Note of condolence | Bernard Charlot
NOTE OF CONDOLENCE
It is with great sadness that we received the news of the passing of Professor and researcher Bernard Charlot on December 3rd, at the age of 81, in Aracaju, Brazil. His death represents a significant loss for the field of Education Sciences worldwide.
Bernard Charlot was an internationally renowned thinker, with a career marked by critical reflection on "the relationship of students with knowledge and school, as well as reflection on education as an alternative to barbarism" ("About me", in https://bernardcharlot.com/inicio/). Among the various themes he investigated, the territorialization of educational policies, education and art, and the youth of Sergipe also stand out.
Holding a degree in Philosophy and a PhD in Education from the University of Paris X Nanterre (1985), he was an Honorary Professor of Educational Sciences at the Université Paris VIII, where he was a Full Professor. Having lived the last few years in Aracaju, Brazil, he was a visiting professor at the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), where he co-led the Education and Contemporaneity Research Group (EDUCON/CNPq). He was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Patras, Greece, and by the Federal University of Pernambuco and UFS, in Brazil.
Beyond France and Brazil, the connection to Portugal was also particularly significant. The intense collaboration over many years with the Centre for Educational Research and Intervention (CIIE) and the Department of Educational Sciences of the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (DCE/FPCEUP) left a lasting legacy in the training of young researchers and educators in reflecting on the challenges of contemporary education. A Visiting Professor at FPCEUP until 2015, he was a regular speaker and lecturer in PDCE classes, and his work is still presented and discussed in the Faculty's Educational Sciences courses. He was a member of the editorial board of the journal Educação, Sociedade & Culturas from 2007 to the present, and until 2014, he was a member of the CIIE Monitoring Committee. In 2009, CIIE published, with Livpsic, The Relationship with Knowledge in Popular Environments: An Investigation in Suburban Vocational High Schools, a translation of their book Le Rapport au Savoir en Milieu Populaire.
In fact, his work crossed borders and was translated into several languages and published in numerous countries. Bernard Charlot organised and published 22 books, in addition to a vast production of chapters, articles, and reports, which continue to be fundamental references in the field of education.
The educational community has lost a great intellectual, but Bernard Charlot's legacy will remain alive in his works and in the impact of his work on advanced training in Educational Sciences.
Our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and all those who had the honour of knowing and working with Bernard Charlot.
The Boards of Directors of CIIE and DCE
FPCEUP