Since 1996, Abbas has been invited to over 100 cities in nearly 50 different countries to deliver around 130 lectures and talks. Below is a list of lectures and talks since 2019.
2024
(2024g) ‘Experts Dispatch: Islamophobia in the UK’. Conversation with Dr Mary Hunter of Centre for Strategic and Contemporary Research, Islamabad, 27 September, 
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(2024f) Panel 3E: Interconnections between extremism, radicalisation and social exclusion in Nordic countries and North-Western Europe: Insights from the DRIVE project, Chair: Gabe Mythen, University of Liverpool, with Mark Sedgwick, Eolene Boyd-MacMillan, and Valerie DeMarinis, The 6th Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism, organised by the Centre for Research on Extremism, University of Oslo, 17-19 June.
(2024e) Drive-Brussels Major Conference: Unveiling the Interplay of Social Exclusion and Radicalization in Northern Europe, Stanhope Hotel, Brussels, 11–12 June (coordinator, speaker, and panellist).
(2024e) ‘Roundtable Particapnt, ‘Developing British Kashmiri Studies’, BISA 2024 Conference Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Working Group, with Awais Hussain (University of York), Zafar Khan (JKLF), Karamat Iqbal (Forward Partnership), Serena Hussain (Centre for Trust Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, [Chair]), and Tahir Abbas (Leiden University), 7 June.
(2024d) Speaker on the panel, ‘Ethnicity, Religion, and Muslim Education in a Changing World: Navigating Contemporary Perspectives on Multicultural Schooling in the UK’. Book launch webinar and discussion, hosted by the University of Birmingham Education Leadership Academy, 5 June.
(2024c) ‘Hoe je echte kennis van onwaarheden kunt onderscheiden’ (How to distinguish true knowledge from false), talk delivered to the Hijaz Community Blessed Summit 2024, The Hague Muslim Association Noeroel Islam, The Hague, 21 April.
(2024b) Panellist on the webinar, ‘Understanding and Countering Far-Right Extremism in the EU and the Balkans’, convened by The Kosovar Center for Security Studies, in the framework of the EU-Horizon funded SMIDGE Project, 29 March.
(2024a) ‘Keynote Address: Societal Challenges Facing Gen Z and the Importance of Inclusion in Tackling Radicalisation’, ECTC Advisory Network Conference, Europol, The Hague, 26–27 March,
2023
(2023m) Moderator of the panel, ‘Turkey’s Centennial: Democracy, Diplomacy, and Security’, with Alp Yenen, Müge Kinacioglu, Filiz Dogan, and Seda Gürkan, convened by the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society, Leiden University in The Hague, 30 November.
(2023l) Panellist, with Omar Barghouti Christian Henderson Evalien Stapper, and chaired by Crystal Ennis, Talking Palestine: The Politics of Narrating the Conflict, convened by Decolonising Collective Leiden, Leiden University in The Hague, 28 November.
(2023k) ‘Women Confronting Radicalisation: A Sociological View’. Presentation to International Conference, Women’s Impact on Civilizations: Changes and Challenges, presented by
ShamanPR (UK) and Contemporary Development Company (Saudi Arabia), Copthorne Tara Hotel, Scarsdale Place, Kensington, London, 23 October.
(2023j) ‘The Varying State Approaches to Religious Diversity: Examining the Transition from Regulation to Inclusion’. Paper presented to the panel, State Perspectives on Religious Diversity: From Regulation to Reality, at the Second International Conference on Religious Moderation (ICROM) 2023 Managing Religious Diversity in Public Sphere, Jogjakarta, Indonesia, 24-26 August.
(2023i) Final day panellist, with Dr. Sarah Carthy, for the Leiden University Centre for Professional Learning Online Summer Programme on Violent Extremism, organised together with the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, 23 August.
(2023h) ‘Beyond Cultural Chasms: A Comprehensive Exploration of Integration vs. Assimilation in Global Societies’. Presentation to the Pakistani Youth and Student Association, TU Delft, Netherlands, 23 June 2023.
(2023g) ‘An Examination of Radicalisation: Definitions, Policy Shortfalls, and Implications for the Future’. Presentation to VGSL ‘Franciscus Gomarus’, Lieden, 22 June.
(2023f) In conversation with Professor Samina Yasmeen on the topic of ‘Muslim women in Australia: Hello from Perth’, part of the Muslim, Arts, and Culture Festival (MACFEST), 13 June.
(2023e) ‘Navigating Complexities: The Kashmir Question, the Diaspora, and the Path to Resolution’, keynote lecture presented at the ‘Otherness and Diversity in Islam’ programme, 18th Research Seminar of the Department of Islam, Politics, and Society, Radboud University, Netherlands, 2 June.
(2023d) ‘Islamophobia in the global north: origins, manifestations, and implications’, presented to the Blessed Summit 2023 of the Hjiaz Community of the Netherlands, held at Leiden university in The Hague, Netherlands, 27 May.
(2023c) ‘Muslims in the West: Project Fear and the Risible Rise of the Radical Right’, presented to the International Conference on ‘Islamophobia as a specific form of racism and discrimination: new global and transnational challenges’, convened by the Baku International Multiculturalism Centre and the Center of Analysis of International Relations (the AIR Center) in partnership with the G20 Interfaith Dialogue Forum, Baku, Azerbaijan, 15-16 March .
(2023b) ‘The Four Principles of Radicalisation Studies in the Twenty-First Century’. Innagural professorial lecture, The Old Building, Leiden University, Leiden, 6 February.
