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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

In 2025, I gave my first keynote at Millennium: Journal of International Studies.It is now published and can be read at the link below. Thanks to everyone for their support. Millennium was the 1st academic conference I ever attended,so this was a big deal for me: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hi Everyone, Just giving a shout out to a brilliant Scouse author with an upcoming book tour here in Meseyside. His new text 'Black Liverpool' is a powerful read about the city. I encourage you all to check Stephen Small out.

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Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics @journalrep.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

JREP’s second issue for 2026 is now available online and the entire issue is fully open access! We are thrilled that these articles will be available to a wider audience. The second issue for 2026 is also JREP’s first double special issue! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Latest issue | Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | Cambridge Core

Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

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Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics @journalrep.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The second part of the special issue asks, “Who is the EU for,” and explores the role race in the European Union politics and policies. It is edited by @nawalabu72.bsky.social, Anna Agathangelou, and Christian Kaunert.

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

For anyone who needs activity ideas 💡 for pupil engagement 📚 , I hope this helps: Today I organised a politics activity for our Year 10 Summer School at the University of Liverpool. My activity was titled ‘ Race, Space, and the Everyday(Politics)’.

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I had a wonderful time at the 2026 'Race' And Socially Engaged Research Conference held by @arwg-york.bsky.social . I had the pleasure of speaking on themes of resistance, global solidarity, and what it means to imagine otherwise as part of a great roundtable of academics working in Higher Education

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Excited to speak at the "'Race' and Socially Engaged Research: Open and Inclusive Conference for PGRs and ECRs" at the University of York this upcoming Friday!

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'Race' and Socially Engaged Research - Programme

Keep an eye out on this page for updates on the conference programme and invited speakers!

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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Interested parties are invited to this 'Rethinking the Right to the University: A Course Design Workshop' on 25 June, exploring how universities can contribute to socially just cities and develop courses that generate mutual benefits for surrounding inner-city communities. @nawalabu72.bsky.social

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Rethinking the Right to the University: A Course Design Workshop

A third Anticolonial Education Working Group event and workshop

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🚨 Our Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool is currently looking to appoint up to 7(!) new colleagues. This includes 2 permanent T&R positions: lnkd.in/eVabnhrP And up to 5 fixed-term T&S positions: lnkd.in/eyYX9tN5 The deadline for applications to both tracks is 28 June!

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

For staff and community of the University of Liverpool and neighbouring communities, please see and consider attending this upcoming course design workshop held by the Anticolonial Education Working Group: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rethinking...

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Rethinking the Right to the University: A Course Design Workshop

A third Anticolonial Education Working Group event and workshop

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Dr Marcelle Trote Martins @mtrotem.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🚨Publication Alert! Delighted to share our new article, co-authored with @dasilvajr.bsky.social, now published: Contingent Safe Waters: Aesthetic Dissensus Between Metaphor and the Whitening of the Russo-Ukrainian War’s Refugees in the Spanish Press www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Contingent Safe Waters: Aesthetic Dissensus Between Metaphor and the Whitening of the Russo-Ukrainian War’s Refugees in the Spanish Press | Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | Cambridge Core

Contingent Safe Waters: Aesthetic Dissensus Between Metaphor and the Whitening of the Russo-Ukrainian War’s Refugees in the Spanish Press

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Eid Mubarak 🌙✨ from me to you

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This special issue article is the outcome of a workshop funded by the International Studies Association, held on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, and co-led by Anna M. Agathangelou, Christian Kaunert, and myself at the ISA 2023 pre-Annual Convention in Montréal, Quebec: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Who Is the EU for? Race, Europe, and the Global Order | Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | Cambridge Core

Who Is the EU for? Race, Europe, and the Global Order

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Gemma Bird @gemmabird.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Project Armonia does fantastic work challenging food insecurity in Athens and also providing free training and qualifications for people on the move looking to become qualified commis-chefs. If you can, please support this fantastic organisation to keep changing lives www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

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Jasmine K Gani @jasminekgani.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

With the resurgent interest in the nexus between policy and knowledge production, here is our open access article "The impact of colonialism on policy and knowledge production in International Relations" in @iajournal.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/ia/article/9....

