Creating an Inclusive Curriculum and Classroom interactive workshop

Join us for a School of Security Studies sponsored interactive workshop where we reflect upon our own teaching and learning practices and work collaboratively on ways in which we can move to foster greater inclusivity in our design and delivery of modules. 

Decolonising Learning and Teaching: Rationales, Strategies and Reflections

27 November from 13:00 - 14.30pm in  K6.07

Led by Dr Meera Sabaratnam, Senior Lecturer at SOAS and leader in “Decolonising SOAS”. This workshop is a space to reflect upon how we teach inclusively in a political climate that is encouraging us to decolonise, diversify, and be more inclusive to our BAME/working class/female/non-binary/trans/disabled students. We will  use this space to collectively foster an intersectional approach to inclusive teaching and learning that takes into account the diverse needs of our student body and addresses the colonial legacies that continue to shape how we teach and learn about war, global (in)securities, and international relations.  Some general themes/questions we will discuss are:

1. What does it mean to diversify/decolonise our teaching?
2. How do we foster an inclusive classroom where students feel empowered, in line with the college’s strategic vision?

Bio: Meera Sabaratnam is Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, University of London, and Chair of the Decolonising SOAS Working Group. Her research interests are in the colonial and postcolonial dimensions of world politics, in theory, practice and methods. Her recent book Decolonising Intervention: International Statebuilding in Mozambique, which is available Open Access, has won a number of accolades from the International Studies Association (ISA). She has formerly held Editorial positions at Millennium: Journal of International Studies and the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, and she serves on the International Advisory Boards for International Studies Quarterly and Security Dialogue. She was the co-founder of the Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial Working Group of the British International Studies Association and co-edits the Rowman & Littlefield International Book Series Kilombo: Colonial Questions and International Relations.