NEW[IERS] Open Lecture “Peace Education: An Indian Subcontinent Perspective”

We are pleased to invite you to an IERS upcoming open lecture on February 7th, 2024 (Wed).

Details of the event are as below:

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Title: Peace Education: An Indian Subcontinent Perspective

Speaker: Dr. Ashar Johnson Khokhar (Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan)

Date&Time: February 7th, 2024 (Wed)，10:00-11:30

Location: Alumni House - 2nd Floor Lounge (in person)

The lecture will be in English.

Abstract:

The Indian subcontinent was divided into two countries in 1947, and later Pakistan was further divided into two countries. Now this region is made up of three countries: Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. A long history has been shared among these countries, but each country has constructed its own history, and academics have called it politics of history-making and history-writing. These countries also inherited the education system (structures, curricula, and policies) created by the British constructing a certain identity and worldview. This session explores how peace education and attitudes towards peace education are shaped by the politics of education in the Indian Subcontinent.

About the lecturer:

Dr. Ashar Johnson Khokhar is a specialist in teacher education and a faculty at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, Pakistan. He has been working with primary, elementary, and secondary school pupils, teachers, and student-teachers and supporting them in understanding curriculum and textbooks of language, social studies, history, Islamic education, and ethics. His areas of research are citizenship, national identity, citizenship education, peace education, social justice, gender studies, inclusive society, curriculum policy, qualitative research, and textbook analysis. He advocates and works towards making Pakistan an inclusive, multi-religious, multicultural, and tolerant society through his academic research and advocacy works. He could be reached at asharkhokhar@fccollege.edu.pk.

For more info: email Prof. Toshiaki Sasao at sasao@icu.ac.jp