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Reflecting on the Pakistan Symposium

Mar 08, 2022

Reflecting on the key findings of the Pakistan Symposium, the Roundtable was a high level event with an emphasis on inclusive curriculum...

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CELL-MM SNC 2021 Symposium

Dec 22, 2021

Main findings of the highly successful CELL-MM SNC 2021 Symposium. Islamabad and Karachi, Pakistan.

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Investing in Inclusion

Sep 15, 2021

Investing in Inclusion – Implementation of Pakistan Single National Curriculum 2021

CELL in partnership...

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An inclusive curriculum

Aug 04, 2021

Does the Single National Curriculum hold up the commitment of Pakistan to the rights of ethnic and religious minorities in the country...

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Violent Pasts Webcast is Available Online

Mar 25, 2019

On March 5, 2019, CELL partnered with USAID's ECCN to organize the webcast, From Divisive Stereotypes to Inclusive Identities: The...

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CELL hosts Maastricht's first WikiGap

Mar 08, 2019

Can you spare 30 minutes? Update a Wiki page with more detail. Can you spare 45 minutes? Translate a Wiki page so that it reaches new...

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Keynote Address by Andrée van Es at CELL WikiGap

Mar 08, 2019

We are pleased to announce that Ms. Andrée van Es, Chairperson of the Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO, will give a keynote...

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CELL-ECCN Webcast on Violent Pasts

Mar 05, 2019

March 4th is the last chance to RSVP for the CELL-ECCN webcast, 'From Divisive Stereotypes to Inclusive Identities: The Role of...

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Narrating our Violent Pasts in Curricula &...

Jan 15, 2019

On January 15th, CELL, in partnership with UNESCO and the Georg Eckert Institute (GEI) for International Textbook Research, organized a...

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New Team Member: James H. Williams

Jan 02, 2019

CELL welcomes James H. Williams as the newest member of its team. Since the start of 2019, James has taken on the role of CELL's...

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CELL at Salzburg Global Seminar

Dec 02, 2018

From 2 - 7 December, CELL Principal and Co-founder Ayla Bonfiglio took part in the Salzburg Global Seminar on Social and Emotional...

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CELL Selected for USAID's ECCN 2018-19 Partner...

Nov 14, 2018

The Conflict and Education Learning Laboratory’s 'Violent Pasts Workshop' has been chosen by USAID's Education in Conflict and Crisis...

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Presentation at World Cities Day, UNESCO

Oct 31, 2018

CELL's Atif Rizvi and Ayla Bonfiglio attented the Celebration of World Cities Day at UNESCO on October 31, 2018. At the event, Atif...

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Meetings at UNESCO, Paris

Sep 13, 2018

On the 13th of September, CELL’s Executive Director, Atif Rizvi, and Principal, Ayla Bonfiglio, met with UNESCO’s Education and Social...

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Launch of Young Researchers Initiative with UCM

Sep 03, 2018

On September 3, 2018, CELL launched its 'Young Researchers' program in partnership with the University College Maastricht (UCM). CELL’s...

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Meeting Teachers at Koninklijk Atheneum Antwerp

Aug 30, 2018

On Thursday, the 30th of August, CELL's Executive Director Atif Rizvi presented CELL's work to teachers at the Koninklijk Atheneum...

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Article Published in Intervetionen

Aug 01, 2018

The July 2018 issue of Intervetionen: Fachzeitschrift für Verantwortungspädagogik / Intervention: Journal of Responsibility...

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Panel on Refugee Education at IASFM

Jul 27, 2018

CELL's Principal Ayla Bonfiglio presented her research on how higher education impacts when, where and how refugees seek asylum at this...

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Presentation at Rotary Maastricht

Jun 12, 2018

On Tuesday, 12 June 2018, CELL was invited by the Rotary Club Maastricht to give a talk on its mission to reduce divisive stereotypes in...

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Preventing Violent Extremism through Education

May 04, 2018

Between 2-4 May 2018, CELL's Executive Director, Atif Rizvi, and Principal, Ayla Bonfiglio, participated in a sub-regional capacity-...

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Mar 25, 2019

On March 5, 2019, CELL partnered with USAID's ECCN to organize the webcast, From Divisive Stereotypes to Inclusive Identities: The Role of Educational Materials in Crisis and Conflict-Affected Settings.

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Mar 08, 2019

Can you spare 30 minutes? Update a Wiki page with more detail. Can you spare 45 minutes? Translate a Wiki page so that it reaches new audiences. Can you spare 1-2 hours? Author an entirely new article!

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Mar 08, 2019

We are pleased to announce that Ms. Andrée van Es, Chairperson of the Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO, will give a keynote address at 12:30pm to kick-off CELL's WikiGap Day of Action at The Student Hotel Maastricht.

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Mar 05, 2019

March 4th is the last chance to RSVP for the CELL-ECCN webcast, 'From Divisive Stereotypes to Inclusive Identities: The Role of Educational Materials in Crisis and Conflict-Affected Settings.'