Abstract: Is there an academic–policy divide, and does that gap need to be bridged? For decades, International Relations (IR) scholars have reflected on their roles and responsibilities towards the ‘real world’, while policy-makers have often critiqued the detachment of academic research. In response, there have been increased calls for academics to descend from their ‘ivory tower’. However, the articles in this 100th anniversary special issue of International Affairs interrogate this so-called theory–policy divide and problematize the exchange of knowledge between academics and practitioners, highlighting the colonial underpinnings of their historical entanglements. In this introductory article we bring together the core arguments of the special issue contributions to delineate three prominent dynamics in the academic–practitioner nexus: the role of academia as a supplier of knowledge for colonial policies; the influence of imperial practice and policy-makers in shaping IR and academic knowledge production; and the contestation from academics and/or practitioners against racial hierarchies in knowledge production and policy-making. Confronting the exclusions, amnesias and denials of colonialism in the theory and practice of International Relations is the necessary first step in any process of repair towards a more just and viable politics.

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Jasmine K Gani @jasminekgani.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

My new article "Kant as Methodology: Race, White Ignorance, and Intellectual Responsibility" is now out in Critical Philosophy of Race (Penn State University Press). Open Access copy here: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... (summary of core arguments in thread below) @lseir.bsky.social

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Today was my favourite lecture for my course on the Politics of Race and Marginalisation! This is because my students and I were treated to not just 1 but 2 amazing Q&As from Canadian International Relations Dr Ajay Parasram, and Cambridge historian, and Scouse musician, and poet Dr Malik Al Nasir.

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Had a great day visiting the World Museum with my students today! 🏺📖🤟🏿

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

My friends say I have teacher 👩‍🏫 energy 😂 had a lot of fun cheering on my @livunipol.bsky.social students today for the Liverpool Half Marathon!

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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

What role do universities play in contributing to socially just cities? Join us and guest speaker Dr Stephanie Butcher for this on-campus event on 26 March to explore the challenges and responsibilities of the university to the city in which it is embedded. @nawalabu72.bsky.social

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Understanding the role of UoL in a socially just city

This workshop explores the social challenges and responsibilities of the university as an institution to the city in which it is embedded.

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

I published my first academic paper outside of the field of IR. See my 2026 article in Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education, titled "Trying Transformative Internationalization". It is based on my research for my PGCAP with the US-UK Fulbright Commission: www.peterlang.com/document/170...

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Peter Lang Verlag - Trying Transformative Internationalization: Exploring British Student Perspectives on Collaborative Online International Learning and Anti-racist Education

At present, embedding internationalization in teaching and extracurricular activities is a popular aim being taken on by universities worldwide to ...

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

For anyone at @liverpooluni.bsky.social, registration is now open for our 2nd Anticolonial Education Working Group (AEWG) event of 2026: 'Understanding the role of UoL in a socially just city' School of Law & Social Justice Event space 26/03/26, 10:00 to 13:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

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Understanding the role of UoL in a socially just city

This workshop explores the social challenges and responsibilities of the university as an institution to the city in which it is embedded.

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

A special thank you to the guest speakers, Dr @malikalnasir.bsky.social and Rhiannon Jones, for their presentation on "Lifting The Barriers to Black Academia": blackacademia.co.uk/wp-content/u...

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

A belated thank you to everyone who attended our event 'The University Belongs to Us:A Forum re-imagining Higher Education'.It was a great day of conversation around higher education,social justice,and community-led learning.We appreciated the Tiber Community and Greenhouse Project for hosting us!

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

missiles are reported to have hit in Iran, Doha, and Dubai in the last hour. In residential and public areas. Sending love and power to everyone and their families watching in horror during this difficult time.

