Amna Kaleem
@amnakaleem.bsky.social
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Univ of Sheffield Politics. Talk to me about counter-terrorism and communities. She/Her.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/people/academic-staff/amna-kaleem
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/people/academic-staff/amna-kaleem
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Staff ,supporters and students gathered outside Firth Court today in solidarity with colleagues locked out and facing withheld pay after lawful strike action at
@sheffielducu
Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
@sheffielducu
Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
January 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Staff ,supporters and students gathered outside Firth Court today in solidarity with colleagues locked out and facing withheld pay after lawful strike action at
@sheffielducu
Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
@sheffielducu
Punishment is not negotiation. ✊
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Great to see that Mark Pendleton is running for UCU VP (Higher Education). Worked with him on the RHS LGBT+ report and he was consistently, insistently and cheerfully simply ace. Learn more from ucucommons.org/about-mark/ . And regardless, don't ignore your ballot.
About Mark
About Mark
Mark 4 VP - About Mark - Election Statement - Endorsements
Support Mark - Contact Mark - Who else should I vote for?
What I believe in
I have a 25 year history of ac...
ucucommons.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Great to see that Mark Pendleton is running for UCU VP (Higher Education). Worked with him on the RHS LGBT+ report and he was consistently, insistently and cheerfully simply ace. Learn more from ucucommons.org/about-mark/ . And regardless, don't ignore your ballot.
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📣Call for abstracts 📣 If you do Critical Security/Terrorism Studies, join our #EISAPEC26 section. We welcome papers, panels, or roundtables. Feel free to get in touch with either myself or @marinegueguin.bsky.social if you have any queries. Deadline is 19 Feb.
eisa-net.org/abstract-sub...
eisa-net.org/abstract-sub...
January 28, 2026 at 12:50 PM
📣Call for abstracts 📣 If you do Critical Security/Terrorism Studies, join our #EISAPEC26 section. We welcome papers, panels, or roundtables. Feel free to get in touch with either myself or @marinegueguin.bsky.social if you have any queries. Deadline is 19 Feb.
eisa-net.org/abstract-sub...
eisa-net.org/abstract-sub...
📣Call for abstracts 📣 If you do Critical Security/Terrorism Studies, join our #EISAPEC26 section. We welcome papers, panels, or roundtables. Feel free to get in touch with either myself or @marinegueguin.bsky.social if you have any queries. Deadline is 19 Feb.
eisa-net.org/abstract-sub...
eisa-net.org/abstract-sub...
January 28, 2026 at 12:50 PM
📣Call for abstracts 📣 If you do Critical Security/Terrorism Studies, join our #EISAPEC26 section. We welcome papers, panels, or roundtables. Feel free to get in touch with either myself or @marinegueguin.bsky.social if you have any queries. Deadline is 19 Feb.
eisa-net.org/abstract-sub...
eisa-net.org/abstract-sub...
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Please, keep signing and sharing. We should not be forced to choose between our principles and food for our families. @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
No lockout for University of Sheffield staff
UCU members have been standing up against the continual cutting and restructuring of the last several years which has significantly damaged the University’s international standing, the quality of educ...
www.megaphone.org.uk
January 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Please, keep signing and sharing. We should not be forced to choose between our principles and food for our families. @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
So the Home Office commissioned a counter-extremism video game which led to Prevent referrals for school pupils, cool cool cool!
Meet ‘Amelia’: the AI-generated British schoolgirl who is a far-right social media star
Meet ‘Amelia’: the AI-generated British schoolgirl who is a far-right social media star
The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is breaking out of niche online silos
In certain corners of the internet, on niche news feeds and algorithms, an AI-generated British schoolgirl has emerged as something of a phenomenon.
Her name is Amelia, a purple-haired “goth girl” who proudly carries a mini union flag and appears to have a penchant for racism. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:11 AM
So the Home Office commissioned a counter-extremism video game which led to Prevent referrals for school pupils, cool cool cool!
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Monday and the start of a second week of being prevented from working by my employer, the University of Sheffield. Management has decided that massive damage to staff morale, student experience and the university’s reputation is worth it in a futile attempt to break the union. Shame on them.
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 26, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Monday and the start of a second week of being prevented from working by my employer, the University of Sheffield. Management has decided that massive damage to staff morale, student experience and the university’s reputation is worth it in a futile attempt to break the union. Shame on them.
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Myself & many colleagues are facing this at Sheffield Uni - double punishment for strike action. In the midst of this, yesterday many departments got an email announcing imminent structural reviews (ie redundancies). @sheffielducu.bsky.social
The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff.
Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.
