"decolonising the curriculum" blog posts
The Obscured Roots of Magical Realism
By Mitzi Castle
Posted on: 15 June 2022
Decolonising the Curriculum: Language Learning (Part 2)
Benefits of Multilingualism
Posted on: 25 May 2022
Decolonising the Curriculum: Language Learning (Part 1)
The Current State of Multilingualism in the UK
Posted on: 25 May 2022
Domestic abuse in literature: the reality behind the fiction
Digital Communications Assistant in the department of English, Mariam Abood, explores the representations of domestic abuse in literature, from the perspective of her prior work as a researcher in the domestic abuse sector.
Posted on: 5 April 2022
Decolonising the Construction and Production of Knowledge
This summer, I held an internship at the University of Liverpool on Dr Natalie Hanna’s project, ‘Decolonising the Database’. My time was spent generating an online, interactive database of new materials which would help diversify, decolonise and decentre the English curriculum. When conducting my research, it quickly became indisputable that companies and universities of the Global North dominate the academic publishing market. As such, they stand at the critical crossroads in the construction and production of knowledge in society: they decide what is ‘in’ and what is ‘out’ of the marketplace of ideas.
Posted on: 27 October 2021
Decolonising the Curriculum Project: Clara Wilson
Me I grew up in a multicultural area of London and enjoyed my early education being influenced by a wide variety of cultures. Moving to Liverpool a year ago, intensified my feelings surrounding the importance of representation and diversity in higher education, as the city’s history plays such an integral role in how many of its institutes operate.
Posted on: 26 October 2021
The English Department’s Decolonising the Curriculum Group on their Recent Research Project
This past academic year the Department has been addressing the ways we teach language and literature in light of pressing calls to both diversify and decolonise the curriculum. As part of this work, we’ve run a student liaison group to discuss issues such as reading lists, types of assessment, and support for ethnic minority students joining the Department. We were also fortunate to be joined by Dr Claire Hynes and PhD student Arzhang Pezhman to talk to our students about decolonising activities at the University of East Anglia.
Posted on: 26 October 2021