Ibrar Bhatt
@ibrar-bhatt.bsky.social
Linguistics, Education, Postdigital
https://ibrarspace.net
https://ibrarspace.net
From and back cover for the coming book ‘Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims’.
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
From and back cover for the coming book ‘Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims’.
2. Calligraphy scroll by Ma Delong (马德龙). 185cm scroll depicting a verse in al-Baqara (2:208).
These were given to us during our project on Sino-Muslim heritage literacy, funded by @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social
We are delighted to have found a suitable home for them
almujadilah.qa/en
These were given to us during our project on Sino-Muslim heritage literacy, funded by @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social
We are delighted to have found a suitable home for them
almujadilah.qa/en
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
2. Calligraphy scroll by Ma Delong (马德龙). 185cm scroll depicting a verse in al-Baqara (2:208).
These were given to us during our project on Sino-Muslim heritage literacy, funded by @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social
We are delighted to have found a suitable home for them
almujadilah.qa/en
These were given to us during our project on Sino-Muslim heritage literacy, funded by @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social
We are delighted to have found a suitable home for them
almujadilah.qa/en
We are excited to have donated two pieces of Chinese Islamic artwork to the Al Mujadilah Centre, a unique women’s sacred space in Doha.
The pieces donated are:
1. Paper cut by Ma Jun (马俊): Peony motif associated with Gansu province around the divine epithet 'Allāh'
The pieces donated are:
1. Paper cut by Ma Jun (马俊): Peony motif associated with Gansu province around the divine epithet 'Allāh'
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We are excited to have donated two pieces of Chinese Islamic artwork to the Al Mujadilah Centre, a unique women’s sacred space in Doha.
The pieces donated are:
1. Paper cut by Ma Jun (马俊): Peony motif associated with Gansu province around the divine epithet 'Allāh'
The pieces donated are:
1. Paper cut by Ma Jun (马俊): Peony motif associated with Gansu province around the divine epithet 'Allāh'
New article: 'Exploring a Sociolinguistics of Islam'. One of my most important pieces. Built on my research & enriched by collab with Othman Barnawi & Rizwan Ahmad
academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
It brings together many voices, places & perspectives
See below article & related special issue CfPs..
academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
It brings together many voices, places & perspectives
See below article & related special issue CfPs..
June 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
New article: 'Exploring a Sociolinguistics of Islam'. One of my most important pieces. Built on my research & enriched by collab with Othman Barnawi & Rizwan Ahmad
academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
It brings together many voices, places & perspectives
See below article & related special issue CfPs..
academic.oup.com/applij/advan...
It brings together many voices, places & perspectives
See below article & related special issue CfPs..
📢 New publication, co-authored with my PhD student Alex Wang (王阳陆):
‘Big sister’ (姐姐), ‘Dog’ (狗) & ethnic names: Semiotic ideologies of self-naming on Xiaohongshu (Red)
This one is for all you 科研狗 ('research dogs') out there! 👇
‘Big sister’ (姐姐), ‘Dog’ (狗) & ethnic names: Semiotic ideologies of self-naming on Xiaohongshu (Red)
This one is for all you 科研狗 ('research dogs') out there! 👇
June 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
📢 New publication, co-authored with my PhD student Alex Wang (王阳陆):
‘Big sister’ (姐姐), ‘Dog’ (狗) & ethnic names: Semiotic ideologies of self-naming on Xiaohongshu (Red)
This one is for all you 科研狗 ('research dogs') out there! 👇
‘Big sister’ (姐姐), ‘Dog’ (狗) & ethnic names: Semiotic ideologies of self-naming on Xiaohongshu (Red)
This one is for all you 科研狗 ('research dogs') out there! 👇
📢 Upcoming Talk at Queen’s University Belfast
'Social Sciences & Humanities in Muslim Societies:
Exploring Ecologies of Knowledge Production'
🗓Tue 20th May
🕥10:30am – 12pm
📍Room 03/004 Main Site Tower QUB
🎙Yusuf Oldac
Education Uni of Hong Kong
Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies
'Social Sciences & Humanities in Muslim Societies:
Exploring Ecologies of Knowledge Production'
🗓Tue 20th May
🕥10:30am – 12pm
📍Room 03/004 Main Site Tower QUB
🎙Yusuf Oldac
Education Uni of Hong Kong
Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies
April 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
📢 Upcoming Talk at Queen’s University Belfast
'Social Sciences & Humanities in Muslim Societies:
Exploring Ecologies of Knowledge Production'
🗓Tue 20th May
🕥10:30am – 12pm
📍Room 03/004 Main Site Tower QUB
🎙Yusuf Oldac
Education Uni of Hong Kong
Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies
'Social Sciences & Humanities in Muslim Societies:
Exploring Ecologies of Knowledge Production'
🗓Tue 20th May
🕥10:30am – 12pm
📍Room 03/004 Main Site Tower QUB
🎙Yusuf Oldac
Education Uni of Hong Kong
Visiting Fellow, Oxford Centre of Islamic Studies
Come join us for this interesting event on Chinese language policy in the Arabian Gulf countries — an emerging and significant topic in linguistic research.
