LECTURE 2
Global Migration, Failed Citizenship, and the Quest for Equity
Speaker: Professor James A. Banks
Emeritus Professor, College of Education,
University of Washington
Global migration and cultural diversity in nations around the world have complicated the development of citizenship and civic education. Many racial, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious groups are denied structural inclusion into their nation-state. Consequently, they do not internalize the values and symbols of the nation-state, develop a strong identity with it, or acquire political efficacy. They focus on particularistic group needs and goals rather than on the overarching goals of the nation-state. Prof Banks conceptualizes this process as “failed citizenship.” He will describe a typology that identifies: (1) failed citizenship; (2) recognized citizenship; (3) participatory citizenship; and (4) transformative citizenship. He will detail how these types of citizenship are interrelated and describe the role of the school in reducing failed citizenship and in helping marginalized groups become transformative citizens who are active participants in their nation-state.
About the speaker
Professor James A. Banks
James A. Banks is Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diveristy Studies Emeritus at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle. Banks is a past president of the National Council for the Social Studies and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). He is the author of Diversity, Transformative Knowledge, and Civic Education: Collected Essays (Routledge, 2020), and editor of The Routledge International Companion to Multicultural Education (2009) and Citizenship Education and Global Migration: Implications for Theory, Research, and Teaching (AERA, 2017). He received (with Cherry A. McGee Banks) the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education in 2018, and the 2023 AERA Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award.
Banks has received five honorary degrees from colleges and universities and the UCLA Medal (2005), UCLA’s highest award. His books have been translated into Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Turkish, and Arabic. The UW established the James A. and Cherry A. Banks Chair in Multicultural Education to honor the Banks’s lifetime contributions to the establishment and development of multicultural education.
Website for James A. Banks: https://education.uw.edu/about/directory/james-banks
Discussion Panel
Prof Kerry Kennedy, Chair Professor, EdUHK (Chair)
Dr Zhao Zhenzhou, Associate Professor, EdUHK
Dr Jason Lin, Assistant Professor, EdUHK
Dr Linnie Wong, Associate Professor, EdUHK