Dr Rabea Khan
Humanities and Social Science
Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies
Email: R.Khan@ljmu.ac.uk
Rabea is a lecturer in International Relations.
Rabea joined Liverpool John Moores University in January 2023, having previously lectured at the University of Edinburgh. Rabea received her PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews and also holds an M.Litt. in International Security Studies from her Almer Mater. Rabea’s research interests include but are not limited to: terrorism, religion, race, gender, post- and decolonial theory, feminist theory and critical discourse analysis. She has published with Critical Studies on Terrorism and Critical Research on Religion and is currently working on her first monograph entitled the ‘The Gendered Coloniality of the Religous Terrorism Thesis’, based on her doctoral thesis with the same title.
In 2023/24, Rabea will be convening the following modules:
L4: International History and State Formation
L5: Terrorism, Race, and Empire
L6: Research Project in IRP (Dissertation)
L7: Critical Security Studies
Languages
English
German
Degrees
2021, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom, Ph.D. in International Relations
2015, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom, M.Litt. in International Security
2014, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom, BA in International Relations and Law
Academic appointments
Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, Liverpool John Moores University, 2023 - present
Lecturer in International Relations, University of Edinburgh, 2022 - 2023
Journal article
Aitlhadj L, Finden A, Haspeslagh S, Kaleem A, Khan RM, Salhab A, Schotten CH, Sen S, Stampnitzky L. 2024. Where is Palestine in Critical Terrorism Studies? A roundtable conversation Critical Studies on Terrorism, :1-26 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Khan RM. 2024. Studying ‘Religion’ Critically and the Decolonial Turn: Lessons for Critical Terrorism Studies Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, :1-14 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Gani JK, Khan RM. 2024. Positionality Statements as a Function of Coloniality: Interrogating Reflexive Methodologies International Studies Quarterly, 68 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Khan R. 2024. A Case for the Abolition of "Terrorism" and its Industry Critical Studies on Terrorism, :1-24 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Khan RM. 2023. The coloniality of the religious terrorism thesis Review of International Studies, :1-20 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Khan RM. 2021. Race, coloniality and the post 9/11 counter-discourse: Critical Terrorism Studies and the reproduction of the Islam-Terrorism discourse Critical Studies on Terrorism, 14 :498-501 DOI Publisher Url
Khan RM. 2021. Speaking “religion” through a gender code: The discursive power and gendered-racial implications of the religious label Critical Research on Religion, 10 :153-169 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Chapters
Khan RM. 2024. A Decolonial Mission for Critical Terrorism Studies: Interrogating the Gendered Coloniality and Colonial Function of the Dominant Discourse on Terrorism Finden A, Yebra Lopez C, Ike T, Gaudino U, Oando S. Methodologies in Critical Terrorism Studies Gaps and Interdisciplinary Perspectives Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 9781003383963 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Khan RM. 2023. Race, coloniality and the post 9/11 counter-discourse: Critical Terrorism Studies and the reproduction of the Islam-Terrorism discourse 9/11 Twenty Years On :102-105 Routledge DOI Publisher Url
Editorial/letter to the editor
Khan RM, Gharib Seif S. 2024. Editors’ Introduction: Decoloniality, criticality, and abolition - can Critical Terrorism Studies remain “critical”? Critical Studies on Terrorism, 17 :819-829 DOI Publisher Url
Other
Khan RM. 2023. The Coloniality of the Religious Terrorism Thesis (Oct, 10.1017/S0260210523000517, 2023) REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, DOI Publisher Url
Book review
Khan R. Religion and International Security Critical Studies on Terrorism, 12 :755-757 DOI Publisher Url
Internet publication
Khan R. Butler, gender performativity and religion Author Url
Khan R. Terrorism - The irredeemability of a concept
Other Professional Activity:
Interview with e-IR: https://www.e-ir.info/2022/07/05/interview-rabea-m-khan/. 2022
Invited Talk at Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham: "The Gendered invention of “Religion” in colonial-modernity and its implication for global politics." Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUuutU5eZ38. 2021
Invited to “Missing voices and methodologies: Decolonization and indigenous perspectives on Challenging Eurocentricity in Critical Terrorism Studies”, sponsored by BISA and the CTS working group, "Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSvH8KWO6xo&t=5817s. 2021