Browse Karen’s List of Publications
Explore a curated selection of academic publications, research papers, and educational articles.
Publications
- “Preparing Teachers for Complexity: A transdisciplinary vision for initial teacher education in, Velliaris”, D.\M. and Nellissery, A. eds., Global Perspectives on Initial Teacher Education. StarScholars Press, 2025.
- Reimagining Education with AI: Ethics, Equity and Transformation, The International Educator, 4 June 2025.
- “Transforming Initial Teacher Education,” Higher Education Digest. 17 November 2023.
- Blog. (2015-2024). Ecolint Institute of Learning and Teaching.
- Review. Lettering Young Readers in the Dutch Enlightenment: Literacy, Agency and Progress in Eighteenth-Century Children’s Books. Fekir Dietz. The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, vol.16.1. Winter 2023, pp. 172-174.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/hcy.2023.0002 - “The ‘Discovery’ of Childhood?” RIPE Research Journal: International Education Theory and Practice. Vol. 8, Spring 2022. Ecolint, 2022.
- The Learning Principles at Ecolint. Ecolint, 2022.
- “Promoting RIPE: Research Informed Practice in Education,” International School Magazine. Spring 2020.
- “What do we Mean by Research Informed Practice in Education.” Global Insights: November 2018. https://issuu.com/ecischools/docs/globalinsights_november2018
- Alderson, S. Dommen, B. et E. & Taylor, K. “Société des Amis : L’égalitarisme en action.” Choisir . N°689. oct.-déc. 2018.
- Review. “Rethinking the History of Education: Transnational Perspectives on its Questions, Methods and Knowledge. Thomas S. Popkewitz editor. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 62.3, Fall 2016.
- “Autonomy, Gender and Intellectual Development in the Eighteenth Century: The Pedagogical Writings of Madame d’Épinay and Madame de Genlis,” in Children and Childhood: Practices and Perspectives. Chandni Basu and Vicky Anderson-Patton eds., © Brill, 2013.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9781848881792_003
- “Marie Goegg,” in Tiffany K. Wayne. ed. Feminist Writings from Ancient Times to the Modern World: A Global Sourcebook and History. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2011.
- “The Influence of Early Modern Epistemology on the Education of Girls in Eighteenth-Century France,” in Negotiating Childhoods. Lucy Hopkins, Wendy C. Turgeon & Mark Macleod Eds., Inter-Disciplinary Press Oxford, United Kingdom© Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2010.
- ” The Articulation of Emotion in Eighteenth-Century Théâtre d’éducation,” EMF: Studies in Early Modern France. Vol. 13. Eds. Anne L. Birberick and Russell J. Ganim (Charlottesville, VA: Rookwood Press, 2010) 204-228.
- Companion to the French Novel, Facts-on-File, 2007.
- Karen L. Taylor and James B. Collins, eds., Early Modern Europe: Issues and Interpretations. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 2005. Editorial introductions to sections on Changes in Religion and Cultural Life, The Revolution of the Mind, and The Roles of Women in Early Modern Europe; co-authored general introduction.
- Karen L. Taylor and Dominique Picco, “Géographie à l’intention des demoiselles de Saint-Cyr” in Anne-Marie Cocula and Josette Pontet eds., Sous le sceau des réformes: entre continuité et rupture. Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2005.
- “Saint-Cyr, vertu féminine, et évolution des notions de citoyenneté dans la France du dix-huitième siècle,” in Chantal Grell and Arnaud Ramière de Fortanier eds., L’Éducation des jeunes filles nobles en Europe XVIIe –XVIIIe siècles. Presses Universitaires de Paris Sorbonne, 2004.
- “Les Cahiers de géographie de Saint-Cyr: Le Nouveau Monde,” in Les Yvelines à travers leurs archives. Archives Départementales Conseil général des Yvelines, Versailles; Paris: Somogy éditions d’art, 2003.
Conference Papers, Presentations and Lectures
- Conference Presentation: “The Emotional Dimensions of Learning,” Festival of Education, Crowthorne, UK 2026.
- “The Conundrum of Global Citizenship Education. Oxford Brookes University (online lecture), Oxford, UK. November 2025
- Conference Presentation: “Listening for Learning and Communicating Belonging” : Festival of Education, Shanghai, 2025; 2026; Alliance for International Education, The Hague, September, 2025, Potomac, MD, October 2025 and Bangkok, 2025; 2026
- In-service day lecture and workshops : “Pour une transdisciplinarité et un professionnalisme collaboratif,” “Collaborer entre nous et avec les élèves ; réfléchir à une approche globale des compétences en matière d’apprentissage et d’enseignement,” et “Emotion et cognition, sentiments et la pensée,” Institut Florimont, Genève, August 2025.
- Conference Presentation: “Fostering Transdisciplinary Thinking and Collaborative Professionalism in an Evolving Educational Landscape,” Festival Of Education, Bangkok, Thailand, October, 2024.
- Conference Presentation: “Embracing Ambiguity”; Workshop: “Collaborating With Each Other & Students; Thinking about a global competences approach to learning and teaching, International School of Toulouse, October, 2024.
- Conférence: “Pratiques quotidiennes pour une école inclusive,” Assemblée Générale de l’Association Genevoise des Écoles Privées, Geneva, May 2024.
