Finally the Tables are Starting to Turn: Talkin' Bout A Revolution
“The Academy still remains a site for systemic and institutional racism. Disrupting these inequitable cultures requires a state of continual vigilance. This talk focuses on the continued collective work and allyship required to disrupt and dismantle racially inequitable structures within the Academy and the reconfiguring required in decolonising our curricular.”

Jason Arday, PhD is Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Glasgow, School of Education, College of Social Sciences. Previously, Professor Arday was Associate Professor in Sociology at Durham University in the Department of Sociology and the Deputy Executive Dean for People and Culture in the Faculty of Social Science and Health. He is a Visiting Research Fellow at The Ohio State University in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and a Visiting Professor at Durham University in the Department of Sociology. Jason holds other Visiting Professorships at Coventry University, London Metropolitan University and Nelson Mandela University. He is a Trustee of the Runnymede Trust, the UK’s leading Race Equality Thinktank and the British Sociological Association (BSA). Jason sits on the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) National Advisory Panel and the NHS Race and Health Observatory Academic Reference Group. Jason is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).
Date: 26 May 2022, 17:30 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2022)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Speaker: Dr Jason Arday (University of Glasgow)
Organising department: Worcester College
Organiser contact email address: rea.duxbury@worc.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Worcester College Decolonisation Lecture Series
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finally-the-tables-are-starting-to-turn-talkin-bout-a-revolution-tickets-324903353677
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Rea Duxbury