Hakan Sandal-Wilson
@hsw.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at LSE Gender | Licensed Lay Minister in the Diocese of London | cats, books, baking | views own | https://www.linkedin.com/in/hakansandalwilson/
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Hakan Sandal-Wilson
@hsw.bsky.social
· Nov 22
On the (Im)possibility of the Kurdish Queer | South Atlantic Quarterly | Duke University Press
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Hi all! Just wanted to share that I’ve contributed a piece to the South Atlantic Quarterly’s latest issue, “Decolonising Kurdish Studies.” It’s about Kurdish Queer Studies - you can read it here:
"On the (Im)possibility of the Kurdish Queer"
read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant... @dukepress.bsky.social
"On the (Im)possibility of the Kurdish Queer"
read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant... @dukepress.bsky.social
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Elected in 1972 as the first openly gay politician in the UK, Sam Green served his community with commitment and courage, and we’re proud that Ed Davey was there to unveil a plaque in his honour.
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Elected in 1972 as the first openly gay politician in the UK, Sam Green served his community with commitment and courage, and we’re proud that Ed Davey was there to unveil a plaque in his honour.
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LSE Master’s students, receiving your thesis grades? Our annual Dissertation Prize is now open: if you get a grade of 70 or above for your research on the #MiddleEast, apply & get your hard work recognised.
Deadline 30 Nov 2025, prizes announced Jan 2026: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Deadline 30 Nov 2025, prizes announced Jan 2026: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Master's Dissertation Prize
The LSE Middle East Centre runs a prize for LSE Master's student dissertations.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
LSE Master’s students, receiving your thesis grades? Our annual Dissertation Prize is now open: if you get a grade of 70 or above for your research on the #MiddleEast, apply & get your hard work recognised.
Deadline 30 Nov 2025, prizes announced Jan 2026: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Deadline 30 Nov 2025, prizes announced Jan 2026: www.lse.ac.uk/middle-east-...
Empire of Officials: Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Bureaucracy | @hakirmizi.bsky.social
➡️ www.bloomsbury.com/uk/empire-of...
➡️ www.bloomsbury.com/uk/empire-of...
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Empire of Officials: Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Bureaucracy | @hakirmizi.bsky.social
➡️ www.bloomsbury.com/uk/empire-of...
➡️ www.bloomsbury.com/uk/empire-of...
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🚨Exciting news! Today is pub day for my book Queering Women, Peace and Security: Expanding Feminist Approaches to Gender in Peacebuilding. 🚨
You can preorder print copies now and the online edition of the book is already available to subscribers to Oxford Academic at this link: bit.ly/4hP3wdc
You can preorder print copies now and the online edition of the book is already available to subscribers to Oxford Academic at this link: bit.ly/4hP3wdc
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨Exciting news! Today is pub day for my book Queering Women, Peace and Security: Expanding Feminist Approaches to Gender in Peacebuilding. 🚨
You can preorder print copies now and the online edition of the book is already available to subscribers to Oxford Academic at this link: bit.ly/4hP3wdc
You can preorder print copies now and the online edition of the book is already available to subscribers to Oxford Academic at this link: bit.ly/4hP3wdc
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I’ll be in London next week to launch my new book about LGBT rights. Come along for good chats and refreshments! 🍷📖
📆: Tuesday 11th November
⏰: 6.30-8.00pm
📍: Council Room, King’s College London, The Strand
It’s free to attend. Just register for a ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/queer...
📆: Tuesday 11th November
⏰: 6.30-8.00pm
📍: Council Room, King’s College London, The Strand
It’s free to attend. Just register for a ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/queer...
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I’ll be in London next week to launch my new book about LGBT rights. Come along for good chats and refreshments! 🍷📖
📆: Tuesday 11th November
⏰: 6.30-8.00pm
📍: Council Room, King’s College London, The Strand
It’s free to attend. Just register for a ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/queer...
📆: Tuesday 11th November
⏰: 6.30-8.00pm
📍: Council Room, King’s College London, The Strand
It’s free to attend. Just register for a ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/queer...
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A centre in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq seeks to document and preserve Kurdish archival materials for researchers to better understand the history of the Kurds. Marouf Cabi for the blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/11/...
The Zheen Centre for Documentation and Research: Preserving Archival Materials for Kurdish Historical Research - Middle East Centre
An archive in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq seeks to preserve and restore archival material essential to understanding Kurdish history.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A centre in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq seeks to document and preserve Kurdish archival materials for researchers to better understand the history of the Kurds. Marouf Cabi for the blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2025/11/...
