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Audrey Osler
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Writer, scholar, speaker
Professor @universityofleeds.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social
Co-chair: global-iahre.org

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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Apr 30
Podcast about writing a family memoir, new historical insights, Britishness, favourite books and a lot more….

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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…
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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · 6d
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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...
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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · 6d
📚 Looking forward to this reading in Leicester with local writers Natasha Sheldon and Hamish Whiteley

⏰Saturday 10 January 2026 4.00-6.30pm

🧭CLARENDON PERK COFFEE SHOP
249 Clarendon Park Road LE2 3AQ

🤗All welcome

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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · 7d
Honoured to be a keynote speaker at #IAHRE2026

And excited to meet so many delegates from across the globe engaged in #HumanRights Education

Do join us if you can
Registration is open & places are filling up fast!
Special rates available until 4 March 2026

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 9d
We know this has been a challenging year for all dedicated to greater justice and rights. These are difficult times, with moments of uncertainty and loss. But what carries us through, and gives us hope for a better future, is each other.

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 9d
Festive Greetings from HRER

We are thankful.

To our authors, readers, reviewers, guest editors, human rights activists, researchers, and educators across the word, we value you!

Your support during this year of growth and development for HRER has inspired us.

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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · 20d
For anyone seeking practical advice on talking to children about difficult things going on in their lives, check out this book by Karen Glistrup
✅Too often we assume children are too young to understand or we think we are ‘protecting’ them
✅A key resource for parents, grandparents & teachers

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 21d
⭐️We’re excited to announce this article exploring how young children, their parents, carers & teachers understand their rights
⭐️A ground-breaking article on #HumanRightsEducation in early childhood by @carmelward.bsky.social
⭐️Deserves to be widely read
⭐️ #OpenAccess
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Recontextualising young children’s human rights education in Rwanda
Children’s human rights education in early childhood should be constructed in contextualised ways that respect traditional values, yet dominant Western-centred research often overlooks cultural syn...
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Nov 24
Are you worried about the devastating cuts we are seeing to arts, humanities & social sciences in UK universities? Last call for my lecture in Leicester this Thurs 27th Nov on the value of these subjects and how they support UK security, cohesion and prosperity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
Shaping a Brighter Future
The first event in our Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy
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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Nov 17
In the latest edion of HRER Dr Arabia Habibi discusses the power of the implicit and how human rights and global citizenship education might play out in Chinese universities
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The power of the ‘implicit’: enacting global citizenship education and human rights education in chinese higher education classrooms
This article draws on ethnographic descriptions of Global Citizenship Education (GCE) and Human Rights Education (HRE) implicit teaching and learning practices on non-compulsory topical courses at ...
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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Nov 17
✔️NEW Call for Papers from HRER

✔️Intercultural history, human rights and citizenship education for inclusion in diverse societies

✔️Scholars are encouraged to submit abstracts by 6 January 2026

✔️Invited papers due by 31 May 2026
For further details visit
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Special Issue 2027: Intercultural history, human rights, and citizenship education for inclusion in diverse societies Call for Papers: deadline for abstract submission – 6 January 2026&n…
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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Nov 16
Delighted to be publishing this, HRER’s first article focusing on #SriLanka
Hoping to publish many more!
@hrer.bsky.social has an open call for papers
@kalpanid.bsky.social @rkshanks.bsky.social @suzanneegan.bsky.social @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Nov 16
⭐️NEW #OpenAccess article by Lasni Buddhihashika Jayasooriya

⭐️Examines Sri Lankan #civics curriculum

⭐️ #HRE for living together #postconflict

#peace #SriLanka
#GlobalCitizenshipEd

⭐️in Special Issue on #gce with editors @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social & Jia Ying Neoh

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Human Rights Education and Global Citizenship: an analysis of Sri Lankan Civic Education curricula
Human Rights Education (HRE) is crucial for Sri Lanka, having endured a 26-year-long civil war and various violent experiences arising from ethnic, religious and political tensions. In the context ...
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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Nov 15
Access Marissa’s article and much more through #IAHRE membership global-iahre.org/membership/
Membership
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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Nov 15
🎨How can #art challenge public preconceptions of complex issues?
🎨Marissa Gutierrez-Vicario examines art at #Mexico #US border
🎨Discover new ways of understanding global #migration
#politics #culture #HumanRights #CounterNarratives
🎨Read via university library or #IAHRE
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Beyond the border: an analysis of narratives and counter-narratives within artworks focusing on immigration and migrant rights at the U.S.-Mexico border
This article explores how public artwork at the U.S.-Mexico border may promote human rights awareness and amplify traditionally underrepresented voices, including those from immigrant communities. ...
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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Nov 15
Question for The Times.

