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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu

@fabriziol.bsky.social
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Currently at Dublin City University. Research on security, development, migration and diasporas, everyday politics. Photography enthusiast, occasional runner. He/him

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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
We’re live! 🌍 The website for Diaspora Diplomacy and the Migration–Development Nexus is now online. It introduces the research team & steering committee and will be our main space for updates, field reflections, events, and outputs. More to come, follow along & join the conversation. diadip.com
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ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences @ashapodcast.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
New podcast episode: Carmel Nolan talks to Dr Alejandra Ramos (TCD) about research on intimate partner violence, survivor support & empowerment. Listen here: www.podbean.com/media/share/... @arpitac.bsky.social @fabriziol.bsky.social @dcu-irgs.bsky.social
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Episode 3 - Alejandra Ramos
In this episode of ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences, we speak with Dr Alejandra Ramos, Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin. Dr Ramos discusses her research on intimate ...
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of talking with Shamim about some very timely issues on migration and media. First time podcasting as you can probably tell!
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ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences @ashapodcast.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Call for paper for conference on DSGBV and Migration organised by @arpitac.bsky.social and @fabriziol.bsky.social at the @dcu-irgs.bsky.social to take place on 27 February 2026 at Dublin City University. Send your abstract by the 30th o November! www.dcu.ie/institute-re...
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ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences @ashapodcast.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🎙️ Our first episode out now! ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences explores gender, migration & sexuality as part of @arpitac.bsky.social’s project on South Asian communities in Ireland. Ep.1 w/ Dr Caroline West is live: www.dcu.ie/institute-re... @dcu-irgs.bsky.social @fabriziol.bsky.social
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Pathway Project | IRGS
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ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences @ashapodcast.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
CfP: “They Are Here Too” – DSGBV & Migrants in Europe 27 Feb 2026 Seeking papers on migrant experiences of gender-based violence across Europe. CFP attached – pls share + submit! #CfP #DSGBV #Migration #DCU @dublincityuni.bsky.social @dcu-irgs.bsky.social @arpitac.bsky.social @fabriziol.bsky.social
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Thanks @survstudiesnet.bsky.social for the chance to discuss my work and for the shout out! Check out my latest discussion with them on vernacular security, surveillance and the work of Tunisian imams
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Honoured to join MECAM & German Africa Foundation in Berlin on June 27 to talk Maghreb–Sahel, migration & security.
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ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences @ashapodcast.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
We are at BISA! check out our panel "Connections and Disconnections between Migration and Violence" tomorrow at 1.15PM in the Madrid Room @arpitac.bsky.social @fabriziol.bsky.social
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Critical Terrorism Studies Working Group @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
We join voices around the world calling upon the UK Govt to intervene for the immediate release of Alaa Abd El-Fattah from prison in #Egypt. We are concerned for the health and freedoms of both Alaa and his mother, Prof Laila Soueif at this critical moment.
We as scholars of Critical Terrorism Studies call upon the UK government to intervene for the immediate and unreserved release of British-Egyptian human rights advocate Alaa Abd El-Fattah. We are deeply concerned for both the rights, freedom and safety of Alaa and of his mother, Professor Laila Soueif, who was recently hospitalised in London after more than 240 days of hunger strike.
Over the past decade, Alaa Abd El-Fattah has been subject to arbitrary arrest, illegal imprisonment, torture and other human rights abuses in Egypt. He was held in detention in Egypt for more than two years after his arrest in 2019 for exercising his freedom of speech and expression. He was then sentenced to five years in prison for ‘terrorism-related’ offences. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention ruled Alaa’s ongoing detention unlawful and to be a circumvention of the Egyptian Criminal Penal Code. 
Egyptian anti-terror laws provide broad definitions of terrorism that allow for the detention of a wide range of people, from members of political groups to journalists, NGO workers, trade unionists and students. The scope of anti-terror legislation in Egypt has been cited by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism and Human Rights as providing serious concerns for freedoms of expression and assembly.
Professor Laila Soueif, mother of Alaa, has been on hunger strike protesting her son’s illegal incarceration for more than 240 days now. Her health has deteriorated to the point where she has been hospitalised and there are serious fears for her life. The UK Foreign Office has suggested that it is committed to securing Alaa’s freedom, however, this has not been followed up by tangible action. 
The UK government must take clear and direct action immediately to prevent the worsening of Laila’s health and to make it clear that the illegal detention of a British citizen warrants serious political repercussions.
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ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences @ashapodcast.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Just published by Dr @arpitac.bsky.social and Dr Niamh Gaynor: Race, gender, and the immigrant student: Aspiring decolonisation in Irish universities, building a conversation around decoloniality in Irish academia. Check it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Decolonisation #HigherEducation
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 31/05/2025
The photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, who passed away last week, at the age of 81, documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never. . . photograph the misery.”
