Book Talk Description

Dr. Xin Xiang will deliver a book talk for her book "Unequal Learning: Education and Society in Contemporary China" newly published by Oxford University Press in February 2025. She will share her research journey and profound insights and guide us in rethinking: Whose knowledge holds greater value? What truly defines good education?

Dr. Xin Xiang Biography

Xin Xiang is an assistant professor at Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai. She obtained a B.A. in psychology and Ph.D. in education from Harvard University. Prior to BNU, she served as the Dean's Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research focuses on understanding and transforming educational inequality in contemporary China as well as coloniality in global knowledge production. In 2009, she co-founded Clover Youth, a Guangzhou-based nonprofit organization that aims to empower migrant youth to build dignified and meaningful livelihoods. She continues to lead the organization alongside her academic career.

Time

Mar. 11 (Tuesday), 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location

Russell Hall 306, Teachers College, Columbia University

Online Access

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