WRERU-Lincoln

This is the first of a series of conversations between WRERU members. Today, the conversation is between Mualla Selçuk and Julian Stern. Mualla is Professor Dr Dr theol h c Mualla Selçuk, Professor of Religious Education at Ankara University, Türkiye, and Visiting Professor in Islam and Education at Bishop Grosseteste University, UK. Julian is Professor of Education and Religion at Bishop Grosseteste University, and Director of WRERU. Professor Selçuk talks about how and why she started doing research related to religion and education, having been a schoolteacher when religious education was first introduced into Turkish schools, and about her current research – especially, the Sharing Worldviews project exploring encounter between people of different worldviews. We finish by talking about the future, and I think you’ll be surprised by how valuable a future Mualla (and Julian) see for research in religion and education.

WRERU - the World Religions and Education Research Unit at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, was officially launched on 23rd November 2023. This is the recording of that launch, hosted by Professor Julian Stern.

Leslie Francis presents a professorial inaugural lecture. The title is Faith in Religions and Education: Growing stronger faith communities and nurturing a better society. He considers a range of research and its influence on religious and educational communities.

Julian Stern's inaugural professorial lecture is on education and religion, in a somewhat lonely world. He explores many aspects of education, learning and research and knowledge, along with solitude and loneliness. Optimism is there, notwithstanding our mortality.