Book launch - Conflict, Education and Peace in Nepal: Rebuilding Education for Peace and Development

This new book engages with broad debates about educational challenges in conflict-affected contexts and draws on the interactions between the Maoist rebellion and the politics of education in Nepal to provide new insights into research, policy and educational practice in politically unstable and conflict-affected environments.

Tejendra will introduce the book and the panel of speakers specialising in the field of education and conflict and Nepal studies will reflect on the book’s relevance to Nepal’s post-conflict social and political developments as well as its contributions to the wider field of education, conflict and peace.

Speakers

Chief guest 

• His Excellency Mr. Gyan Chandra Acharya, Ambassador of Nepal to the United Kingdom

Chair

• Elaine Unterhalter, Professor of Education and International Development - UCL IOE

Panel

• Tejendra Pherali, Professor of Education, Conflict and Peace - UCL IOE
• Michael Hutt, Professor of Nepali and Himalayan Studies - SOAS, University of London
• Uma Pradhan, Lecturer in Education Studies -  UCL IOE
• Mario Novelli, Professor of the Political Economy of Education - University of Sussex

This event will be particularly useful for those interested in educational challenges in conflict-affected environments

Education in Conflict and Emergencies seminar series

This webinar is part of this series. This seminar series is designed to create an opportunity for critical debates in the subfield of education, conflict and peacebuilding and promote a critical understanding of the interactions between education, conflict and international development.

Related links

• Education in Conflict and Emergencies seminar series
• Department of Education, Practice and Society
• Centre for Education and International Development