Citizenship at Birkbeck

Birkbeck plays host to two citizenship events on Friday March 13, sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Learning by Doing: Intercultural Communicative Competence and Global Citizenship from Young Age

This event, organised by Birkbeck’s Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication, as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, aims to promote experiential learning (EL) as an effective method of developing intercultural communicative competence and global citizenship among young people. It will bring together organisations and charities working with young people, share good practice among these organisations and debate on the key issues associated with EL.

The keynote speaker is Claudio Baraldi, a professor of Sociology from University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. He will speak on the effectiveness of experiential learning in developing Intercultural Communicative Competence and Global Citizenship.

9:30am - 3:30pm, 43 Gordon Square.

The event is free to attend, but due to limited places, booking is essential.

Programme and booking details are available here

Multicultural Citizenship within Multi-Nation States

Professor Will Kymlicka will deliver the inaugural lecture of a new seminar series from the International Centre for Education for Democratic Citizenship.

Professor Kymlicka is the Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's University. His publications include:

• Politics in the Vernacular: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Citizenship (Oxford: OUP, 2001)
• Multicultural Odysseys: Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity (Oxford: OUP, 2007)

With introduction and response given by Dr Dina Kiwan, Birkbeck, University of London. Dina is an Academic Fellow and Lecturer in Citizenship Education and Programme Director for the MSc in Citizenship Studies. She is also Programme Director of the ICEDC, and author of Education for Inclusive Citizenship.

12.00-1.15 (Tea/coffee from 11.30), Clore Lecture Theatre, Clore Management Centre, Torrington Square

Registration is free but places are limited. Please register with e.kitteringham@bbk.ac.uk

The Education for ‘national’ citizenship in the context of devolution and ethno-religious conflict seminar series at Birkbeck is directed by Dr Dina Kiwan and Professor John Annette and funded by the ESRC

A draft programme for further seminars in the series can be viewed here