Celebrating 130 Years of Lev Vygotsky

Celebrating 130 Years of Lev Vygotsky

Dear scholars,

To mark the 130th anniversary of Lev Vygotsky’s birthday, we are delighted to invite you to our Cultural Historical & Activity Theory SIG Winter Celebration.

  • 📆 Date & Time: Monday 31st of August, 3 - 5 pm (AEST)
  • 💻 Venue: Online via Zoom
  • 💬 Discussion Topic: What does Vygotsky mean for the next hundred years?
  • Registration: here

Event Agenda

  • 3:00pm: Welcome & Introduction
  • 3:05pm: Panel discussion - short provocations from each panellist
  • 4:00pm: Breakout rooms and then whole group for questions & discussion
  • 4:55pm: Cultural Historical & Activity Research Summer School 2026 announcement

Panel

In surname order

  • Associate Professor Kim Dang
  • Emeritus Professor Marilyn Fleer
  • Dr David Kellogg
  • Professor Juliana Pasqualini
  • Professor Nikolai Veresov

Have a question or topic you would like the panel to address? Email Queena: queenalee@swin.edu.au

Save the Date: CHAR Summer School 2026

A 4-day residential school on the Warrnambool campus of Deakin University, western Victoria, from Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th December. More details will be shared at the Winter Celebration.

Interested in helping organise it? Email Queena: queenalee@swin.edu.au

We hope to see you at the Winter Gathering. Stay tuned!

Warm regards,
Queena, Bonnie, and John.

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