Lauren Bialystok is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. She is a member of the Advisory Board to the Centre for Ethics and affiliated with the Centre for Jewish Studies. Her research spans topics in ethics, education, and identity; she has published on authenticity, social justice education, open-mindedness, sex education, and high school philosophy, among other topics. She is co-author (with Lisa Andersen) of Touchy Subject: The History and Philosophy of Sex Education (Chicago, 2022) and co-editor (with Bruce Maxwell) of the Educational Foundations series(Bloomsbury, 2023). Her current project is investigating the impact of AI on education in the humanities.
REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Bialystok, L. (Guest). (2025, December) How history lives within us: Associate Professor Lauren Bialystok from the University of Toronto talks history. History-in-the-Now Conversations! https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/
*This podcast, History-in-the-Now Conversations!, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/.