Hugh Starkey

Row of beautiful illustrated children's books in Heffers, Cambridge, including my book Mythology Land

Shelf of illustrated kids books in Waterstones Cambridge including my book Mythology Land

Spotted Mythology Land on the shelves of Waterstones and Heffers in Cambridge this morning 😍

‘Inspirational’ human rights lawyer Conor Gearty dies aged 67 President Michael D Higgins leads tributes for Longford-born law professor and author

Deeply saddened to learn of the death of Conor Gearty
His contribution as a human rights scholar has been immense
His readiness to speak up for justice is one more human rights educators need to emulate

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Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education: Research and Practice for Social Justice Published in Nordic Journal of Human Rights (Ahead of Print, 2025)

⭐️Really appreciate @drtoddlandman.bsky.social review of our edited book ‘Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education’ doi.org/10.1080/1891...

⭐️ @beategold.bsky.social & I are grateful for the support of a wonderful team of authors from #Denmark #Finland #Iceland #Norway #Sweden #Canada #US #UK

Navigating academia: the intersectional experiences of Black Muslim female students in UK higher education This article critically explores the structural and cultural exclusions faced by Black Muslim women (BMW) in higher education HE in the UK. It addresses the persistent elitism and growing awareness...

GENDER PERSPECTIVES
⭐️ @sadiyaosman.bsky.social University of #Leicester explores the intersectional experiences by #gender #ethnicity & #religion of Black Muslim women in #UK #HigherEducation
⭐️Must-read for all working to enable equity & inclusion
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You can read Christina Johnson’s review of ‘Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education’ here doi.org/10.1080/2535...
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How US Universities Can Survive State Terrorism BY CATHERINE D’IGNAZIO As a professor at MIT, I find myself navigating strange waters these days. Last semester, I advised the thesis of a student who left the country because she did not fee…

"These are not normal times. and these are not my normal job duties." My friend Catherine d'Ignazio describes being a professor under state terrorism, a description that resonates with my experience as well: academeblog.org/2025/08/05/h...

Just learned that ‘Human Rights & Schooling’ is selected by National Academy of Sciences Republic of #Korea as an Excellent Academic Book
I’m greatly honoured by this prestigious award
Warm thanks to translators Drs Sunun Park & Jihye Park for their work and commitment to #HumanRightsEducation

Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From? A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler's mixed-heritage family, over three centuries. Whether o...

As #SouthAsianHeritageMonth begins, I look forward to great events & share my family story from South India: ‘Where are you from? No where are you really from?’
From 18th century ancestors were migrants in each generation
Journeys prompted by war, economic crisis, enslavement, love
#RootstoRoutes

For anyone who missed this conference, Conor Gearty’s talk is worth checking out

An open letter from the presidents of Gaza universities Our campuses may have been razed, but our universities continue to exist.

A call to work for:
sustainable ceasefire without which no education system can thrive
end to complicity with genocide mobilisation to support HE as vital to Palestinian future
Recognition of scholasticide as war on education

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Nordic perspectives on human rights education: research and practice for social justice Published in Human Rights Education Review (Ahead of Print, 2025)

🎉Delighted that Christine Johnsson’s @mau.se review of ‘Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education’ (2025) is now free to read /download
🎉The review in @hrer.bsky.social is book’s first
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So excited to see #IAHRE2025 get going with a critique of academic human rights sceptics by by @Shami Chakrabarti on the right and left #HumanRightsTheCasefortheDefence

2025 IAHRE Conference – 12-13 June 2025 – London Human Rights Education and Youth Empowerment Thursday 12 June from 12.30pm and Friday 13 June 2025 9.30 – 16.00  Venue: IOE UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0…

⭐️We look forward to welcoming colleagues to the IAHRE conference in London 12-13 June
⭐️HRER is the official journal of IAHRE
⭐️It’s not too late to register, do join us!
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Sport as a space for human rights education and children’s rights Children’s participation in sport presents a key opportunity for the advancement of human rights education. Human rights education is recognised as vital to the realisation of human rights. However...

🎉Love sports?
🎉Passionate about securing #childrights?
🎉 @ursulak.bsky.social & @jtodres.bsky.social discuss how sports provide key setting for #HumanRightsEducation
🎉This & all 14 articles & 9 book reviews in HRER 8(1) free to download
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Join us for the launch of #nordicperspectivesonhumanrightsed at #IAHRE2025 UCL 12-13 June
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Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education: Research and Practice for Social Justice Backed by a range of case studies and recent developments in human rights education research, Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education guides readers through an analysis of educational inequities...

