History of Education Doctoral Summer School

15th HISTORY OF EDUCATION DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL (HEDSS)

University of Oslo, Norway, 5-7 June 2025

This conference invites applications from postgraduate students in the history of education with an interest in the histories of educational spaces and discourses and new ways of working with images, artefacts, and archives. Leading international historians of education will give lectures and workshops, and offer advice concerning the research process. There will be opportunities for students to discuss their dissertation projects with fellow doctoral
candidates and receive comments from prominent scholars in the field.

The summer school started as an EERA pilot project and is the thirteenth conference in a series of successful events that started in Ghent in 2010 and was followed by meetings in Birmingham 2011, Lisbon 2012, Hamburg 2013, Umeå 2014, Luxembourg 2015, Groningen 2016, Porto Conte 2017, Riga 2018, Liverpool 2019, Lyon 2021, Madrid 2022, Zurich, 2023 and Copenhagen, 2024. This session of the summer school is organised at the University of Oslo, Norway. The conference is supported by:

  • Stichting Paedagogica Historica
  • History of Education Society, UK
  • European Educational Research Association (EERA)
  • International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE)
  • VID Specialized University, Norway
  • University of Oslo, Norway

The number of participants will be limited to up to 25 students. The conference language is English. Participation in the conference is free of charge. Accommodation and meals will be provided, but delegates will have to cover the cost for their travel to Oslo. ISCHE travel bursaries are available to students from low-GDP countries. For more information, please check the application form.

Tutors: Björn Norlin (Umeå University, Sweden), Ian Grosvenor and Siân Roberts (University of Birmingham, UK), Angelo Van Gorp (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany), Christian Ydesen (University of Zürich).

Local organisers: Brit Marie Hovland (VID Specialized University, Norway), Kirsten Sivesind (University of Oslo, Norway)

The Application form should be sent to history-of-ed-ss-2025(at)eera-ecer.de

Closing date for applications is 31 December 2024. Applicants will be notified in February 2025.

Contact history-of-ed-ss-2025(at)eera-ecer.de for queries regarding application, eligibility and selection criteria; Brit Marie Hovland (brit.hovland@vid.no) or Kirsten Sivesind (kirsten.sivesind@iped.uio.no) for queries on practical issues, e.g. regarding travel, accommodation and venue.

Previous editions of the History of education Doctoral Summer School:

14th HISTORY OF EDUCATION DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL (HEDSS)

Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark, 6–8 June 2024

  • Call for Applications
  • Application Form
  • Dates: 6–8 June 2024
  • Venue: Danish School of Education, Campus Emdrup in Copenhagen, Aarhus University, Denmark
  • Application deadline: 31 December 2023

This conference invites applications from postgraduate students in the history of education with an interest in the histories of educational spaces and discourses and new ways of working with images, artefacts, and archives. Leading international historians of education will give lectures and workshops, and offer advice concerning the research process. There will be opportunities for students to discuss their dissertation projects with fellow doctoral candidates and receive comments from prominent scholars in the field.

The summer school started as an EERA pilot project and is the fouteenth conference in a series of successful events that started in Ghent in 2010 and was followed by meetings in Birmingham 2011, Lisbon 2012, Hamburg 2013, Umeå 2014, Luxembourg 2015, Groningen 2016, Porto Conte 2017, Riga 2018, Liverpool 2019, Lyon 2021, Madrid 2022 and Zürich 2023. This session of the summer school is organized by the Danish School of Education at Aarhus University and will be held at Campus Emdrup in Copenhagen. The conference is supported by:

  • Stichting Paedagogica Historica
  • History of Education Society, UK
  • European Educational Research Association (EERA)
  • International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE)
  • Danish School of Education, Aarhus University
  • The Centre for Danish Educational History, Aarhus University

The number of participants is limited to 25 students. The conference language is English. Participation in the conference is free of charge. Accommodation and meals will be provided, but delegates will have to cover the cost for their travel to Copenhagen. ISCHE travel bursaries are available to students from low-GDP countries. For more information, please check the application form.

Tutors: Ian Grosvenor and Siân Roberts (University of Birmingham, UK), Angelo Van Gorp (RPTU-University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany), Björn Norlin (Umeå University, Sweden) and Sue Anderson-Faithful (University of Winchester/History of Education Society, UK).

