Amit Singh
Associate Lecturer in Cultural Geography
Department of Geography
University College London
Room 212
UCL North-West Wing
Gower Street
London, WC1E 6BT
Email: amit.singh@ucl.ac.uk
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Biography
I am Associate Lecturer in Cultural Geography, with a focus on Postcolonial Studies and theories of identity. I was awarded my PhD in Psychosocial Studies from Birkbeck, University of London in 2022. I am also engaged in various public education initiatives, such as the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project. In addition, since 2017 I have delivered a 25-week supplementary social science enrichment curriculum – "Race, Class & Society" – for sixth formers in South London, and organise an annual summer school in London.
Publications
Monograph
- Singh, A (2022). Fighting Identity: An Ethnography of Kickboxing in East London. Routledge
Journal Publications
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Singh, A. (2022). Kickboxing with Bourdieu: Heterodoxy, hysteresis and the disruption of “race thinking.” Ethnography.
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Singh, A. (2021a). Fighting with race: complex solidarities & constrained sameness, Identities.
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Singh, A. (2021b). Exploring the racial habitus through John’s story: On race, class and adaptation. The Sociological Review, 70(1), 140–158.
Research Interests
- Race
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Identity
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Postcolonial Studies
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Social Reproduction/Disruption
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Ethnography
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Pierre Bourdieu
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Judith Butler
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Subjectivity under neoliberalism
Impact
I am the Project Manager of the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project, an open-access educational platform that provides free resources for the rethinking of sociological concepts, categories, and topics that will enable us to make better sense of the worlds we inhabit. Since 2017 I have delivered a 25-week sociology enrichment curriculum – "Race, Class & Society" – for sixth formers in South London. I also co-organise an annual summer school in East London.
Teaching
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