Upcoming Conferences
International Education Conference
April 12, 2013
Societal disturbances such as crime, natural disasters and emerging civil instability pose a serious risk to educational programs. The preparation, response and recovery of these local and international educational institutions to emergency situations is a critical area of examination. Understanding international education as it relates to emergencies is valuable not only to prevent and mitigate future crisis, but also due to the sector's influence on the wider social arena. This year's conference,"Education in Emergency Response and Crisis Management," seeks to bring together professionals from a variety of fields and world regions to discuss the role of education in preparing for, and mitigating the effects of, crisis situations.
Integrated Marketing Communication for Behavioral Impact (IMC/COMBI) Summer Institute
July 8-26, 2013
In collaboration with the World Health Organization. A three-week intensive for health and social development professionals who have the responsibility for designing, supervising or managing health education and other IEC/social mobilization programs to achieve specific behavioral goals. Prior communication training is not required for this Institute.
Past Conferences
Global Gateways and Local Connections: Cities, Agriculture, and the Future of Food Systems
June 20-24, 2012
As increasingly greater portions of the global population shifts towards urban environments, and cities position themselves as crucial hubs not only for food consumption, but also for its production and distribution, it becomes urgent for agriculture to reposition and reaffirm its strategic role in ensuring food security, access to governance, and acceptable livelihoods for all the actors involved. The theme of the conference highlights the need for more equitable and sustainable distribution of power and resources among various stakeholders, including those without a strong voice on the world’s stage, such as the urban and rural poor, farmers, and migrants. This is an opportunity for scholars, students, activists, farmers, practitioners, and concerned citizens to come together and explore innovative solutions and alternative models for creative, culturally viable, and environmentally sound integration of urban and rural food systems.
Art and Psyche in the City
July 19-22, 2012
Art expresses the vibrant interplay between the human psyche and our surroundings. For the second Art and Psyche conference, we invite participants in the arts and practitioners of depth pyschology to engage the creative process as it registers, reflects, imagines, and is made manifest in museums and galleries, performance halls and libraries, studios and streets of a city.
NYU Forum on Theatre for Young Audiences
April 27-29, 2012
The new century has ushered in a shift in global power, a profound change in our means of communication and a crisis that threatens the economic stability of our current order. These profound changes are being felt across the cultural spectrum and have particular meanings for young people who are often the first to register them. TYA today needs to be receptive to a range of different social and artistic undercurrents. These include the tendency towards a more functional curriculum, the collapse and blurring of traditional art forms, the emergence of the new technologies and the inclusion of new audiences.
Sexual Identity: Authorization and Leadership in a World of Difference
March 2-4, 2012 (program cancelled due to low enrollment)
The goal of this conference is to consider and challenge ideas, attitudes, and feelings about working within and across social identity differences. Specifically, the focus this year is on sexual identity in the broader community and racial, ethnic, and cultural differences within the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community. While authority and power differences affect the lives of transgendered individuals, the focus in this conference is not on gender identity but rather on sexual orientation, without the exclusion of the transgender population. Those who participate will learn through experience how stereotypes, hidden assumptions, and feelings about sexual identity differences influence interactions and decisions, and leadership and authority in organizational life.
NYU Forum on Theatre for Public Health
April 21 - 23, 2011
The goal of this forum is to facilitate a dialogue on the intersections between drama and public health education. The forum will also investigate the perceived boundaries and barriers for artists and educators when delving into health education, as well as those for health professionals when utilizing drama in their work. The forum will be comprised of artists, educators, young people, health professionals, therapists, social scientists, arts organizations and institutions dedicated to utilizing drama in health education.
AERA 2011 Annual Meeting - NYU Steinhardt Faculty, Researcher, and Student Presentations
April 8 - 12, 2011
The theme for the 2011 AERA Annual Meeting, "Inciting the Social Imagination: Education Research for the Public Good", addresses the conceptual, methodological, policy, and pragmatic challenges and opportunities in re-imagining the promise and potential of education research. Education research that contributes to public policy and public good is essential to improving education and achieving equitable and good schools. This year's conference is about moving past the "quick fix" and narrow views of education to finding a renewed vision of schooling.
