Webinar: Radical Pedagogy In my published work I often cite Mark Bracher's work (Radical Pedagogy: Identity, Generativity, and Social Transformation) to argue for the kind of pedagogy that goes beyond simple dispensation of knowledge and attempts also to take into [...]
M, W 2:00-3:20 Classroom: LANG 302 My Office: LANG 408D; My Email: mraja@unt.edu Office Hours: M, W 10:00-12:00 and by Appointment Final Exam Questions ENGL 2440. Banned Books Spring 2020 Due Date: May 7, by NOON either through Canvas or through [...]
M, W 3: 30-4:50 Classroom: LANG 114 My Office: LANG 408D; My Email: mraja@unt.edu Office Hours: M, W 10:00-12:00 and by Appointment Final Exam Questions ENGL 4150 Spring 2020 Due Date: May 7, by NOON either through Canvas or through direct [...]
This brief video, prompted by my interactions with Pakistani scholars, offers a few practical insights about the process of contacting US professors to become your Fulbright research mentors. https://youtu.be/ORzFUUrYJ6Q
Lectures on Postcolonial Topics I am taking a few moments of your time to seek your suggestions about a series of regular lectures on postcolonial topics. Part of my mission as a scholar and student of postcolonial studies is [...]
This is my brief introduction to some of the main ideas discussed by Zygmunt Bauman in his book Globalization: The Human Consequences.
Being Radical The term being radical is often used to connote a negative transformation of a person and is often conflated with radicalization. We have often heard and read the terms Islamic Radicalism (I am guilty of using such [...]
Please also read my article on this subject: What is Postcolonial Studies?
Studies in the Novel Special Issue Studies in the Novel is currently seeking submissions for a special issue on “The Postcolonial Novel, Post-9/11,” which will be guest edited by Gaurav Desai (University of Michigan) and published in Winter 2020. [...]
Webinar on Critical Pedagogy I think it is best to think of critical pedagogy as an ongoing project instead of a fixed set of references or prescriptive set of practices–put bluntly, it is not a method. One way of [...]