PHAIS Seminar Series Week 5: Dr Jonathan Saha (History)

The PHAIS Seminar Series meets weekly in term time to discuss a paper by a visiting Philosopher, Historian, Art Historian or a member of our academic staff.

Betterment or Backlash? Racism in UK University History Departments

Dr Jonathan Saha, Durham University

In this session we will reflect critically on the actions taken across the sector to address racial underrepresentation and harassment in UK University History Departments since the 2018 Royal Historical Society Race, Ethnicity & Equality Report. Through this, we will explore the possibility for further interventions and, particularly, the benefits of engaging with antiracist pedagogy.

Biography

Jonathan Saha is Professor of History at Durham University. He is the author of two books on the history of British colonial rule in Myanmar, Law, Disorder and the Colonial State: Corruption in Burma c.1900 (Palgrave, 2013) and Colonizing Animals: Interspecies Empire in Myanmar (Cambridge University Press, 2021). He is a co-author of the Royal Historical Society’s Race, Ethnicity & Equality Report (2018) and was co-chair of the RHS’s working group on these issues from 2019 until 2022. 

 The seminar will be delivered in person, but a Zoom link will be available for those who wish to attend remotely. Please email phaispg@essex.ac.uk to request the link.