Local organisers: Lisa Rosén Rasmussen (Aarhus University, Denmark), Ning de Coninck-Smith (Aarhus University, Denmark), Christian Sandbjerg Hansen (Aarhus University, Denmark), Hanne Knudsen (Aarhus University, Denmark), Victoria Percy-Smith (Aarhus University, Denmark), Pernille Svarre Nygaard (Aarhus University, Denmark)

 

13th HISTORY OF EDUCATION DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL (HEDSS)

University of Zurich and the conference centre Schloss Au, 8–10 June 2023

  • Call for Applications
  • Dates: 8–10 June 2023
  • Venue: University of Zurich and the conference centre Schloss Au, Switzerland
  • Application deadline: 31 December 2022

This conference invites applications from postgraduate students in the history of education with an interest in the histories of educational spaces and discourses and new ways of working with images, artefacts, and archives. Leading international historians of education will give lectures and workshops, and offer advice concerning the research process. There will be opportunities for students to discuss their dissertation projects with fellow doctoral candidates and receive comments from prominent scholars in the field.

The summer school started as an EERA pilot project and is the thirteenth conference in a series of successful events that started in Ghent in 2010 and was followed by meetings in Birmingham 2011, Lisbon 2012, Hamburg 2013, Umeå 2014, Luxembourg 2015, Groningen 2016, Porto Conte 2017, Riga 2018, Liverpool 2019, Lyon 2021 and Madrid 2022. This session of the summer school is organised at the University of Zurich and the conference centre Schloss Au (Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich), Switzerland.

The conference is supported by:

  • Stichting Paedagogica Historica
  • History of Education Society, UK
  • European Educational Research Association (EERA)
  • International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE)
  • Universität Zürich, Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft
  • Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich
  • Stiftung Pestalozzianum
  • Pädagogische Hochschule FHNW
  • Universität Basel, Institut für Bildungswissenschaften
  • Pädagogische Hochschule Schwyz

The number of participants is limited to 25 students. The conference language is English. Participation in the conference is free of charge. Accommodation and meals will be provided, but delegates will have to cover the cost for their travel to Zürich. ISCHE travel bursaries are available to students from low-GDP countries. For more information, please check the application form.

Tutors: Lisa Rosén Rasmussen (Aarhus University, Denmark), Björn Norlin (Umeå University, Sweden), Ian Grosvenor and Siân Roberts (University of Birmingham, UK), Angelo Van Gorp (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany), Tom Woodin, (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, UK and History of Education Society, UK) and Lilli Riettiens (University of Cologne, Germany).

Local organisers: Anne Bosche ( Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich and Stiftung Pestalozzianum), Lukas Boser (Universität Basel), Patrick Bühler ( Pädagogische Hochschule FHNW), Frederik Herman (chair of the LOC – Pädagogische Hochschule Schwyz ) and Michèle Hofmann (Universität Zürich )

12th HISTORY OF EDUCATION DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL (HEDSS)

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 9–12 June 2022

This conference will welcome postgraduate students in the history of education with an interest in the histories of educational spaces and discourses and new ways of working with images, artefacts, and archives. Leading international historians of education will give lectures and workshops, and offer advice concerning the research process. There will be opportunities for students to discuss their dissertation projects with fellow doctoral candidates and receive comments from prominent scholars in the field.

The summer school started as an EERA pilot project and is the twelfth conference in a series of successful events that started in Ghent in 2010 and was followed by meetings in Birmingham 2011, Lisbon 2012, Hamburg 2013, Umeå 2014, Luxembourg 2015, Groningen 2016, Porto Conte 2017, Riga 2018, Liverpool 2019 and Lyon 2021. This session of the summer school is organised at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. The conference is supported by:

  • Stichting Paedagogica Historica
  • History of Education Society, UK
  • European Educational Research Association (EERA)
  • International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE)
  • Sociedad Española de Historia de la Educación (SEDHE)

Tutors: Frederik Herman (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland), Jody Crutchley (Liverpool Hope University, UK), Ian Grosvenor and Siân Roberts (University of Birmingham, UK), Angelo Van Gorp (University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Germany), Björn Norlin (Umeå University, Sweden) and Carlos Martinez Valle (Universidad Complutense de Madrid).

Local organisers: Antonio Fco. Canales (head), Teresa Rabazas, Sara Ramos and Carlos Sanz Simón (UCM), María del Mar del Pozo and Carlos Menguiano (UAH) and Gabriela Ossenbach, Kira Mahammud and Ana Badanelli (UNED).

