2010

‘Questioning Islamophobia: concept, context, relevance, research’. School of Social Policy seminar, Dr Basia Spalek, University of Birmingham (3 November 2010).

‘Home-grown terror, anti-Muslimism and the politics of fear: the rise of the far-right in today’s Britain’. London School of Economics forum on religion seminar, Dr Effie Fokas. London School of Economics (3 June 2010).

‘Islamophobia in retrospect’. Challenging hate, The Home Office, City of London Police & National Association of Muslim Police. London (8 April 2010).

‘Exploring Islamophobia in an educational context’. Islamophobia, Islam and education, British Educational Research Association. University of East London (3 March 2010).

‘Towards greater inclusiveness? A critical review of the ‘religion or belief’ equality strand’. Diversity, inclusion and social justice: strategies for inclusion, Dr Kalwant Bhopal & Dr Shaminder Takhar. London South Bank University (18 March 2010).

2009

Hating religion in contemporary Britain. Islamophobia and religious discrimination: new perspectives, new policies, University of Birmingham (12 December 2009)

‘“Islam out of Britain”: the legislative, policy and political context of Islamophobia in the UK’. University of Birmingham Theology seminar, Dr Haifaa Jawad. University of Birmingham (20 October 2009).

2008

KISS (keeping Islamophobia simple and stupid). Thinking it Thru’, University of Leeds (7 May 2008)

Normalising Muslims: the potential impact of British Muslim converts. The Future of Islam in Britain: New Muslims Perspective symposium, University of Birmingham (4 March 2008)

Challenging Islamophobia – ten years on. Postgraduate Seminar Series 2008, Theology Department, University of Birmingham (29 January 2008)

2007

The first decade of Islamophobia. Conflict, citizenship & civil society, 8th Annual Conference of the European Sociological Association, Glasgow (3 September 2007).

Standing alone? The future role of faith communities in the public and political spaces. Developing a faith engagement strategy, West Midlands Faith Forum, Government Office West Midlands, Birmingham (30 July 2007).

Ten years on, a retrospective of the Runnymede Trust report. A challenge for all or a challenge for Muslims? Exploring Islamophobia and its responsibilities, MIHE (2 May 2007).

Community cohesion: is there a meaningful way forward? Birmingham United conference, BRAP, Birmingham (23 March 2007).

Islamophobia: a historiography. Islam in Contemporary Britain Open Lecture Series 2007, University of Cardiff (13 March 2007).

2006

Should we fear the faithful? BRAP Faith & Equality seminar, Birmingham (19 July 2006).

Anti-Islamic Discourses in Europe: Agents and Contents. Comparing Islamophobia in Western Europe, Challenge Annual Congress, CERI-Sciences, Paris (9 June 2006).

Islamophobia and religious discrimination in the UK. Warwick University (26 April 2006).

‘Down with multiculturalism, book-burning and fatwas’: the death of multiculturalism and its implications for Muslims. The Challenges of Multiculturalism: practical issues and comparative perspectives symposium, Al-Maktoum Institute, Dundee (20 April 2006).

Islamophobia: meanings, manifestations and misundertandings. Islam in Contemporary Britain Open Lecture Series 2006, University of Cardiff (14 February 2006).

2005

Islamophobia: its meanings and manifestations in the UK and Europe. Islam d’Europe, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (13 December 2005).

The interplay of global-local-regional identities: a case study into the experience of young British Muslims in the Moseley School, Birmingham. Ethnicity & Culture in the Global City, University of Birmingham (26 July 2005)

Good Islam/Bad Islam: the representation of ‘true’ Islam in the media. Islam and the media, University of Gloucestershire (24 May 2005).

Contextualising the need for ‘faith literacy’. Religious Studies, Higher Education and Entrepeneurship, University of Wolverhampton (1 February 2005)

2004

Muslims in the Media: misunderstandings and misrepresentations. Muslims in Britain: the making of a new underclass? Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster (18 November 2004)

The ‘clash of civilisations’ and the remaking of European identities and enemies. Religious Tolerance and Intolerance, EASR 4th Conference-SECR 6th Conference-IAHR Special Conference, Santander Spain (8-11 September 2004)

Mapping Islamophobia: a brief timeline of the conceptualisation of Islamophobia. Muslims in Britain Research Network, Cardiff University (15 April 2004)

2003

Partners in crime: justifying Islamophobia following September 11. Islam in Britain conference, University of Gloucester (11 November 2003)

The impact of the Runnymede Trust on Islamophobia in the UK. Colloque du Groupe de Recherche sur l’Islam en Suisse, Unifour Geneve (18 October 2003)

Undoing proximity: the impact of the local-global nexus on perceptions of Muslims in Britain. The Globalisation and Localisation of Religion conference, EASR Congress 2003, University of Bergen, Norway (11 May 2003)

Islamophobia a challenge for us all: questioning the impact of the Runnymede Trust report. Department of Theology research seminar, University of Birmingham (21 January 2003)

2002

Legalising Muslim discrimination: race relations legislation in the UK. Crossing Borders, London Metropolitan University (16 November 2002)

Data comparability and comparative methodologies across the EU: a case study on the findings of the Summary report into Islamophobia. European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia conference, Vienna (23 June 2002)

Challenging the benchmark: Islamophobia in contemporary Britain. Justice or Just Us? conference, Liverpool John Moores University (11 May 2002)

Islamophobia: permeating the public domain. Islamophobia and Racism conference, York University (8 May 2002)

Perceptions of Muslims in Britain. Past, Present and Future conference, University of Manchester (19 March 2002)

Islamophobia in an ideological framework. Department of Religious Studies Research Seminar, University of Wolverhampton (13 February 2002)

2001

Tackling Islamophobia. NUS Conference on Racism, University of Leeds (3 December 2001)

Oldham: the impact of contemporary negative stereotypes of Muslims. Anti-Racism seminar, Oxford University (8 November 2001)

Islamophobia and its role in the war against terrorism. War, Racism and Islamophobia conference, London School of Economics (14 October 2001)

Islamophobia in the media since September 11th. Exploring Islamophobia conference, University of Westminster (29 September 2001)

Locating Islam in contemporary Islamophobia. Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament, London (16 July 2001)