Dr Amal Abu-Bakare

Symposium presentation

Group picture with symposium participants

Keynote speaker, Dr Amal Abu-Bakare

Throwback to our 2025 Symposium: Grateful to all speakers who presented their drafts and sparked thought-provoking discussions. Special thanks to our keynote, Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social. Stay tuned for the special issue featuring the completed articles!

For those who don’t know, on November 3rd I gave my first conference/symposium keynote for @millennjournal.bsky.social at @lseir.bsky.social. My keynote was based on my 2022 reflection piece,‘Your Work is Not International Relations’.Thank you to everyone who attended and the editors for inviting me

Dr Marine Guéguin , Kamran Khan, Carl Gibson, and Amal posing by a Proud Leeds Sign

Just wanted to give a shout to @marinegueguin.bsky.social @kamrank.bsky.social , and @carlgibson.bsky.social for the great conversation we had on 'Rethinking the Pedagogies and Politics of “Terrorism”' at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social ! I had a great time and 1st visit to Leeds!

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Excited to be joining @marinegueguin.bsky.social @kamrank.bsky.social @carlgibson.bsky.social at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social for a Roundtable on 'Rethinking the Pedagogies and Politics of “Terrorism” '! First time in Leeds :)

Counter-terrorism commission calls for overhaul - University of Liverpool News Counter-terrorism commission calls for overhaul

Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social has recently contributed to an important report from the Independent Commission on Counter Terrorism. It found that Britain’s counter terrorism strategy is no longer keeping the country safe. Read about the report and Amal's input here ⤵️

The Department of Politics at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social 💼📚🎓invites applications to the Politics Pathway of the North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP):
The deadline for the NWSSDTP funding application is 2nd February 2026 for the October 2026 programme start.

Trying to do some good by challenging the racialisation in counterterrorism policy & law - it took 3 years but my research is out in the ‘Report of the Independent Commission on UK Counterterrorism Law, Policy and Practice’. Many thanks to Tufyal Choudhury and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.

Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice - Report Launch 11th November 2025, Royal United Services Institute, 61 Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET

Will be heading to London tomorrow to be present for the Launch of the Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice Report. My submission for this focused on understanding how race and processes of racialisation shape and inform counter-terrorism law, policy,and practice.

I am really honoured to share that I will be a keynote at this year’s Millennium: Journal of International Studies symposium. I’ll be focusing my talk on my 2022 piece ‘Your Work Is Not International Relations’. Thank you very much to the editorial team! : millenniumjournal.org/call-for-abs...

Congratulations to Dr Sarah Elmammeri, our former PhD candidate and the winner of the Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of ExcellenceDoctoral Thesis Prize.Her lecture titled ‘Between Layers of Borders: Reflecting on EU Policies and Asylum Seekers’ reflects the very best of our PhD student scholarship.

This Thursday 16th Oct I'll be speaking on my project on "Severing Colonial Relationality" for the ANU Cais public lecture series. (Online, all welcome).

📍5pm in Canberra (7am BST for early risers in the UK!)
Registration link below 👇 @lseir.bsky.social

cais.cass.anu.edu.au/events/cais-...

Spoke about Malcolm X and his legacy with some brilliant panellists yesterday at the 2025 Birmingham Literature Festival. Thank you to the Writers Mosaic team for having me ! @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social @writersmosaic.bsky.social #birminghamlit2025

YouTube video by TEDx Talks Stories make us | Refaat Alareer | TEDxShujaiya

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsbE...

Pleased to share our new article in which we critically engage with the role that the “categories of migration” play in determining who does and does not “belong” in Europe and how they are changing.

I am excited to share that I’ll be speaking as part of the Birmingham Literature Festival on the topic of ‘Malcolm X: A Deeper Purpose ‘this Saturday: www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/mal...

Im in an IR textbook as a reference in world politics! Check out : ‘Thinking World Politics Otherwise: A Diverse Introduction to International Relations’ from Oxford University Press 📚 Thank you to the amazing editors for highlighting my work! @livunipol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who came to our @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book launch , Narratives of Hope, and Storytelling against the colonial panels and round tables ☺️it’s been an honour to share my thoughts and research with the @europeanisa.bsky.social research community ! #eisapec2025

Really enjoyed the panel on ‘ Memory, Justice, and the Politics of knowing : Decolonial Perspectives on Transitional Contexts’ ! Got to see some great presentations from Noga Glucksam and Sung-Jin Park! @uni-jena.de @richmondunildn.bsky.social‬ #eisapec2025

Excited to listen to the role of Critical/Orthodox Terrorism Studies in the permissibility of violence this morning with @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social @rmkhan.bsky.social @nicolapratt.bsky.social Madeline-sophie abbas and @amnakaleem.bsky.social
#eisapec2025

Malik Al Nasir speaking at Walker Art Gallery

Malik Al Nasir speaking at Walker Art Gallery

Congratulations to @malikalnasir.bsky.social on his book launch for ‘Searching for My Slave Roots:From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge’ yesterday at @walkerartgallery.bsky.social It’s been an honour to witness Malik win and share his story with the world: harpercollins.co.uk/products/sea...

Thank you for this @wowfest.bsky.social !

Stay safe Liverpool. It’s shame that in 2025 we still have to tell the police that the safety of racialised people matters more than ensuring white supremacists are happy,content, and ‘free’

In Gaza City, we are saying goodbye Forced expulsion is looming and we know this time we may never see our homes again.

“People are overwhelmed – emotionally, mentally, physically, financially; they cannot endure any more suffering.” aje.io/ymvlk3

Going to meet James Baldwin - Writers Mosaic James Baldwin was an activist, public intellectual and a guide for understanding the nuances of race. In this edition we explore how he remains an inspiration for a new generation taking on the persis...

Looking for more reading? I edited - and contributed to - this special edition on James Baldwin for Writers Mosaic. writersmosaic.org.uk/content/goin...

See you there! ☺️

I'll be reading an excerpt from my upcoming book (still being drafted😅) here: Storytelling Against the Colonial

TB-S18
Thursday, 28 Aug 2025
11:00 - 12:30
Belmeloro - Aula 3 Spisa

I'll be discussing the politics of care as part of the roundtable organised by the amazing Alina Sajed here:
Narratives of Hope and Yearning: Strategies and Lessons for Navigating and Disrupting a Broken World

TA-S18
Thursday, 28 Aug 2025
09:00 - 10:30
Palazzo Hercolani - Aula Di Virgilio

I'll be presenting my latest book chapter titled 'Racism and Racialization in International Relations Knowledge' here: Roundtable and Book Launch: Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics

WD-KNOWIR
Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025
16:00 - 17:30
Belmeloro - Aula F

I am excited to share that I'll be presenting three times next week as part of the @europeanisa.bsky.social Pan European Conference. Please reach out if you're an IR or Security Studies scholar with an interest in race and IR or anticolonial theory. It'll be my first time there #EISAPEC2025