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The 2022 World Cup and the ‘Aboukhal Affair’: Marocanité, patriotic celebration, and Salafism 24th Jan 2023 Zakaria Aboukhal, a Netherlands-born professional footballer of Moroccan descent, was one of the revelations of the Moroccan men’s national football team’s historic run at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Yet amidst the widespread euphoria and disbelief... Read More
Remember the blockade?: Gulf Geopolitics and the 2022 World Cup 10th Jan 2023 Not much time has passed since the period when the viability of Qatar’s World Cup was in question due to virulent differences with its ‘brotherly’ neighbours. Football has often been the showcase for evolving political relations in the Gulf. The... Read More
Conference Links
Conference Links 13th Dec 2022 Here's the conference programme and links to the streaming version. Please note carefully the two distinct links (A and B) which correspond to the two parallel panel streams.  15th December – Day 1 0830-0900        Welcome... Read More
Social Theory: Sara Ahmed
Social Theory: Sara Ahmed 6th Dec 2022 By Konstantin Rintelmann  In 2009, Margrit Shildrick panegyrically wrote: “Few academic writers working in the UK context today can match Sara Ahmed in her prolific output, and fewer still can maintain the consistently high level of her theoretical... Read More
Social Theory: bell hooks
Social Theory: bell hooks 6th Dec 2022 Now when I ponder the silences, the voices that are not heard, the voices of those wounded and/or oppressed individuals who do not speak or write, I contemplate the acts of persecution, torture—the terrorism that breaks spirits, that makes creativity... Read More
World Cup Shorts: No country for old men. Urban renewal in downtown Doha 6th Dec 2022 The destruction of the urban fabric of downtown Doha is one of the side effects of the preparation for the World Cup. The event has bolstered a process of urban renewal that has made Qatar spend more than any other host country in previous editions of... Read More
Social Theory: Wael Hallaq
Social Theory: Wael Hallaq 5th Dec 2022 By Ali Seyedrazaghi, Teaching Fellow, Lancaster University. Wael Hallaq, a professor of ethics, law, and political thought at Columbia University, is considered one of the most important contemporary thinkers in the field of Islamic studies.... Read More
Social Theory: Susan Strange
Social Theory: Susan Strange 2nd Dec 2022 SUSAN STRANGE By Sukru Cildir.  Susan Strange was born in Dorset in 1923 and passed away in 1998. A founding figure of International Political Economy in the UK, Strange received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the LSE in 1943.  Following... Read More
Artist Spotlight: Mariam Mabrouk
Artist Spotlight: Mariam Mabrouk 24th Nov 2022 We are delighted to be working with Mariam Mabrouk, an Egyptian artist and former Lancaster University student, on a number of projects. Mariam is acting as our first ‘artist in residence’ and has produced some amazing pieces of art for forthcoming SEPAD... Read More
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