This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.
This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
Union condemns continued docking of staff pay following strike action at University of Sheffield
The University and College Union (UCU) has today condemned the lockout and withholding of staff pay at the University of Sheffield following lawful industrial action
www.ucu.org.uk
January 23, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Myself & many colleagues are facing this at Sheffield Uni - double punishment for strike action. In the midst of this, yesterday many departments got an email announcing imminent structural reviews (ie redundancies). @sheffielducu.bsky.social
My Sheffield colleagues are locked out for not mitigating strike action and doing the teaching they haven’t been paid for, please donate to @sheffielducu.bsky.social if you can spare a few quid: www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
My Sheffield colleagues are locked out for not mitigating strike action and doing the teaching they haven’t been paid for, please donate to @sheffielducu.bsky.social if you can spare a few quid: www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
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There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib
Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As things wind down for the holidays, @sheffielducu.bsky.social members are facing a threat of 100% pay deductions from January, thanks to our Scrooge-like management. We’ve now set up a fundraiser to bolster our local solidarity fund. If you can spare some change, please do! gofund.me/ac2b3adcb
Donate to Support University of Sheffield striking staff!, organized by Mark Pendleton
I'm the branch treasurer for the University of Sheffield University and… Mark Pendleton needs your support for Support University of Sheffield striking staff!
gofund.me
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
As things wind down for the holidays, @sheffielducu.bsky.social members are facing a threat of 100% pay deductions from January, thanks to our Scrooge-like management. We’ve now set up a fundraiser to bolster our local solidarity fund. If you can spare some change, please do! gofund.me/ac2b3adcb
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Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
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🎉Yesterday @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social held their annual conference!
👏Many thanks to the amazing convenors; @amnakaleem.bsky.social , Alice Finden and @rmkhan.bsky.social for all of their hard work!
⭐️The #virtual conference was extremely successful in its critical engagement of terrorism studies.
👏Many thanks to the amazing convenors; @amnakaleem.bsky.social , Alice Finden and @rmkhan.bsky.social for all of their hard work!
⭐️The #virtual conference was extremely successful in its critical engagement of terrorism studies.
September 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🎉Yesterday @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social held their annual conference!
👏Many thanks to the amazing convenors; @amnakaleem.bsky.social , Alice Finden and @rmkhan.bsky.social for all of their hard work!
⭐️The #virtual conference was extremely successful in its critical engagement of terrorism studies.
👏Many thanks to the amazing convenors; @amnakaleem.bsky.social , Alice Finden and @rmkhan.bsky.social for all of their hard work!
⭐️The #virtual conference was extremely successful in its critical engagement of terrorism studies.
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We started off our annual conference this morning saying a fond farewell and thank you to our wonderful outgoing convenor @amnakaleem.bsky.social and welcoming two new convenors @marinegueguin.bsky.social and @mcneilwillson.bsky.social who will be joining Rabea and Alice @mybisa.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We started off our annual conference this morning saying a fond farewell and thank you to our wonderful outgoing convenor @amnakaleem.bsky.social and welcoming two new convenors @marinegueguin.bsky.social and @mcneilwillson.bsky.social who will be joining Rabea and Alice @mybisa.bsky.social
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Last chance to register for the annual @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social
'Contemporary Issues in Critical Terrorism Studies' 🌎
9 September on Zoom 💻
Register now 👉 buff.ly/SyRkSaU
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social @amnakaleem.bsky.social @rmkhan.bsky.social
'Contemporary Issues in Critical Terrorism Studies' 🌎
9 September on Zoom 💻
Register now 👉 buff.ly/SyRkSaU
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social @amnakaleem.bsky.social @rmkhan.bsky.social
Call for papers: Critical Studies on Terrorism annual virtual conference - Critical Studies on Terrorism (CST) | BISA
- Critical Studies on Terrorism (CST) Working Group
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September 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Last chance to register for the annual @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social
'Contemporary Issues in Critical Terrorism Studies' 🌎
9 September on Zoom 💻
Register now 👉 buff.ly/SyRkSaU
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social @amnakaleem.bsky.social @rmkhan.bsky.social
'Contemporary Issues in Critical Terrorism Studies' 🌎
9 September on Zoom 💻
Register now 👉 buff.ly/SyRkSaU
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social @amnakaleem.bsky.social @rmkhan.bsky.social
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Jo Cox was murdered by a man with a house full of neo-Nazi agitprop and this was then retconned into a vague narrative about social media abuse
And if you're wondering whether someone getting killed is what it will take for the media and political class to come to their senses, I would just remind you that Jo Cox was murdered in a similar moment of demagoguery and hysteria 9 years ago, and if anything things have got far worse since then.