🗓️ Sat 12th April
⏰ 11:30am BST / 1:30pm Saudi / 6:30pm China
📍 Online
To register see link / QR code: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
🗓️ Sat 12th April
⏰ 11:30am BST / 1:30pm Saudi / 6:30pm China
📍 Online
To register see link / QR code: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
April 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Come join us for this interesting event on Chinese language policy in the Arabian Gulf countries — an emerging and significant topic in linguistic research.
🗓️ Sat 12th April
⏰ 11:30am BST / 1:30pm Saudi / 6:30pm China
📍 Online
To register see link / QR code: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
🗓️ Sat 12th April
⏰ 11:30am BST / 1:30pm Saudi / 6:30pm China
📍 Online
To register see link / QR code: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
The panellists and discussants at our SRHE event this morning on ‘Bridging linguistic-epistemic divides in higher education’. Look out for more events from our Multilingual University Network (under the Society for Research into Higher Education).
March 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The panellists and discussants at our SRHE event this morning on ‘Bridging linguistic-epistemic divides in higher education’. Look out for more events from our Multilingual University Network (under the Society for Research into Higher Education).
The latest podcast with Joseph Lumbard about his article ‘Islam, coloniality, and the pedagogy of cognitive liberation in higher education’
On Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/1HmK...
On Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
You can read his paper here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/1HmK...
On Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
You can read his paper here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The latest podcast with Joseph Lumbard about his article ‘Islam, coloniality, and the pedagogy of cognitive liberation in higher education’
On Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/1HmK...
On Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
You can read his paper here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/1HmK...
On Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
You can read his paper here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Critique as means of jiàohuà (教化). My interview with Canglong Wang (王苍龙) for our special issue. Check it out:
On Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6bRV...
On Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
And his paper:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6bRV...
On Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
And his paper:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Critique as means of jiàohuà (教化). My interview with Canglong Wang (王苍龙) for our special issue. Check it out:
On Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6bRV...
On Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
And his paper:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/6bRV...
On Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
And his paper:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📢I'm excited to launch a new podcast series for our journal 'Teaching in Higher Education'!
'Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Conversations' kicks off with interviews on our special issue 'Getting Critical About Critique', featuring authors discussing their articles & broader themes 👇
'Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Conversations' kicks off with interviews on our special issue 'Getting Critical About Critique', featuring authors discussing their articles & broader themes 👇
February 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
📢I'm excited to launch a new podcast series for our journal 'Teaching in Higher Education'!
'Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Conversations' kicks off with interviews on our special issue 'Getting Critical About Critique', featuring authors discussing their articles & broader themes 👇
'Teaching in Higher Education: Critical Conversations' kicks off with interviews on our special issue 'Getting Critical About Critique', featuring authors discussing their articles & broader themes 👇
Following his keynote at the SRHE Annual Conference, I am delighted to lead and organise this in-person event with Syed Farid Alatas under the Multilingual University Network (the Society for Research into Higher Education).
July 2nd 2025, London
12pm - 2pm
Register here:
srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...
July 2nd 2025, London
12pm - 2pm
Register here:
srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...
February 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Following his keynote at the SRHE Annual Conference, I am delighted to lead and organise this in-person event with Syed Farid Alatas under the Multilingual University Network (the Society for Research into Higher Education).
July 2nd 2025, London
12pm - 2pm
Register here:
srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...
July 2nd 2025, London
12pm - 2pm
Register here:
srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...
It is always a pleasure to receive hard copies
January 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It is always a pleasure to receive hard copies
Lovely to see fellow Executive Editors for our journal residential. Taking the ‘Teaching in Higher Education’ journal forward while walking around Windsor Castle
January 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Lovely to see fellow Executive Editors for our journal residential. Taking the ‘Teaching in Higher Education’ journal forward while walking around Windsor Castle
Our SRHE Multilingual University Network event was well attended today. An interesting hybrid event on AI and multilingualism in higher education, with an interdisciplinary panel of speakers and discussants. Well done Jennie Li for leading this and thanks to the University of Hong Kong for hosting.
January 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Our SRHE Multilingual University Network event was well attended today. An interesting hybrid event on AI and multilingualism in higher education, with an interdisciplinary panel of speakers and discussants. Well done Jennie Li for leading this and thanks to the University of Hong Kong for hosting.
New for our SI on 'Getting critical about critique' is the paper 'The art of Naqd: communicating critique in Arabic thought' by Wisam Kh. Abdul-Jabbar
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
More interesting articles are coming through in coming days and weeks. Please keep a look out for them.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
More interesting articles are coming through in coming days and weeks. Please keep a look out for them.
January 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
New for our SI on 'Getting critical about critique' is the paper 'The art of Naqd: communicating critique in Arabic thought' by Wisam Kh. Abdul-Jabbar
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
More interesting articles are coming through in coming days and weeks. Please keep a look out for them.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
More interesting articles are coming through in coming days and weeks. Please keep a look out for them.
As articles in our SI 'Getting Critical About Critique' emerge in the journal Teaching in Higher Education (look out for them!), here is the article that inspired the SI. It features provocations from scholars on the meanings of 'critique':
www.academia.edu/117697069/Ge...
