EDI Dialogues
Dialogues on all things EDI, in conversation with UCL Arts & Humanities staff members, students, as well as external interlocutors.
This podcast is in collaboration with the UCL Centre for Humanities Education. The Centre for Humanities Education is funded by generous support from the Lord Randolph Quirk Endowment Fund at UCL.
Available to listen on: Spotify | SoundCloud
Recent episode:
Episode 8 - From Old English to World Englishes: Engaging Communities in Language Evolution
In this episode Dr Guyanne Wilson, Dr Kathryn Allen and recent English Literature graduate Maia Fullalove discuss the "From Old English to World Englishes" project.
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In this episode of the EDI Dialogues podcast, Dr Guyanne Wilson, Dr Kathryn Allen and recent English Literature graduate Maia Fullalove discuss the "From Old English to World Englishes" project, funded initially by the UCL Being Human Festival and then by a Quirk Endowment. Hear about inventive events the team ran in venues across London with a variety of partners in which they shared knowledge and fostered dialogue about the evolution and continued diversity of the English language.
The podcast was produced in collaboration and with the kind financial support of the Centre for Humanities Education.
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Listen now on SoundCloudA dialogue with Amin Ebrahimi Afrouzi on when the absence of affirmative action is unconstitutional in the US. Amin puts forward a proposal about jurisprudence and EDI, with a specific focus to the US context.
Participants: Amin Ebrahimi Afrouzi (Yale Law), Artem Massey (UCL Philosophy), Kirstine La Cour (UCL Philosophy), Simona Aimar (UCL Vice Dean EDI for Arts & Humanities), and Jesper Hansen (UCL Arena Center).
A dialogue with Daniel James on how Black History is World History. Discussing G.W.F. Hegel, C.L.R. James, and the Black Enlightenment.
Participants: Daniel James (Technische Universität Dresden), Tina Chikasha (UCL Philosophy), Kirstine La Cour (UCL Philosophy), Simona Aimar (UCL Arts & Humanities), and Jesper Hansen (UCL Arena Center).
Macarena Jiménez Naranjo promised her student, Nadia Hussain, and the rest of Nadia's classmates that they would receive full marks for one part of their assessments -- simply for turning up to class. Listen to find out how this bold decision lifted the pressure of grades, fostered student-led scholarly exploration, and drew students back into the classroom after the fracturing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participants: Mazal Oaknín, Macarena Jimenez Naranjo, and Nadia Hussain (all from UCL's Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies)
Episodes 3-6 of our EDI Dialogues podcast will be a mini-series focusing on Socio-economic equity and education, with hosts Mazal Oaknin and Macarena Jimenez Naranjo.
In the first episode of our 2024 mini-series on "Socio-Economic Equity & Education" we discussed Intersectionality and Reverse Snobbery with hosts Mazal Oaknin and Macarena Jimenez Naranjo.
Participants: Mazal Oaknín and Macarena Jimenez Naranjo (UCL's Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies) and Anna and Isaac (UCL Students).
The podcast was produced in collaboration and with the financial support of the Centre for Humanities Education.
In the second episode of our 2024 mini-series on "Socio-Economic Equity & Education" we discussed socio-economic equity within the Year Abroad experience with hosts Mazal Oaknin and Macarena Jimenez Naranjo.
Participants: Mazal Oaknin and Macarena Jimenez Naranjo (UCL's Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies) and Tatum and Natalie Caledron (UCL School of European Languages, Culture & Society Students)
The podcast was produced in collaboration and with the financial support of the Centre for Humanities Education.
In the third episode of our 2024 mini-series on "Socio-Economic Equity & Education" hosts Mazal Oaknin and Macarena Jimenez Naranjo exploring how class differences shape students’ experiences here at UCL .
Participants: Mazal Oaknin, Macarena Jimenez Naranjo, James Cooper, and Victoria Wysocka. (All UCL SELCS)
The podcast was produced in collaboration and with the financial support of the Centre for Humanities Education.
In this episode of the EDI Dialogues podcast, hosts Liam Gorner and Jack Zhang (both from UCL's student-run Minorities and Philosophy chapter) speak with Dr. Matilda Carter, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow.
The conversation explores Carter’s recent work on mental disability, drawn from her 2023 essay "Minority Minds, Mental Disability and the Presumption of Value Neutrality." Building on Elizabeth Barnes’ influential theory, Carter argues that mental disabilities—like physical ones—can be value-neutral and sources of identity, pride, and even philosophical insight. Topics include the definition of mental disability, the role of testimony, the neurodiversity movement, and the philosophical significance of conditions like autism, ADHD, and dementia.
Participants: Liam Gorner and Jack Zhang (UCL Philosophy) and Matilda Carter (Department of Philosophy, University of Glasgow).
The podcast was produced in collaboration and with the kind financial support of the Centre for Humanities Education.
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