Posts by Samantha May

Posts by Samantha May

"Intersectionality", Equality, and Social Justice

The world is becoming more unequal. Social injustices continue at pace often in association with personal characteristics such as race, gender, sexuality, ableness, religion, class and more. We can see the social injustices in the unlawful killings of Black people in the USA, the rise of Islamophobia,…

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A Warm Welcome to our First Generation Students

Being the first person in your family to attend university can provide some extra challenges when you do not have someone in your immediate social network who can offer guidance. In this video, Dr Samantha May, extends a warm welcome to first generation students and offers some great advice on…

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Queer Religions

I teach a Postgraduate course entitled “Religion, Conflict and Security”. One aspect that links religion with societal conflict is that of sexuality. Each year, religion is blamed for intolerance and exclusion for amongst others, attitudes to LBGT+ individuals and communities. These views are expressed (and sometimes mobilised) by all sides…

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History as 'Meanwhile'

Dr Samantha May is a lecturer in the department of Politics and International Relations.  She completed her AHRC funded doctorate at the University of Aberdeen in 2011 on Islamist ideologies and practices. Dr May has also been awarded multiple awards in the annual Principal's Excellence Awards, including Best Undergraduate…

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Top 5 Tips for Studying or Working from Home

University alumni and now Politics and International Relations lecturer, Dr Samantha May, shares her top five tips for working or studying from home... 

 

So how many of us have over-romanticised the idea of working or studying from home? Have you conjured images of working in your pyjamas, at the…

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