#freepalestine #endtheoccupation
#freepalestine #endtheoccupation
This is the text of the talk I have just given at the Symposium, Little Acts of Decolonization. I am very grateful to Juliet Henderson, Bally Kaur, Amrita Narang and Sayan Dey for their support. It erupts from some indignation…
I joined NATFHE in 1994. When it merged with the AUT and formed UCU, I migrated across. I had never not been on strike when called. I had never not picketed. Even on my own. Even in the rain. Even…
I spoke with John Coster yesterday (yeah, yeah, I know it was a UCU strike day) for Day 6 of #16DaysOfActivism from across the Parallel Lives Network. The programme takes a look at the range of takes on activism and…
With Lucy Ansley, I spoke about decolonising and the PGR experience at the first Decolonising the Research Degree, network event this morning. The aim of the session was: to situate work on decolonising the PGR experience, inside an institutional programme…
At a couple of recent discussion events around The Hopeless University, I have been asked what is to be done? For a variety of reasons, I didn’t give the answers that I perhaps might have done. Instead, I pushed the…
I currently have three events tied to the launch of The Hopeless University: Intellectual Work at the end of The End of History. I am leading a staff seminar on June 29th in the Sociology Department at Durham University. There…
The Hopeless University: Intellectual Work at the end of The End of History has been published by MayFly Books, and is available as a download from the MayFly website. If you do read/download from there please consider donating to support…
I’m pleased to be contributing to a Decolonising Critical Thought Workshop on 5 May. My position statement is given below. Through my own practice as research and evaluation lead for the Decolonising De Montfort University (DDMU) project, I am drawn…
It looks likely that my next monograph, The hopeless university: intellectual work at the end of the end of history will be out with MayFly Books in early May. There is a synopsis here. There is a podcast here. I…
I have finally submitted my manuscript for The Hopeless University: Intellectual Work at the end of The End of History. I blogged about my initial proposal here, and spoke about it on this podcast. It builds upon this article from…