Author: Mark Erickson

Racism in Academic Leadership (SASS Social Science Forum ‘Decolonizing’ Series)

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Dr Victoria Showumni, Institute of Education, University College London, presented the fourth paper in the Decolonising Research / Decolonising the Curriculum Social Science Forum seminar series, hosted by the School of Applied Social Science (SASS), University of Brighton. The title of this paper was ‘Racism in Academic Leadership’. Many thanks to Dr Showumni for their… Continue reading Racism in Academic Leadership (SASS Social Science Forum ‘Decolonizing’ Series) →

British Planning As Colonial Legacy (SASS Social Science Forum ‘Decolonizing’ Series)

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Matt C. Smith, a Postgraduate Researcher in the School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton, presented the third paper in the Decolonising Research / Decolonising the Curriculum Social Science Forum semiunar series. Matt is in their final year of a SCDTP studentship and their doctoral research is an investigation of Trans* experiences of urban… Continue reading British Planning As Colonial Legacy (SASS Social Science Forum ‘Decolonizing’ Series) →

Reflections on Decolonizing the University (SASS Social Science Forum ‘Decolonizing’ Series)

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Professor Gurminder Bhambra, Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies in the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, presented a paper to the School of Applied Social Science Social Science Forum on 28th October 2020. The title was ‘Decolonizing the Philosophy of the Social Sciences’. A number of colleagues asked for a recording; here is… Continue reading Reflections on Decolonizing the University (SASS Social Science Forum ‘Decolonizing’ Series) →

Decolonizing Philosophy of the Social Sciences (SASS Social Science Forum ‘Decolonizing’ Series)

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I presented a paper to the School of Applied Social Science Social Science Forum on 14th October 2020. The title was ‘Decolonizing the Philosophy of the Social Sciences’. A number of colleagues asked for a recording, here is a link that will take you to it and the video is also embedded below.

How to prevent the plague, how to stop the pestilence: can we learn lessons from Homer?

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The Iliad opens with a dramatic, scene-setting chapter. Agamemnon shows his unpleasant and foolish character by refusing to return Chryse, a slave girl taken in battle, to Chryses her father, who is a priest of Apollo, despite him presenting a handsome ransom and receiving the assent of the assembled Achaean (Greek) army. Chryses asks Apollo… Continue reading How to prevent the plague, how to stop the pestilence: can we learn lessons from Homer? →

Dreams and dreaming in Homeric and contemporary contexts

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I had a rather restless night and some strange dreams – the product of the cold remedies I am taking at the moment, perhaps? That is a very modern way of thinking about dreams – that they are caused by something we have ingested – but then so is the idea that dreams are the… Continue reading Dreams and dreaming in Homeric and contemporary contexts →

Chapman’s Homer and British cultural history

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Talking to my friend Tom recently about the ‘Troy’ exhibition at the British Museum we came to discussing George Chapman’s Homer (Iliad (1611) and Odyssey (1615) – you can download a copy here), the first full English translations of these epic poems. The exhibition includes a first edition of this monumental work. George Chapman (1559… Continue reading Chapman’s Homer and British cultural history →