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SUMMARY:Populist Politics and the Minority Voice: British Muslims\, Extremisms and Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the Department of Theology and Religious Studies\, King’s College London (KCL)\, University of London:\n  \nEvent Description\nA one-day Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN) conference organised in partnership with the Department of Theology and Religious Studies\, King’s College London (KCL)\, University of London \n19 April 2018 \nThemes include:\n\nMuslim activism and populist politics;\nNew media\, populism and the representation of Muslims and other minorities;\nRecognising\, opposing and offering alternatives to anti-Semitism\, Islamophobia and other extremisms;\nBritish Muslims and national identity after Brexit;\nChallenges to\, and for\, principles of tolerance\, free speech and accommodation.\n\nPlenary speakers\nNarzanin Massoumi\, University of Exeter & editor\, What is Islamophobia?\nAaron Winter\, University of East London\nDavid Feldman\, Director\, Pears Institute for the Study of Anti-Semitism\nShenaz Bunglawala\, Aziz Foundation\nRokhsana Fiaz OBE\, Newham councillor and mayoral candidate\nKeith Kahn-Harris\, Leo Baeck College and Birkbeck\, University of London\nRuth Sheldon\, Birkbeck\, University of London \nAdditional speakers\nReza Gholami\, University of Birmingham\nKhadijah Elshayyal\, University of Edinburgh\nMirjam Aeschbach\, University of Zurich\nShanon Shah\, Critical Muslim\nAjmal Hussain\, University of Manchester\nLaura Jones\, Cardiff University\nWaqas Tufail\, Leeds Beckett University\nGillian Kennedy\, King’s College London\nKristin Henrard\, ESL\, Rotterdam\nAyesha Chowdhury\, Leeds Becket University\nLaurens de Rooij\, University of Cape Town \nConference outline\nAcross Europe and North America\, populist parties and leaders have surged in recent years\, with figures such as Donald Trump and Andrej Babiš and parties such as UKIP and Alternative für Deutschland making significant electoral gains. Although different in important respects\, these movements share certain themes\, such as emphasis on national self-interest and hostility toward international co-operation\, liberal political norms and established news media. In almost all cases this desire to reassert national identity has also involved renewed hostility toward ethnic and religious minorities – especially Jewish and Muslim minorities – as well as toward any frameworks of liberal accommodation that have allowed minorities to participate in public life on an equal footing. In the UK\, this was evident in the referendum on European Union membership in 2016\, which not only destabilised previously taken-for-granted political and legal frameworks but also contributed to a sustained rise in hate crime\, anti-immigration rhetoric and Islamophobia. \nThis one-day conference on ‘Populist politics and the minority voice’ will discuss the effects of these changes on British Muslims\, and how the concerns of British Muslims relate to those of other minority groups as well as wider debates about the future of liberal states\, free speech and ‘fake news. Since at least the 1970s\, British Muslims – as a group and alongside other minorities – have been involved in a struggle for rights\, for media and political representation and for recognition. What might these struggles look like in the future? What is the future of British Muslim identity\, post-Brexit? How might rights and legal accommodations be affected by withdrawal from the EU? How do concerns about rising Islamophobia intersect with concerns about resurgent anti-Semitism and far-right and populist movements? How should debates about Muslims and the media proceed in an era of ‘fake news’? How can standards of debate about minorities be preserved and what can higher education and Muslim institutions contribute? \nConference programme\n09.30-10.15 – Registration and Networking \n10.15-10.30 – Welcome\, Alison Scott-Baumann (MBRN) and Daniel Nilsson DeHanas (King’s College London) \n10.30-12.00 – Opening Plenary\, ‘Recognising\, Opposing and Offering Alternatives to Anti-Semitism\, Islamophobia and Other Extremisms’ \n\nNarzanin Massoumi\, University of Exeter\nAaron Winter\, University of East London\nDavid Feldman\, Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism\, Birkbeck\, University of London\nRuth Sheldon\, Birkbeck\, University of London\n\n12.00-13.00 – Lunch \n13.00-14.30 – Parallel Session 1A\, ‘Transnational Law and Activism’ \n\nGillian Kennedy\, King’s College London\, ‘Between a rock and a hard place’: British Egyptian Muslims and new explanations for Transnational Diaspora Mobilization since the 2011 Egyptian Uprising’\nAyesha Chowdhury and Razaq Raj\, Leeds Beckett University\, ‘21st Century Conflict: Incitement of Religious Discrimination\, Freedom of Speech and Defamation of Religion’\nKristin Henrard\, Erasmus School of Law\, and Peter Vermeersch\, University of Leuven (KU Leuven)\, ‘Nationalism with a ‘human’ face? European human rights judgments and the reinvention of nationalist politics’\n\n13.00-14.30 – Parallel Session 1B\, ‘Identity Politics’ \n\nKhadijah Elshayyal\, University of Edinburgh\, ‘Muslim Identity politics: Islam\, activism and equality in Britain’\nShannon Shah\, Critical Muslim\, ‘Populist politics and gay Muslims: Scapegoats\, pawns or rebels?’\nLaura Jones\, ‘Challenging Islamophobia and Fostering ‘Ambassadors’ for Islam – A Case Study of Open Iftar Events at a Mosque’\n\n14.30-15.00 – Coffee / Networking \n15.00-16.30 – Parallel Session 2A\, ‘Media and Representation’ \n\nLaurens de Rooj\, University of Cape Town\, ‘Believing and Belonging: Media Engagement With Populism\, Islam\, And Muslims In Britain’\nMirjam Aeschbach\, University of Zurich\, ‘New Media\, Representation\, and Belonging: British Muslim Struggle for Recognition on Twitter’\nAjmal Hussain\, University of Manchester\, ‘The impossibility of Muslims in the public sphere’\n\n15.00-16.30 – Parallel Session 2B\, ‘Islamophobia and the Far-Right’ \n\nWaqas Tufail\, Leeds Beckett University\, ‘From ‘Grooming Gangs’ to Far-Right Populism and Racist Murder: Anti-Muslim Racism and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain’\nStephen H. Jones\, Newman University and MBRN\, ‘“That’s how Muslims are required to view the world”: Race\, culture and belief in non-Muslims’ descriptions of Islam and science’\nReza Gholami\, ‘Extremisms\, Policy and Myths of ‘Muslim Education’\n\n16.30-17.00 – Transfer / Set up / Networking \n17.00-18.15 – Closing Plenary\, ‘Minorities and British Identity after Brexit’ \n\nShenaz Bunglawala\, Aziz Foundation\nRokhsana Fiaz\, Newham mayoral candidate\nKeith Kahn-Harris\, Leo Baeck College\n\n18.15-18.30 – Closing Summary\, Alison Scott-Baumann \nCONFERENCE CLOSE
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