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Omar Phoenix Khan
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Criminology Lecturer- Uni of Bath. Researching the Coloniality of Justice. Teaching decoloniality, critical approach to Human Rights, “race” & racism, global crimes of the powerful. Host of Justice Focus Podcast
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Starting up here properly now ✨ The other place was great when we were sharing opportunities & each other’s work.
Hoping to connect with people focused on (de)coloniality & justice - primarily in #Criminology but also with all those thinking about justice Otherwise
In the second part of this episode, Dr Nikhaela Wicks discusses her paper 'Why is my Criminology Curriculum so white?' - Great for introducing the topic to students & for thinking about how we shape our degree courses
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October 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Policing the Night - New episode of Justice Focus with Dr Nikhaela Wicks. We chat about her ethnography of club bouncers & police & normalised racism.
Available on all podcast hosts:
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October 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Ep 1️⃣ of Series 2️⃣ of Justice Focus ✴️ Postcolonial Policing
How do histories of empire shape everyday realities of policing today?
I chat to Dr. Zoha Waseem @warwickuni.bsky.social about her research on policing, security, & urban violence in Pakistan.
PLEASE SHARE!
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Postcolonial Policing with Dr Zoha Waseem
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October 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Ep 1️⃣ of Series 2️⃣ of Justice Focus ✴️ Postcolonial Policing
How do histories of empire shape everyday realities of policing today?
I chat to Dr. Zoha Waseem @warwickuni.bsky.social about her research on policing, security, & urban violence in Pakistan.
PLEASE SHARE!
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Postcolonial Policing with Dr Zoha Waseem
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October 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Deadline for abstracts is tomorrow!
Please register via the eventbrite link and then send your bio & abstract to Alison Borgelin (our wonderful Research Coordinator) by 30th September on sssasw@bath.ac.uk
1 Day Event @uniofbath.bsky.social: "Justice Beyond Criminal Justice"
Are you working on justice thinking or processes that sit outside the formal criminal justice system? If so, come & present your ideas Wed 29th Oct *Please share widely*

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Justice beyond Criminal Justice
A one-day symposium hosted by the University of Bath
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September 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📢 Exciting news: Justice Focus Podcast Series 2 is here!
The 1st episode will air on Wed 1st Oct. This new season continues to explore the urgent issues shaping justice, accountability, & power across the globe. Follow the Pod now so you don't forget!
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Series 2 Preview
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September 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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1 Day Event @uniofbath.bsky.social: "Justice Beyond Criminal Justice"
Are you working on justice thinking or processes that sit outside the formal criminal justice system? If so, come & present your ideas Wed 29th Oct *Please share widely*

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/justice-be...
Justice beyond Criminal Justice
A one-day symposium hosted by the University of Bath
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
1 Day Event @uniofbath.bsky.social: "Justice Beyond Criminal Justice"
Are you working on justice thinking or processes that sit outside the formal criminal justice system? If so, come & present your ideas Wed 29th Oct *Please share widely*

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/justice-be...
Justice beyond Criminal Justice
A one-day symposium hosted by the University of Bath
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Lecturer in Qualitative Methods (fixed-term) @uniofbath.bsky.social
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ED12721 Lecturer in Qualitative Methods (fixed-term) - Jobs at Bath
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May 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
See you at 5pm!
Come along to critique normative approaches to justice & think about how colonial logic influences justice today
Join The Mannheim Centre tomorrow to hear @justicefocus.org talk about ‘Judges as Agents of Coloniality: Understanding the Coloniality of Justice at the Pre-trial Stage in Brazil‘

