Check out my latest video: a three-way conversation with Syed Farid Alatas and Shuchen Xiang (项舒晨) on decolonisation in universities, held at the Society for Research into Higher Education: youtu.be/DFXxvceAF20?...

Check out my latest video: a three-way conversation with Syed Farid Alatas and Shuchen Xiang (项舒晨) on decolonisation in universities, held at the Society for Research into Higher Education: youtu.be/DFXxvceAF20?...

New publication alert! 🚨 Critiquing uncritical EDI in higher education Points of Departure paper by Matt Lumb and Penny Jane Burke www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HigherEducation #Equity #EDI

New publication alert! 🚨 Teaching to say ‘no’: pedagogies of refusal in the social sciences classroom (and beyond) Enseñar a decir no: pedagogías del rechazo en el aula de ciencias sociales (y más allá) By Jennifer Philippa Eggert et al. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HigherEducation

It's out 🎉😊❤️ In 'Teaching to say "no"' (published now in @teachinginhe.bsky.social) Jennifer P. Eggert, @lewisturner.bsky.social & I build on decolonial, indigenous scholarship to discuss how university teachers can teach their students how to refuse to engage in harmful research. bit.ly/43XMzYG

New podcast! 🚨 In this episode, Ibrar Bhatt talks to Claire Timperley (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand) about her article “Assessment as pedagogy”. On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0Nj4... On Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

We explore semiotic ideologies associated with particular self-naming practices on RED, incl tropes like ‘Doctoral Big Sister’ (博士姐姐), ‘research dog’ (科研狗; kē yán gǒu) & ethnic names & their cultural significance Well done Alex, I enjoyed writing this with you www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢 New publication, co-authored with my PhD student Alex Wang (王阳陆): ‘Big sister’ (姐姐), ‘Dog’ (狗) & ethnic names: Semiotic ideologies of self-naming on Xiaohongshu (Red) This one is for all you 科研狗 ('research dogs') out there! 👇

This work has triggered a call for papers for a Special Issue on ‘A Sociolinguistics of Islam: Exploring Multilingualism & Meaning in Faith’: ibrarspace.net/wp-content/u...

This article’s ideas took shape through various talks, incl at Manchester China Institute, HBKU, Qatar University, Lancaster, HKUST & more. Data draw from China. academic.oup.com/applij/advan...

New article: 'Exploring a Sociolinguistics of Islam'. One of my most important pieces. Built on my research & enriched by collab with Othman Barnawi & Rizwan Ahmad academic.oup.com/applij/advan... It brings together many voices, places & perspectives See below article & related special issue CfPs..

New article: 'Exploring a Sociolinguistics of Islam'. One of my most important pieces. Built on my research & enriched by collab with Othman Barnawi & Rizwan Ahmad academic.oup.com/applij/advan... It brings together many voices, places & perspectives See below article & related special issue CfPs..

📣 Upcoming event: On Wednesday 2 July we will be joined by Professor Syed Farid Alatas, Professor Shuchen Xiang and @ibrar-bhatt.bsky.social to discuss Re-thinking Knowledge, Intellectual Canons, and the Decolonisation of Academia. Find out more and register here to join us: bit.ly/3HWKQtX

📢 New publication, co-authored with my PhD student Alex Wang (王阳陆): ‘Big sister’ (姐姐), ‘Dog’ (狗) & ethnic names: Semiotic ideologies of self-naming on Xiaohongshu (Red) This one is for all you 科研狗 ('research dogs') out there! 👇

Check out my latest podcast with Shuchen Xiang (项舒晨) about her article titled “Problematizing the critique of culture: an alternative Chinese hermeneutics for teaching the humanities”

New TiHE podcast! 📣 In this episode, Ibrar Bhatt talks to Shuchen Xiang (项舒晨) about her article titled “Problematizing the critique of culture: an alternative Chinese hermeneutics for teaching the humanities” Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/77Ya... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

New publication alert! 🚨 Studying critique locally and pluralistically: a comparative study of critique from a Kuwaiti cultural perspective Points of Departure paper by Sara Alnufaishan and Ali Watfa www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HigherEducation #Critique

New online collection! 🚨 Pedagogical Knowledge Enrichments: Critical Perspectives from the Nordic countries This collection includes 14 earlier TiHE studies conducted in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland in the past five years 🇩🇰🇳🇴🇸🇪🇫🇮 www.tandfonline.com/journals/cth...