Date: Tuesday, 5 March 2019

Time: 4-5pm CET

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Jan 15, 2019

On January 15th, CELL, in partnership with UNESCO and the Georg Eckert Institute (GEI) for International Textbook Research, organized a high-level workshop to examine the state-of-the-art on narrating violent pasts in education.

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Jan 02, 2019

CELL welcomes James H. Williams as the newest member of its team. Since the start of 2019, James has taken on the role of CELL's Principal of North America.

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Dec 02, 2018

From 2 - 7 December, CELL Principal and Co-founder Ayla Bonfiglio took part in the Salzburg Global Seminar on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL): A Global Synthesis.

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Nov 14, 2018

The Conflict and Education Learning Laboratory’s 'Violent Pasts Workshop' has been chosen by USAID's Education in Conflict and Crisis Network (ECCN) as a featured Partner Initiative that it will support for 2018-2019.

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Oct 31, 2018

CELL's Atif Rizvi and Ayla Bonfiglio attented the Celebration of World Cities Day at UNESCO on October 31, 2018.

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Sep 13, 2018

On the 13th of September, CELL’s Executive Director, Atif Rizvi, and Principal, Ayla Bonfiglio, met with UNESCO’s Education and Social and Human Sciences sectors to build upon its meetings in February 2018 on areas of further collaboration.

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Sep 03, 2018

On September 3, 2018, CELL launched its 'Young Researchers' program in partnership with the University College Maastricht (UCM).

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Aug 30, 2018

On Thursday, the 30th of August, CELL's Executive Director Atif Rizvi presented CELL's work to teachers at the Koninklijk Atheneum Antwerp, during the school's teacher training days at the start of the new academic year.

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Aug 01, 2018

The July 2018 issue of Intervetionen has published an article by CELL's Exective Director, Atif Rizvi, entitled "Nigeria and Boko Haram: Divisive Stereotypes, Education and Violent Extremism."

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Jul 27, 2018

CELL's Principal Ayla Bonfiglio presented her research on how higher education impacts when, where and how refugees seek asylum at this year's Internation Association for the Study of Forced Migration conference in Thessaloniki, Greece from 24-27 July 2018.

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Jun 12, 2018

On Tuesday, 12 June 2018, CELL was invited by the Rotary Club Maastricht to give a talk on its mission to reduce divisive stereotypes in textbooks. CELL Working Group member Frank Ubachs introduced the CELL team.

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May 04, 2018

Between 2-4 May 2018, CELL's Executive Director, Atif Rizvi, and Principal, Ayla Bonfiglio, participated in a sub-regional capacity-building workshop on the prevention of violent extremism through education (PVE-E), entitled "Global Citizenship Education for Peaceful Socieities in South-East Euro

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Apr 20, 2018

CELL is now engaged in a partnership with University College Maastricht (UCM). UCM is a Liberal Arts and Sciences Honors College that provides small-scale and individualized bachelor's education.

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Apr 05, 2018

On 5 April 2018, CELL's Exective Director Atif Rizvi and Principal Ayla Bonfiglio participated in the International Conference on Refugee Higher Education organized by the Global Platform for Syrian Studies (GP4SYS) and the Portuguese Government and hosted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in

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Mar 30, 2018

CELL welcomes Peggy Maes as the newest member of its Working Group. Peggy will advise and work together will CELL on projects and outreach related to divisive stereotypes and discrimination in the classroom and divisive stereotypes and disability.

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Muhanad and Ahmad, refugees from Syria in school in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley
Mar 19, 2018

On the 19th of March 2018, CELL’s Principal Ayla Bonfiglio participated in a Debate Café on ‘The Future of Syria and Syrian Refugees’ at the Dominicanen Bookshop in Maastricht.

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Mar 16, 2018

On the 16th of March 2018, Katherine Kominis, CELL Advisory Board Member and Assistant Director for Rare Books at Boston University’s Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, gave a seminar on Rare Book Librarianship.

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Feb 28, 2018

On the 27th and 28th of February 2018, CELL’s Executive Director, Atif Rizvi, and Principal, Ayla Bonfiglio, met with UNESCO’s Education and Social and Human Sciences sectors to build upon its meetings in December 2017 on possible areas of future collaboration with both sectors.

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Feb 05, 2018

CELL welcomes Cristina Mancigotti as the newest member of its Working Group.

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Feb 02, 2018

On 2 February 2018, CELL's Principal Ayla Bonfiglio gave the keynote lecture at the Globalization and Migration Symposium, an annual conference organized by and for students studying Globalization and Development at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) at Maastricht University.

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Jan 31, 2018

On 31 January 2018, CELL's Principal Ayla Bonfiglio gave a public seminar entitled, "Understanding Refugee Agency and Mobility through the Pursuit of Tertiary Education" at the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology and Maastrich

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Jan 24, 2018

On 24 January 2018, CELL ran a workshop session entitled "Divisive Stereotypes and Discrimination Within and Beyond the Classroom: The Context of Refugee and Migrant Students." The session was part of the Helping Students in Acceptance (HESTIA) workshop in Maastricht, The Netherlands, which broug

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Jan 22, 2018

CELL welcomes Frank Ubachs as the newest member of its Working Group.