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Sebastião Salgado’s View of Humanity
The photojournalist documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never, I never, photograph the misery.”
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/05/2025
Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank
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Israel confirms plans to create 22 new settlements in occupied West Bank
Defence minister says move ‘prevents establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel’ * Middle East crisis live – latest news updates Israel has said it will establish 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalisation of outposts already built without government authorisation, after a security cabinet vote held in secret last week. Israel occupied the West Bank, capturing it from Jordan, in the six-day war of 1967. Since then, successive governments have tried to permanently cement Israeli control over the land, in part by declaring swathes as “state lands”, which prevents private Palestinian ownership. Continue reading...
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ASHA: Crossing Borders, Breaking Silences @ashapodcast.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
As part of our project, we are interested in interviewing anyone who has migrated to Ireland from South Asia and used the domestic violence support services here. If you, or someone you know has this experience, please consider getting in touch with Dr Arpita Chakraborty: arpita.chakraborty@dcu.ie
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Surveillance Studies Network @survstudiesnet.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The first issue of Surveillance & Society of 2025 is out, including 6 original articles, a dialogue section on “Authoritarian Surveillance,” an editorial on Trump’s second presidency & 4 book reviews. #surveillance #authoritarianism #data #privacy ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): Open Issue | Surveillance & Society
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
My latest article is out in Surveillance & Society. It explores vernacular security and the role of religious leaders in international PVE programs, highlighting the power dynamics shaping these interventions. Read it here: ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su... #SecurityStudies #menasky #polisky
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Vernacular Security and Religion in Tunisia: The Role of Local Imams in the Implementation of Preventing Violent Extremism Measures | Surveillance & Society
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
In July 2015, I traveled to Tunisia for a language course. Ten years later, after a PhD and years of research, my book will be out with Routledge in August 2025. Can’t wait to share it! #Polisky #Menasky www.routledge.com/Preventing-a...
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Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in a Postcolonial Context: Security, Democracy, and Religion in Tunisia
This book examines how global policies designed to prevent extremism have shaped religious and security governance in Tunisia in recent years, focusing on local programs for training imams. By tracing...
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Some photos from Connemara for the weekend feed #photography #landscape #ireland #connemara
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
💸 We are now accepting applications for EISA Dissertation Fieldwork Support Grants! ✅ Designed to cover travel and accommodation for PhD candidates, especially those who face different forms of precarity and structural inequality/discrimination 🔗 Learn more here: buff.ly/41mA5Zi
EISA Dissertation Fieldwork Support Grants. One-time payments of up to 3,500 Euros for PhD candidates to cover fieldwork travel and accommodation expenses.
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Arpita Chakraborty @arpitac.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
IRGS @dcuresearch.bsky.social feminist writing retreat starting today at Kylemore Abbey. Can you believe this view?
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Trump's vision for Gaza bolsters Netanyahu politically, normalises ethnic cleansing, and emboldens Israel to derail the ceasefire and return to war. Here's how 🔗 www.newarab.com/analysis/why...
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
One week left to apply for our workshop! #intsec #polisky
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Koen Bogaert @koenbogaert.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"Such an inversion of the values proclaimed by Western societies, such a political dereliction, such an intellectual collapse demands examination." jacobin.com/2025/01/gaza...
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Gaza’s Destruction Has Discredited the US-Led Global Order
Western states have not merely supported Israel’s devastating attack on Gaza as if it were a just war of self-defense. They have also sought to repress those demonstrating for the right of Palestinian...
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Still 2 week-ish to apply for our workshop!
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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Reposting this here away from X blergh: My book, Counterterrorism and Colonialism: Everyday Violence in Britain and Egypt, is coming out on 31 March this year! Thanks to all who have supported me. ❤️ www.routledge.com/Counterterro...
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Counterterrorism and Colonialism: Everyday Violence in Britain and Egypt
This book uses feminist and postcolonial approaches to archival research and interviews to interrogate the persistence of colonial logics in contemporary counter terrorism practice, exposing how forms...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 15/01/2025
So relentless has been Israel’s assault, and so complete the destruction in northern Gaza that a former Israeli defence minister described the military’s actions there as ‘ethnic cleansing’. Here's how the Israeli military erased a town of 200,000 people in Gaza. on.ft.com/3DTS14e
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
JUST PUBLISHED: It has been the honor of my career to co-author "Queer, HIV+ and Running Out of Medication in Gaza" with Afeef Nessouli @theintercept.com —a story about Palestine, AIDS, genocide, and an extraordinary survivor named E.S. Please read & share. theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...
