Salzburg Global Seminar Session Participant Profiles
Sat 26 Mar - Fri 01 Apr, 2011

Hedwig Rose Hedwig Rose (Faculty)

Country/Region: USA

Most Recently Attended: (2010)
Global Citizenship: America and the World

Biography:
Hedwig C. Rose has taught at every level, from pre-school to university. She was born in Amsterdam and has lived in the United States since 1947. She has served on the faculties of Smith College; the University of Massachusetts, Hampshire College, where she was a long-time member of the School of Social Science and headed Education and Child Studies; and Wesleyan University where, for seven years, she taught and directed the Educational Studies Program for both undergraduates and graduate students. In addition to her work in teacher preparation, Dr. Rose is a specialist in the fields of comparative schooling, the philosophy and sociology of education, and the legal rights of teachers and students. She has conducted research on symbols of patriotism and chauvinism, utopian education, and the civil rights and responsibilities of teachers, and has lectured on these subjects and on her personal experiences during the holocaust in many parts of the United States as well as in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, and The Netherlands. She attended the University of Rochester and Cornell University, from which she received a B.A. She has a master's degree from Smith College and a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts. She served on the Faculty of the Salzburg Seminar's second and seventh International Study Programs 2004 and 2005.