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Don't miss a visit on Monday 3 Nov from our PhD alum Dr Hakan Sandal-Wilson, speaking on his research "Kurdish and Queer Struggles for Democracy and Peace: Transformative Dialogues". 12:30-1:30 ARB S1
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Don't miss a visit on Monday 3 Nov from our PhD alum Dr Hakan Sandal-Wilson, speaking on his research "Kurdish and Queer Struggles for Democracy and Peace: Transformative Dialogues". 12:30-1:30 ARB S1
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Join us for our event with Prof Seema Arora-Jonsson and @sumimadhok.bsky.social, co-hosted by @gsos-lse.bsky.social 🌳
🌳 Join us on 12 November for a conversation with Prof Seema Arora-Jonsson and @sumimadhok.bsky.social!
➡️ This event is a call to rethink sustainability not as a technical fix, but as a project of justice.
➡️ Co-hosted by @gsos-lse.bsky.social
➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event...
➡️ This event is a call to rethink sustainability not as a technical fix, but as a project of justice.
➡️ Co-hosted by @gsos-lse.bsky.social
➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event...
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Join us for our event with Prof Seema Arora-Jonsson and @sumimadhok.bsky.social, co-hosted by @gsos-lse.bsky.social 🌳
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"Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour"
"The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years..."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years..."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour"
"The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years..."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years..."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour"
"The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years..."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years..."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour"
"The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years..."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years..."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Today the PKK announced the full withdrawal of its forces from Turkey.
To understand the scale of this moment, here’s a look back at the group’s five-decade trajectory, from its founding in 1978 to today’s declaration in the Qandil Mountains. 🧵
To understand the scale of this moment, here’s a look back at the group’s five-decade trajectory, from its founding in 1978 to today’s declaration in the Qandil Mountains. 🧵
October 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Today the PKK announced the full withdrawal of its forces from Turkey.
To understand the scale of this moment, here’s a look back at the group’s five-decade trajectory, from its founding in 1978 to today’s declaration in the Qandil Mountains. 🧵
To understand the scale of this moment, here’s a look back at the group’s five-decade trajectory, from its founding in 1978 to today’s declaration in the Qandil Mountains. 🧵
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“The View from Here: Contemporary Art from the Middle East and North Africa”, Leighton House
www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/view...
www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/view...
The View from Here: Contemporary Art from the Middle East and North Africa
www.rbkc.gov.uk
October 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“The View from Here: Contemporary Art from the Middle East and North Africa”, Leighton House
www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/view...
www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/view...
“The View from Here: Contemporary Art from the Middle East and North Africa”, Leighton House
www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/view...
www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/view...
The View from Here: Contemporary Art from the Middle East and North Africa
www.rbkc.gov.uk
October 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“The View from Here: Contemporary Art from the Middle East and North Africa”, Leighton House
www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/view...
www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/view...
Fellow members of the Church of England — please consider signing this open letter to show your support for the full inclusion and equality of LGBTQ+ people within the Church.
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
www.inclusive-church.org/llf-open-let...
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
www.inclusive-church.org/llf-open-let...
October 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Fellow members of the Church of England — please consider signing this open letter to show your support for the full inclusion and equality of LGBTQ+ people within the Church.
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
www.inclusive-church.org/llf-open-let...
@inclusivechurch.bsky.social
www.inclusive-church.org/llf-open-let...
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Our Black & Latino Studies Department is hiring a tenured associate professor in black and/or Latino queer studies (open discipline)! I'm so excited about this hire—excited enough to have agreed to serve on the search committee! Please spread the news. Baruch's great, and so is NYC!
Jobs | City University of New York
cuny.jobs
October 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our Black & Latino Studies Department is hiring a tenured associate professor in black and/or Latino queer studies (open discipline)! I'm so excited about this hire—excited enough to have agreed to serve on the search committee! Please spread the news. Baruch's great, and so is NYC!
