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British Values and Islam in Contemporary Britain

March 1, 2018February 28, 2018 by Editor

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Lee Jarvis draws on AHRC-funded research with Lee Marsden and Eylem Atakav to discuss contemporary portrayals of Islam, Muslims and British values. There are, according to the Muslim Council of Britain – a non-sectarian umbrella body for over 500 Muslim organisations – around 2.7 million Muslims living in Britain today:…

Terrorist obituaries: some early research reflections

February 6, 2018February 6, 2018 by Editor

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Lee Jarvis reflects on his ongoing research project on terrorist obituaries. Terrorists - or, better, those who are widely portrayed as ‘terrorist’ - are remembered in a multiplicity of ways after their death. In murals and in music, in slogans and speeches, on t-shirts and online, in fiction and in film. All…

‘Counter-terrorism policies play an important role in shaping a national identity narrative’: Conversation with Lee Jarvis

December 8, 2017February 15, 2018 by Admin

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This article is published in collaboration with the international Violence and Exiting Violence Platform (FMSH). Sylvain Antichan: Lee Jarvis, you are working on security discourses, the adoption of counter-terrorism policies and their political and social impact through the lens of the British case. After the London bomb attacks that were…

Reflecting on reflecting on terrorism after Manchester

May 26, 2017June 14, 2017 by Admin

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Lee Jarvis reflects on academic responsibility after events such as in Manchester Since news broke of Monday’s awful attack at the Manchester arena, I’ve received lots of invitations for interviews from media outlets. Given that I work on terrorism and counter-terrorism, this isn’t particularly unusual. Events such as this are…

Politics of Terror after the Manchester Attack

May 23, 2017June 14, 2017 by Editor

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Lee Jarvis explores the politics of terror in light of the decision to suspend electoral campaigning in the aftermath of the Manchester attacks. As I write this brief piece, details about last night’s horrific events in Manchester are beginning to emerge. It appears that the attack was conducted by a…

‘We only destroyed the world once!’ Reading for an MA in International Security at UEA

February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 by Editor

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Postgraduate student Poppy Pow writes about her MA in International Security “So, is what they show on Homeland accurate, then?”, was the most recent question asked of me when I told someone what course I was studying. Well, seeing as I don’t actually work for the CIA (yet), I have…

When is a terrorist not a ‘terrorist’

November 25, 2016November 25, 2016 by Editor

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Lee Jarvis explores the politics of naming in the aftermath of Thomas Mair’s conviction for the murder of Jo Cox MP. On Wednesday 23 November 2016, a British man – Thomas Mair – was given a whole life sentence for the murder of the Labour MP Jo Cox. Jo Cox…

My experience of the MA International Security course at UEA

May 23, 2016May 24, 2016 by Editor

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Haylie Pallister reflects on her time as a postgraduate student reading for an MA in International Security. When I tell people that I study International Security , most have no idea what it means or what the degree encompasses. The discipline is a branch of International Relations, but with a…

The Brussels Attacks: How Should Europe Respond?

March 24, 2016April 3, 2016 by Editor

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The Brussels Attacks: How Should Europe Respond? Dr. Jarvis spoke with Reza Akhlaghi from Foreign Policy Concepts, to talk about this week’s terrorist attacks in Brussels. In the age of indiscriminate and unbridled violence, the latest attacks in Brussels are yet another clear demonstration of our inability to prevent mass…

Brussels Attacks, 22 March 2016: A Response

March 22, 2016March 23, 2016 by Editor

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Lee Jarvis urges caution amid the rush to make sense of the attacks in Belgium. As is always the case when responding to breaking news around political violence, the details at the time of writing this are yet to be established. We know that have been explosions at Brussels airport…

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