The Power, Politics and Pedagogy Research Group brings together Humanities scholars in Language and Linguistics, Literature, Creative Writing, and History. It focuses on the ways in which politics, political culture and power, and power relationships are represented through language(s) and access to languages, and through literature.
Formed in 2018, the group shares interests in issues a range of issues, including: activism; the politics of educational practice and pedagogy; feminism; law; migration, forced migration and multilingualism; histories of racism and slavery; social and linguistic inclusion/exclusion; and social justice. Current externally funded projects run by members of the group include Robert McKenzie’s British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship, ‘Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes and Accent Discrimination in England’ and Francesca Mussi’s Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, ‘Truth-Telling/Story-telling: Literary and Critical Perspectives on Canada’s TRC’. Recent publications by group members include works on literary responses to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the undercover policing of internet sex crime, and feminist periodical culture. Current PhD projects include explorations of contemporary Palestinian memoir and the challenges of visibility for contemporary working-class writers.
Drawing together expertise on first and second language acquisition and education, histories and representations of activism, truth and reconciliation, forensic linguistics, language attitudes, and literary representations of migration and law, this interdisciplinary group works across disciplines and time frames to explore some of the ways in which power and societal relations are maintained and questioned through language and literature. The group runs a regular reading group as well as one off symposia and other events.
Forthcoming and recent events include:
Seminar: Zoe Bulatis ‘Articulating the Value of the Humanities in the Neoliberal University: Working Against and Within the Narrative of Economic Crisis’ (26th March 2021)
Conference: Stories from the Margins: Indigenous Connections to the Land (29–30th June 2021)
Dr Paul Frazer (paul.frazer@northumbria.ac.uk) and Professor Graham Hall (g.hall@northumbria.ac.uk) run our email list and are happy to include anyone who would like to be kept up-to-date with our activities or would like to attend our events.
Membership
Eman Alasah PGR
Prof Charlotte Alston
Dr Jennifer Aston
Prof Katherine Baxter
Dr Victoria Bazin
Andrea Canavosio PGR
Prof Billy Clark
Dr Diletta De Cristofaro
Julia Ditter PGR
Maria Dubrova PGR
Dr Clare Elliott
Dr Paul Frazer
Prof Michael Green
Dr William Guariento
Prof Graham S Hall
Dr Adam Hansen
Dr Kit Heyam
Hafez Karout PGR
Struan Kennedy PGR
Dr Alex Ho-Cheong Leung
Nicci MacLeod
Dr Robert McKenzie
Dr Kiriaki Massoura
Dr Francesca Mussi
Dr Rola Naeb
Heather Page PGR
Dr Connal Parr
Louise Prybus PGR
Sharon Robinson PGR
Hayet Sedda PGR
Dr Monika Smialkowska
Katherine Stanton PGR
Dr David Stewart
Dr Joe Street
Prof David Walker
Prof Brian Ward
James Ward PGR
Dr Melanie Waters
Dr Rosemary White
