HEDSS has been organized by EERA and international leading organizations within the field since 2010. In 2025 the 15th anniversary summer school will be held in Oslo, Norway, hosted by the University of Oslo and VID Specialized University.
22 postgraduate researchers from all over the world participate at this year's summer school. The research fellows will discuss their dissertation projects with fellow doctoral candidates and leading scholars in the field of education history.
In addition, there will be short lectures and workshops, including visits to exhibitions.
Time Schedule
Thursday, June 5, 2025
- 15.30: Meet up in front of the Royal Palace, close to the statue of Karl Johan.
- 15.40: A short walk to the Stortinget (Parliament) https://www.stortinget.no/en/in-english
- 16.00: Visit at the Norwegian Parliament – Stortinget (remember to bring your passport)
Brit Marie Hovland - 18.00: Opening Welcome at the University of Oslo, Helga Eng’s house (HE) Room, HE 241
- Department of Education, by Line Wittek, Head of Department
Local hosts and organizers, by Brit Marie Hovland, VID Specialized University, Kirsten Sivesind, University of Oslo, Inga Bostad, University of Oslo.
International organizer group, v/ Sian Roberts, University of Birmingham
- Department of Education, by Line Wittek, Head of Department
- 18.30: Learning across contexts: Who are we, and where do we come from? Room, HE 241.
Chairs: Brit Marie Hovland, VID and Kristen Sivesind and Inga Bostad, UiO.- In this interactive session, participants will work in small groups to introduce themselves and share key features of their national or local education systems. The aim is to spark dialogue, build connections, and lay the groundwork for cross-contextual reflection throughout the summer school.
- 19.30: Welcoming reception, Room, HE 241.
- 21.30: Back to the hotel.
Friday, June 6, 2025
- 08.30: Welcome and breakfast at the university campus for those who stays at Cochs hostel, Room HE 241.
Chairs: Brit Marie Hovland and Inga Bostad - 09.00: Parallel Session, HE 241 (1a) and HE 232 (1b).
Chairs Angelo van Gorp and Sian Roberts - 10.00: "The travelling idea of IQ: Networks, knowledge brokers, translation and spaces of calculation", by Christian Ydesen, University of Zürich, and Brit Marie Hovland, VID.
IQ exhibition: "Inside the Box. Measuring Intelligence for 100 Years", U35 (basement)
by Jon Røyne Kyllingstad, Universisty of Oslo. - 11.00: Coffee break
- 11.15: Parallel Session, Room, HE 241 (2a) and HE 232 (2b)
Chairs Inga Bostad and Ian Grosvenor - 12.15: Lunch, Helga Eng’s house
- 13.00: Tour at Blindern campus
by Inga Bostad, UiO - 13.15: Tour in the library’s closed stacks (GS: Georg Sverdrups house) followed by workshop: "From historical sources to data: digital scholarship and historical analysis", at room LINKEN, 2nd floor GS.
by Alexandre Simon, The University Library, Oslo - 15.30: Break
- 15.45: Parallel session Room, HE 241 (3a) and HE 232 3b)
Chairs Tone Kvernbekk and Björn Norlin - 16.45: Coffee break
- 17.00: Summing up the day, Room HE 241,
by Sian Roberts -
18.00 Welcome to Europe's largest house of literature! The Holberg Laureate LIVE: ‘Learning From Below’ with the prize winner, Gayatri C. Spivak, Columbia University. https://holbergprize.org/events-and-productions/the-holberg-laureate-live-learning-from-below/
- 19.30 Dinner at Café Oslo, the Literature House, 1st floor
Saturday, June 7, 2025
- 09.30: Welcome and breakfast at the university campus for those who stays at Cochs hostel, Room HE 241.
Chairs Kirsten Sivesind and Brit Marie Hovland - 10.00: Parallel Session Room, HE 241 (4a) and HE 232 (4b)
Chairs Kirsten Sivesind and Angelo van Gorp - 11.00: Coffee
- 11.15: Parallel Session Room HE 241(5a) and HE 232 (5b)
Chairs Cliff Chinyama and Christian Ydesen - 12.15: Lunch, Room HE 241
- 13.00: Closing session, Room HE 241
Chaired by the local and international organizers - 14.30: Tram/subway to the city center
- 15.00: City Hall/ Aula guided tour
- 19.30: Dinner, Restaurant Habibi. Adress: Møllergata 10
Practical information
Venue
- The conference takes place at the University of Oslo, campus Blindern, Helga Eng building (the main conference room is 241, second floor).
Getting there
- The venue is a five minute walk from the metro station Blindern, with departures/ arrivals to/from the city center every five minutes or so.
- Public transportation in Oslo is organised by Ruter. Find information about time tables and how to purchase tickets at Ruter.no (please type "Blindern" when searching for the conference location).
Curious about Oslo?
- You can find more information at VisitOSLO.
Contact
- Questions regarding practical information can be directed to Kirsten Sivesind.
- Questions regarding the programme can be directed to Brit Marie Hovland.
Local organisers
- The Department of Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo, by the research groups
- Curriculum, leadership and educational governance (CLEG): Kirsten Sivesind
- Humanities Studies in Education (HumStud): Inga Bostad and Tone Kvernbekk
- VID Specialized University, by the research group
- Transloyalties in Citizenship Education (TranCit): Britt Marie Hovland
HEDSS is supported by
- European Education Research Association (EERA)
- Stichting Paedagogica Historica
- History of Education Society Great Britain (HESGK)
- International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE)
- The research group Transloyalties in Citizenship Education (TranCit) at VID Specialized University, Norway
- The research groups Curriculum, leadership and educational governance (CLEG) and Humanities Studies in Education (HumStud) at the Department of Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo.
Background
HEDSS started as an European Education Research Association (EERA) pilot project and is the fifteenth conference in a series of successful events that begun in Ghent in 2010.
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