Course Schedule
Sweden-Canada International Seminar in Childhood
The four articles are available on-line and have been sent via email to students; May is in the bookstore and is available for purchase from book sellers worldwide.
DAY 1 - Sunday May 13
Swedes Check-in to King's Housing approximately 6pm
DAY 2 - Monday May 14 -
READING: T. May pgs. 1-23
9 AM Breakfast in the Cafe
10 AM Student-Led Campus/Neighborhood Tour
12 Noon Welcome Luncheon - Vitali Lounge - Wemple Building
(A Gathering of Swedish, American, and British visitors with Canadian students and faculty)
2 PM Seminar Discussion - T. May Chapter 1 - KC 119
DAY 3 - Tuesday May 15
READING: T. May pgs. 24-43; watch Althouse Interview of P. Ryan
9 AM - Breakfast in the dining room of the cafe
10 AM Lecture - DL 112: P. Ryan, "Childhood and Discourse Analysis"
12:30 PM Lunch in the Cafe
2 PM Seminar Discussion - DL 112 - T. May first half of Chapter 2
DAY 4 - Wednesday May 16
READING: T. May, pgs. 44-60; P. Ryan "How New is the 'New' Social Studies of Childhood? The Myth of a Paradigm Shift," Journal of Interdisciplinary History, vol. 38, no. 4 (Spring, 2008): 553-576.
9 AM - Breakfast in the dining room of the cafe
10 AM Lecture - DL 112 - P. Ryan, "Master-Servant Childhood"
12:30 PM Lunch in the Cafe
2 PM Seminar Discussion - DL 112 - T. May, second half of Chapter 2 and P. Ryan "How New?"
DAY 5 - Thursday May 17
READING: P. Ryan "The 'government of heroic women': childhood, discipline, and the discourse of poverty - 'Kontrolle durch heroische Frauen': Kindheit, Disziplin und der Armustsdiskurs," in Bildungsgeschichte – International Journal for the Historiography of Education vol. 7, no. 2 (2017): 173-190; Watch BBC - Our World "Norway: Parents Against the State," Apr. 2016, 22 mins.
9 AM - Breakfast in the dining room of the cafe
10 AM Lecture - KC 119 - P. Ryan, "The Landscape of Modern Childhood"
12:30 PM Lunch in the Cafe
2 PM Seminar Discussion - KC 119 - P. Ryan "government of heroic women..."
DAY 6 - Friday May 18
7:30 AM - Breakfast in the dining room of the cafe
Bus Leaves for Niagra Falls and on to Toronto Residence and Conference Centre
(departure time forthcoming) *Swedish, British, and Canadian students are all welcomed to join - some may return to London, some may stay in Toronto.
DAY 8 - Saturday May 26
Canadians Check-in TBA at Pearson International Airport, Toronto.
DAY 9 - Sunday May 27
Canadians Arrive in Copenhagen, Train, & check-in at TBA
DAY 10 - Monday May 28
READING: T. May Chapter 3, 61-85
10:15-12 PM - OR:B230a : – Welcome to Malmö – introduction to the second half of the course
12-1 PM - Lunch, Malmö University Café
2-3 PM - Seminar Discussion – OR:B230a - T. May, first half of Chapter 3
DAY 11 - Tuesday, May 29
READING: T. May Chapter 3, 85-95; J. Qvarsebo and T. Axelsson, "Are we constructing Lutherans, people with values, or US citizens?" in Foucault and a Politics of Confession in Education edited by Andreas Fejes and Katherine Nicoll (London: Routledge, 2015): 146-158.
10:15-12 PM - NI:A0407 - Lecture J. Qvarsebo, “Childhood and the genealogy of values”
12-1 PM - Lunch, Malmö University Café
2-3 PM - NI:A0407 - Seminar Discussion - T. May, second half of Chapter 3 and J. Qvarsebo & T. Axelsson
DAY 12 - Wednesday, May 30
READING: T. May Chapter 4, 96-109; J. Dahlbeck, "Hope and Fear in Education for Sustainable Development," Critical Studies in Education vol. 55 no. 2 (2014): 154-169.
10:15-12 PM - OR:C233 - J. Dahlbeck “Education for sustainable development and the humanization of nature”
12-1 PM - Lunch, Malmö University Café
2-3 PM - OR:C233 - Seminar Discussion – T. May first half of Chapter 4 and J. Dahlbeck (2014)
DAY 13 - Thursday, May 31
READING: T. May Chapter 4, 109-125
9:15-12 PM - OR:E340 – Concluding seminar (student led) – T. May, second half of Chapter 4
12-1 PM - Lunch, Malmö University Café
DAY 14 - Friday, June 1
Social activities are extra curriculum. More info when in Sweden.