New as Online First in Theory, Culture & Society: Morteza Hashemi, 'New Westoxication: Retrieving Jalal Al-e Ahmad’s Cultural Critique' - situates the new concept of 'westoxication' within the vocabulary of postcolonial social theory. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

My article has been published in Theory, Culture and Society. New Westoxication: Retrieving Jalal Al-e Ahmad’s Cultural Critique The article aims to situate a reconceptualised notion of “westoxication” within the vocabulary of postcolonial social theory. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"Hyperpolitics, Jäger writes, ‘represents a redoubling of antipolitics, a mode of viral panic typical of the internet age with its short cycles of hype and outrage’." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

You can now watch the 2026 Amal Treacher Kabesh Annual Lecture, hosted by #ICEMiC, on University of Nottingham YouTube channel. @mayblin.bsky.social and Dr Yemane delivered a lecture titled "Knowing the Border: Epistemic Friction and Irregular Channel Crossings." www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Ma...

The next event in the Amal Treacher Kabesh Annual Lectures, hosted by #ICEMiC at University of Nottingham featuring distinguished speakers: - Dr Lucy Mayblin - Dr Tesfalem Habte Yemane Knowing the border: Epistemic friction and irregular Channel crossings

UK drops target for international student recruitment giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Dr Shirin Ahmadnia, a fellow Warwick Sociology graduate, became the first female president of the Iranian Sociological Association (ISA).

Ramya Rajakumaran and I wrote this book review: Hematologies: The Political Life of Blood in India www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

An intriguing new book by my friend and former colleague Marcus Morgan from University of Bristol. Book Detail www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

In #ICEMiC, we have recently produced a promotional video, now available on the research centre webpage. Many thanks to all colleagues who contributed to its development. @uniofnottingham.bsky.social www.nottingham.ac.uk/ICEMiC/index...

Just some light reading on my journey home from SocRel courtesy of @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social & spotted a chapter by @mcslaven.bsky.social I look forward to reading! 📚

The PM rightly regrets saying 'Island of Strangers'. Here is a multiculturalist way to give a voice to white working class voters, by Sam Hill, John Denham + me: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @labouruk.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social

"At Easter 10,384 adults were baptised, a jump of 46% on last year and nearly double the number in 2023. This was the highest since France’s Conference of Bishops began such records 20 years ago. It is the scale and context that make the trend in France so arresting."

Nature posed a variety of scenarios to 5,000 academics around the world to understand which uses of AI are considered ethically acceptable. The survey results suggest that researchers are sharply divided on what they feel are appropriate practices. #Academicsky 🧪

You could watch the lecture on the University of Nottingham's YouTube channel. @nasarmeer.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4kk...

I am delighted to share the video of the Amal Treacher Kabesh Annual Lecture by @nasarmeer.bsky.social. The title of the lecture is: On Leaving ‘Omelas’ – Asylum and the Social Production of Moral Indifference www.nottingham.ac.uk/icemic/event... @uniofnottingham.bsky.social #ICEMiC #Asylum

At the BSA (@britsoci.bsky.social) annual conference, many references to this newly published book. It is added to my summer reading list.

We are delighted to announce that the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is preparing to host next week’s ICEMiC Amal Treacher Kabesh Annual Lecture, featuring Professor Nasar Meer @nasarmeer.bsky.social.