 

11thHISTORY OF EDUCATION DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL (HEDSS)

University of Lyon, France (École normale supérieure de Lyon), 11–14 June 2020

This conference invites applications from postgraduate students in the history of educationwith an interest in the histories of educational spaces and discourses and new ways of working with images, artefacts, and archives. Leading international historians of education will give lectures and workshops, and offer advice concerning the research process. There will be opportunities for students to discuss their dissertation projects with fellow doctoral candidates and receive comments from prominent scholars in the field.

The summer school started as an EERA pilot project and is the eleventh conference in a series of successful events that started in Ghent in 2010 and was followed by meetings in Birmingham 2011, Lisbon 2012, Hamburg 2013, Umeå 2014, Luxembourg 2015, Groningen 2016, Porto Conte 2017, Riga 2018 and Liverpool 2019. This session of the summer school is organised at the University of Lyon, France. The conference is supported by:

  • StichtingPaedagogica Historica
  • History of Education Society, UK
  • European Educational Research Association (EERA)
  • International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE)
  • University of Lyon (École normale supérieure de Lyon)

The number of participants is limited to 30 students. The conference language is English. Participation in the conference is free of charge. Accommodation and meals will be provided, but delegates will have to cover the cost for their travelto Lyon. ISCHE travel bursaries are available to students from low-GDP countries. For more information, please check the application form.

Tutors:  Antonio Canales Serrano (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain), Björn Norlin (Umeå University), Ian Grosvenor and Siân Roberts (University of Birmingham, UK), Angelo Van Gorp (University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Germany), Susannah Wright (Oxford Brookes University, UK and History of Education Society, UK) and Clémence Cardon-Quint (Université de Bordeaux).

Local organisers:  Emmanuelle Picard (ENS de Lyon), Solenn Huitric (ENS de Lyon), Rebecca Rogers (Université Paris Descartes), Marianne Thivend (Université Lyon 2).This edition of the summer school was organised by Liverpool John Moores University, 13–16 June 2019

Tutors: Heather Ellis (University of Sheffield, UK), Joyce Goodman (University of Winchester, UK), Ian Grosvenor and Siân Roberts (University of Birmingham, UK), Rebecca Rogers (Université Paris Descartes, France), Frank Simon (Ghent University, Belgium), Angelo Van Gorp (University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Germany).

Local organisers: Geert Thyssen (chair), Craig Hammond, David Clampin, Jess Delaney, Ellen Thacker

10th HISTORY OF EDUCATION DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL
This session of the summer school was organised by Liverpool John Moores University, 13–16 June 2019

Tutors: Heather Ellis (University of Sheffield, UK), Joyce Goodman (University of Winchester, UK), Ian Grosvenor and Siân Roberts (University of Birmingham, UK), Rebecca Rogers (Université Paris Descartes, France), Frank Simon (Ghent University, Belgium), Angelo Van Gorp (University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Germany).

Local organisers: Geert Thyssen (chair), Craig Hammond, David Clampin, Jess Delaney, Ellen Thacker

 

9th HISTORY OF EDUCATION DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL
This edition of the summer school was organised by the University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, 7-10 June 2018

Tutors: Marc Depaepe (KU Leuven, Campus Kortrijk, Belgium), Jonathan Doney (University of Exeter, UK), Ian Grosvenor (University of Birmingham, UK), Ulrike Mietzner (Technical University Dortmund, Germany), Frank Simon (Ghent University, Belgium), Natalia Tsvetkova (St. Petersburg State University, Russia) and Angelo Van Gorp (University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau, Germany).

Local organisers: Iveta Kestere (chair), Zanda Rubene, Kitija Valeina, Arnis Strazdins.

 

8th HISTORY OF EDUCATION DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL
This edition of the summer school was organised by the University of Sassari, Porto Conte (Alghero, Sardinia), Italy, 8–11 June 2017

Tutors: Eckhardt Fuchs (Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research and Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany), Ian Grosvenor (University of Birmingham, UK), Iveta Kestere (University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia), Kristen Nawrotzki (Heidelberg University of Education, Germany), Stephen Parker (University of Worcester, UK), Fabio Pruneri (University of Sassari, Italy), Frank Simon and Angelo Van Gorp (Ghent University, Belgium).

Local organisers: Fabio Pruneri (chair), Paolo Bianchini (University of Turin), Luisa Pandolfi (University of Sassari) and Elena Tabacchi.