‘Leila Berg (1917-2012): writer, rebel, radical educator’

With Lynn Brady, Emily Charkin, Michael Fielding and Wendy Jones. Leila Berg was a passionate advocate for the empowerment of children, particularly through literature. Michael Fielding (professor at the Institute of Education, London) will chair a panel of speakers to introduce Berg's contribution to radical education and the lives of children: Emily Charkin (historian at the Institute of Education, London) on Berg's position within the radical education tradition of the 1960s and 70s, Wendy Jones (writer and friend of Berg) on Berg's writing for and with children and Lynn Brady (one of the founder members of the Risinghill Research group) on Berg's account of the radical school, Risinghill.