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
www.academia.edu/117697069/Ge...
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
January 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As articles in our SI 'Getting Critical About Critique' emerge in the journal Teaching in Higher Education (look out for them!), here is the article that inspired the SI. It features provocations from scholars on the meanings of 'critique':
www.academia.edu/117697069/Ge...
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
www.academia.edu/117697069/Ge...
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
As articles for our special issue, 'Getting Critical About Critique', are being published (keep an eye out for them in the journal 'Teaching in Higher Education'), colleagues may be interested in the article that inspired this special issue.
www.academia.edu/117697069/Ge...
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
www.academia.edu/117697069/Ge...
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
January 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
As articles for our special issue, 'Getting Critical About Critique', are being published (keep an eye out for them in the journal 'Teaching in Higher Education'), colleagues may be interested in the article that inspired this special issue.
www.academia.edu/117697069/Ge...
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
www.academia.edu/117697069/Ge...
doi.org/10.1080/1356...
Jingzihua (经字画; scriptural painting) is a visual celebration of Chinese artistry and Islamic scripture. A synthesis of Quranic verses depicted through Chinese aesthetics, sometimes even centred on key Chinese characters like 孝 (xiào; filial piety) or 静 (jìng; quiet)
December 30, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Jingzihua (经字画; scriptural painting) is a visual celebration of Chinese artistry and Islamic scripture. A synthesis of Quranic verses depicted through Chinese aesthetics, sometimes even centred on key Chinese characters like 孝 (xiào; filial piety) or 静 (jìng; quiet)
Master Zhao Yu Fang [赵玉芳], based in Linxia, specialises in this unique art form. A friend of the project, he shared with us that, when he first started, traditional Sini calligraphers disapproved of his use of colours and his departure from the naked text.
December 30, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Master Zhao Yu Fang [赵玉芳], based in Linxia, specialises in this unique art form. A friend of the project, he shared with us that, when he first started, traditional Sini calligraphers disapproved of his use of colours and his departure from the naked text.
Like Sini calligraphy, jīng zìhuà integrates Quranic scripture into traditional Chinese arts, including floral arrangements & ornamental vases. The Quranic script is sometimes difficult to discern & is woven into the swirling patterns of leaves and petals via calligraphic strokes
December 30, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Like Sini calligraphy, jīng zìhuà integrates Quranic scripture into traditional Chinese arts, including floral arrangements & ornamental vases. The Quranic script is sometimes difficult to discern & is woven into the swirling patterns of leaves and petals via calligraphic strokes
Since I’m going through some pics for my forthcoming book on heritage literacy , I thought I’d do a thread on what I consider a sub-genre of Sini calligraphy: jīng zìhuà (经字画; scriptural painting). To me, it is another kind of Sino-Muslim ‘confluence’ of traditions and heritage literacy in the study
December 30, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Since I’m going through some pics for my forthcoming book on heritage literacy , I thought I’d do a thread on what I consider a sub-genre of Sini calligraphy: jīng zìhuà (经字画; scriptural painting). To me, it is another kind of Sino-Muslim ‘confluence’ of traditions and heritage literacy in the study
Calligraphy of 'Love Without Boundaries' [اَلْحُبُّ بِلَا حُدُوْد], and Allāhu-akbar [God is greater than -] forming a symmetrical circular pattern like petals of a flower.
December 29, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Calligraphy of 'Love Without Boundaries' [اَلْحُبُّ بِلَا حُدُوْد], and Allāhu-akbar [God is greater than -] forming a symmetrical circular pattern like petals of a flower.
1) Calligraphy of the plea “Intercede for us on the Day of Judgement, Oh Muhammad ﷺ”. Bold Sini-Arabic calligraphy in a curvilinear design.
2) The Arabic phrase “Subhanallah” (‘Glory be to Allāh’/ Allāh is perfection) with traditional Chinese shanshui [山水] landscape elements.
2) The Arabic phrase “Subhanallah” (‘Glory be to Allāh’/ Allāh is perfection) with traditional Chinese shanshui [山水] landscape elements.
December 29, 2024 at 5:45 PM
1) Calligraphy of the plea “Intercede for us on the Day of Judgement, Oh Muhammad ﷺ”. Bold Sini-Arabic calligraphy in a curvilinear design.
2) The Arabic phrase “Subhanallah” (‘Glory be to Allāh’/ Allāh is perfection) with traditional Chinese shanshui [山水] landscape elements.
2) The Arabic phrase “Subhanallah” (‘Glory be to Allāh’/ Allāh is perfection) with traditional Chinese shanshui [山水] landscape elements.
The ‘Basmala’ in gongbi hua (工笔画) style. "In the name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" is complemented by magnolia blossoms. A blend of Islamic calligraphy and Chinese aesthetics.
December 29, 2024 at 5:45 PM
The ‘Basmala’ in gongbi hua (工笔画) style. "In the name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" is complemented by magnolia blossoms. A blend of Islamic calligraphy and Chinese aesthetics.