Lectures & Talks
Invited
Kneller Endowed lecture
Arundhati Roy is the author of The God of Small Things, which won the Booker Prize in 1997, and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2017. Both novels have been translated into more than forty languages. Roy’s works of nonfiction include The End of Imagination, The Doctor and the Saint, My Seditious Heart, and Azadi. In 2023 she was awarded the prestigious European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement, and in 2024 the PEN Pinter Prize for telling “urgent stories of injustice with wit and beauty.” Her latest book, a memoir, is Mother Mary Comes to Me, which was named one of the top five nonfiction books of 2025 by The New York Times and won The National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. She lives in Delhi.
Picture: Arundhati Roy, Courtesy of Mayank Austen
Distinguished
Opening Speakers
CIES is honored to welcome two influential scholars of education to open the 2027 Annual Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 3, 2027. This special opening dialogue will bring together scholars whose groundbreaking work has shaped critical conversations about education, equity, culture, curriculum, and social justice.
Distinguished Professor Emerit Faculty
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Distinguished Professor Emerit Faculty
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Their influential scholarship has made lasting contributions to the field of education. Join us for a conversation about the critical issues facing education today and in the future. We look forward to welcoming the CIES community to Madison for an inspiring start to the 2027 Annual Meeting.
Warm regards,
The CIES 2027 Conference Planning Committee
Lectures
Presidential
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