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Marine Guéguin @marinegueguin.bsky.social · Sep 9

I am thrilled to announce I’ll be part of this amazing @mybisa.bsky.social Working Group @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social as one of their new convenors alongside @aliceellafinden.bsky.social , @rmkhan.bsky.social and @mcneilwillson.bsky.social ! 🔥

Critical Terrorism Studies Working Group @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social · Sep 9

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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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Sep 4

Would love to read if you have any time to translate, or you can tell me about it when we meet next !

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Netpol @netpol.org · Aug 28

In parallel with a mass protest in London on 6 September, campaigners plan to break the ban on expressing support for Palestine Action in Edinburgh. Nobody knows whether Police Scotland will arrest everyone www.heraldscotland.com/news/2542424...

Mass rally to be held in Edinburgh to test ban of proscribed Palestine Action

People from across Scotland are to gather in Edinburgh for a test of the ban on Palestine Action

www.heraldscotland.com

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Jul 16

So proud to have won this prize alongside my wonderful colleague Kavi Abraham!

BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jul 15

Our Early Career excellence in Teaching International Studies was awarded to @aliceellafinden.bsky.social & Kavi Abraham this year! 🎉

Awarded for their 'application really stood out for its rigour and thoughtfulness.' 🌟

Read more about our winners 👉 buff.ly/OTk1esS

@ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social

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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Jul 9

Honoured to have received this award along with my co-conspirators @amnakaleem.bsky.social and @rmkhan.bsky.social !

BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jul 9

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

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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Jul 7

@colinmurray.bsky.social Anne Alexander and I share some thoughts on the terrifying criminalisation of protest.

opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · Jul 4

To fight ban on Palestine Action, we must learn from university protesters

Government’s proscription of the group follows months of similarly chilling repression on campuses across the UK

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · Jul 4

In a week when the divide between direct action protest and terrorism disappeared for the UK Government, Anne Alexander, @aliceellafinden.bsky.social and I share our thoughts on the dangerous chilling effect for Art 10/11 ECHR rights with @opendemocracy.net:

www.opendemocracy.net/en/palestine...

Palestine Action ban: We must learn from university protests

Government’s proscription of the group follows months of similarly chilling repression on campuses across the UK

www.opendemocracy.net

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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Jul 4

www.opendemocracy.net/en/palestine... just published with @colinmurray.bsky.social & Anne Alexander @opendemocracy.net

Palestine Action ban: We must learn from university protests

Government’s proscription of the group follows months of similarly chilling repression on campuses across the UK

www.opendemocracy.net

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Critical Terrorism Studies Working Group @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social · Jun 4

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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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · May 13

Excited to be co-hosting a @mybisa.bsky.social /ISA workshop on Critical Encounters with the Colonial Archive with @christinajriggs.bsky.social in October. Please send your abstracts in by 30 May here: www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

BISA-ISA Joint International Conference 2025: Call for Proposals

www.isanet.org

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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · May 5

Very happy to have this short piece on emergencies and state violence in #Egypt published - thanks for the opportunity

POMEPS @pomeps.bsky.social · May 2

Don't miss Alice Finden’s new piece on Excess, Ambiguity and Intimacy: the Coloniality of The Emergency in Egypt, published in POMEPS Studies 55 - State and Regime Violence! Read it here: pomeps.org/excess-ambig...

Excess, Ambiguity and Intimacy: The Coloniality of The Emergency in Egypt - Project on Middle East Political Science

Alice Finden, Durham University Introduction In 2019, I interviewed an Egyptian woman called Salma[1] as part of a project that was investigating colonial and postcolonial patterns of security and cou...

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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Mar 25

Ah thank you ☺️

Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Mar 25

So proud to have my book out with #Interventions!

Counterterrorism and Colonialism: Everyday Violence in Britain and Egypt argues that so-called exceptional violence is formed from the everyday production of colonial difference. Thank you to everyone who made this possible!

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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Mar 20

Durham staff students and members of the public came together yesterday to say no to the normalisation of genocidal violence, and call upon the UK government to do better. #FreePalestine

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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Mar 8

Yes definitely! We will arrange something :)

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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Mar 7

Was so great to see you xx

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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Mar 6

Oh I didn't even realise that book was in print!...

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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Mar 4

Solidarity with @newcastleucu.bsky.social members striking to protect jobs and refuse cuts throughout March ✊️

University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Mar 4

Incredible sights on the @newcastleucu.bsky.social picket line this morning.

We will fight tooth and nail to protect jobs. The whole union is behind you.

Solidarity ✊

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BDS in International Studies @bdsatisa.bsky.social · Mar 4

No conferencing as usual during genocide!
#EndScholasticide #FreePalestine #DemocracyAtISA #MembersVote #BDSatISA #TheElephantInTheBallroom #PresidentsAddress

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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · Feb 4

So this is happening.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

U.S. Begins Migrant Flights to Guantanamo Bay

The Trump administration has said it would expand operations at the American base in Cuba to hold up to 30,000 immigrants

www.wsj.com

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Alice Finden @aliceellafinden.bsky.social · Jan 27

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...