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Dec 29, 2017

In 2017, Dr Noel McGinn, esteemed CELL Advisory Board member co-authored the book, Learning to Educate: Proposals for the Reconstruction of Education in Developing Countries.

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Dec 13, 2017

On 13 and 14 December 2017, CELL’s Executive Director, Atif Rizvi, and Principal, Ayla Bonfiglio, met with UNESCO’s Education and Social and Human Sciences Sectors to discuss possible areas of future collaboration.

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Nov 20, 2017

Between 15-16 November 2017, CELL's Principal of Research, Dr. Lonneke Nillesen, participated in the Households in Conflict Network's (HiCN) 13th annual workshop, hosted by the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management.

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Nov 13, 2017

On Wednesday, November 22, 2017, CELL President Jo Ritzen will launch his new book, A Second Chance for Europe: Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union. The launch will take place at Maastricht University's campus in Brussels.

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Nov 06, 2017

CELL welcomes Mark Routs as the newest member of its Working Group. Mark will advise CELL on developing creative and high-impact audiovisual content, targeting diverse audiences, including academics, policy-makers, and the public, to name a few.

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Nov 02, 2017

CELL is now engaged in a partnership with The Georg Eckert Institute (GEI) for International Textbook Research, based in Braunschweig, Germany! GEI is a member of the Leibniz Association, a prestigious network of non-university research institutions.

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Nov 01, 2017

Between 7-11 November 2017, CELL's President, Jo Ritzen; Executive Director, Atif Rizvi; and Principal, Ayla Bonfiglio will participate in the World Science Forum (WSF) at the Dead Sea in Jordon.

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Oct 16, 2017

On 16 October 2017, CELL's Principal Ayla Bonfiglio participated in the Policy Workshop on the Future of Migration in Europe, organized by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Brussels.

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Sep 21, 2017

CELL is pleased to announce its institutional partnership with The School of Writing, based in Karachi, Pakistan. CELL and TSW will collaborate on textbook and educational projects, research, and events, particularly as they relate to divisive stereotypes.

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Sep 01, 2017

Today, September 1, 2017, CELL launches In Focus, a blog dedicated to transforming the latest research and expertise related to divisive stereotypes, education, and violence or conflict, into concise analytical articles and briefs.

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Jul 14, 2017

On 14 July 2017, CELL convened a roundtable with academics and policymakers entitled, 'Working towards a global agreement to reduce divisive stereotyping in school textbooks,' at the Association for Public Policy and Management (APPAM) International Conference in Brussels.

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Jun 26, 2017

On 26 June 2017, CELL President Jo Ritzen presented at a workshop on the Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) through Educational Media, at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

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Jun 22, 2017

CELL Working Group Member Prof. Fons Coomans, on 21-22 June 2017, attended a meeting of UNESCO Chairs at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The meeting brought together Chair holders who work on human rights, migration and urban inclusion.

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Jun 19, 2017

CELL President Jo Ritzen spoke about citizenship and education at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences on 19 June 2017.

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Nov 30, 2016

On 30 November 2016, CELL attended the Education in Emergencies forum in Brussels, organized by the European Commission, Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection.

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Nov 11, 2016

On 11 November 2016, Ayla Bonfiglio gave a lecture on Europe’s Refugee ‘Crisis’ for the European Law Students’ Association’s annual ELSA Day.

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Nov 03, 2016

Between 3-5 November 2016, CELL attended the Association for Public Policy and Management's (APPAM) Fall Conference, on 'The role of research in making government more effective' in Washington DC, United States.

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Oct 12, 2016

Official launch of the Conflict in Education Learning Laboratory (CELL Foundation). The event was hosted by Ambassador Lionel Veer of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the presence of Assistant Director-General for Education Qian Tang.

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Jul 12, 2016

Between 12-15 July 2016, CELL attended the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference on 'Rethinking Forced Migration and Displacement: Theory, Policy, and Praxis' in Poznan, Poland.

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Jun 13, 2016

On 13-14 June 2016, CELL attends Association for Public Policy and Management Inequalities (APPAM) International Conference, 'Inequalities: Addressing the Growing Challenge for Policymakers Worldwide' in London.

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Jun 06, 2016

At a debate organized by the Honours+ program, CELL's Ayla Bonfiglio spoke at about the role Maastricht University should and could play in the ongoing refugee crisis.

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Sep 09, 2014

Between 9 - 11 September 2014, CELL Executive Director Atif Rizvi presented a paper entitled, "To Create new texts, and reshape the Context’: Rationale for New Islamic Religious Textbooks in Nigeria" at the African Studies Association of the United Kingdom (ASAUK) conference at the Univ

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