School of Politics and International Studies

Terrorism, Radicalisation and (Counter) Narratives Conference

26 May 2012 | Terrorism, Radicalisation and (Counter) Narratives Conference | Conference

University of Leeds, Baines Wing G.36

Introduction and Keynote (9.00 – 9.30)

• Gordon Clubb, Head of the Terrorism Research Initiative Network (UK)

Welcome

•  Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, President of BISA and Director of the Centre for Security Studies at The University of Hull

What Happens to the Terrorists?

Panel 1: Theoretical Approaches to Terrorism (9.30 – 11.00)

• Liberalism, Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Interventions

By Surekha Talari, St Andrews

• Understanding Terrorism in the Age of Global Media: A Communication Approach

By Cristina Archetti, Salford University

• The Rationality of Suicide Bombing in Palestine

By Samantha Cooke,University of Surrey

Panel 2: Radicalisation and Ideology (11.15 – 12.45)

• “Radicalisation as Practice: a Critical Reappraisal of Counter-Terrorism Orthodoxies”

By Nadya Ali, University of Reading

• The Feedback Loop of Radicalisation: Rethinking Counter Radicalisation

By Chamila Liyanage, School of Advanced Study, University of London

• Jihad and Ideology

By Yulia Netesova

Panel 3: Discourse and Narratives (1.30 – 3.15)

• Playboy, Freedom Fighter and Religious Fanatic: The discursive construction of Osama bin Ladin

By Christina Hellmich, University of Reading

• The Discourse of Defence: ‘Dissident’ Irish Republican Newspapers and the ‘Propaganda War’

By Sophie Whiting, University of Liverpool

•  The Discourse of Hamas: 2006-2012

By Nina Musgrave, Kings College London

•  Critical Discourse Analysis and Terrorism

By Valentina Bartolucci, University of Bradford/Pisa

Panel 4: Counter-Narratives and Counter-Terrorism (3.30 – 5.00)

• Analysis of Language of Counter-terrorism in Indonesia

By Ali Wibisono, University of Indonesia/Nottingham

•  'CONTEST: an innovative approach to counter-terrorism and its implications'

By Joshua Skoczylis, University of Leeds

The Terrorism Research Initiative Lecture (5.00 - 6.00)

By Rich Davies, former Director for Terrorism Prevention Policy to the Bush Administration