A hybrid (face-to-face and online) memorial event was held for the late Professor Alan Rogers on December 02/2022 from 12-4 PM at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (and worldwide). The face-to-face event started with a lunch.
At 1:00 PM, both the online and face-to-face events started with a welcoming message from Professor Yann Lebeau, Head of School, School of Education and Lifelong Learning at the University of East Anglia.
Next, a one hour slot was allotted for keynote presentations by Professor Anna Robinson-Pant (UEA UNESCO Chair Programme Chair Holder) and Professor Simon McGrath (University of Glasgow). In their keynote presentations, Professor Anna and Professor Simon explored Professor Alan Rogers’ contribution to the field of adult literacy, learning and development. Their presentations were interspersed with short video presentations from Turuwark Zalalam Warkineh and Abiy Menkir Gizaw (Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia), Malini Ghose (Nirantar, India), and George Openjuru (Gulu University, Uganda). The keynote presentations were chaired by Katy Newell-Jones (BALID).
The keynote presentations were followed by brief reflections from Priti Chopra (the University of Greenwich), John Hartley (author on Local History), and Anita Rampal (former dean of faculty of education, Delhi University, India). Associate Professor Esther Priyadharshini (from the UEA School of Education and Lifelong Learning) chaired this reflection session.
Then, a world café was held with the theme of “How do we take forward Alan’s work?”. Associate Professor Catherine Jere (UEA School of International Development) chaired the world café, which focused on three sub-themes: ethnographic research in literacy, literacy facilitators, and learning in everyday contexts.
The next session was a reflection on Alan’s contribution to international development policy and practice. It was chaired by Professor Nitya Rao (UEA School of International Development). Professor Nitya called upon five speakers to share their thoughts. These were: Alan Tuckett (Professor Emeritus, University of Wolverhampton/ICAE), Ian Cheffy (BALID/SIL International), Burcu Evren (Ministry of Education, Turkiye), Mari Yasunaga (UNESCO/France, Programme Specialist), and Keith Holmes (UNESCO/France, Programme Specialist).
A brief concluding thoughts session was held for fifteen minutes. It was chaired by Associate Professor Spyros Themelis (UEA School of Education and Lifelong Learning). The three speakers of the concluding thoughts were Associate Professor Sheila Aikman (UEA School of International Development), Jude Fransman (The Open University), and Alan’s son, Malcolm Rogers (Chaplain of St Andrews, Moscow).
Finally, a short closing message was presented by Dr. Chris Millora (BALID & UEA School of Education and Lifelong Learning), which marked the end of the memorial event.
Please see the full multimedia report developed by Kathleen Lane and Hélène Binesse with the link below.
More photos can also be found on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0tRiCjTxoGrERNwJz...
