The School of Education and Lifelong Learning and the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia invite you to the Brian Street Memorial Lecture on Tuesday 6th March 2018.

Brian helped to establish the UEA Literacy and Development Group and to hold our first literacy conference here in 2003.  As Visiting Professor, he contributed recently to the establishment of our UNESCO Chair programme. His critical engagement and enthusiastic support has been greatly missed by literacy researchers and activists around the world after his untimely death on June 21st, 2017. 

This is an opportunity to celebrate Brian’s life and to reflect on his contribution to literacy research. We are delighted to welcome Prof. David Barton and Prof. Mary Hamilton to give this memorial lecture as the starting point for our discussions. This half day event will begin with lunch from 12, and is free of charge. 

We would like to thank the School of Education and Lifelong Learning and the School of International Development for their generous support and hope that you can join us. 

Anna Robinson-Pant, Alan Rogers, Sheila Aikman, Nitya Rao, Catherine Jere and Bryan Maddox

Places will be available on a first-come, first-served basis through registration here: http://bit.ly/2AOqyuP.

For any queries, please contact: [email protected]. Please feel free to forward this to others who may like to attend.

Further Information

An Appreciation of Brian Street’s Contribution to the Development of Literacy Studies
David Barton and Mary Hamilton, Lancaster University 

In this paper we point to Brian’s academic contribution to social science, in particular covering two themes which interested him over the years and which are continuing to develop. The first is academic literacies, where his work changes how we view academic writing and how to support students. The second theme is the impact on policy and practice of a social practice view of literacy. The inroads he made into educational policy and practice through a new framing of literacy are an important legacy for the future. We also include our personal recollections covering 35 years where our work intersected with Brian’s. Central to his academic contribution are his personal qualities of generosity and openness, of believing in dialogue, of patiently explaining, and challenging others, and of getting ideas over to multiple audiences. 

David Barton is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Lancaster University and erstwhile Director of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre. His current work is mainly concerned with rethinking the nature of language and literacy in the online world and developing appropriate methodologies for online research.   

Mary Hamilton is Professor Emerita of Adult Learning and Literacy in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, UK. She is Associate Director of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre and a founding member of the Research and Practice in Adult Literacy group. Her current research is in literacy policy and governance, socio-material theory, academic Literacies and change, particularly how international influences reach into local practice.

Michelle Sewell
EDU School Administrator
(Job Share with Dawn Corby)

Please note our UEA working days are  –
Dawn Corby: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (9am – 5pm)
Michelle Sewell: Monday and Friday (9am – 5pm)

School of Education and Lifelong Learning
University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