2009 public lectures
Listings and videos of our seminar series in 2009.
Ziauddin Sardar
Islam, Public Space, and British Muslims
Video of Ziauddin Sardar's lecture
Part one of interview with Ziauddin Sardar
Part two of interview with Ziauddin Sardar
Writer, broadcaster and cultural critic, Ziauddin Sardar is the author of Desperately Seeking Paradise (Granta Books, 2004) and Balti Britain (Granta Books, 2008).
Sadek Hamid
Young, Muslim and British: an introduction to a field
Video of Sadek Hamid's lecture
Sadek Hamid is Programme Leader and Lecturer in Muslim Youth Work at the University of Chester.
Shaykh Amjad Mohammed
Recent Hanafi Fatawa in the British Context
Video of Shaykh Amjad Mohammed's lecture
Interview with Shaykh Amjad Mohammed
Shaykh Amjad Mohammad is a doctoral student at the University of Bradford.
Grahame Davies
The Welsh and the Muslims: contact, coexistence and conflict in five centuries of literature
24 February 2009
Video of Grahame Davies' lecture
Graham Davies is a poet, editor and literary critic in Welsh and English, Honorary Research Fellow of Cardiff University’s School of Religious and Theological Studies.
Robina Mohammad
Pakistani Muslims in Britain: communities in transition. A Birmingham-focused case study
3 March 2009
Video of Robina Mohammad's lecture
Interview with Robina Mohammad
Robina Mohammad is a lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Plymouth.
Bill Gent
Inside the world of British mosque supplementary classes
10 March 2009
Bill Gent works as an independent consultant and edits REsource, the journal of the National Association of Teachers of RE (NATRE).
Nasar Meer
Islamophobia: real or imagined?
17 March 2009
Nasar Meer is Research Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship (CSEC), University of Bristol.
Kerry Moore and Justin Lewis
Representations of British Muslims in the Media
24 March 2009
Video of Kerry Moore and Justin Lewis' lecture
Part one of interview with Kerry and Justin
Part two of interview with Kerry and Justin
Kerry Moore is a lecturer in Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies.
Justin Lewis is Professor of Communication and Head of the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University.