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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 28d

🎉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.

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Critical Terrorism Studies Working Group @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social · 29d

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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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Sep 8

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

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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Tamar @heartinamber.bsky.social · Aug 31

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

David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · Aug 31

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.

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · Aug 31

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...

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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · Aug 31

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

Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

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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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Sebastian Larsson @olovsebastian.bsky.social · Aug 25

NO CONFERENCING AS USUAL DURING GENOCIDE
Please read and spread the following message as we gather in Bologna this week #EISAPEC25

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Amna Kaleem @amnakaleem.bsky.social · Jul 21

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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Critical Terrorism Studies Working Group @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social · Jul 16

📢📢Call for Papers!

This year's CTS Annual Conference will take place online on 9 September.

➡️Submit an abstract by 30 July

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · Jul 16

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.

madoc cairns @madoc.bsky.social · Jul 15

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.

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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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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Jul 3

🚨Become a co-convenor for @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social🚨

2025's WG of the year winners is looking for a new co-convenor! Post starts September for a three-year term 🎉
Deadline to apply 20 July 2025 🌟

Apply - buff.ly/SsW597x

@aliceellafinden.bsky.social
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Join the Critical Studies on Terrorism convener team!- Critical Studies on Terrorism (CST) | BISA

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Sheffield UCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social · May 7

Sheffield UCU took part in the Workers Day of Action on Trans Rights from our picket lines today! The UK Trade Union movement stands behind our trans siblings
#tradeunionists4transrights

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Amna Kaleem @amnakaleem.bsky.social · May 6

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Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · May 6

Great day of #SUCUstrike action at the University of #Sheffield. Today we started our #Palestine support roving picket, which much solidarity around the campus. Join us! ucu.group.shef.ac.uk @drvaleriehobbs.bsky.social @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social @amnakaleem.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social

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Amna Kaleem @amnakaleem.bsky.social · Apr 29

Sheffield friends, please check out the Gaza Remains the Story exhibit. It’s curated by the Palestinian Museum in the West Bank and brought to Sheffield by Annapurna Menon as part of the Festival of Debate. The exhibit runs until 9 May (11am-4pm) at Soft Ground, The Moor.

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Sheffield Transformed @sheffieldtransformed.org · Apr 17

We're not the organisers of this protest but we'll be there showing our support on Saturday 🏳️‍⚧️❤️

A poster with a solidarity fist in trans rights colours.

Text:

Emergency Demo
Trans Liberation
2pm
Sat 19th April
Sheffield Town Hall

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Apr 16

Statistically in Britain if you are a cis man and you rape someone you are overwhelmingly likely to get away with it, there is a vanishingly small likelihood that you will be convicted. That is a feminist issue. Trans women wanting to use women’s toilets or play women’s football: not so much.

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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · Mar 22

Speak up for Momodou Taal. Your silence will not protect you.
Academics outside the US esp have a moral duty to publicly come out in support and organise. ICE will disappear Momodou Taal.
Your trips to the US can wait, seriously!

theintercept.com/2025/03/21/t...

He Sued Trump Over Free Speech. Then ICE Demanded He Turn Himself In.

Cornell student Momodou Taal’s lawyers said the demand was “retribution” for his lawsuit against the crackdown on pro-Palestine speech.

theintercept.com

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · Mar 7

If nothing else, the sentencing of climate change protestors in the UK makes it very clear who and what the state values and protects here.

A BBC report on the reduction of Just Stop Oil founder Roger Hallam's prison sentence from five years to four years, upon appeal.

BBC News excerpt: We are closing our live coverage of former BBC presenter Huw Edwards, who has been given a six-month sentence - suspended for two years - for child abuse image offences.

The 63-year-old faced chief magistrate Paul Goldspring at Westminster Magistrates' Court today, two months after pleading guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children.

Today we heard remarks from the prosecution and defence outlining the case, plus mitigating factors.

After being told his reputation was in "tatters", Edwards was given a six-month suspended sentence for a period of two years.

BBC News excerpt: A former assistant head teacher has been jailed for more than two years after she sexually assaulted a pupil.

Catherine Pearl, from Abingdon, had been working at Didcot Girls' School whilst the victim was a pupil at the school.

The 50-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual activity with a girl as an adult abusing a position of trust in November last year.

BBC News story excerpt: A "coward" who repeatedly bit and beat his girlfriend during a terrifying attack has been jailed.

Brandon Holding, 25, also suffocated and stamped on the woman during the half hour ordeal in May last year, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

The woman, who was left with multiple injuries, said she feared she was going to be killed and had been left traumatised.

Holding, of Shafto Street in Newcastle, admitted causing grievous bodily harm and was jailed for two years and four months.

Holding and the woman had known each other since school and had been in a relationship for two years, prosecutor Joe Culley said.

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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · Jan 24

You may think AI is useless but this new study just discovered that history is not just facts but also interpretation! Just think about how many more basic foundations of existing scholarship we might be able to “discover” if we let chat gpt burn through all of earths remaining fossil fuels!

Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · Jan 23

“I thought the AI chatbots would do a lot better,” said del Rio-Chanona, corresponding author of the study and assistant professor at UCL. “History is often viewed as facts, but sometimes interpretation is necessary to make sense of it.”

Where does one even start....🗃️
www.earth.com/news/ai-stru...

AI struggles to understand human history and fails miserably when tested

The study, which is the first of its kind, evaluates the historical knowledge of leading AI models such as ChatGPT-4, Llama, and Gemini.

www.earth.com

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Carlos Azevedo @carlosazevedo.bsky.social · Dec 30

Where is Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya? What is Israel doing to him?

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Insurgent Thought @insurgentthought.bsky.social · Dec 18

“we are funning low on funds again and have 4600+ active eSims, many of which need to be regularly topped up to ensure continuous Internet.

these eSims go to hospitals, journalists, students, professors, families.”

bit.ly/eSimsRUs

Crips for eSims for Gaza

Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.

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Dr Sadia Habib @sadiahabib.bsky.social · Nov 29

"Western universities are increasingly prioritizing ideas of neutrality over a principled commitment to free speech and the pursuit of truth".

theconversation.com/universities...

#Palestine #EndGenocide

Universities should not silence research and speech on Palestine

Universities play an indispensable role in supporting the free inquiry needed to do the essential work of analysis, evidence gathering and recording of war crimes.

theconversation.com

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