Social Anthropologist
Associate Professor @ucl.ac.uk
PI of @takhayyul.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
Editor-in-Chief Contemporary Islam
Academic Consultant
Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Doç Dr
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MCB’s British Muslims in Numbers report reveals progress in employment, health & education while highlighting ongoing challenges. Using census data, it challenges misconceptions and showcases the active role British Muslims play in society.
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"Open University scholars call for more self-governance on free speech issues, warning conflicts often ‘improperly’ dealt with"
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Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Doç Dr
Stell dir vor, du musst als Richterin tiefen Ausschnitt tagen. Unangenehm? Auch Kopftücher sind nicht einfach religiöses Symbol. Sie sind Alltagskultur und bedeutsam für die eigenen Grenzen und Intimität. Das veranschaulicht anthropologische Forschung, etwa von @sertacsehlikoglu.bsky.social 1/5
Thank you to the editors, @sertacsehlikoglu.bsky.social (our PI) and Merve Kayıkçı (affiliate fellow of the Project), and all of the authors (incl. @erolsaglam.bsky.social) who contributed to this issue and made for such insightful conversation!
Muslim Council of Britain
I just signed off 2 acceptance letters for Contemporary Islam. Look out for really exciting papers on agnosticism amongst Muslims and on Zakat and Adaptive Orthopraxy. Both very rich with empirical data and theoretical analysis, expanding the debates on Canon & Islam
@springernature.com
Such an exciting product of my fieldwork in the Balkans. Although Turkish political narratives circulate widely in the Balkans, focusing on Ankara’s projection risks flattening the complex imaginative work undertaken by local Muslims themselves. @takhayyul.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @erc.europa.eu
What connects the UK's 2025 Equality Act ruling, US anti-trans legislation & pronatalist policies in Turkey and Russia? "Cis Hell" — our new concept for transnational regimes of bodily control. Out today in Journal of Gender Studies w/ @mustafaozbilgin doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2026.2647417
Thrilled to launch Emergent Issues in Muslim Life — a new section in Contemporary Islam for short, rigorous scholarly responses to what is happening right now in Muslim communities worldwide.
Submission:
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Takhayyul Project
Thrilled to share the first look at Poetics and Politics of Islamic Imaginaries! 🎉
What animates Islamic politics? Coming soon from @uclpress.bsky.social 🔗 uclpress.co.uk/book/poetics-and-politics-of-islamic-imaginaries/ @takhayyul.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @uclpress.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk
I just published Why I Advise My Neurodivergent Mentees Not to Disclose Their Diagnosis to their Employers medium.com/p/why-i-advi...
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Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Doç Dr
Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Doç Dr
Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Doç Dr
Sertaç Sehlikoglu, Doç Dr
Poetics and Politics of Islamic Imaginaries shows how narratives of culture, masculinist restoration and revolutionary spirit drive, connect and reinvent different forms of politics in Muslim majority...