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@lsesociology.bsky.social is now recruiting: Assistant Professor in Cultural Sociology. Please apply!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor in Sociology
Assistant Professor in Sociology,
,
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p>
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October 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
@lsesociology.bsky.social is now recruiting: Assistant Professor in Cultural Sociology. Please apply!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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The crackdown on LGBTI people in Turkey is drastically intensifying. New draft laws criminalise anyone who “engages in behaviours contrary to biological sex and general morality.” Even promoting or supporting LGBTI rights could become a crime. 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The crackdown on LGBTI people in Turkey is drastically intensifying. New draft laws criminalise anyone who “engages in behaviours contrary to biological sex and general morality.” Even promoting or supporting LGBTI rights could become a crime. 🧵
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#PaCT
We're happy to host Dr. Sandra Obradovic for the 20th Peace and Conflict Talk with her talk "The Political Life of Memory: Remembering, belonging and imagining different futures"
📅 Monday, October 29, 2025
⏰ Time: 15:00 – 16:30 CEST / 14:00–15:30 BST
📍 Join here - shorturl.at/J9R2z
We're happy to host Dr. Sandra Obradovic for the 20th Peace and Conflict Talk with her talk "The Political Life of Memory: Remembering, belonging and imagining different futures"
📅 Monday, October 29, 2025
⏰ Time: 15:00 – 16:30 CEST / 14:00–15:30 BST
📍 Join here - shorturl.at/J9R2z
October 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#PaCT
We're happy to host Dr. Sandra Obradovic for the 20th Peace and Conflict Talk with her talk "The Political Life of Memory: Remembering, belonging and imagining different futures"
📅 Monday, October 29, 2025
⏰ Time: 15:00 – 16:30 CEST / 14:00–15:30 BST
📍 Join here - shorturl.at/J9R2z
We're happy to host Dr. Sandra Obradovic for the 20th Peace and Conflict Talk with her talk "The Political Life of Memory: Remembering, belonging and imagining different futures"
📅 Monday, October 29, 2025
⏰ Time: 15:00 – 16:30 CEST / 14:00–15:30 BST
📍 Join here - shorturl.at/J9R2z
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🚨🚨 @utaustin.bsky.social is working to eliminate its Black studies, Latin studies, and gender studies depts -- utterly reneging on its mission and depriving students of the full educational opportunities they deserve. Please--scholars AND publishers--share & write to UT leaders. #SaveUT
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🚨🚨 @utaustin.bsky.social is working to eliminate its Black studies, Latin studies, and gender studies depts -- utterly reneging on its mission and depriving students of the full educational opportunities they deserve. Please--scholars AND publishers--share & write to UT leaders. #SaveUT
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📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference!
The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.
Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.
Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
October 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
📣 Submit your paper to the @bjsociology.bsky.social 2026 Conference!
The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.
Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
The BJS conference will showcase cutting-edge research across Sociology, providing a platform to discuss the most exciting developments in the field.
Submit your abstract by Monday 20 October 2025.
www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...
So excited to hear that Dame Sarah Mullally is the new Archbishop of Canterbury! Just two weeks ago, she licensed me as a Lay Minister — and now this incredible news. Feeling deeply moved.
October 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
So excited to hear that Dame Sarah Mullally is the new Archbishop of Canterbury! Just two weeks ago, she licensed me as a Lay Minister — and now this incredible news. Feeling deeply moved.
Absolutely horrific. My thoughts and prayers with those affected, Jewish friends, colleagues, and students, and the wider Jewish communities in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Manchester synagogue attack: What we know so far
Two Jewish people died in a car and stabbing attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Absolutely horrific. My thoughts and prayers with those affected, Jewish friends, colleagues, and students, and the wider Jewish communities in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary"
"...The Government runs the risk of this country accelerating along a dangerous path, and now is the time to urgently correct this and change course."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"...The Government runs the risk of this country accelerating along a dangerous path, and now is the time to urgently correct this and change course."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary
A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary"
"...The Government runs the risk of this country accelerating along a dangerous path, and now is the time to urgently correct this and change course."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"...The Government runs the risk of this country accelerating along a dangerous path, and now is the time to urgently correct this and change course."
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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@sumimadhok.bsky.social welcoming our new cohort this morning ❤️
@rkdasgupta.bsky.social
@aikoiiris.bsky.social
@asiyaislam.bsky.social
@hsw.bsky.social
@rkdasgupta.bsky.social
@aikoiiris.bsky.social
@asiyaislam.bsky.social
@hsw.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
@sumimadhok.bsky.social welcoming our new cohort this morning ❤️
@rkdasgupta.bsky.social
@aikoiiris.bsky.social
@asiyaislam.bsky.social
@hsw.bsky.social
@rkdasgupta.bsky.social
@aikoiiris.bsky.social
@asiyaislam.bsky.social
@hsw.bsky.social