribution of the Mission Structure for National Anniversaries of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Italy)

Under the patronage of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, on the 80th anniversary of UNESCO’s foundation (16 November 1945).

Session 1

Colonial Films
Moving Images of the Empires

Reading Voices
Testimonies from Postcolonial Literature

Description
Screening and group discussion of selected footage from colonial audiovisual archives, followed by readings from postcolonial literature and an open public dialogue. The session will include critical reflections by students from the Contemporary History and History of Europe courses.

Session 2

International Symposium
Global Education After Empire

Opening Address

Juliet Thondhlana, UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development, University of Nottingham
From Colonial Legacies to Glocal Futures: Decolonising Education for Global Citizenship

Historical Perspectives

Elisa Prosperetti, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Race, Colonial Education, and Anticolonial Action

Hugo Gonçalves Dores, University of Coimbra
A Challenging Partnership: UNESCO’s efforts to collaborate with empires on education in late-colonial Africa (c. 1940–1950s)

Ellen Vea Rosnes, VID Specialized University, Stavanger
UNESCO’s Role in the Promotion of Citizenship Education in Newly Independent Mauritius and Madagascar during the 1960s

Discussant:
Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo, University of Coimbra

Intercultural Pedagogy and Educational Practices

Veronica Riccardi, Roma Tre University
Human Rights in Motion: Exploring the pedagogical legacy of Ettore Gelpi

Lavinia Bianchi, Roma Tre University
A Decolonial Reading of Inclusive Practices and Academic Positioning: Autoethnography, Tokenism, and Resistance in Education

Discussant:
Silje Dragsund Aase, Program Director for Culture and Religious Studies, VID Specialized University, Stavanger

Concluding Remarks

Damiano Matasci, University of Geneva
Decolonizing Education: Three Short Historical Reflections

Chair: Marialuisa Sergio, Roma Tre University
Sessions coordinated by: Camille Chenaux, IES Abroad

In-person and online attendance
Connection link: [https://bit.ly/DECOL-EDU](https://bit.ly/DECOL-EDU)

Organized by Roma Tre University, in collaboration with the University of Geneva and the University of Coimbra.