⭐️Do check out wonderful line-up that @beategold.bsky.social
& I brought together for Routledge anthology
⭐️Nordic Perspectives on #HumanRights Education: Research & Practice for Social Justice’
From across Nordic Region and beyond
⭐️Many #OpenAccess chapters
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Maria Luis Queriros Isabel Duarte & Pedro Ferreira discuss challenges in educating migrant students in #Portugal
Teachers lack intercultural skills & provide minimalist #HRE
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✅Democracy under threat

✅Important agenda here for education, and for holding our governments to account on human rights & rule of law

✅Do check it out!

Disrupting colonial myths and false truths: the educative power of narratives Published in Human Rights Education Review (Vol. 8, No. 1, 2025)

HRER has a review of @audreyosler.bsky.social ‘s book
Where are you from? No, where are you really from? by @suegollifer.bsky.social & Richard Greaves
Check it out- #OpenAccess
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Towards a new democracy pact for Europe - Annual report of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe 2025 "We cannot meet today’s challenges with yesterday’s playbook. And we must never forget that democracy is our first line of defence. What Europe needs is a reset: a New Democratic Pact for Europe." Ala...

⭐️Important Council of Europe report
⭐️Addresses fear, double standards, populism, youth activism & disengagement, attacks on DEI, gender-based violence & more
⭐️Key points here for education policy & educators

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Deconstructing human rights within secular democracies on the freedom to manifest religion in educational contexts European countries are becoming more religiously diverse, placing greater attention on the interpretation of Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the freedom to manifest rel...

✔️What does the freedom to manifest #religion or belief look like in secular democracies?
✔️Specifically in educational settings?
✔️Mohammed Alan argues European Convention Art 9 interpreted through secular lens to detriment of minorities
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A South-African perspective: managing learners’ right to freedom of expression in the classroom This study explores how teachers in post-Apartheid South Africa manage classrooms to promote freedom of expression while maintaining boundaries and ensuring learner safety, in the context of the co...

In this #OpenAccess article Johan Kruger explores how #SouthAfrican students’ constitutional and human right to freedom of expression is linked to teachers’ management styles & influenced by a generational divide
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Blue paperback book ‘Where are you from? No, where are you really from’ published Virago 2024. Also available as audiobook

Look forward to #SlavesoftheEmpire @ukasianfilmfest.bsky.social Phoenix #Leicester tomorrow 9 May
Wonder how stories of those enslaved by colonial era #Dutch in Kerala in compare with that of three times great grandfather enslaved by #British #EastIndiaCompany in #Madras late 18th century

Emotions and human rights education in early childhood: insights from young children in Rwanda Human rights education in early childhood should be relevant to children’s experiences, however there is a tendency to avoid the subject. This paper draws from a participatory study undertaken in R...

☑️Early childhood educators are invited to check out this article by @carmelward.bsky.social @queensuniv.bsky.social
☑️research explores how insights from young children can contribute to a #pedagogy of #HumanRights
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Challenges and prospects for antiracism pedagogy in Finnish upper secondary schools: an examination of teacher guides Public and private sectors in Finland, including educational institutions, are legally obliged to challenge discrimination. Furthermore, international governing bodies such as the EU and UNESCO enc...

⭐️Interested in antiracist pedagogy #Finland?
⭐️Check out HRER #OpenAccess article by Maija Jones @piamikander.bsky.social Jenni Helakorpi & Erika Lofstrom @helsinki.fi @hulib.bsky.social
⭐️How might upper secondary teachers meet their #legal obligations?

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OurShelves with special guest Audrey Osler OurShelves with Audrey Osler Audrey Osler is Professor Emerita of Citizenship and Human Rights Education at the University of Leeds. Her latest book, Where Are You From? No, Where Are You Really Fr…

Podcast about writing a family memoir, new historical insights, Britishness, favourite books and a lot more….

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My paper addressed The Long Struggle for Educational Equity in Britain 1944-2023
I uncovered how my own teacher education & preparation had uncritically reproduced the mid-20th century UK government propaganda!
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Exploring liminality for transformative human rights education in higher education This paper proposes liminality as a concept for enabling transformative human rights education. Liminal spaces, times and subjectivities can facilitate critical reflection on identity, communities ...

Congratulations @pvonberg.bsky.social for new #OpenAccess article in vol8(1) exploring the concept of liminality in #HigherEducation in informing transformative human rights education
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Transformative university human rights education Human rights have been taught at universities in Sweden since the late 1990s. While these programmes are substantively advanced, they are, like most university educational programmes, delivered in ...

⭐️Christina Johnsson draws on empirical data from Swedish law professors to identify a gap #HumanRights content & teaching methods
⭐️She argues for a fresh approach to ensure transformative #HRE in universities
⭐️Check out her #OpenAccess article
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