Dr Christos Memos

Contact info

c.memos@abertay.ac.uk

01382 308317

Biography

I鈥檓 a Lecturer in Sociology, having joined Abertay from the University of York where I taught within the Department of Politics.

I completed my PhD in Social and Political Thought and an MA in Political Philosophy at the Department of Politics, University of York, UK. I also hold a BA in Education and a BA (Hons) in Sociology.

My research and teaching interests cut across themes in critical social and political theory, political sociology and economic sociology/global political economy. I鈥檓 the author of three books:

听1) Open Marxism: Critical Theory as Militant Enlightenment (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025) ISBN 9781350073326

听2)听Global Economic Crisis as Social Hieroglyphic: Genesis, Constitution and Regressive Progress听(Routledge,听2021) ISBN 9781138091672

Reviewed in:听

^{Capital & Class, 2022, vol. 46(3): 479-483.}

听3) Castoriadis and Critical Theory: Crisis, Critique and Radical Alternatives听(Palgrave, 2014) ISBN 9781137034458

Reviewed in:

^{Anarchist Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2015, pp. 110-112.}
^{Thesis Eleven, vol. 134, no. 1, June 2016, pp. 128-134.}
^{KultuRRevolution. Zeitschrift f眉r angewandte Diskurstheorie听'Sichtbar, aber auch abwesend: Castoriadis in Academia鈥�, 71.2, 2016, pp. 53-55. (in German)}
^{Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization, 2017, vol. 17(2): 447-455.}
^{Marx and Philosophy Review of Books, November 2017.}
^{Capital & Class, 2018, vol. 42(3): 594-596.}

I鈥檝e previously received the 鈥極utstanding Teacher Award鈥� (2014), the 鈥極utstanding Lecturer of the Academic Year Award鈥� (2015), the 'Most Engaging Module Award' (2019) and the award for going 'Above and Beyond during COVID' (2021) at the student-led Abertay Teaching Awards.

Teaching
Research

Dr Christos Memos is a Lecturer in Sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Abertay Dundee.

Christos received his PhD in Social and Political Thought from the University of York in 2009.听 He holds a BA in Education, a BA in Sociology and an MA in Political Philosophy from the University of York.

Before joining the School of Health & Social Sciences at Abertay in 2012, he taught at the Department of Politics, University of York (2006-2011).

In 2014, Christos was the recipient of the Student Led听'Outstanding Teacher Award'听for the School of Social & Health Sciences.

In 2015, Christos was the winner of the Student Led Teaching Award 'Outstanding Lecturer of the Academic Year 2014-5' for听麻豆原创.听He was also shortlisted for the category of 鈥楤est Feedback on Assessments鈥� and nominated听 for the categories of听鈥楤est Platform for Employability鈥�, 鈥業nnovative Teaching鈥�, 鈥極utstanding Commitment to Student Welfare鈥� and 鈥楳ost Inspirational Moment鈥�.

In 2019, Christos was the winner of the Student Led 'Most Engaging Module Award' for 麻豆原创 (for the module 'Work, Class and Global Economy').

In 2021, Christos received the Student Led Award for going 'Above and Beyond during COVID' for 麻豆原创.
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Christos convenes and teaches the following modules:

Contemporary Social Theory (Module Convenor)
Human Rights (Module Convenor)
Work, Class and Global Economy (Module Convenor)

Classical Social Theory

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