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Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza
A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Hey everyone! If you’re interested in EU migration, security and foreign policy join me and prof. Sarah Léonard (Dublin City University) at the 12th European Workshops in International Studies, Krakow, 2-4 July 2025. Find our CfP on the EWIS website, workshop "WS S" #polisky #menasky
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Akil N Awan @akilnawan.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Aimé Césaire called this the Imperial Boomerang: Govts develop repressive techniques to control the colonised & eventually deploy the same against their own citizens back home too. I wrote about Israel's export of battle-tested tech from their 'Palestine Laboratory' here👇 jacobin.com/2024/12/term...
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Finally got back to shooting digital after a couple years #photography #landscape #fujifilm #Sardinia
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
“Regardless of who ultimately controls a future government in Damascus, Israel exploited the chaos following Assad’s fall to make sure that Syria does not retain the military capacity to defend itself” — my latest for @theguardian.com | www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Syria’s future must be determined by Syrians, not outside powers | Mohamad Bazzi
The Assad family’s brutal half-century reign has just ended and the US, Israel and Turkey are already vying for influence
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Sumi Madhok @sumimadhok.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
An important reminder on ‘how to avoid the anti-imperialism of fools’. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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How to Avoid the Anti-Imperialism of Fools
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
“Israel had “brazenly, continuously and with total impunity … unleashed hell” on the strip’s 2.3 million population, noting that the “atrocity crimes” against Israelis by Hamas on 7 October 2023, which triggered the war, “do not justify genocide”.” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report finds
Human rights group says Israel ‘brazenly, continuously and with total impunity … unleashed hell’ on strip’s 2.3m population
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Israel has demolished over 1,500 West Bank facilities in 2024, says UN - www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-d…
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Israel has demolished over 1,500 West Bank facilities in 2024, says UN
Over 3,600 people have been displaced as a result of the 'deliberate and systematic' policy
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
5. Simply said, most popular “solutions” to the far right either underestimate the far right (by externalizing it from the “mainstream”) or are logically at odds with the analysis of the strength of the far right (eg asking the far right controlled state to oppose the far right).
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Artur Sikora @artursikora.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
'Before the leaves fall' - a new project. It's completely different from anything I've done so far. But it had to be that way. Working on these photographs woke me from a kind of deep sleep and aroused in me the desire to create again... after years of stagnation. #photography #nature #ilfordphoto
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Before the leaves fall - BLOG - Artur Sikora - Before the leaves fall
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
open.spotify.com/episode/1yAK... Interesting account of how the israeli military exploit Palestinian detainees
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How Israel Uses Palestinian Detainees as Human Shields
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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Delighted to see this now out & open access in EJIS. The article explores what happens when seemingly critical ideas around counterterrorism achieve wider currency. Coauthored with @michaellister.bsky.social, huge thanks to the reviewers & editors. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1017/eis....
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Asking for bibliographic help: I'm writing a book chapter on positionality, ethnography and security in North Africa. Is there any reading that I should not miss when writing this? #menasky #IntSec #sociology
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Don't miss our final Anniversary Lecture! 'Freedom Dreams in #France: Notes on State Violence in France' with @jean23bean.bsky.social 26 Nov, 4-5.30pm GMT (Online) @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social‬ Register to attend: eventbrite.co.uk/e/f...
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Freedom Dreams in France: Notes on State Violence in France
Identities 30th Anniversary Lecture with Dr Jean Beaman (City University of New York)
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
"Congolese-American sociologist Pierre van den Berghe has coined the term, “herrenvolk democracy”, that is “democratic for the master race but tyrannical for subordinate groups”.
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Dr Maria A. Deiana @drdeiana.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I am the co-editor of the Journal of War and Culture Studies. www.tandfonline.com/journals/ywa... Get in touch if you have an idea for a Special Issue. We are keen to support research by ECRs & amplify the work of scholars from underrepresented fields & backgrounds.
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Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu @fabriziol.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Sharing a couple of 2020 Dublin shots for the weekend feed. #photography #Ilford #Hasselblad #blackandwhite
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Anne Kirstine Rønn @annekirstineronn.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
New mapping of Israeli attacks on Beirut. The mapping done by Beirut Urban Lab shows that Beirut's southern suburbs, Dahiya, have been the target of 186 Israeli announced strikes, demolishing at least 262 buildings between 27 September and 17 November 2024. beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
It's critical to read about this & oppose it. The "terrorism" label is a political weapon for oppressing Palestinians, Muslims, and/or people of color. That's what it was designed for within US legal regimes. There is no way to reform or expand the label that undoes its fundamental colonial nature.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/11/2024
‘They are the last community people are openly racist about’: Sam Wright on his tender portraits of Travellers
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‘They are the last community people are openly racist about’: Sam Wright on his tender portraits of Travellers
From family life to fairground glamour, across Ireland and the UK, the photographer wanted to show a different side to a group whose way of life is dying out ‘Come in,” a woman yelled at Sam Wright from her caravan, “you’re gonna get soaked!” He was at…
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