New article with Katucha Bento: Closing this site and letting go

I'm proud to have co-written the following with Katucha Bento: Spoken Gems: When academia meets self-care - a conversational pieceDownload I love writing with people -  it's the back and forth, the call and response, building across different knowledges and lived experiences; it always creates something beautiful, exciting and different. And this feels like the most … Continue reading New article with Katucha Bento: Closing this site and letting go

Presenting at RGS-IBG Conference 2019

I wanted to post information about the panels I'm presenting/organising at the RGS-IBG Conference happening in London, 28 - 30 August 2019. Hope to see some of you there! Wednesday 28th August Resistance in the Master's House: Researching race in troubling times (panels I & II) 14:40 - 18:30, RGS-IBG Education Centre (double session) Co-organised … Continue reading Presenting at RGS-IBG Conference 2019

‘Throwing our bodies against a white background’: Article published

I am excited to announce that my latest article "Throwing our bodies against the white background of academia" has been published by Area as part of their Ethics feature. This paper addresses the difficulty of conducting research about non‐white racialised persons while working within predominantly white academic institutions. The thinking behind this paper can be traced back … Continue reading ‘Throwing our bodies against a white background’: Article published

Call for papers: Panel at RGS-IBG Conference 2019

Call for Papers: Seminar at RGS-IBG Conference (London, 27th-30th August 2019)  Resistance in the Master’s House: Researching race in troubling times Session Convenors: Shereen Fernandez (QMUL) & Azeezat Johnson (QMUL) Sponsored by: Race, Culture and Equality Working Group (RACE) The proposed session works from Audre Lorde’s (1984) warning against using the Master’s tools to dismantle … Continue reading Call for papers: Panel at RGS-IBG Conference 2019

The Fire Now is out!

On Saturday 10th November, we (Remi Joseph-Salisbury, Beth Kamunge and I) had a launch event for our new edited collection, The Fire Now: anti-racist scholarship in times of explicit racial violence. We got to hear from some of the contributors to this book, as well as engage in a discussion with Lowkey and Professor Akwugo Emejulu … Continue reading The Fire Now is out!

Centring Black Muslims and Black Feminism: On Anti-Blackness (again!)

This is an edited version of a talk given at the Inclusive Mosque Initiative's "Raise Your Gaze" event on 16th September 2017.   I’m going to use Black feminism to talk about how we can better care for and centre the needs of those that we ignore or push to the sidelines of society. I … Continue reading Centring Black Muslims and Black Feminism: On Anti-Blackness (again!)