Leadership and Team Development in a World of Difference
March 4 - 6, 2011
This experiental conference is purposely designed to promote the study of the dynamic interplay of different perspectives of leadership, authority, team development, and institutional transformations. There are a variety of events that are designed to help us learn about differences that divide and unite us. There are no lectures or presentations; instead participants are engaged in creation and inquiry about the institution we have formed. The goal of this work is to enhance our understanding of leadership and team development in multicultural groups and organizations.
Sci-Ed Innovators Expo & Symposium
February 7, 2011
The 2011 Sci-Ed Innovators Expo & Symposium will gather together science teachers, researchers, students, and science enthusiasts to explore innovative science teaching methods for underserved schools.
The two-part program begins with the Expo featuring students and teachers from New York Public Schools who will present their class science projects. Following the Expo, the Symposium will feature Dr. Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist and conservationist, who will speak about the Jane Goodall Roots & Shoots program, an environmental and humanitarian program which empowers young people from preschool through college to make positive change happen for people, animals and the environment.
This event is co-hosted by the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and the Jhumki Basu Foundation.
Literacy for All
November 14 - 16, 2010
The Literacy for All Conference in Providence, RI is the Northeast region's leading Pre K-8 Literacy Conference and Reading Recovery professional development event. Attend the Conference this November and learn from the leading literacy experts and notable children's authors, including David Booth, Kathy Collins, Jeanne Paratore, Brian Heinz, Irene Fountas, Steven Layne, Susan O'Leary, Gay Su Phinnell, Shane Templeton, and more! Hosted by Lesley University in collaboration with New York University, the University of Maine, and the University of Connecticut.
Neil Postman Graduate Conference
October 22, 2010
The United Nations proclaimed 2010 "The Year of Biodiversity." In keeping with this emphasis on life on earth, this year's theme for the Media, Culture and Communication graduate conference is The Urban and the Rural. Globalization challenges us to critically engage with issues of space/place, biodiversity, urbanization, rural culture, environmentalism and other ways to talk about the presumed, but problematic division between nature and culture. We invite all students whose work touches on these themes to submit a proposal for the fall conference.
NYU Forum on Citizenship and Applied Theatre
The goal of this forum is to facilitate a dialogue on citizenship and applied theatre contexts through exploring the field of arts-based community engagement. The forum will also investigate the perceived boundaries and barriers for artist/educators committed to understanding the roles and responsibilities of citizens in both local and global communities.
April 23-25, 2010
International Education Conference 2010
The International Education program at NYU Steinhardt is pleased to host its Fifth Annual International Education conference. We invite abstracts for presentations. This year's conference, "Re-Building Nations, Re-Thinking Education," will bring together academics and practitioners to discuss the building, re-building, and re-imagining of nations via educational institutions and practices.
March 25 - 26, 2010
Neil Postman Graduate Conference
Annual graduate program conference sponsored by the NYU Steinhardt Department of media, Culture, and Communication.
October 30, 2009
For more information, please contact the Office of Academic Initiatives and Global Programs, 212-992-9380.
Double Reed Day
A daylong event for talented high school and college-age oboists and bassoonists.
Sunday, October 19, 2009
French Horn Day
A daylong event for talented high school and college-age French Horn players. Activities include master classes, group ensemble playing and more.
Sunday, September 28, 2009
Integrated Marketing Communication for Behavioral Impact in Health and Social Development
The private sector experience over 100 years in successfully using IMC with consumer behavior (for products both awful and superb) points to an approach applicable to health and social development. The World Health Organization has successfully applied the IMC approach (referred to in WHO as COMBI - "Communication for Behavioural Impact") in dealing with a broad range of communicable diseases over the past 8 years.
July 5-25, 2009
KIPP School Leadership Program
The KIPP School Leadership Program looks for exceptional teachers and school leaders who have achieved dramatic results with their students and who want to build a school of excellence from the ground up. We seek individuals from all backgrounds who believe in KIPP's mission and who have the potential to excel as school leaders within our network.
June 23 - July 25, 2009
Music and the Moving Image (MaMI)
The fourth annual conference, Music and the Moving Image, creates a dialogue of scholars and practitioners that explore the relationship between music and the entire universe of moving images (film, television, iPod, computer, video games, and interactive performances) through paper presentations and plenary sessions. This year two keynote addresses, Philip Tagg, Univ. of Montreal (Kojak: 50 Seconds of Television Music; Ten Little Title Tunes) and Caryl Flinn, Univ. of Arizona (Strains of Utopia; New German Cinema) will be presented. In addition, a screening of Peggy Stern's Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood with a discussion about animated films will be a featured part of the Saturday evening program. Streaming video versions of presentations will be available only at NYU.
