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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260419T090000
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SUMMARY:ASA Academia project #1104 (2026): 3 Ghanaian-German student-tandems
DESCRIPTION:3 Ghanaian and 3 German students won stipends by Engagement Global to participate in our 3rd ASA Academia research & teaching Project #1104 from 20 April to 18 December 2026. Phase 1 of “Shaping educational change: recognizing and breaking colonial patterns in teacher training curricula” takes place at PH Karlsruhe\, Phase 2 at UCC. We welcome Christian Agyei\, Veronica Enyonam Ahiaba\, Irene Sitsofe Kwawu\, Jonas Florian Morbe\, Jennice Radant and Cosima Reese to Phase 1 at PH Karlsruhe!
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/asa-academia-project-1104-2026-3-ghanaian-german-student-tandems/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Decoloniality,Event,Ongoing event,Partnership,Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251214T080000
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SUMMARY:International Winter School "Democracy - Language - Participation"
DESCRIPTION:The one-week conference is part of the DAAD “Get Ready for Global Teaching!” programme (2025-2029) at PH Karlsruhe. Visiting lecturers from our partner universitites in Northern Ireland\, Israel\, Ghana\, Cameroon\, and newly South Africa will cooperate with local students and colleagues to deepen our understanding of how democracy\, language\, and participation intersect and how language can be a tool for both exclusion and empowerment in democratic societies. Info und Programm Winter School 2025_en
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/international-winter-school-democracy-language-participation/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Conference,Decoloniality,Event,Global Citizenship,Intercultural Activities,Partnership
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251009T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251009T210000
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SUMMARY:ASA Programme 65th Anniversary Jubilee
DESCRIPTION:65 years of ASA work to celebrate! Watch the jubilee video about the development and impact of the ASA programme\, and a video showing our 2025 group getting prepared for their work. \n \n 
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/asa-programme-65th-anniversary-jubilee/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,Activism,All Posts,Coming up,Decoloniality,Event,Partnership
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250922T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251219T180000
DTSTAMP:20260826T054211Z
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SUMMARY:"ASA Academia global" 2025 Team XV Phase 2
DESCRIPTION:After Phase 1 at PH Karlsruhe\, our German-Ghanaian tandem-project (#1107) under the ASA Academia global format programme (Engagement Global) continues from September to December 2025 at UCC in Cape Coast. We work towards Sustainable Development Goals #4\, #10\, #16\, and #17 and have planned many school visits. The research activities for Team XV are decolonizing ELT\, teaching materials\, and English curricula at school level.
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/asa-academia-global-2025-team-xv-phase-2/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Ongoing event,Partnership,Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250530T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250530T113000
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SUMMARY:"Communities of Practice in mobility programmes: Learning opportunities" presentation by Philipp Reul
DESCRIPTION:Philipp Reul is a teacher\, teacher educator\, lecturer\, father & doctoral candidate. He will present his findings about learning opportunties and outcomes in the bi-directional project “The Laos Experience” to the current Ghanaian-German “Community of Practice” in Karlsruhe (ASA project 2025). His work is based on the “Framework of Mutual Engagement” after Wenger-Trayner: “Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.” The Framework comprises Activity\, Relationship\, Sense of Belonging\, and Agency.
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/communities-of-practice-in-mobility-programmes-learning-opportunities-presentation-by-philipp-reul/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Event,Global Citizenship,Partnership,Teacher interviews,Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250424T095000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250424T112000
DTSTAMP:20260826T054209Z
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SUMMARY:Conference presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in April 2025
DESCRIPTION:“Decolonial Approaches to the Teaching of English and World Languages”. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting “Research\, Remedy\, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal”. Transformations in Teacher Education Policies\, Research\, and Practices. Ass.Prof. Michele Back & “Innovations in the Teaching of English and World Languages from a Decolonial Perspective” book group (including Rebecca Dengler\, Miaoxing Ye & Prof. Isabel Martin).
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/conference-presentation-at-the-american-educational-research-association-aera-in-april-2025/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Conference,Decoloniality,Event,Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250422T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250930T180000
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SUMMARY:"ASA Academia global" 2025: 2nd student-tandem research project (Team XV)
DESCRIPTION:Our German-Ghanaian tandem-project (#1107) under the ASA Academia global format programme (Engagement Global) with 6 full stipends for 6 months (April to July in Karlsruhe\, September to December 2025 in Cape Coast)\, led by Dr. Christopher Yaw Kwaah and Prof. Isabel Martin\, works towards Sustainable Development Goals #4\, #10\, #16\, and #17. The main research activities for Team XV are decolonizing ELT\, teaching materials\, and English curricula at school level.
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/asa-academia-global-2025-2nd-student-tandem-research-project-team-xv/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Decoloniality,Ongoing event,Partnership,Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250325T163000
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SUMMARY:Conference presentation at CIES (Comparative & International Education Society) in March 2025
DESCRIPTION:“Researching de-/coloniality in diverse geopolitical contexts: from (g)localizing English language teaching to digital platform collaboration” is our new project combining decolonial research and praxis in ELT\, Applied Linguistics\, Informatics\, and (teacher) Education. The South-North-East team includes partners from Germany\, Laos\, the USA\, Ghana\, Ukraine\, and Poland so far.\nOur CIES presentation in the “Teacher Education and the Teaching Profession SIG” is delivered by Dr. Chris Yaw Kwaah and Dr. Monika Popow. Co-authors: Prof. Isabel Martin\, Dr. Nico Hillah\, Lanta Ketoukham\, Rebecca Dengler.
