
Radio ReOrient
This is Radio ReOrient: exploring the post-Western, reconnecting the Islamosphere. Every Friday, during our seasons, we feature conversations with thinkers, artists and community activists about things Islamicate and decolonial. Radio ReOrient is a part of the Critical Muslim Studies project, connecting and intersecting acts of epistemic disobedience and political re-imagination. Check out https://www.criticalmuslimstudies.co.uk/
Latest episodes

Sep 4, 2020 • 38min
In Conversation: Epistemology, Critical Race Theory and Critical Muslim Studies
In this episode, Uzma Jamil is speaking to Stephen Sheehi on epistemology, critical race theory and critical Muslim studies.

Aug 21, 2020 • 1h 1min
In Conversation: The Antinomies of Afropessimism
In this episode, S. Sayyid talks with Barnor Hesse (Northwestern University) on the Antimonies of Afropessimism.
Professor Barnor Hesse teaches in the department of African American Studies, at Northwestern University, he is the author of Raceocracy: White Sovereignty and Black Life Politics (forthcoming); co-editor of After #Ferguson, After #Baltimore: The Challenge of Black Death and Black Life for Black Political Thought; editor of ‘Unsettled Multiculturalisms & co-author of ‘Beneath the Surface: Racial Harassment’

Aug 7, 2020 • 53min
In Conversation: Enslaved Muslims in the Americas
A conversation with Dr. Sylviane Diouf on enslaved Muslim in the Americas.

Jun 19, 2020 • 42min
In Conversation: Critical Race Theory and Black Lives Matter
In this episode, Dr. Hizer Mir speaks with Momodou Taal on Critical Race Theory and Black Lives Matter.

May 29, 2020 • 41min
In Conversation: Palestine and Decoloniality
In this episode, Dr. Ismail Patel talks with Prof. Hatem Bazian about structural Islamophobia, global politics and the demonisation of the Muslim.

May 15, 2020 • 45min
In Conversation: Epistemology, Islamic Studies and Critical Muslim Studies
In this episode Dr. Uzma Jamil talks with Prof. Setrag Manoukian about his article “Ordinary Matters in Islamic Studies: Notes from the Field” (ReOrient Vol 5, No. 1).

May 1, 2020 • 30min
In Conversation: Islamophobia, Race and Global Politics
In this episode, Dr. Ismail Patel sits down with Prof. Nazia Kazi to discuss her book “Islamophobia, Race and Global Politics”

Apr 17, 2020 • 31min
An Interview with Dr. Ismail Patel: Social Mobility, Britishness and Islamophobia
An interview with Dr. Ismail Patel on social mobility, Islamophobia and Britishness.

Feb 22, 2020 • 23min
A Talk By Tariq Modood: “A Normative Sociology Approach to Multiculturalism”
In this episode, Dr. Uzma Jamil introduces Tariq Modood on his new book “Essays on Secularism and Multiculturalism”.

Jan 3, 2020 • 39min
A Roundtable Discussion - The Year that was 2019.
In this episode, I talk to Prof. Salman Sayyid, Haroon Bashir and Claudia Radiven about their highlights from the past year.