Given undocumented immigrants are being given hysterectomies and then deported by ICE when they complain would you still call Donald Trump a "feminist hero"? www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Nov 13
We are delighted to publish this article by @yuliasnesterova.bsky.social & colleagues @uofglasgow.bsky.social examining #HumanRights in #GlobalCitizenshipEd using 2 case studies:

#IDPs in #Azerbaijan

#Indigenous people in Taiwan

#OpenAccess
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Five pillars of transformative global citizenship education: toward integration of the rights of Indigenous Peoples and internally displaced peoples
This conceptual paper proposes a Global Citizenship Education (GCE) framework that is inclusive and supportive of the rights of two of the most marginalised communities: Indigenous Peoples and refu...
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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Nov 10
How do we teach difficult history & avoid ethnonationalism when facing the past?
Boeun Cha #Yonsei University Seoul & Jing Williams University of South Dakota discuss case of #ComfortWomen #HistoryEd
#GCE & #HRE special issue @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social & Jia Ying Neoh
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Empowering global citizens beyond nationalism: teaching the ‘comfort women’ history through human rights education in South Korea
This qualitative case study examines how human rights education (HRE) is integrated into teaching the history of Japanese military ‘comfort women’ in South Korea to empower students as global citiz...
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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Nov 8
✅Just a few days left to submit your abstract to #IAHRE2026
✅Deadline is 17 November
✅A friendly conference where all are welcome

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Caroline Ferguson @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social · Nov 8
Call for Conference Abstracts #cfp International Association for Human Rights Education Conference Münster Germany May 2026. A supportive scholarly community committed to human rights education through teaching, learning, and research global-iahre.org/research/
3rd International IAHRE Conference 26-27 May 2026 – Münster, Germany
Re-imagining Human Rights Education in a Turbulent World Abstract Deadline Extended until 17 November 2025 Venue: Zfsl An den Speichern 5, 48157 Münster, Germany Conference Announcement and Call fo…
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Caroline Ferguson @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social · Nov 5
Call for Conference Abstracts! #humanrightsed #humanrights #cfp
Theme: Re-imagining Human Rights Education in a Turbulent World 26-27 May Münster Germany global-iahre.org/research/
3rd International IAHRE Conference 26-27 May 2026 – Münster, Germany
Re-imagining Human Rights Education in a Turbulent World Abstract Deadline Extended until 17 November 2025 Venue: Zfsl An den Speichern 5, 48157 Münster, Germany Conference Announcement and Call fo…
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Caroline Ferguson @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social · Nov 5
New Special Issue published! @hrer.bsky.social Global citizenship education and human rights. What are the connections? Outstanding articles that expand concepts of GCE & HRE. Read our editorial here ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Interrogating the intersections of global citizenship and human rights education
Published in Human Rights Education Review (Vol. 8, No. 3, 2025)
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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Nov 5
HRER is delighted to announce Special Issue 8(3) Global Citizenship Education & Human Rights
12 articles on #GCE & #HRE from
#Azerbaijan #Australia #China #SouthKorea #SriLanka #Pakistan #UK #USA
🎉Congratulations Guest Editors @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social & Jia Ying Neoh doi.org/10.1080/2535...
Interrogating the intersections of global citizenship and human rights education
Published in Human Rights Education Review (Vol. 8, No. 3, 2025)
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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Nov 5
⭐️IAHRE 2026 has just extended the deadline for abstract submissions for the annual conference in May 2026 until 17 November 2025.
⭐️It will take place in the charming town of Muenster, Germany 26-27 May
⭐️We look forward to welcoming you
⭐️Check out the full details here global-iahre.org/research/
3rd International IAHRE Conference 26-27 May 2026 – Münster, Germany
Re-imagining Human Rights Education in a Turbulent World Abstract Deadline Extended until 17 November 2025 Venue: Zfsl An den Speichern 5, 48157 Münster, Germany Conference Announcement and Call fo…
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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Nov 4
🎉Today marks 75th anniversary of European Convention on Human Rights.
🎉Let’s strengthen human rights education- something we all need to protect us
🎉join International Association for Human Rights Education to network & support HRE research
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International Association for Human Rights Education
Visit the post for more.
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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Oct 30
🎉Great to this important piece -how #HumanRights of Indigenous Peoples & IDPs are incorporated in #GlobalCitizenshipEd
🎉now available #OpenAccess
🎉Congratulations @yuliasnesterova.bsky.social & others @uofglasgow.bsky.social
🎉 @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social Jia Ying Neoh

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Oct 21
🎉We are delighted to announce that we are strengthening our HRER editorial team

🎉 @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social & Dr Jia Ying Neoh @sydney.edu.au will be joining us as Associate Editors, along with @beategold.bsky.social from @oslomet.bsky.social

Welcome to you all!
Caroline Ferguson (@drcarolineferguson.bsky.social)
PhD Education. Vice-President the Social & Citizenship Education Association of Australia. Academic at The University of Sydney. Interested in global citizenship education, youth experience of politic...
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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Oct 17
Hope you may be able to join us there Leanne

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Oct 16
✅Check out HRER news for details of the Call for Papers for #IAHRE2026 conference ‘Re-imagining Human Rights Education in a Turbulent World’
✅26-27 May 2025 Muenster, Germany
✅Abstracts due 3 Nov 2025

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Learn about Human Rights Education Review
Learn about Human Rights Education Review aims & scope, editorial board, journal metrics and more.
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Aoife Nolan @aoifenolan.bsky.social · Oct 12
Conor Gearty died a month ago yesterday. He was deeply committed to human rights law without idealising it. He recognised its power & value while acknowledging its limitations (& those of the people engaging with it). He was also an exceptional lawyer. This is a fitting final piece in the @lrb.co.uk