CESHK Annual Conference

Call for Papers​

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Debates, disagreements, and differences in view are nothing new in comparative education. Yet how we can productively manage conflict interpersonally within the field is worth reflection in a so-called global age. Do we share a set of values, about diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice; about civility in dialogue and intellectual argumentation; about peer review and the importance of tolerance of different views, methodologies, and approaches?

 

This year’s CESHK Annual Conference focuses specifically on dialogue, disagreement, conflict, and the virtues of peer engagement and comparison. Submissions should be 1000-2000 words and address the aims of the presentation/study, its methods, and its arguments/outcomes.

 

The following guiding questions and sub-themes may help frame submissions:

 

• What norms and values should guide disagreement in comparative education?

• How do we teach or model disagreement in academic spaces?

• How do we engage with opposing views while maintaining scholarly integrity?

• How can we foster tolerance for diverse research paradigms and tools?

• How do identity and positionality shape how and why we disagree?

• Whose voices dominate comparative education debates, and why?

 

While not all submissions need to focus on this theme, this conference will be selective in identifying well-prepared submissions that speak to the theme and other vital issues in the field of comparative and global studies in education. Poster presentations on a variety of important themes are welcome.​

 

Submissions can be for: 

• Individual presentations with one or more presenters (1000-2000 words proposal),

• Panel discussions (3000-5000 words proposal), or

• Posters (300-500 words proposal).

After peer review, presenters with accepted submissions will receive Acceptance Letters via email.

This year due to programme space limitations, an individual can be a presenter in no more than 2 sessions.​

 

Presentations can be in English, Cantonese, or Mandarin/Putonghua. English and Chinese sessions will be held separately. If you wish to present in Cantonese or Mandarin/Putonghua, you must submit your abstract in written Chinese (traditional or simplified characters). Accepted presentations are not allowed to change their language of presentation after the acceptance letters are issued.​

 

Conference Registration and CESHK Membership​

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All presenters at the CESHK Annual Conference must pay for registration and membership by December 15.

• General Membership + Conference fee: HKD 1,000

• Student Membership + Conference fee: HKD 700

• Membership only: HKD 300​

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Membership is for the current calendar year. Members joining CESHK after 1st September will enjoy membership until the start of the next Annual Conference.​

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Payments can be made by the following means:

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1. Bank/ATM Transfer

HSBC Account Name: The Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong

HSBC Account Number: 040-670069-838

For international payments, participants might need the following information:

HSBC Branch Address: 1 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong

SWIFT/BIC CODE: HSBCHKHHXX

Please note: The code for HSBC in Hong Kong is 004; the branch code for the CESHK bank account is 040; and the account number 670069-838.

 

2. PayPal

Our business PayPal PayPal.Me link is: PayPal.Me/CESHK

 

Please note that on-site cash payments will not be an option. Thank you for your kind attention and understanding.

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Important Dates​

 

Oct 26       Submission deadline

Nov 23      Announcement of results

Dec 15      Registration deadline

Feb 7-8     Conference​

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We look forward to seeing you at the Conference!​

 

Conference Committee

Liz Jackson (HKU), Nutsa Kobakhidze (HKU), Gordon Tsui (HKU), David Sorrell (EdUHK), Jeremy Rappleye (HKU), Jing Liu (Tohoku), Yingda Guo (HKU), Renxiang Tang (HKU), Hugo Horta (HKU), Jisun Jung (HKU), Paul Campbell (HKU), Yvette Leung (EdUHK), Ka Ya Lee (HKU), Tina Gao (EdUHK), Chi Ming Lam (EdUHK), Ewan Wright (EdUHK), Euan Auld (EdUHK), and Emily Mang (EdUHK)