Dr Chris Hewer

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About

After a  career in applied optics, I obtained degrees in Psychology and Social Psychology from universities in London, and was awarded a PhD in Social Psychology under the supervision of Glynis Breakwell at Surrey University. I taught A Level Psychology for nine years (also AS Philosophy) before arriving at Kingston University in 2002. Since then, my scholarly interests have focused on critical social psychology with special emphasis on the relation between history, memory and identity. I am also interested in the intersection between history and social psychology and particularly the way that cultures/collectives remember and forget.  

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Psychology

Qualifications

  • PhD Social Psychology - University of Surrey - 2002 (Part-time)
  • MSc (Econ) - Social Psychology - London School of Economics - 1994 (Part-time)
  • PGCE (FE) - University of Greenwich - 1992
  • BSc (Hons) - Psychology - University of East London - 1991

Teaching and learning

I am Module Leader for PS6004 Critical Social Psychology: Memory, Narrative and Representation.

I also teach on the Research Methods II programme.

Undergraduate courses taught

Research

My scholarly interests focus on critical social psychology with special emphasis on the relation between history, memory and identity. I am also interested in the intersection between history and social psychology and particularly the way that cultures/collectives remember and forget. 

Research student supervision

Main supervision

Other supervision

Publications

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Number of items: 17.

Article

Kajtazi-Testa, Laura and Hewer, Christopher J (2018) Ambiguous loss and incomplete abduction narratives in Kosovo. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 23(2), pp. 333-345. ISSN (print) 1359-1045

Ryan, Joseph F. and Hewer, Christopher J. (2016) What did we do to Germany during the Second World War? A British perspective on the Allied strategic bombing campaign 1940-45. Papers on Social Representations, 25(1), 10.1-10.28. ISSN (print) 1021-5573

Roberts, R. and Hewer, C.J. (2015) Memory, madness and conflict: a Laingian perspective. Memory Studies, 8(2), pp. 169-182. ISSN (print) 1750-6980

Roberts, Ron, Halilovic, Majda, Becirevic, Edina and Hewer, Christopher J. (2015) Exploring attitudes to NATO in Republika Srpska. Global Discourse, 5(4), pp. 579-599. ISSN (print) 2326-9995

Hewer, C.J. (2013) The Falkland/Malvinas dispute: a contemporary battle between history and memory. Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought, 3(1), pp. 144-150. ISSN (print) 2326-9995

Hewer, C.J. and Vitija, S. (2013) Identity after Kosovo's independence: narratives from within the Kosovar-Albanian Diaspora. Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, 19(5), pp. 621-636. ISSN (print) 1350-4630

Hewer, C.J. (2012) Tracing the social dynamics of peace and conflict. Papers on Social Representations, 21(2), 12.1-12.22. ISSN (print) 1021-5573

Hewer, C.J. and Roberts, R. (2012) History, culture and cognition: towards a dynamic model of social memory. Culture & Psychology, 18(2), pp. 167-183. ISSN (print) 1354-067X

Hewer, C.J. and Kut, M. (2010) Historical legacy, social memory and representations of the past within a Polish community. Memory Studies, 3(1), pp. 18-32. ISSN (print) 1750-6980

Book

Hewer, Christopher J. and Lyons, Evanthia, eds. (2018) Political psychology : a social psychological approach. Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell. 376p. ISBN 9781118982396

Book Section

Hewer, Christopher J. and Lyons, Evanthia (2018) Identity. In: Hewer, Christopher J. and Lyons, Evanthia, (eds.) Political psychology : a social psychological approach. Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 93-113. ISBN 9781118982396

Hewer, Christopher J. (2018) Social memory and the collective past. In: Hewer, Christopher J. and Lyons, Evanthia, (eds.) Political psychology : a social psychological approach. Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 207-230. ISBN 9781118982396

Hewer, Christopher J. (2018) Some historical and philosophical considerations. In: Hewer, Christopher J. and Lyons, Evanthia, (eds.) Political psychology : a social psychological approach. Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 1-27. ISBN 9781118982396

Roberts, Ron and Hewer, Christopher J. (2018) A critical history of research methods. In: Hewer, Christopher J. and Lyons, Evanthia, (eds.) Political psychology : a social psychological approach. Chichester, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 28-53. ISBN 9781118982396

Hewer, Christopher J. (2014) The Falkland/Malvinas dispute: a contemporary battle between history and memory. In: Foster, Russell , Johnson, Matthew and Edward, Mark, (eds.) The crisis of the twenty-first century: empire in the age of austerity. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 149-155. ISBN 9780415731874

Hewer, C.J. and Taylor, W. (2007) Deconstructing terrorism : politics, language and social representation. In: Roberts, R., (ed.) Just War: Psychology and Terrorism. Ross-on-Wye, UK : PCCS Books. pp. 199-212. ISBN 9781898059929

Thesis

Hewer, C.J. (2001) Identity and the dream. (PhD thesis), University of Surrey, .

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