May 29 - 31, 2009
The Future of Men
As male students decline in proportion in almost every field across US undergraduate and graduate/professional schools, little attention has been devoted to systematically exploring the causes of this trend—or, in an age in which education is vitally important, its implications for men’s roles in American society, culture, economics, and politics more generally. This breakfast discussion, involving a range of academics from NYU and elsewhere and practitioners, will help launch such a sustained investigation of these vital themes.
May 27, 2009
Theatre Pedagogy: Teaching the Art Form
NYU's Program in Educational Theatre has been a leader in investigating and engaging in the teaching of theatre for the past four decades. Currently, through our extensive curricular offerings (which range from undergraduate to doctoral programs of study), we, as practitioners, are constantly exploring new ways to reinvigorate our pedagogical approaches in order to keep them both vital and innovative.
April 23 - 26, 2009
AERA 2009 Annual Convention
Many NYU Steinhardt faculty will be presenting at this annual gathering of the American Educational Research Association. View a schedule of all AERA presenters from NYU Steinhart and learn about our special reception hosted by Dean Mary Brabeck.
April 13 - 17, 2009
Power and Authority in Groups and Organizations: Going Global
A three-day temporary experiential learning conference designed to help us understand the complexity of dynamics motivating our behavior in groups and organizations so that we may transform our organizations and ourselves by becoming "responsible reflective citizens of the world" (Tania Nahum, 2003).
April 3 - 5, 2009
WNET: 2009 Celebration of Teaching & Learning
What is the Celebration of Teaching & Learning? One prominent educator has dubbed it the “World’s Fair of Education.” It's the place where the best thinkers and practitioners come together to play a role in shaping the future of schools. From that perspective, then, the Celebration is where knowledge meets inspiration.
March 6-7, 2009
Doctoral Student Conference of the International Education Program
This student conference seeks to foster discussion and an open exchange of ideas on topics related to the ways in which educators, education systems, politicians, philanthropists, and students alike have responded to contemporary educational and societal demands.
March 5 and 6, 2009
Conference on Education, Media and Human Development
A Collaboration of NYU Steinhardt and The NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
65 presenters and over 150 attendees participated in the event which was the first major academic conference hosted by NYU Abu Dhabi. The conference explored themes in four major areas: Teacher Education and Development, Education Assessment and Evaluation, Economics of Education, and Media and Civil Society. The conference program included: paper presentations, panel discussions, site visits, planning sessions, a public roundtable discussion and performances of the NYU Jazz Orchestra.
January 20 - 22, 2009
Preemptive Education: Language, Identity, and Power
Preemptive Education aims to examine the issues that affect today's youth, while providing creative and practical resources to address them. Using the power of spoken word poetry and hip-hop as the lens to explore language and privilege, participants will learn best practices in student-centered pedagogy from professionals in the fields of education, youth development, and spoken word & hip-hop. Combining performance, panel discussion, and professional development workshops, Preemptive Education will provide comprehensive opportunities for educators of all levels.
September 25 - 28, 2008
Acting Workshop: Character Study
The Acting Workshop: Character Study is geared towards the fundamental understanding of creating a character, and offers concrete tools and techniques for in depth character development.
July 28 - August 1, 2008
Speaking Out! : 6th National Aphasia Association Conference
Co-sponsored with the National Aphasia Association.
June 19-21, 2008
Frank Zappa Orchestral Laboratory
The premier, six-day intensive performance seminar for college-age performers (undergraduate and grauate/advnced degree students) will provide an in-depth examination of the music of Frank Zappa and Edgar Varese. Intesive peformance seminar for college-age perfomers.
June 8-14, 2008
Shakespeare Forum: Page, Stage, Engage
The 2008 Forum will bring artists, educators, and scholars together to discuss the implications of producing and teaching Shakespeare in the 21st century.
April 24 - 27, 2008
Families as Partners II: Challenges and Strategies
Town Hall Meeting and Conference
March 4 and 5, 2008
Arts Education - to what end?
In an era of standardized testing, shrinking budgets, and educational reforms that purport to keep teachers accountable and to leave no students behind, what is the role and place of arts education?
