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.

Six Lessons from Reports into Racism in UK Higher Education

Dr Jonathan Saha, Durham University

There have been numerous reports into racial inequality and harassment in the UK Higher Education sector published over the last decade, reports that add to scores of wider reports into institutional racism. In this talk I will draw out six key lessons from these studies that can provide a basis for meaningful actions to make universities better places for racially minoritised staff and students.

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.