The Southernising Criminology Discussion Group is a student-led initiative that aims to extend criminological horizons outside the Global North, reflecting on distinct patterns and trends of crime, justice and punishment in jurisdictions historically situated at the periphery of knowledge production and theory formation.
This group provides key tools and frameworks to recenter the epistemological and methodological focus of the discipline, aiming to tackle unequal geopolitical and academic relations of power and representation.
Michaelmas 2026 Term Card
The Southernising Criminology Discussion Group is pleased to announce its Michaelmas Term 2026 programme. This term, we will host four sessions exploring diverse perspectives on decolonial approaches, displacement, transitional justice, and the legacies of colonialism.
Tuesday, 13 October | 4:15-5:30 pm
- Mónica Sánchez – Work, Love and Violence: Decolonial Approaches and Men Accused of Domestic Violence in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Tuesday, 27 October | 4:15-5:30 pm
- Banan Abdelrahman – Same but Different: Displaced Afterlives in Cairo.
Friday, 13 November | 3:00-4:30 pm
- Bruna de Santana Santos – Coloniality in Transitional Justice Studies: Reconceptualising the Field.
Tuesday, 24 November | 4:15-5:30 pm
- Kate West – From ‘Specimens’ to Ancestral Remains: Towards Decolonizing the Pathology Museum.
All sessions will be hybrid, both via Teams and in person in the Seminar Room, Centre for Criminology, St Cross Building, University of Oxford.
We welcome everyone interested in engaging with critical perspectives and discussions on criminology, coloniality, and knowledge production from and for the Global South, the peripheries and Global Majorities.