March 7 and 8, 2008
Doctoral Student Conference of the International Education Program
This student conference seeks to foster discussion and an open exchange of ideas on topics related to the ways in which educators, education systems, politicians, philanthropists, and students alike have responded to contemporary educational and societal demands.
March 13 and 14, 2008
Power & Authority in Groups and Organizations: Going Global
A three-day temporary experiential learning conference designed to help us understand the complexity of dynamics motivating our behavior in groups and organizations so that we may transform ourselves and our organizations by becoming "responsible reflective citizens of the world."
April 4 - 6, 2008
Association for Moral Education 2007 Conference
Civic Education, Moral Education, and Democracy in a Global Society
World events lead many of us to ask how we can be virtuous in a pluralistic global society. In our increasingly fractious and confrontational world, howare we to be loyal to our countries, our homelands, as citizens must, and moral as all humans across all countries should be? How do we remain loyal to our own democratic values and respectful of different ways of governing and living? Are there any moral principles that ought to guide deliberations of all people?
November 15 -17, 2007
Double Reed Day at NYU
A daylong event for talented high school and college-age oboists and bassoonists.
October 28, 2007
Italy and the Mediterranean Diet: Food Culture, Nutrition, and the Question of Quality
A Joint Conference of the Steinhardt Schoo at New York University and the James Beard Foundation. The Conference will explore the role quality, both real and imagined, plays in the nutritional and cultureal aspects of the Mediterranean Diet and how the message of quality is exported to and manipulated in America.
October 19-20, 2007
Culture, Investments, and Human Development
This conference will formally launch the new interdisciplinary research institute, the Institute of Human Development and Social Change at NYU Steinhardt. How do patterns of human development unfold in the context of rapidly changing social forces? Featured at the conference will be three world-renowned scholars (one economist, one sociologist, one psychologist), each paired with two in-house discussants from NYU departments.
October 5, 2007
Facilitative Leadership for Educators
3-day workshop for mentors, content coaches, regional supervisors, district coordinators, staff developers.
August 20 - August 22, 2007
The Poblano-New York City Connection:
Cultural Understanding for Professionals
NYU Steinhardt's Puebla initiative is aimed at providing educators in New York City public schools, as well as social workers, public health and nutrition professionals, and others serving the Poblano population in New York an opportunity to understand the Puebla-New York connection at its source. The program, designed by the Steinhardt Office of Special Programs and Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, will begin this summer with a visit to Puebla.
June 30 - July 6, 2007
Families as Partners: Viewed from Different Directions
Town Hall Meeting and Conference
With the implementation of the "Families as Partners" model by the NYC Early Intervention Program in 2006, professionals, practitioners, and parents have embarked on a new model of service implementation.
May 22 and 23 , 2007
Drama Across the Curriculum and Beyond
This forum will aim to investigate the infusion of drama in education and in community settings.
April 27 - 29, 2007
Response to Intervention: Conference and Town Hall Meeting
The Conference and Town Hall meeting will focus on an analysis of Response to Intervention as an alternative approach to identifying children with learning disabilities.
November 16, 2006
Facilitative Leadership for Educators - 2006
3-day workshop for mentors, content coaches, regional supervisors, district coordinators, staff developers.
August 23 - 25, 2006
Teaching Beyond the Test
Learner-centered Teaching of Literacy, Mathematics, and the Arts in an Age of Accountability
The workshop will explore ways to improve children’s academic competencies without “teaching to the test” and teaching in an Age of Accountability that relegates arts education and integrated learning to the margins.
June 26-June 30, 2006
The Mediterranean Diet: Fact & Fiction
Join us for a week in Florence at the spectacular La Pietra. Experts from various fields will explore and examine the myth of the Mediterranean Diet and its impact on Italian history, politics, economics, culture, health, and cuisine.
May 21 – 26, 2006
Town Hall Meeting: No Child Left Behind
Learn about NCLB and the law ’s implications for schools, teachers, parents, and children. We will discuss the law’s impact on: How children are educated, Children’s ability to succeed, High-stakes testing, Highly qualified teachers, School funding and accountability, Parental involvement.
April 4, 2006
Educating the Global City
Conference on Globalization, Education, Immigration, and the Changing Demographics of Global Cities In celebration of the opening of the Institute for Globalization and Education in Metropolitan Settings, IGEMS.
November 1, 2005
New Visions for Public Schools
A Conversation Among Small School Designers NSRF/New York Annual Meeting
October 29, 2005