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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Von:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Ellen Lucia Kollender <ellen.kollender@sabanciuniv.edu> <br><b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 5. Oktober 2020 15:48<br><b>An:</b> Inclusive Education <inclusive-education@sabanciuniv.edu><br><b>Betreff:</b> Digital Conference: Inclusive Education across Borders (Nov 11-12, 2020)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear friends, colleagues, and initiatives,</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>We cordially invite you to the digital conference <span style='background:white'>"Exploring Intersectionality – Building Solidarity across EU-Turkey Borders. Inclusive Education in Times of Forced Migration and Covid-19", taking place 11-12 November, 2020.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=705 height=266 style='width:7.3472in;height:2.7708in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D69B2F.40FD7950" alt="WhatsApp Image 2020-09-30 at 19.33.27.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Global dynamics of change such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the strengthening of anti-immigrant discourses, and neoliberal transformations impact – among other spheres – educational policies, processes, and practices. These developments also tend to exacerbate educational inequalities and injustices. This becomes particularly evident with regard to the situation of children seeking protection in Turkey and the European Union. They face numerous barriers and multiple forms of discrimination in migration societies and their educational institutions.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>At the same time, increasing forced migration to Turkey and the EU over the last decade has further fueled the debate on how to deal with plurality in education. In this respect, various initiatives in migration societies such as Germany, Greece, and Turkey have emerged. They draw attention to the situation of marginalized groups in education systems by empowering their voices and promoting the societal and political-pedagogical debate on inclusion, anti-discrimination, and educational justice.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>In four panels, this digital conference explores and discusses the complex challenges arising from the claim of an “education for all” during and after the pandemic. The event brings together researchers, educational practitioners, activists, and civil society initiatives from Turkey and the EU focusing on questions such as: </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>How does the current strengthening of symbolic and material borders, e.g. due to the pandemic, affect children’s right to education and non-discrimination? </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>How do different categories of marginalization and layers of oppression intersect when it comes to the situation of “refugee children” within different education systems and settings in Turkey and the EU? </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Which inclusive approaches, projects and strategies are able to tackle exclusionary dynamics in education while being sensitive to multiple forms of discrimination and belonging?</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>How can notions of solidarity go beyond solutions formulated by nation-states and be fostered across EU-Turkey borders when addressing global educational inequalities and injustices?</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div style='margin-left:12.0pt;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:12.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt;box-sizing:border-box;min-width:1px'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>For the full conference program and further information about the panels and panelists please see the </span><b><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3D85C6'>conference flyer</span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394'> </span></u></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>attached and have a look at our </span><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3D85C6'><a href="http://www.inclusive-education-across-borders.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>conference website</span></a></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The digital conference is free, and everyone is welcome. The event will take place on Zoom. To take part please </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3D85C6'><a href="https://tinyurl.com/incluconference" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>register </span></b></a><b><a href="https://tinyurl.com/incluconference" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>here</span></a>. </b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The conference is hosted by <a href="https://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/en" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'>IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative </span></a>and supported by the <a href="https://mirekoc.ku.edu.tr/" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Migration Research Center at Koç University</span></a> (Mirekoç) in Istanbul and the <a href="https://feministresearch.org/" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Feminist Autonomous Center for Research</span></a> in Athens.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>We are looking forward to meeting you at the conference! </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Joanna Krzemińska & Ellen (Kollender)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3D85C6'>contact: <a href="mailto:inclusive-education@sabanciuniv.edu">inclusive-education@sabanciuniv.e<span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>du</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:18.0pt;margin-left:0cm;box-sizing:border-box'><span style='color:#3D85C6'>facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/inclusiveeducationacrossborders" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/inclusiveeducationacrossborders</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=976 height=70 style='width:10.1666in;height:.7291in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D69B2F.40FD7950" alt=logos5.png><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>