Third session of the international webinar series ‘UNESCO’s Role in Post-War Educational Transformation and Decolonization.’

Organized by:
Marialuisa Lucia Sergio, Roma Tre University
Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo, University of Coimbra
Damiano Matasci, University of Geneva”

May 14, 2025
4:00 PM Rome time (CET) Panel 5
Reimagining Heritage and Decolonial Cooperation: What Role Do Transnational Networks Play in Shaping Post-Colonial Cultural Identities?
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Chair: Juliet Thondhlana, UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development, University of Nottingham
Discussant: Elisa Prosperetti, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Speakers:

Maëlle Gélin, Sciences Po Centre for History, Paris
Building up a Transnational and Decolonial Program With(out) States? Africa, UNESCO, and the Society of African Culture (1956-late 1970s)

Sarah Dwider, Department of Art History, Northwestern University
Displaced Forms: Pharaonic Imagery and New Cultural Imaginaries in Modern Egyptian Art

Lou Jacquemet, Département d’Histoire Générale, Université de Genève & Institut für Kunstwissenschaft, Technische Universität Berlin
The “Mobile Museum for Africa” Experiment: Improvising Informal Education Spaces in Newly Independent States.

May 14, 2025
4:00 PM Rome time (CET) Panel 6
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South-South Cooperation: Global Perspectives on Development and Transnational Cooperation from Latin America to Africa

Chair: Ellen Vea Rosnes, VID Specialized University, Stavanger
Discussant: Lavinia Bianchi, Roma Tre University

Speakers:

Elisabetta Bini, University of Naples Federico II
Establishing a School for Community Development: The Centro de Cooperación Regional para la Educación de Adultos en América Latina (CREFAL) during the 1950s

Francesca Frisone, Department of Political and Legal Sciences, University of Messina
Transnational Experiences of Community Development Between Italy and Latin America: The Pilot Project for Abruzzo and the Role of UNESCO (1957-1962)

Carlotta Mozzone, Roma Tre University
The Inclusive Approach of IASSW: a Bridge Between Local Knowledge and Global Standards for Social Work Education in line with UNESCO