Christopher Richardson
@richardsonc.bsky.social
Teaching IB Global Politics & English Literature in Sydney
Novel: Empire of the Waves (Penguin)
PhD: North Korean Studies 북한학
Lover of books & film
https://christopherrichardson.com.au/about-me/
Novel: Empire of the Waves (Penguin)
PhD: North Korean Studies 북한학
Lover of books & film
https://christopherrichardson.com.au/about-me/
Pinned
Literature & Pedagogy
Building upon the approach to reading literature pioneered by Dr Bruce Gardiner at the University of Sydney for over four decades, Literature and Pedagogy is devoted to the way that texts, literary te...
sydneyuniversitypress.com
Brief plug for my next publication. I have a chapter in this forthcoming tome. If much of my scholarship in North Korean Studies was about the role of literature in authoritarian pedagogy, this is a survey of literature and pedagogy as liberation. sydneyuniversitypress.com/collections/...
Year 12 IB Global Politics Paper 2 is notoriously challenging, but two of my students cracked the top band in 2024 in response to the following questions. (I wasn't tackling questions like this until my Master's in International Security Studies.)
December 18, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Year 12 IB Global Politics Paper 2 is notoriously challenging, but two of my students cracked the top band in 2024 in response to the following questions. (I wasn't tackling questions like this until my Master's in International Security Studies.)
I could not be more proud of our students and teachers at SSC. My first cohort of graduating IB Global Politics students have achieved phenomenal results! www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
‘Cheering out of happiness’: The year 12s who received perfect IB scores
Some 827 NSW International Baccalaureate students received their results on Tuesday morning, ahead of HSC results being released on Wednesday.
www.smh.com.au
December 17, 2024 at 4:52 AM
I could not be more proud of our students and teachers at SSC. My first cohort of graduating IB Global Politics students have achieved phenomenal results! www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Booktopia is now taking preorders for 'Literature & Pedagogy' from Sydney University Press for the discounted price of AUD 43.25 (RRP $60). Read my chapter on literature & liberation & more Gardinerian delights! www.booktopia.com.au/literature-p...
December 15, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Booktopia is now taking preorders for 'Literature & Pedagogy' from Sydney University Press for the discounted price of AUD 43.25 (RRP $60). Read my chapter on literature & liberation & more Gardinerian delights! www.booktopia.com.au/literature-p...
Reading of the liberation of
Sednaya it is impossible not to think of the many thousands who yet languish in the North Korean gulag.
"Syria Shudders as Assad’s Prison Atrocities Come Into the Light" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/w...
Sednaya it is impossible not to think of the many thousands who yet languish in the North Korean gulag.
"Syria Shudders as Assad’s Prison Atrocities Come Into the Light" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/w...
Syria Shudders as Assad’s Prison Atrocities Come Into the Light
At the country’s most notorious prison, Syrians confront their worst fears: that they will never know what happened to the loved ones who disappeared.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Reading of the liberation of
Sednaya it is impossible not to think of the many thousands who yet languish in the North Korean gulag.
"Syria Shudders as Assad’s Prison Atrocities Come Into the Light" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/w...
Sednaya it is impossible not to think of the many thousands who yet languish in the North Korean gulag.
"Syria Shudders as Assad’s Prison Atrocities Come Into the Light" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/w...
After reading 'Small Things Like These' I turned to Claire Keegan's other fiction this weekend, reading 'So Late in the Day' & 'Foster'. Such precise Chekhovian prose to convey such magnitudes. Keegan's world is one where things mean things & need no overexplanation. A tonic for our prolix age.
December 15, 2024 at 12:31 AM
After reading 'Small Things Like These' I turned to Claire Keegan's other fiction this weekend, reading 'So Late in the Day' & 'Foster'. Such precise Chekhovian prose to convey such magnitudes. Keegan's world is one where things mean things & need no overexplanation. A tonic for our prolix age.
I highly recommend Professor Lisa Wedeen's analysis of the Assad cult of personality in Syria in 'Ambiguities of Domination'. A book I found useful during my study of the strength and fragility of charismatic politics in North Korea.
December 12, 2024 at 9:54 PM
I highly recommend Professor Lisa Wedeen's analysis of the Assad cult of personality in Syria in 'Ambiguities of Domination'. A book I found useful during my study of the strength and fragility of charismatic politics in North Korea.
Tentatively returning to the social media fold after a pleasant hiatus. Looking forward to catching up with old friends to discuss my favourite things (literature, cinema, Korea, et al).
December 8, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Tentatively returning to the social media fold after a pleasant hiatus. Looking forward to catching up with old friends to discuss my favourite things (literature, cinema, Korea, et al).