Diversity, Intercultural Encounters, and Education

Susana Gonçalves is an Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic of Coimbra, a researcher at the Research Unit for Education and Training/University of Lisbon, Director of the Centre for the Study and Advancement of Pedagogy in Higher Education (CINEP) and Secretary General of the academic European Erasmus network CICE (Children’s identity and Citizenship in Europe). Markus A. Carpenter is a sociologist and an ESL tutor at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra. He has been a member of the Portuguese Association of Anglo-American studies since 1995 and is writing a dissertation on the cinematic adaptations of Bradbury’s works. He is also a Portuguese to English translator.

• Part I: Challenges of Diversity and Intercultural Encounters 1. Seen at a Distance: How Images, Spaces and Memories Shape Cultural Encounters Susana Gonçalves 2. Multicultural Society in Europe: Beyond Multiculturalism Maria Laura Lanzillo 3. The UK’s Ad Hoc Multiculturalism and the Rise of Britishness Chris Gifford, Jamie Halsall and Santokh Singh Gill 4. Media and Interculturality: Mapping Theories, Projects and Gaps Sofia José Santos Part II: Identities Confronted and Renewed 5. Foundations of Culture of Conflict Daniel Bar-Tal and Eman Nahhas 6. Intercultural Education: Learning from the Integrated Catholic and Protestant Schools in Northern Ireland Claire McGlynn 7. On Being Invisible and Passing Through Walls: Toward a Pedagogy of Seeing and Being Scene Christine Ballengee Morris and B. Stephen Carpenter, II 8. Identities and Diversities Among Young Europeans: Some Examples from the Eastern Borders Alistair Ross 9. Separate by Choice, or Degrees of Separation Markus A. Carpenter 10. The Mirrors’ Maze: On Emotional Aspects of Dealing with Differences in a Multicultural Society Nilly Venezia Part III: Post-Colonial, Post-Historical, Post-Modern Scenarios and Interrogations 11. "The Syndrome of Ernesto" and Multiculturalism: On Being a Teacher in Mozambique António Cabrita 12. Memory, Hope and Post-Historical Politics in Multicultural Horizons Francisco Naishtat 13. The Extinction of the Negative: Megamind, Mouffe and the Anti-Politics of Liberalism Chan Nin and Chan Kwok-bun