People’s homes are being stormed by far-right groups. The govt. Is saying nothing about how violence like this will not be tolerated. Where is Starmer’s “law and order” now? They’ve no control and we are moments away from someone being killed. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
August 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Jo Cox was murdered by a man with a house full of neo-Nazi agitprop and this was then retconned into a vague narrative about social media abuse
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Enjoyed presenting work in progress and meeting new colleagues at #EISAPEC2025. Particular shout out to @amnakaleem.bsky.social for organizing an excellent set of sessions on critical terrorism studies
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
#eisapec2025
August 31, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Enjoyed presenting work in progress and meeting new colleagues at #EISAPEC2025. Particular shout out to @amnakaleem.bsky.social for organizing an excellent set of sessions on critical terrorism studies
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Register now for the annual @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social conference! 🎉
'Contemporary Issues in Critical Terrorism Studies' - "The world is on fire!" 🌎
Taking place 9 September on zoom 💻
Find out more here 👉 buff.ly/wRyt0Bt
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social @amnakaleem.bsky.social @rmkhan.bsky.social
'Contemporary Issues in Critical Terrorism Studies' - "The world is on fire!" 🌎
Taking place 9 September on zoom 💻
Find out more here 👉 buff.ly/wRyt0Bt
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social @amnakaleem.bsky.social @rmkhan.bsky.social
Call for papers: Critical Studies on Terrorism annual virtual conference - Critical Studies on Terrorism (CST) | BISA
- Critical Studies on Terrorism (CST) Working Group
buff.ly
August 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Register now for the annual @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social conference! 🎉
'Contemporary Issues in Critical Terrorism Studies' - "The world is on fire!" 🌎
Taking place 9 September on zoom 💻
Find out more here 👉 buff.ly/wRyt0Bt
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social @amnakaleem.bsky.social @rmkhan.bsky.social
'Contemporary Issues in Critical Terrorism Studies' - "The world is on fire!" 🌎
Taking place 9 September on zoom 💻
Find out more here 👉 buff.ly/wRyt0Bt
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social @amnakaleem.bsky.social @rmkhan.bsky.social
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NO CONFERENCING AS USUAL DURING GENOCIDE
Please read and spread the following message as we gather in Bologna this week #EISAPEC25
Please read and spread the following message as we gather in Bologna this week #EISAPEC25
August 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
NO CONFERENCING AS USUAL DURING GENOCIDE
Please read and spread the following message as we gather in Bologna this week #EISAPEC25
Please read and spread the following message as we gather in Bologna this week #EISAPEC25
We have organised this exhibition with our students to archive and celebrate the Sheffield encampment that ran for 92 days last year. If you are around Sheffield on 22-23 July, please visit us at Bloc Projects on Eyre Street #FreePalestine
July 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We have organised this exhibition with our students to archive and celebrate the Sheffield encampment that ran for 92 days last year. If you are around Sheffield on 22-23 July, please visit us at Bloc Projects on Eyre Street #FreePalestine
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📢📢Call for Papers!
This year's CTS Annual Conference will take place online on 9 September.
➡️Submit an abstract by 30 July
This year's CTS Annual Conference will take place online on 9 September.
➡️Submit an abstract by 30 July
July 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📢📢Call for Papers!
This year's CTS Annual Conference will take place online on 9 September.
➡️Submit an abstract by 30 July
This year's CTS Annual Conference will take place online on 9 September.
➡️Submit an abstract by 30 July
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Ultimately, what is really being policed here is opposition to British foreign policy. This is political policing which will function to intimidate into silence people whose opposition to government policy is expressed in the same terms as are used by leading, mainstream civil society organisations.
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Ultimately, what is really being policed here is opposition to British foreign policy. This is political policing which will function to intimidate into silence people whose opposition to government policy is expressed in the same terms as are used by leading, mainstream civil society organisations.
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Honoured to have received this award along with my co-conspirators @amnakaleem.bsky.social and @rmkhan.bsky.social !
Our 2025 Working Group Prize was awarded to @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social 🎉
After they were ''instrumental” in putting forward ISA sponsored panels & made significant contributions to advancing the field of security studies' 🌟
Read more 👉 buff.ly/OTk1esS
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social
After they were ''instrumental” in putting forward ISA sponsored panels & made significant contributions to advancing the field of security studies' 🌟
Read more 👉 buff.ly/OTk1esS
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Honoured to have received this award along with my co-conspirators @amnakaleem.bsky.social and @rmkhan.bsky.social !