Join us in Paris and online for PCE2025!
June 10-14, 2025 | Sorbonne University International Conference Center (CICSU), Paris, France
Bienvenue à Paris!
Paris has always been a city driven by strident ideas, where discussions and debates are lively, open and frequently heated, overspilling into protests, strikes and even revolution. As such, the French capital is among the world’s most important cultural and intellectual centers, and a city of great history and energy.
“Liberty, equality and fraternity” was the 18th century revolutionary call to arms and battle cry that was soon adopted and institutionalised, as the driving motto behind a new country that would throw off the shackles of absolutist aristocratic rule and commit to a new future for the country, based on enlightenment ideals and new understandings. These would have enormous ramifications within France and beyond as the concepts of liberty, equality and fraternity have spread around the world as a slogan, philosophy, aesthetic and political goal. During this period of revolution violence and competing ideologies, radical ideas and ideals around meritocracy and democracy emerged and were implemented in ways that still influence today, from the study, practice and policies of education, and the heuristic that education is for all, to artistic, design, and cultural production.
Over the course of its history, Paris has been the venue for real and intellectual battles over ideas, ideals and ideologies; between conservative and reformist, secular and religious, multicultural and national, East and West, and all shades of left and right. The French educational system and its fiercely independent, highly vocal, and hugely influential teachers and lecturers are always at the center of national and indeed international politics and policy. Added to this vigorous public intellectual arena are politicians, writers, journalists, artists, and filmmakers, each bringing a wide variety of perspectives and experience.
What resonates globally, and in this time of globalisation is the openness and rigour of the debates in Paris, and which underlines the continued relevance of this open intellectual space, when in many other places around the world ideas are stifled or banned, any form of opposition is dangerous, and open discussion can be seditious. Paris, city of light, therefore has an enormous and special intellectual place in the heart of all educators and free thinkers regardless of nationality, and especially in today’s uncertain global social-political context.
New Revolutions
As the world recovers from the huge disruptions wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been forced to undergo a period of revolution in the ways in which we engage as professors and students, and teachers and learners. The pandemic has shown that the notions of freedom, equality and fraternity have been brutally called into question by curfews, school or university closures, travel restrictions, and lockdowns. This highlighted and exacerbated the digital divide, where rich countries were able to innovate solutions thanks to solid and reliable technological infrastructure, enabling communication both within and between countries, but also raising worrying questions about the power and reach of government and private enterprise reliance and surveillance. The deep and lasting impact on our expectations and our practices in terms of communication and education is only beginning to be understood, as are the benefits, limitations, and dangers of technology.
PCE2025 will be held alongside The Paris Conference on Arts and Humanities (PCAH2025). Registration for either conference will allow delegates to attend sessions in the other.
– The PCE2025 Programme Committee
- Venue & Location: Sorbonne University International Conference Center (CICSU), Paris, France
- Dates: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 to Saturday, June 14, 2025
- Early Bird Abstract Submission Deadline: January 10, 2025*
- Final Abstract Submission Deadline: March 14, 2025
- Registration Deadline for Presenters: April 25, 2025
*Submit early to take advantage of the discounted registration rates. Learn more about our registration options.
Speakers
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Jun ArimaUniversity of Tokyo, Japan -
Christopher CrippsInstitut Polytechnique de Paris, France -
Paolo SabbatiniWorld Sinology Center, China
Programme
To be Announced
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Education and Cultural Diplomacy as a Tool for PeacePanel Presentation: Paolo Sabbatini -
The Future of Cultural Diplomacy: The Legacy of Marco PoloKeynote Presentation: Paolo Sabbatini -
Internationalisation of Higher Education in France: Challenges and OpportunitiesKeynote Presentation: Christopher Cripps
Conference Committees
Global Programme Committee
Dr Joseph Haldane, Chairman and CEO, IAFOR
His Excellency Professor Toshiya Hoshino, Osaka University, Japan
Professor Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech., United States
Professor Donald E. Hall, Binghamton University, United States
Dr James W. McNally, University of Michigan, United States & NACDA Program on Aging
Professor Haruko Satoh, Osaka University, Japan
Dr Grant Black, Chuo University, Japan
Professor Dexter Da Silva, Keisen University, Japan
Professor Baden Offord, Curtin University, Australia
Professor Frank Ravitch, Michigan State University, United States
Professor William Baber, Kyoto University, Japan
Conference Programme Committee
Dr Grant Black, Chuo University, Japan
Professor Georges Depeyrot, French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Dr Joseph Haldane, IAFOR, Japan
Professor Donald Hall, Rochester University, United States
Professor Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech, United States
Professor Ljiljana Markovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Krisna Uk, Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
Conference Review Committee
Dr Olukemi Adetuyi-olu-francis, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Dr Cristina Marie Balderama, Romblon State University, Philippines
Dr Rachmie Sari Baso, AKADEMI BAHASA ASING BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia
Dr Nancy Everhart, Florida State University, United States
Dr Alexander Ibni, Zamboanga Peninsula Polytechnic State University, Philippines
Dr Rolando Magat Jr, Rizal Technological University, Philippines
Dr Wafaa Metwalli, Misr International University, Egypt
Mahmoud Sultan Nafa, City University Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Dr Nato Pachuashvili, International Black Sea University, Georgia
Dr Kwok Pak Keung, Lufier Consulting, Hong Kong
Dr Catherine Phillips, Lakehead University, Canada
Professor Avvaru Ramakrishna, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Professor Rob Townsend, Laurus Higher Education, Australia
Dr Raees Unnisa, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
IAFOR's peer review process, which involves both reciprocal review and the use of Review Committees, is overseen by the Conference Programme Committee under the guidance of the International Academic Board (IAB). Review Committee members are established academics who hold PhDs or other terminal degrees in their fields and who have previous peer review experience.
If you would like to apply to serve on the PCE2025 Review Committee, please visit our application page.
IAFOR Research Centre (IRC) – “Innovation and Value Initiative”
The IAFOR Research Centre (IRC) is housed within Osaka University’s School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), and in June 2018 the IRC began an ambitious new “Innovation and Value Initiative”. Officially launched at the United Nations in a special UN-IAFOR Collaborative Session, the initiative seeks to bring together the best in interdisciplinary research around the concept of value, on how value can be recognised, and measured, and how this can help us address issues and solve problems, from the local to the global.
