Education, Debt and the Struggle over Political Imagination

Join us for a talk by Eleni Schirmer on “Education, Debt and the Struggle over Political Imagination.”

Debt is the invisible architecture of public education. In an era of increasing budget cuts and mounting austerity, more and more education systems rely on debt to operate. But debt is not just a financial relationship. It is also a power relationship. What does this mean for communities, for movements, and for individuals?

A vegan lunch & refreshments will be served.

The talk will take place in person in the Hall Building on the 12th floor (room H1269) 

About the speaker

Eleni Schirmer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Social Justice Centre. She is also an organizer with the Debt Collective and conducts qualitative and historical research on the rise of debt-financed public education. She co-edited a special issue of the radical social justice magazine, Rethinking Schools: "Resisting debt, funding justice: the struggle against debt-financed public education."

For more information, visit Eleni Schirmer's website.