Ibrar Bhatt, PhD
@ibrar_bhatt
Senior Lecturer @QUBSSESW; Leverhulme Res Fellow @SinoMuslimLit; Multilingual University Network; Exec Editor @TeachinginHE; http://youtube.com/@ibrarbhattphd
Excited to share that my next book will be out in 2026 and is avail for pre-order. We've already received an early review from Jennifer Rowsell - more coming. A joy to research & write. Many thanks to @LeverhulmeTrust for funding my @SinoMuslimLit project bloomsbury.com/uk/heritage-li…


"Conversations about what teaching refusal can and should look like continue to be crucial to remaking our higher education institutions" - new blog post from @lewiseturner, @Jamiejhagen and @j_p_eggert about saying 'no' in #highereducation... …achinginhighereducation.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/tea…
This is precisely the kind of issue that connects with our special issue and recent article: dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/20… CfP ibrarspace.net/2025/06/09/cal… doi.org/10.1093/applin… It would be lovely to have a submission on Arabic Afrikaans in the SI. Pls forward CfP to linguists in SA.
A visit to the Jilin Province Museum. Confucian stone engravings, Song ritual system exhibit, and a powerful look into the localised anti-Japanese occupation resistance. Resistance's tunnels are nearby & resonate with today’s ongoing fight against occupation.




Thailand and Cambodia reached a swift ceasefire under ASEAN's mediation! Congrats to the people of both countries! Thanks to ASEAN, and special thanks to Malaysia! 🇹🇭❤️🇰🇭❤️🇲🇾❤️🕊
If you want to know more about these kinds of semiotic practices, see my work here: cambridge.org/core/books/sem… Here: academic.oup.com/applij/advance… And here: bloomsbury.com/uk/heritage-li…
Among the various project outputs is this forthcoming book by @ibrar_bhatt and Heng Wang (王恒), now available for pre-order for your libraries. bloomsbury.com/uk/heritage-li… Check it out..
Excited to share that my next book will be out in 2026 and is avail for pre-order. We've already received an early review from Jennifer Rowsell - more coming. A joy to research & write. Many thanks to @LeverhulmeTrust for funding my @SinoMuslimLit project bloomsbury.com/uk/heritage-li…
Thrilled to share with you my second guest edited SI with the IJSL, co-guest edited with @ZoehurleyDubai and @TrElyas Have a good read. link.springer.com/journal/11196/…
MORE DETAILS ON THE ATTACK ON THE INDIAN MAN IN DUBLIN. Jennifer Murray, who found the Indian man in the road, has said in a video she shared on Facebook, that she rescued him and called the ambulance and police. The ambulance took ON HOUR to arrive. She said she found the…
Dissertation Award by @TokatInstitute Win a cash prize of $1,000 Open to English-language dissertations in any area of Islamic Studies completed in or after 2024. Deadline: January 1, 2026. Apply Now: tokatinstitute.org/dissertation #islamicstudies #dissertation #award #TIAIS
Many thanks to Christopher Rahwles' review of CHINESE COSMOPOLITANISM: pdcnet.org/pga/content/pg…
Renmin Square in Changchun reopens today after over 20 years



While this paper was accepted back in Feb, the published version is just now online – ‘Ecologies of Research Writing in Chinese Universities' with Xiajing Chen (陈夏菁). I hope it's useful for those who study #AcadsWriting and Chinese #HigherEd. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.11…
50 free eprints are available for this paper: tandfonline.com/eprint/8W8C4TG…