- Seminar Tutor, MA Module “Teaching and Learning in the Curriculum”, Durham University School of Education, Durham, UK, 2020 – present
- Option Session Lead, Reflective Practitioner Conference, Durham University School of Education, Durham, UK, January 2019 – present
- Keynote address: “Education for Inclusion,” Durham University School of Education Reflective Practice Conference, 2021; 2023.
- Conference Presentation: “ Pedagogical innovation: education for global citizenship.” International Seminar: Flexibility and Interdisciplinarity in Higher Education. Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil, September 2023.
- Conference Presentation in session on Education for democracy and classroom didactics.” Linnaeus University, January 2023.
- Conference Presentation: “The Learning Principles: Research-Informed Practice for Inclusion,” Le Rosey EduFest, June 2022.
- Seminar: “Teaching and Learning for the Global Citizen,” Université de Genève – ERDIE Summer School, May 2022.
- Research Seminar: “Principles of practice in a pluricultural context: Research perspectives from the RIPE network of international educators”, Durham University School of Education, June 2021.
- Seminar: “The Ecole Internationale de Genève: A Case Study in Collaboration in International Education”. Grupo de Cooperação Internacional de Universidades Brasileiras (GCUB) et ERDIE (Université de Genève) April 2021.
- Seminar: “Global Citizenship Education: Ethics and Orientations,” Université de Genève – ERDIE, February 2021
- RIPE Virtual Conference on “Education and Diversity in a Pluricultural Context,” (Conference organizer); Research Presentation: “Experiencing GCE in an International School Context: Student Research on Global Citizenship” June 27-30, 2020
- Workshop: “Teaching and Learning for the Global Citizen”, CIS Symposium on Intercultural Learning, Leiden, Netherlands, January 2020
- Alliance for International Education Conference: “What do we mean by Research Informed Practice in Education?” Geneva, October, 2019
- Keynote address: “International Mindedness in Education,” Durham University School of Education Reflective Practice Conference, Durham, UK, January 2019
- Soirée débat: Éthique religieuse et éducation. PFIR Genève, Novembre, 2018
- Workshop: “International Mindedness in Education: Defining our aims.” CIS Symposium on
- Intercultural Learning, Portugal, March 2018
- Keynote address: “International Mindedness in Education,” Durham University School of Education Reflective Practice Conference, Durham, UK, January 2018
- “International Mindedness in Education : Past and Future, ” Annual Conference of the History of Education Society, Winchester, UK, November 2017
- “International Mindedness and Multilingualism in International Education, Seminar, University College London, Institute of Education, London, UK, July 2017
- Research Seminar: “International Mindedness,” Durham University School of Education, Durham, UK, May 2017
- “A Geography of Knowledge: Saint-Cyr’s cahiers de géographie, Annual Conference of the Society for French Historical Studies, Washington, DC, April 2017
- “The Discovery of Childhood,” Global Conference on Childhood, Mansfield College, Oxford University, UK, July 2014
- “Adolescent Autonomy, Gender, and Intellectual Development in the Eighteenth Century: Two Case Studies,” Global Conference on Childhood, Mansfield College, Oxford University, UK, July 2012
- “The Gendered Spheres of Silence and Voice in Eighteenth-Century Pedagogical Literature,” 13th International Congress for Eighteenth Century Studies, Graz, Austria, July 2011
- “The Influence of Early Modern Epistemology on the Education of Girls in Eighteenth-Century France,” Global Conference on Childhood, Mansfield College, Oxford University, UK, July 2010
- “Sensationist Epistemology and Eighteenth-Century Pedagogy: A Case Study.” Annual Conference of the Society for French Historical Studies, St. Louis, MO, March 2009
- “Women’s Education and Political Culture of the Old Regime,” Annual Conference of the Western Society for French History, Long Beach CA, October 2006
- “Reading in the Provinces: The Library Inventory of the Collège de Castelnaudary, 1792,” International Institute of Social History European Social Science History Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 2006
- “Education, Female Virtue and the Notion of Citizenship in Eighteenth-Century France,” Annual Conference of the Western Society for French History, Newport beach, CA, October 2003
- “The Articulation of Emotion in Eighteenth-Century Théâtre d’éducation,” Annual Conference of the Western Society for French History, Baltimore, MD, October 2002
- “Saint-Cyr’s Cahiers de géographie and the Shifting Boundaries of Knowledge in Eighteenth-Century France, Annual Conference of the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 2001
- “Saint-Cyr, vertu féminine, et évolution des notions de citoyenneté dans la France du dix-huitième siècle,” By invitation of the Archives Départementales des Yvelines and the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, May 2001
- “Theater and Female Education at Saint-Cyr,” Conference of the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Portland, ME, October, 2000
- “Saint-Cyr and its Libraries,” Annual Conference of the Society for French Historical Studies, Washington DC, March 1999
- “The State and the Education of Noble Girls in the Eighteenth Century: Smol’ny and Saint-Cyr,” Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston, MA, November, 1996
- “The Revue des Deux Mondes and the Literary Figures of Nicolaevan Russia, 1830-1855,” Congress of Learned Societies, St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada, May 1996
- “N.I. Pirogov, Baron Korf, K.D. Ushinski and the Philosophy of Education in Nineteenth-Century Russia,” Congress of Learned Societies, Montreal, Canada, June, 1995
- “La Maison Royale de Saint Louis à Saint-Cyr: Liberal or Conservative Reform in Seventeenth-Century France?” Phi Alpha Theta Southeastern Regional Conference, Washington, DC, April, 1994.
