October 15-18: The Austrian Center of Philosophy with Children http://www.kinderphilosophie.at held the International Conference "Creativity-Thinking-Philosophy" in Graz, Austria.
February 11-13: "The Art of Thinking: 2009 Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology" in Cape Town, South Africa (contact Jolandi Ackermann:Jolandi.Ackerman@uct.ac.az
January 3-11: 12th International P4C Conference/Workshop in San Cristóbal, México; Conference theme: "From Child to Adolescent as a Critical Thinker"
Wednesday, December 10, 2:00 p.m.: Alexandra Perry & Maughn Gregory (chairs): "Philosophy for, with and of Children," Educational Foundations Colloquium, 2160 University Hall
Tuesday, December 2, 11:00 - 1:00: IAPC Meeting
November 28: "Philosophy, philosophy are you there? Doing philosophy with children," Symposium, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece, under the auspices of Greek National Committee of UNESCO
November 12, 2:00: Emily Klein: "The challenge of going to scale with new school school designs," Educational Foundations Colloquium, 2160 University Hall
October 18-21: International Conference: Philosophie - Globalisierung und interkulturelles Verstehen" ("Philosophy -- Globalization and Intercultural Understanding") in Graz, Austria, organized by the Austrian Center of Philosophy with Children
October 9:Socratic Athletica! Philosophy of Sports Day at Yogi Berra Museum
July 2, 1:00-2:30: Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series: "Robotics and Philosophy in the classroom" by Gunter Heim
June 4-7" XIII Bi-Annual Conference of ICPIC: "Phiosophical Inquiry with Children: A Meeting Point between Cultures and Identities," at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Post-conference seminar June 10-11th: "Exploring Connections: Philosophy for Children and Jewish Studies."
May 10, 2007, 5:30-7:00: Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series: "The Past, Present and Future of Teaching Logic" by Raymundo Morado
March 22, 5:30-7:00 p.m.: Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series: "Adam Smith's Philosophy of Education," by Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein
Tenth International P4C Conference/Workshop in San Cristóbal, México, January 3-11, 2007. Conference theme:"The Community of Inquiry and Intercultural Understanding"
Philosophy for Children: An Introductory Workshop January 12, 9:00-3:30 at the University Children's Center
2006
Fall 2006 IAPC Newsletter
December 7, 5:30-7:00: Multiculturalism, Extreme Poverty and Philosophy for Children", by Dr. Elena Maria Madrid, University Hall, Room 1010
September 28, 5:30-7:30p.m.: "Children don't need to prepare for democracy, they need to practice it!" IAPC Colloquium with Dr. Gilbert Burgh, The University of Queensland, Australia
September 4-7: "Filosofía Para Niñnos y Niñas: Conferencia / Taller para promover el pensamiento crítico y reflexivo en las poblaciones infantiles," Universidad Estatal a Distancia, San Jose, Costa Rica
February 2006: P4C & Rationality in the New World: An interview with MAtthew Lipman & Ann Margaret Sharp, online at P4C. Iran
Friday, January 13: Philosophy for Children Introductory Workshop
January 3-11, 2006: Ninth International P4C Conference/Workshop in in San Cristóbal, México. Conference Theme: "Caring Thinking"
January 2006: The IAPC has moved to a suite of office in the new University Hall.Click here to see a live web camera of our new home (we're behind the three windows on the middle level on the far left). Our new mailing address is simply: IAPC, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
2005
Wednesday, Dec. 28th, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Hilton Hotel, NYC: NYC: Session I-B of the APA Eastern Division 102nd Annual Meeting will be a panel discussion on "Philosophy for Children: 30 Years Later," chaired by Garreth Matthews and including David Kennedy
Thursday, December 15, 12:00 - 1:30: Colloquium with Claudia Weixlbaumer, University of Salzburg: " The History of the Critical Thinking Movement
Thursday, December 1, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Philosophy for Children Colloquium: "Inviting People to Change the Direction of Their Lives Through Democratic Processes" by Dr. Peter Shea, University of Minnesota, IAPC Conference Room
IAPC Newsletter Fall 2005 (PDF)
October 20-23: "Philosophical Foundations of Innovative Learning – Philosophische Grundlagen innovativen Lernens": the 20th Anniversary Conference of The Austrian Center of Philosopphy with Children, Graz/Austria
Monday, October 3, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. "P4C and Child Centered Community Development in Africa" a day of reporting, discussion and planning with Sven Coppens of PLAN International, at the IAPC.
Philosophy for Children Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa, September 2005
Philosophy for Children Graduate Colloquium Series
Friday, April 1: Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series: Oleksandr V. Tyaglo, Chair of the Department of Philosophy & Political Science, National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, Ukraine: Democracy and Critical Thinking, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the IAPC
Tuesdays, March 1, 8 & 22, 4-6 p.m. NJNER Mini-Courses at Cedar Grove High School, include Philosophical Spirituality For Educators by Maya Levanon. Phone (973) 655-5231 for information.
Friday, March 4, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series: Dr. Bruce Novak, Foundations in Education, Northern Illinois University: The Opening of the American Heart: How We Can End the War of "Jihad" and "McWorld" By Cooperatively and Publicly Instituting a Moral, Educative Democracy
January 27-29 Inter-regional Philosophy for Children conference in Moscow; contact Larisa Retyunskikh (retun@online.ru); conference in English and Russian.
January 13, 9:00 - 3:00 IAPC Introductory Philosophy for Children Workshop
January 3-11: Eighth International P4C Conference/Workshop in San Cristóbal, México.
2004
December 3, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.: Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series: Professor Nina Yulina, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow: Richard Rorty
IAPC Newsletter Fall 2004
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November - December 2004: Philosophy for Children Colloquium Series
October 7, 10:00 - 12:00: "Teaching Children Philosophy" film discussion by Thomas E. Wartenberg, professor of philosophy at Mount Holyoke College, at Kopps Lounge, Russ Hall. Professional Development Hours & Refreshments provided.
July 5 - 8: North American Association for Community of Inquiry (NAACI) 6th Bi-Annual Conference, in San Crístobál de las Casas, Chiapas, México. Contact Eugenio Echeverría for information.
Thursday, April 29, 1:00 - 3:00 at IAPC, special presentation by Jeanne McCarty, vice president of the Jane Goodall Institute and P4C Bridge Student Katrina Macht on "Roots & Shoots and Philosophy for Children"
March 25-29: "Encouraging Philosophical Thinking" Conference and meeting of SOPHIA (European Philosophy for/with Children Center Directors), in Graz, Austria, organized by Austrian ICPIC Representative Dr. Daniela Camhy
IAPC Newsletter Winter 2004
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Spring Seminar Series: "Educating for Democracy and Diversity" at Bergen Community College
January 3-11, 2004: Seventh International P4C Conference/Workshop in San Cristóbal, México.
Montclair Times, July 6, 2006 "MSU Assistant Professor Receives [National Academy of Education Spencer Postdoctoral] Fellowship [to research Philosophy for Children]"
Spring 2006 "P4C & Rationality in the New World: An Interview with Matthew Lipman & Ann Margaret Sharp," online at P4C.Iran
West Essex Tribune, Livingston, NJ, April 28, 2005 "British Educators Visit Local Schools"
Atlantic City Press April 27, 2005 "Studying Philosophy: Smart Move"
The interview was published in the IRAN NEWS (English language daily) August 24, 2003. (Click on "Archive," search for edition nos. 2480 & 2486, click on "Art" and "Teaching Children the Excitement of Philosophy")
The interview was also published at Mehrnews Press (Persian language, electronic)