📅14 May
🕰️5pm start

Find out more here: buff.ly/CyisS73

@jkoehler.bsky.social
Mannheim Centre Seminar Series
Mannheim seminar series
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May 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Dear London people, I'll be LSE on Wednesday for the Mannheim Centre for Criminology Seminar Series.
Come & say hi!
I'll be challenging some mainstream assumptions about criminal justice & highlighting how colonial ways of knowing and being still influence justice today.
May 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Still time to sign up. 😀
The focus will be on coloniality and how it influences judicial decision-making.
- the overt crime fighting attitudes of judges
- the silent violence of upholding a violent system
May 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In 2 weeks I'll be presenting at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology Seminar Series - talking about my BJC article 'Judges as Agents of Coloniality'
Wednesday 14 May 2025, 5.00pm-6.30pm
Department of Social Policy, LSE
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Mannheim Centre Seminar- Judges as Agents of Coloniality
Judges as Agents of Coloniality: Understanding the Coloniality of Justice at the Pre-trial Stage in Brazil Hosted by The Mannheim Centre for Criminology Speaker: Dr Omar Phoenix Khan (University of ...
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April 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
From II Conference Crime and Punishment in Latin America: Social research from the United Kingdom.
Talking about Exposing the Colonial Logics of a justice in Brazil
April 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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🔥 Race and Justice Seminar 2025🔥

🚨The Fabrication of Homeland Security: Tracing policing entanglements across India and Palestine/Israel.
Speaker: Rhys Machold.

⏲️Thursday 27th Feb 12:00-13:30

🖱️Registration Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-fabric...
January 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Inspiring
It was Thursday, the 12th of December, 2019 when I delivered the 8-minute talk reproduced in this post, titled, "Why I Say Decolonisation is Impossible." Its main invitation a call to think carefully about what worlds we build and what we are willing to settle for.

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Video: Decolonising Decolonisation Discourse
Universities: Truth, justice and decolonisation
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December 13, 2024 at 8:18 AM
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Please share: each year Border Crim runs a master's dissertation prize. Our call opened last month and will stay open until March. All info here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
Border Criminologies Masters' Dissertation/Thesis
Border Criminologies seeks to support early career researchers working on citizenship, migration and
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December 11, 2024 at 10:19 AM
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I'm interested in supervising new PhDs thinking about (de)coloniality & criminal justice. There are some great scholarships @uniofbath.bsky.social including the David Parkin Scholarship for students from the Americas. Not long to apply (please share)
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Funding opportunities for new doctoral students from the Americas
As a student from the Americas, you may be eligible for funding to support your doctoral study at Bath
www.bath.ac.uk
November 27, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Finally got my hands on the physical copy 🙌🏽📖
Judges as Agents of Coloniality
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November 28, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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2 Amazing books arrived in the last 2 days! Lucky me!
@roxana-pessoa.bsky.social Peter Squires & Zoha Waseem’s
‘Southern & Postcolonial Perspectives on Policing, Security & Social Order’
+ @alanlester.bsky.social’s
‘The Truth About Empire’
Can’t wait to jump in!
November 22, 2024 at 1:41 PM
I'm interested in supervising new PhDs thinking about (de)coloniality & criminal justice. There are some great scholarships @uniofbath.bsky.social including the David Parkin Scholarship for students from the Americas. Not long to apply (please share)
www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/fu...
Funding opportunities for new doctoral students from the Americas
As a student from the Americas, you may be eligible for funding to support your doctoral study at Bath
www.bath.ac.uk
November 27, 2024 at 4:21 PM
2 Amazing books arrived in the last 2 days! Lucky me!
@roxana-pessoa.bsky.social Peter Squires & Zoha Waseem’s
‘Southern & Postcolonial Perspectives on Policing, Security & Social Order’
+ @alanlester.bsky.social’s
‘The Truth About Empire’
Can’t wait to jump in!
November 22, 2024 at 1:41 PM
This looks really great!
Congrats to everyone involved 💪🏼
Our edited collection ‘Marginalised Voices in Criminology’ is out now via Routledge www.routledge.com/Marginalised...
November 21, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohamed Deif – Middle East live
ICC issues arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Mohamed Deif – Middle East live
International criminal court issues warrants over alleged war crimes The international criminal court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, are a “mark of shame” for the ICC,…
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November 21, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Starting up here properly now ✨ The other place was great when we were sharing opportunities & each other’s work.
Hoping to connect with people focused on (de)coloniality & justice - primarily in #Criminology but also with all those thinking about justice Otherwise
November 20, 2024 at 10:32 AM