LOSING OUR SELVES? Education and the Self in Global Perspective

What is the self, and how should education engage with it?

Join us for Losing Our Selves?, the first in a new series of online research labs from the Global Philosophy of Education (GlobalPhilEd) project. This international collaboration brings together scholars from diverse philosophical traditions to grapple with one of education’s most persistent and elusive questions: the nature and role of the self.

From autonomous rational control to social construction, from authentic identity to the rejection of the self altogether. This lab explores how varying global perspectives understand, shape, and challenge the self within educational thought and practice.

- Expect deep engagement across African, Eastern, Western, and Indigenous philosophies of education.
- Contribute to open, collaborative dialogues on selfhood, identity, and the educational implications of living with or without a self.

Participants are expected to attend all three sessions and contribute actively between meetings. Outcomes may include joint publications or creative collaborative outputs.