Carlos Alberto Torres Shares Perspectives on Global Citizenship Education at American University of Cairo

Carlos Alberto Torres in Erfurt, Germany, September 30, 2018. (picture taken by Ana Elvira Steinbach Torres)

In the second semester of 2018 Professor Torres spent his sabbatical in Germany, working as a Senior Fellow at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena which is a public research university located in Jena, Thuringia, Germany.

Erfurt is a famous city in Germany. Max Weber, one of the founders of the discipline of sociology, was born in this city. Erfurt is the home of the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies (Max-Weber- Kolleg) of the University of Erfurt. The Max-Weber-Kolleg combines the functions of an Institute for Advances Studies and a Graduate School.

CONTACT INFORMATION

  • Carlos Alberto Torres,  Distinguished Professor, UNESCO Chair on Global learning and Global Citizenship Education, and Director, Paulo Freire Institute. 
  • UNESCO UCLA Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education
  • 310-206-3167
  • 310-206-5830
  • torres@gseis.ucla.edu
  • www.pfigce.org