The Backstage Academic
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My names Anton Roberts and I’m a PhD student and social science researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK, that blackmails (in a nice way) numerous smart folk into doing podcasts on a whole host of academic subjects. I cover everything within the social sciences and believe in the free distribution of knowledge. In addition, I also produce regular book reviews/interviews and occasionally author exclusives from recent publications.
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The Conversation: Succeeding at Publication
I recently had the pleasure of being invited by the Nuffield Foundation (through their ‘Emerging Researchers Network’) to take part in a comprehensive training course from The Conversation’s subsidiary Universal Impact. Thus, I thought it would be useful to write up some of my reflections on the lessons gleaned there with the hope they might…
Adam Nicolson’s ‘The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters’
This time we are exploring the surprisingly sociological book, The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters. As usual we cover a lot of ground, from poetry, writing style, oral history, to the urban and the rural, the origins of violence/gangs. There even some reflections around masculinity and intimacy in war.
‘You’re ALL Talk’ – why we are what we speak’ + Author Interview
Join me and my co host Saiqa as we explore the wonderful world of language and accents for this fascinating book review ‘Your All Talk: why we are what we speak’. We discuss class, identity, inequality, prejudice around accents, history of speech, and share plenty of our personal experiences on the subject.
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Our Host
Anton Roberts
Social science researcher at the Policy Evaluation and Researcher Unit (PERU), and PhD student looking at masculinity in extreme environments such as homeless and prisoner communities. An occasional vocalist, published writer and podcaster.
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