New publication alert! 🚨 Gaza: an indictment of critical philosophy Points of Departure paper by Alison MacKenzie #HigherEducation #Criticality www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

You can read Alison’s article here ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New TiHE podcast is out! 📢 In this podcast, Ibrar Bhatt talks with Alison MacKenzie on her article ‘Gaza: an indictment of critical philosophy’ On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2lD8... On Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

You can read Jialei's article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New TiHE podcast is out! 📢 In this episode, Jialei Jiang talks about how Qi onto-epistemology, rooted in Chinese philosophical and aesthetic traditions, can decolonise critique in higher education On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1HOq... On Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Read the original article here ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The new TiHE podcast is out! 📢 In this episode, Ibrar Bhatt speaks to Yulong Li about the role of Greco-Roman philosophies in mediating the thought processes necessary for criticality On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1X7q... On Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

New publication alert! 🚨 Problematizing the critique of culture: an alternative Chinese hermeneutics for teaching the humanities By Shuchen Xiang www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HigherEd #Confucianism

Come join us for this interesting event on Chinese language policy in the Arabian Gulf countries — an emerging and significant topic in linguistic research. 🗓️ Sat 12th April ⏰ 11:30am BST / 1:30pm Saudi / 6:30pm China 📍 Online To register see link / QR code: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

📢 Upcoming Talk at Queen’s University Belfast 'Social Sciences & Humanities in Muslim Societies: Exploring Ecologies of Knowledge Production' 🗓Tue 20th May 🕥10:30am – 12pm 📍Room 03/004 Main Site Tower QUB 🎙Yusuf Oldac Education Uni of Hong Kong Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies

Come join us for this interesting event on Chinese language policy in the Arabian Gulf countries — an emerging and significant topic in linguistic research. 🗓️ Sat 12th April ⏰ 11:30am BST / 1:30pm Saudi / 6:30pm China 📍 Online To register see link / QR code: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

🚨 New Special Issue out! 🚨 Reconsidering the role of authenticity in assessment in higher education Read the Editorial by Rola Ajjawi and colleagues: The multiplicity of authenticity in higher education assessment doi.org/10.1080/1356... #HigherEd #AuthenticAssessment

For more details about the network and its activities, please see: srhe.ac.uk/networks/mul... Original recording available here: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...

@shuchenxiang.bsky.social will focus on how Chinese traditions can contribute to social theory, and I will engage him in a discussion on the role of critical self-reflection in fostering a more autonomous, linguistically just & context-sensitive knowledge production srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...

Through a dynamic Q-and-A format, ‘In Conversation with Syed Farid Alatas: Re-Thinking Knowledge, Intellectual Canons, and the Decolonisation of Academia’ will explore how alternative epistemologies can challenge dominant academic frameworks. srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...

A really interesting new podcast episode in which I talk to Irfan Ahmad about his latest article in our special issue on criticality. Check it out ...

You can read Irfan Ahmad's article in our special issue ‘Getting critical About Critique’ here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The new TiHE podcast is out! 📢 In this episode, Ibrar Bhatt talks with Irfan Ahmad about his article ‘Habermas as an ethnic thinker Par Excellence: on critique, Palestine and the role of intellectuals’ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Ei7... Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

A really interesting new podcast episode in which I talk to Irfan Ahmad about his latest article in our special issue on criticality. Check it out ...

A timely and relevant new podcast by @brynnquick.bsky.social with Dr. Amy McHugh on @languageonthemove.bsky.social about intercultural competence in the digital space. ⬇️ www.languageonthemove.com/intercultura...

Following his keynote at the SRHE Annual Conference, I am delighted to lead and organise this in-person event with Syed Farid Alatas under the Multilingual University Network (the Society for Research into Higher Education). July 2nd 2025, London 12pm - 2pm Register here: srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...

And here is another thread of some heritage literacy data: bsky.app/profile/ibra...

And here is another thread of some related heritage literacy data, which may interest colleagues: bsky.app/profile/ibra...

Here is previous threads wherein I have showcased heritage literacy data from a related project: bsky.app/profile/ibra...

I’m delighted to be the recipient of a Research Project Grant from the Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.bsky.social, awarded to Queen’s University Belfast, to investigate ‘heritage literacy’ in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. As grant holder and project director, I will lead a two-year study ...

The panellists and discussants at our SRHE event this morning on ‘Bridging linguistic-epistemic divides in higher education’. Look out for more events from our Multilingual University Network (under the Society for Research into Higher Education).

Here is the recording of our Multilingual University Network event by the SRHE held in collaboration with University of Hong Kong, and featuring speakers Ming Ming Chiu, Liz Jackson, and Benjamin Luke Moorhouse, and expertly chaired by Jennie Li (李蓁) youtu.be/Wdb-4_l9eF0?...

And here is a short of my intro that Francisco Neves did www.youtube.com/shorts/Z2Mqb...

📢I'm excited to launch a new podcast series for our journal 'Teaching in Higher Education'! 'Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Conversations' kicks off with interviews on our special issue 'Getting Critical About Critique', featuring authors discussing their articles & broader themes 👇

Critique as means of jiàohuà (教化). My interview with Canglong Wang (王苍龙) for our special issue. Check it out: On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6bRV... On Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... And his paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The latest podcast with Joseph Lumbard about his article ‘Islam, coloniality, and the pedagogy of cognitive liberation in higher education’ On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1HmK... On Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... You can read his paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The latest podcast with Joseph Lumbard about his article ‘Islam, coloniality, and the pedagogy of cognitive liberation in higher education’ On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1HmK... On Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... You can read his paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....