Maxime Corron
Thesis title: The Affects of Hospitality: Anthropological Relational Rationales in Central Eurasian Education.
PhD supervisors:
Qualifications
2014-2017
Bachelor’s in Human & Social Sciences: Anthropology & Ethnology.
- Year 1: Université Aix-Marseille
- Year 2: Université Lumière Lyon 2
- Year 3: Università degli Studi di Torino, Erasmus+
2017-2020
Master’s in Human & Social Sciences: Anthropology & Ethnology.
Advanced School of Social Sciences (EHESS), Paris.
Undergraduate teaching
2023-2024
Webster University Tashkent, Uzbekistan:
- Introduction to Ethics PHIL 2110
- Culture & Communication ANSO 2060
Research summary
My research aims to develop novel conceptual tools in education and pedagogy by exploring academic conducts in the multicultural contexts of Western-leaning higher education in Central Eurasia. It explores and challenges the limits of the ethics of hospitality, such as Derrida’s conditional and unconditional hospitality, by way of theories of relational pedagogy and the anthropology of emotions in learning spaces. It also explores to what extent multicultural education can be a vector of peace, and classrooms places where participants not only "meet to learn", but also "learn to meet".
Participant
2020-2023
- Anthropology of the Compromise in Contemporary Mongolia (December 2020): “On Certain Forms of Compromise in Eurasian Hospitality”, EHESS, Paris.
- Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) 26th World Convention (April 2022). Paper: “A Comparative Approach to Soft Powers from an International School in Kazakhstan: From Ethnocentric Universalisms to Anthropological Diversity”, Panel: Nation-building in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Columbia University, USA.
- Book Review: Unlocking the World: Education in an Ethic of Hospitality, Claudia Ruitenberg (2016). Technical School of Innovation AUCA, Kyrgyzstan.
- Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS), Summer Conference (June 2022). Paper: “A Socio-semiotic and Narrative Analysis of Kazakhstani First President’s Developmental Self-Discourse”, Panel: Narrative and discourse in Central Eurasia, University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
- CESS Annual Conference (October 2022). Paper: “‘Will their level be sufficient to compose?’ – ‘It’ll have to be.’: On the Challenges of Teaching English Composition in an American School in Kyrgyzstan.” Panel: Education, University of Indiana in Bloomington, USA.
- “Central Asia” Style: New Local Forms of Knowledge, Art and Practice conference (28-29th April 2023). Paper: “Tarbiya, Vospitaniye, Civic Engagement: Variations On the Theme of Social and Moral Up-bringing in Contemporary Central Eurasian Education.” American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- CESS Annual Conference (October 2023). Paper: “Political Arts and Kitsch Aesthetics: Anthropological Insights Into a Charity Ball in a Kazakhstani International School.” Panel: A01 Anthropology & Archaeology, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- Doctoral Research Methodology Workshop (May 2023): Ethnographic Seminar: Understanding Ethnography & Sharing Fieldwork Knowledge Among Young Scholars. Presentation: “Academic Freedom & Ethnographic Research: Reflections From The Field in Two Schools In Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan.” Università di Napoli l’Orientale, Italy.
2021
- “On the Difficulties of Conducting Ethnographic Research: Case Study of a Kazakhstani International School.” Academic Freedom in a Global Context: Challenges and Perspectives. Transtext(e)s Transcultures: Journal of Global Cultural Studies, Issue 16, pp. 01-18.