Dr Chris Allen·Apr 19, 2022Why do some have a problem with those who identify as ‘working class’?As someone who chooses to self-identify as ‘working class’ and has written about being a ‘working class academic’, I really don’t…
Dr Chris Allen·Dec 25, 2021COVID and a Conservative Christmas Message: Beware Boris Telling Us To ‘Love Our Neighbours’In his Christmas message to the nation, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that getting vaccinated against COVID is what Jesus would…
Dr Chris Allen·Jul 7, 2021The Bradford Riots 20 Years On: Reflections on Community, Cohesion and Problematisation7 July 2021 marks the twentieth anniversary of the Bradford riots. Some of the worst rioting in British history, not since the 1981 riots…
Dr Chris Allen·Jul 6, 2021Islamophobia in British Politics: What 300 Allegations and the Suspension of an Anti-Racism…Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the spectre of Islamophobia again raised its ugly head in the UK’s political spaces with both of the main…
Dr Chris Allen·Dec 8, 2020Millwall Football Club, Booing Taking the Knee & Anti-Racism in English Football: Some Thoughts &…It’s not easy being a fan of Millwall Football Club. While it is undeniably true that ‘No One Likes Us, We Don’t Care’ — as the fans sing…
Dr Chris Allen·Nov 5, 2020Emmanuel Macron says he’s defending secularism — but is he also normalising Islamophobia?(This article was originally scheduled for publication on an alternative platform on Thursday 29 October 2020. After the attacks in Nice…
Dr Chris Allen·Mar 27, 2020What 300 allegations of Islamophobia and an Anti-Racism Campaigner tell us about Islamophobia in…Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the spectre of Islamophobia again raised its ugly head in the UK’s political spaces with both of the main…
Dr Chris Allen·Feb 18, 2020How Two Terror Attacks Threw the Spotlight on Extremism in PrisonsFor more than a decade, the British Government has identified Islamist extremism as posing the greatest terror threat to the country and…
Dr Chris Allen·Jan 2, 2020Halal Hysteria: how faux outrage about halal co-opts the rhetoric of the far-rightA version of this article was first published in Turkish in the German-based magazine, Perspektif on 29th November 2019. The original can…
Dr Chris Allen·Dec 17, 2019A Working Definition of Islamophobia: A New Hope or Empty Expectation?This article was originally published in Turkish in the German-based magazine, Perspektif on 27th February 2019. The original can be…
