Dr Joe Pateman
BA (Hons), MRes, PhD, FHEA
Department of Politics and International Relations
Teaching Associate
Full contact details
Department of Politics and International Relations
Elmfield Building
Northumberland Road
Sheffield
S10 2TU
- Profile
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Dr Joe Pateman joined the Department in October 2021, after finishing his PhD at the University of Nottingham. He teaches a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Politics and International Relations.
Joe’s main area of research concerns the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism. His research therefore encompasses the ideas and activities of Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, and Vladimir Lenin, in addition to the historical figures, movements, and events that they inspired. A major focus of Joe’s research is the relationship between Marxism, democracy, and the black liberation movement.
- Qualifications
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• 2022. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• 2021. PhD Politics, University of Nottingham
• 2017. MRes Politics, University of Nottingham
• 2016. BA (Hons) Politics, First Class, University of Nottingham
- Research interests
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Marxism-Leninism is the world's most significant communist ideology. At the height of its influence, Marxism-Leninism governed nearly half the world’s population. Today, it is still the official ideology of China, Cuba, Vietnam, and Laos. To understand the history of communism, it is essential to understand Marxism-Leninism.
My research examines the core figures, theories, practices, and movements within the Marxist-Leninist tradition. It does so not only to correct misunderstandings of Marxism-Leninism, thereby deepening our understandings of it, but to also assess its relevance to solving contemporary issues, most notably the struggle against class and racial oppression. For that reason, a core area of research concerns the relationship between Marxism-Leninism, democratic theory, and the liberation struggles of black peoples.
Areas of research interest:
• Marxism-Leninism
• The political thought of V. I. Lenin
• The politics of North Korea
• Black liberation struggles
• Racism
• African socialism
• Democratic theory
• The politics of public libraries
- Publications
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Books
- Public Libraries and Marxism. Routledge.
- Managing Cultural Change in Public Libraries Marx, Maslow and Management. Routledge.
Journal articles
- V. I. Lenin on alienation. Critical Sociology. View this article in WRRO
- The centrality of Africa in Lenin’s theory of imperialism. Review of African Political Economy. View this article in WRRO
- Stalin versus Stalinism: uncovering Stalin's edits to the History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course. History of European Ideas. View this article in WRRO
- Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism and Marxism-Leninism. Politics, Religion & Ideology, 22(3-4), 351-371.
- Under imperialism “Black lives don’t matter.” Ho Chi Minh, The Black Race, and Black liberation. Critical Asian Studies, 53(4), 582-589.
- Joseph Dietzgen and the Socialist Politics of the Working-class. Socialism and Democracy, 35(1), 116-141.
- Mao Zedong, China and Black Liberation. International Critical Thought, 11(3), 357-376.
- V. I. Lenin on the “Woman Question”. Science & Society, 85(3), 302-331.
- J. V. Stalin and The British Road to Socialism. Labor History, 62(3), 353-370.
- Friedrich Engels on state socialism. Human Geography, 14(2), 198-211.
- V. I. Lenin on Democracy. International Critical Thought, 10(4), 535-558.
- V. I. Lenin on the ‘Black Question’. Critique, 48(1), 77-93.
- Lenin without dogmatism. Studies in East European Thought, 71(2), 99-117.
- Lenin on Library Organisation in Socialist Society. Library & Information History, 35(2), 98-109.
- Managing Cultural Change in Public Libraries. Public Library Quarterly, 36(3), 213-227.
- North Korea: The Last Remaining Bastion of Anti-Revisionism. Asian Survey.
Chapters
- Marx Meets Maslow: An Analytical Framework for Managing Cultural Change in Public Libraries In Abbott-Halpin E & Rankin C (Ed.), Public Library Governance: International Perspectives Berlin: International Federation of Library Associations.
- Public Libraries and Marxism. Routledge.
- Research group
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Areas I can supervise in:
• Marxism-Leninism
• The political thought of Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, and V. I. Lenin
• The politics of North Korea
• Democratic theory
• Black liberation struggles
- Grants
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• 2021. Research Assistant funding (£1600) for the research project ‘Demanding the Possible: A Frank and Agonistic Discussion on “Institutional Racism”’
- Teaching interests
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My teaching philosophy combines a student-centred approach with the fundamentals of critical pedagogy. With the former, I place the student at the centre of their education. I encourage my students to take the lead in our social interactions, and to thereby determine the direction of their learning. I augment these strategies with a critical pedagogical perspective, which draws upon my theoretical training in Marxism-Leninism. Critical pedagogy is founded upon the premise that social class standpoints shape teaching and learning. The goal of my critical pedagogy is to help students identify the class character of the society in which they live, and to thereby develop their critical class consciousness of this society. By doing so, my teaching aims to provide students with the tools to independently identify and challenge the theory and practice of class oppression, including in academia.
- Teaching activities
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• Oppression and Resistance
• Global Politics of Climate Change
• Britain and the European Union
• Introduction to Global Political Economy
• Understanding Politics
• Political Economy of Global Environmental Change
- Professional activities and memberships
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• 2021. Ian Tomlin Research Tri-Campus Award (for research excellence), The University of Nottingham
• 2020. Michael Cowan Award (for research excellence, £1000), The University of Nottingham
• I have refereed article submissions for several peer reviewed journals, including International Critical Thought, Democratic Theory, Human Geography, and Library and Information History