Author: Nassef Manabilang Adiong

Nassef is the founder of Co-IRIS (International Relations and Islamic Studies Research Cohort), PHISO (Philippine International Studies Organization), DSRN (Decolonial Studies Research Network), and BRLN (Bangsamoro Research and Legal Network). He works on interdisciplinary research between Islam and International Relations and explores the Bangsamoro society as he heads the Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) of the Bangsamoro Parliament. Visit https://nassef.info/ for more details.

Manufacturing Terrorism in Africa: The Securitisation of South African Muslims

The firs book published under the Islam and Global Studies series, a collaborative project between Co-IRIS and Palgrave Macmillan.

Manufacturing Terrorism in Africa: The Securitisation of South African Muslims

Mohamed Natheem Hendricks

234042859This book uses Securitisation Theory to explore how Muslims have been constructed as a security issue in Africa after the 9/11 attacks in the United States. These attacks became the rationale for the US’s Global War on Terror (GWOT). The centrality of Africa as an arena to execute the GWOT is the focus of this book.

This book explores, particularly, how western-centred security discourses around Muslims has permeated South African security discourse in the post-apartheid period. It claims that the popular press and the local think-tank community were critical knowledge-sites that imported rather than interrogated debates which have underpinned policy-initiatives such as the GWOT.

Such theorisation seems contrary to the original architects of securitisation theory who maintain that issues become security concerns when institutional voices declare these as such. However, this book confirms that non-institutional voices have securitised the African Muslims by equating them with terrorism.

This book illustrates that such securitisation reproduces partisan knowledge that promote Western interests.

Dr Mohamed Natheem Hendricks, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. His interest in security matters was sparked by debates related to Regional, Water and Human Security.

IMPORTANT UPDATES REGARDING THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND ACADEMIC WORKSHOP

In light of the still untenable conditions posed by the Covid-19 global pandemic, the organizers of the International Conference and Academic Workshop “Decolonizing Global Studies: Charting Trends, Mapping Trajectories” have decided to make important decisions. Sensitive to the context of our times yet remaining committed to pursue meaningful academic endeavors, the international conference and academic workshop will be shifting to an online platform with the following adjusted schedule:

The academic workshop will be a one-day event, set on September 10, 2020 (Thursday). The brief morning session will be focused on providing feedback to the accepted papers to be given by the workshop mentors. The afternoon session will have a forum with editors of journals and academic presses to share insights on publishing. 

The conference will push through via Zoom with 3 sessions scheduled on the afternoon of September 11 (Friday) and two sessions on September 12 (Saturday). The afternoon session on September 11 will have the presentations of the keynote speakers. Sessions with accepted paper presenters will then be conducted on September 12.

The organizers will continue to accept abstract submissions until July 15, 2020 and submission of full papers for consideration to be included in the workshop would be accepted until July 30. Notices of acceptance will be sent by early August.  

Routledge Virtual Book Launch: International Studies in the Philippines

Join us for a virtual book launch which will map horizons of non-Western approaches in Philippine experiences of International Relations.

About this Event

How can local experiences and the social transformation generated by modernity help to enrich our understanding of the international? What might a version of the much-discussed “non-Western International Relations (IR)” look like? What continuities and discontinuities from the Philippine experience in particular can be useful for understanding other post-colonial polities? The Philippines makes a fascinating case study of a medium-sized, developing, post-colonial, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural state in Southeast Asia.

Program Outline:

Welcome remarks by Taylor & Francis representative

Opening remarks by Rommel A. Curaming (University of Brunei Darussalam)

Introduction by Nassef Manabilang Adiong (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Panel discussion chaired by Frances Antoinette Cruz (University of the Philippines-Diliman)

  • Alan Chong, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU, Singapore

Topic: José Rizal Attacks Imperialism Softly: Comprehending the Depths of Psychological Conversion and the Temptations of Violent Solutions

  • Archill Niña Faller-Capistrano, University of the Philippines Cebu

Topic: Sexploitative Human Trafficking In, Out and Beyond the Philippines: A Liquid Problem in a Cosmopolar International System

  • Amador IV Peleo, independent scholar

Topic: Conclusion – Small Statism and the Non-issue of IR in the Philippines

Q&A

Closing remarks by Aigul Kulnazarova (Tama University, Japan)

Registration:

Click https://bit.ly/IRBookLaunch to register.

Successful registrants will receive a Microsoft Teams meeting link prior to the event.

Should you have any enquiries, please email us at marketing@tandf.com.sg.

IR_Book Launch_Poster

Routledge Virtual Book Launch: International Studies in the Philippines

Join us for a virtual book launch which will map horizons of non-Western approaches in Philippine experiences of International Relations. Click https://bit.ly/IRBookLaunch to register.

About this Event

How can local experiences and the social transformation generated by modernity help to enrich our understanding of the international? What might a version of the much-discussed “non-Western International Relations (IR)” look like? What continuities and discontinuities from the Philippine experience in particular can be useful for understanding other post-colonial polities? The Philippines makes a fascinating case study of a medium-sized, developing, post-colonial, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural state in Southeast Asia.

Program Outline:

Welcome remarks by Taylor & Francis representative

Opening remarks by Rommel A. Curaming (University of Brunei Darussalam)

Introduction by Nassef Manabilang Adiong (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Panel discussion chaired by Frances Antoinette Cruz (University of the Philippines-Diliman)

  • Alan Chong, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU, Singapore

Topic: José Rizal Attacks Imperialism Softly: Comprehending the Depths of Psychological Conversion and the Temptations of Violent Solutions

  • Archill Niña Faller-Capistrano, University of the Philippines Cebu

Topic: Sexploitative Human Trafficking In, Out and Beyond the Philippines: A Liquid Problem in a Cosmopolar International System

  • Amador IV Peleo, independent scholar

Topic: Conclusion – Small Statism and the Non-issue of IR in the Philippines

Q&A

Closing remarks by Aigul Kulnazarova (Tama University, Japan)

Registration:

Successful registrants will receive a Microsoft Teams meeting link prior to the event.

Should you have any enquiries, please email us at marketing@tandf.com.sg.

Moral Governance presentation at DAP Graduate School of Public and Development Management

DAP-GSPDM in partnership with DAP sa Mindanao (DsM) conducted today, June 26, 2020, the Second Curriculum Co-Development Workshop for the Master in Public Management Major in Regional and Local Governance and Development (MPM-RLGD) for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

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The workshop focused on the development of a Framework on Moral Governance, with Dr. Nassef Manabilang Adiong, Professor of the UP Institute of Islamic Studies and Research Fellow of DAP-GSDPM, as main speaker. In his presentation, Dr. Adiong emphasized that the confluence of Faith, Freedom, Moral Authority, Common Good, and Social Ethics can produce a government that promotes Moral Governance. The framework will guide the content and delivery of the customized MPM program for the BARMM.

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Reactors in this workshop included: BARMM Cabinet Secretary Hon. Mohd Asnin Pendatun, Prof. Alih Aiyub, Dr. Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad, Mr. Antonio Kalaw, Jr., Dr. Maria Lourdes Rebullida, Dr. Teodoro Lloydon Bautista, Dr. Sukarno Tanggol and Mr. Mark Lemuel Garcia. The workshop was moderated by Dr. Bautista and Dr. Lizan E. Perante-Calina, Senior Vice President and Dean of DAP-GSPDM.

The project management teams of DAP-GSPDM and DsM for MPM-RLGD are led by Ms. CJ Almodal and Ms. Avon Sinajon, respectively. Both teams collaborated to make the second workshop a success.

Source: https://www.gspdm.com/Home_MPM-RLGD-BARMM