Professor Kristján Kristjánsson participated in an international online roundtable on September 13th organised by the Center for Intercultural Learning and the School of Philosophy at East China Normal University (ECNU). The roundtable was entitled “Reflecting on learning and education” and Professor Kristjánsson’s talk was entitled ‘Does the current flourishing discourse
Professor Emeritus James Arthur was invited to provide the opening remarks at a major conference on Virtues and Vocations at Notre Dame University between 3rd-5th June. The conference was attended by 130 delegates including the key players in character and virtues in the USA and was a great success with
October 2024 Professor Andrew Peterson Professor Kristján Kristjánsson September 2024 Professor Tom Harrison Professor Kristján Kristjánsson August 2024 Professor Kristján Kristjánsson July 2024 Professor Tom Harrison Professor Andrew Peterson Professor Kristján Kristjánsson Dr. Shane McLoughlin June 2024 Professor Kristján Kristjánsson Dr Liz Gulliford Dr. Shane McLoughlin May 2024 Professor Kristján
On 8th-9th March, deputy director Professor Andrew Peterson presented four sessions on character education at the Swiss Group of International Schools’ annual conference, held at the International School of Lausanne, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland.
Assistant Professor Shane McLoughlin recently had a feature episode on the bi-weekly ‘Philosophy and Therapy Podcast’, hosted by John T. Maier. During the course of the episode the two discussed a range of Dr. McLoughlin’s work which included two journal articles that he co-authored: ‘ACT: A Process-Based Therapy in Search
In today’s rapidly evolving world, the demand for ethical decision-making and wise judgment has never been more crucial. The Boston College course will offer a comprehensive exploration of practical wisdom, or phronesis, within professional practice. Throughout this course, Kristján Kristjánsson will delve into five key units (Introduction; key concepts; A
Dr. Liz Gulliford will present at Francisco de Vitoria University on May 30th and 31st. During this time, Dr. Gulliford will deliver a lecture on AI and Phronesis, both online and face-to-face. You can register for Liz Gulliford’s online lecture on AI and Phronesis here.
On Saturday 20th April, Professor Andrew Peterson was an invited speaker at the Social and Citizenship Education Association of Australia’s conference held in Canberra. Responding to the conference’s theme of ‘Curriculum, community and beyond: Future directions in citizenship education’, Professor Peterson gave a provocation titled ‘Global perspectives on citizens, communities
Please see a below a list of the recent publications from the Jubilee Centre members from 2024. November 2024 Professor Emeritus James Arthur has published a paper titled ‘Character and Higher Education’ in Church Communication and Culture, Volume 9, Issue 2 (2024) which is available here. Professor Kristján Kristjánsson has
Virtues and Values Education Centre, UFV The Virtues and Values Education Centre at UFV have recently developed new courses for educators and leaders in schools and universities on character education. Character in Schools On 20th and 27th February, along with the 5th March, the Virtues and Values Education Centre ran