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/conference-presentation-at-cies-comparative-international-education-society-in-march-2025/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Conference,Decoloniality,Event,Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250325T080500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250325T090500
DTSTAMP:20260826T054209Z
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SUMMARY:Conference presentation at AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics) in March 2025 (no. 2)
DESCRIPTION:“Cameroonian-German decolonial encounters in English language education: An auto-ethnographic exploration of North-South student-tandems”. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference “Relational Accountability in Applied Linguistics”. Roundtable. Dr. Eric Ekembe & Prof. Isabel Martin.
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/conference-presentation-at-aaal-american-association-of-applied-linguistics-in-march-2025-no-2/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Conference,Decoloniality,Event,Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250323T083500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250323T090500
DTSTAMP:20260826T054209Z
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SUMMARY:Conference presentation at AAAL (American Association of Applied Linguistics) in March 2025 (no. 1)
DESCRIPTION:“Reimagining knowledge-making: Relational accountability and the transformation of scholarly and academic practices”. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference “Relational Accountability in Applied Linguistics”. Language and Ideology. Prof. Sinfree Makoni & “Un-booking” group (27 scholars including Isabel Martin).
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/conference-presentation-at-aaal-american-association-of-applied-linguistics-in-march-2025-no-1/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Conference,Decoloniality,Event,Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241212T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20250120T180000
DTSTAMP:20260826T054208Z
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SUMMARY:Call for Applications 2025 in the decolonial German-Ghanaian student-tandem project (ASA Academia programme)
DESCRIPTION:Interested in our German-Ghanaian tandem-project “Decolonizing English Language Teaching and ELT curricula through a bi-directional learning-and-teaching approach” under the ASA Academia global format programme (Engagement Global) in 2025? Then read the (new) Call for Applications for information and apply soon!
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/call-for-applications-2025-in-the-decolonial-german-ghanaian-student-tandem-project-asa-academia-programme/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Coming up,Decoloniality,Event,Partnership
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241130
DTSTAMP:20260826T054207Z
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SUMMARY:3 consecutive Erasmus+ mobilities to Savannakhet University: Prof. Isabel Martin\, Mr Philipp Reul\, Dr. Nico Hillah
DESCRIPTION:The fourth project phase of  “Bi-directional teaching and learning” focusses “Digital Citizenship and Bi-directional Decoloniality” (2023-2026). We are currently working out the connections and contradictions between these two towards a new project idea. These members of PH Karlsruhe visited/are visiting SKU in the autumn of 2024:\nTeaching Mobility Prof. Dr. Isabel Martin (English Department): 21.8.-30.8.2024\nTraining Mobility Mr Philipp Reul (PhD candidate in English Department):  11.11.-16.11.2024\nTraining Mobility Dr Nico Hillah (Informatics Institute): 18.11.-26.11.2024
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/3-consecutive-erasmus-mobilities-to-savannakhet-university-prof-isabel-martin-mr-philipp-reul-dr-nico-hillah/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Decoloniality,Ongoing event,Partnership,Savannakhet University (SKU)
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240422T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20241202T170000
DTSTAMP:20260826T054208Z
CREATED:20260826T054208Z
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UID:34584-1713776400-1733158800@www.thelaosexperience.com
SUMMARY:“ASA Academia global": German-Cameroonian research project at the University of Education Karlsruhe and the University of Yaoundé 1
DESCRIPTION:The “ASA” programme is an education and capacity-building initiative administered and financed by “Engagement Global” on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and aims to promote a bottom-up understanding of different regional perspectives on overcoming pressing global challenges.\nOur 6-month research project “Rethinking Education: Decolonizing Internationalization and Knowledge Production: Decolonizing (English) Teacher Education through Bidirectional System Interaction” brings together three German-Cameroonian student tandems in a North-South partnership in 2024.
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/asa-academia-global-german-cameroonian-research-project-at-the-university-of-education-karlsruhe-and-the-university-of-yaounde-1/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Decoloniality,Global Citizenship,Ongoing event,Partnership,Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240419T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20240717T170000
DTSTAMP:20260826T054207Z
CREATED:20260826T054207Z
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UID:34577-1713517200-1721235600@www.thelaosexperience.com
SUMMARY:ASA Academia global project "Rethinking education: decolonising internationalisation and knowledge construction"
DESCRIPTION:Student-tandem research project on “Decolonising (English) teacher education through bi-directional systems interaction“ (ASA-title)\, called “Rethinking education: decolonising internationalisation and knowledge production” (our title)
URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/asa-academia-global-project-rethinking-education-decolonising-internationalisation-and-knowledge-construction/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,Activism,All Posts,Coming up,Decoloniality,Ongoing event,Partnership,Teams
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20220411T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20220411T133000
DTSTAMP:20260826T054151Z
CREATED:20260826T054151Z
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UID:34468-1649678400-1649683800@www.thelaosexperience.com
SUMMARY:Session 1: Introduction to the course; Globalisation\, Internationalisation\, Digitalization\, Professionalization in Education
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URL:https://www.thelaosexperience.com/event/session-1-introduction-to-the-course-globalisation-internationalisation-digitalization-professionalization-in-education/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research,All Posts,Event,Global Citizenship,Global English
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