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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Join community representatives and University colleagues at this public event on 22 February to discuss issues of equitable education access in Merseyside, presented by our Anticolonial Education Working Group and @nawalabu72.bsky.social

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The University Belongs to Us: A Forum re-imagining Higher Education

This event aims to create a space for dialogue concerning issues of equitable education access in Merseyside.

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Special shoutout to my hardworking stellar cousin, Hanan Haliru VP (International Students) of Cardiff University Students' Union for coordinating this talk!

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I am excited to be making my way to Cardiff tomorrow to speak as part of Cardiff University's 2026 Race Equality Week. This will be my first visit to @prifysgolcdydd.bsky.social C. Looking forward to meeting with the Student Union and discussing our experiences in acadmia

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

For anyone in Merseyside, registration is now open for our first Anticolonial Education Working Group (AEWG) event of 2026: The University Belongs to Us: A Forum re-imagining Higher Education February 22nd, 2026, 12:00 to 15:00 Location: Tiber Football Centre www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-univer...

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The University Belongs to Us: A Forum re-imagining Higher Education

This event aims to create a space for dialogue concerning issues of equitable education access in Merseyside.

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Really proud to be here participating in and cheering on my amazing friends @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social @benjaminklasche.bsky.social as they launch the @securityhub.ee first conference at Tallinn University 🇪🇪

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Greetings! My first book chapter is out with @academic.oup.com in Knowledge and Expertise in International Politics: A Handbook! It features poetry from the inspiring Dean Atta and centers Black feminist scholarship. Congratulations to the editors, my former colleagues at @interpolaber.bsky.social

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Aston uni Centre for Migration and Forced Displacement is looking for participants for a workshop on centring abolition as transformative practice in our daily lives within and outside of academia🌟 Deadline 26 Jan & workshop on 12-13 May 🎉 👉 More info on sheet attached below! Dr Amal Abu-Bakare

Promotional page for “Connecting Abolition(s),” a two-day workshop taking place 12–13 May 2026 at Aston University in Birmingham, UK.

The page announces a call for contributions focused on abolition in theory and practice, including border abolition, prison and police abolition, climate justice, settler colonialism, mutual aid, and international solidarity. The event includes panels, roundtables, and creative workshops, with plenary speakers Ajay Parasram and Amal Abu-Bakare.

A submission deadline of 26 January 2026 and contact email cmfd@aston.ac.uk are listed, along with a note that limited funding is available, prioritising PhD students and early career researchers.

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Excited to be returning to Birmingham as a plenary speaker alongside the brilliant @aparasram.bsky.social of @dalhistory.bsky.social ! This will be my first time at @astonuniversity.bsky.social ! Looking forward to it!

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Rest in power Renee Nicole Good, but for those posting today, please remember that this isn’t the first death by #ICE . We will hear Good’s name because the empowered white nationalism the US government is backing does not allow for the death of a white victim of white nationalism to go unnoticed.

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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The death of a legal observer in Minnesota by ICE is a warning to the UK in so many ways. We’re tying ourselves to a violent, corrupt, racist nation which does not care about its citizens. Reform believes in its model, Labour is appeasing it. It is the public who will suffer.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

What does it do to faith in a government when everyone can see for themselves, on video, that its Homeland Security Secretary is blatantly lying to them? US immigration agent fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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US immigration officer fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis

Trump says the woman was attempting to run over ICE agents. Local leaders disagree.

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 08/01/2026

Minneapolis.

Demonstrators at the January 7, 2026, evening vigil for Renee Nicole Good. A tall flag reads "Fuck ICE."

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daviss @daviss.org · 07/01/2026

NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning. “SAY HER NAME!” “RENEE GOOD!”

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The UK pension secretary is currently using Joseph Nyes argument of hard power and soft power. They are explaining it to a BBC reporter to explain why it will let the USA decide whether it broke international law rather than to a commit to a stance @bbcsounds.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

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Millennium: Journal of International Studies @millennjournal.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

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!

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

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!

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

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Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

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 :)

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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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 ⤵️

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

Counter-terrorism commission calls for overhaul

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Liv Uni Politics @livunipol.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

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.

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