(2023a) ‘Far Right and Islamist Extremism in North-Western Europe: What We Think We Know and What We Still Do Not Know’. Presentation to the ISGA Lunchtime Seminar Series, Leiden University, The Hague, 30 January.
2022
(2022o) ‘Launch of “Ruminations” (2022)’. Book launch held at the Spanish Steps of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs of Leiden University, The Hague, 15 December
(2022n) ‘Resilience tools and prevention methods’. Presentation to the Community for European Research and Innovation for Security Workshop on Radicalisation, convened by DG HOME, together with DG RTD and REA, BAO Le bouche à oreille, Rue Félix Hap 11, 1040 Etterbeek, Brussels, 29 November.
(2022m) ‘Ruminations: Framing a Sense of Self and Coming to Terms with the Other’. Book launch and discussion, Muslim Institute Winter Gathering 2022: Muslims In/And Europe, Sarum College, Salisbury, 21 October.
(2022l) ‘Introducing the Drive project’. Presentation to the panel, Understanding and preventing radicalization, Center for Research on Extremism, University of Olso and the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University joint conference, The Hague, 11 October.
(2022k) ‘The Radicalisation Process’. Paper presented to the panel, Terrorism Threat Assessment Radicalisation/Deradicalisation Pathways, at the Regional Conference on Enhancing Resilience Against Violent Extremism among Migrant Workers in Southeast Asia, convened by the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism, National Counter Terrorism Agency (Indonesia), and Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jakarta, Indonesia, 4–5 October.
(2022j) Panel discussant (with Ilke Dagli Hustings, The Centre for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development) and Ruby Gropas (IDEA, European Commission), ‘How are states reacting to religiously inspired violent radicalisation? What works and why?’, at the Research and Policy Conference, RADICALISATION, SECULARISM AND THE GOVERNANCE OF RELIGION: BRINGING TOGETHER DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, convened by the H2020 RIA Grease Project and the European Commission, Brussels, 22-23 September.
(2022i) Closing Keynote: ‘Islamophobia, securitisation, and radicalisation: interpreting Dutch and British responses in context’. Advanced Summer Programme on Terrorism, Countering Terrorism and the Rule of Law, TMC Asser Institute and ICCT in The Hague, 2 September.
(2022h) ‘Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism’, final panel discussion, with Dr Bart Schuurman and Dr Sarah Carthy, 17 August.
(2022g) ‘The Escalation of Ideological Tensions in Sweden’. European Eye on Radicalization webinar, with Gabriel Sjöblom-Fodor, online, 19 May.
(2022f) ‘The limits of CVE: governance challenges in a global context’. Presentation to the Two-Day Closed Symposium, Counter-terrorism Policies and Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) Initiatives in the GCC. Convened by the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar, 10-11 May.
(2022e) ‘The Role of Governance in Preventing Violent Extremism’. Keynote address to the Second Coordination Conference Convened by National Committee for the Implementation of the National Strategy, Erbil, Iraq, 13-15 March.
(2022d) Panel discussant, ‘Counter-terrorism in the Middle East 2022’. Convened by The Terrorism Studies Committee of the Scientific Research and Middle East Strategic Studies Center, Tehran, Iran (with Dr Fabio Bernardi, Senior Researcher on Organized Crime Studies and Dr Armina Arm, The Secretary of the Russian Studies Committee, CMESS), 7 March.
(2022c) ‘Islamaphobia and Radicalisation’, Combating Jihadist Terrorism and Extremism (CoJit) Combating Jihadist Terror Podcast Episode 11, 4 March.
(2022b) ‘To Counter or Not Counter Violent Extremism? That’s the Question’. Presentation to the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society, Leiden University, 10 February.
(2022a) ‘Spatial Forms of Extremism – The challenges of defining and perceiving extremism in a UK context’, convened by The Dialogue Society. Panellist with Dr Elisa Orofino and Dr Chris Allen, 11 January.
2021
(2021h) ‘Islamism as Extremism’. Presentation to the Interdisciplinary Workshop Extreme Beliefs: Mapping the Terrain, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and online, 15 December.
(2021g) ‘The counter-terror state and constructions of Salafism in the Netherlands’ (with Liselotte Welten). Presentation to Preventing Violent Extremism in Europe and The Maghreb: the role of religious actors, convened by Universitat de Girona and Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, 10 December.
(2021f) ‘The Idea of Countering Violent Extremism: Religion, Politics and Security’. Presentation to Community Oriented Policing and Countering Violent Extremism workshop, convened by National Defense University Near East South Asia Center For Strategic Studies and the UAE Ministry of Interior, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 16 November.
(2021e) ‘Muslim immigrants sense of identity and belonging in the UK’. Paper presented to the conference, Muslim Immigrants sense of identity and belonging in the Western World, 30 September-1 October 2021, and convened by the School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada, 30 September-1 October 2021.
(2021d) ‘ICCT Live Briefing: Countering Violent Extremism: The Need For a New Direction?’ Book launch webinar with Daniela Pisoiu, Senior Fellow at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs and Tufyal Choudhury, Associate Professor in Durham Law School and Senior Research Fellow at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, The Hague, 2 September.
(2021c) ‘Islamophobia and Radicalisation’. Online presentation to the 11th Advanced Summer Programme: Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and the Rule of Law. Organised by the International Centre for Counter-terrorism and the Asser Institute, The Hague, 30 August.
(2021b) ‘Islamophobia, Reciprocal Radicalisation & CVE’. Webinar Presentation to AVERT – Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation to Terrorism is an Australian based research network at Deakin University’s Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation (ADI) in Melbourne, Australia, 25 August.
(2021a) ‘Wider Context of Violence and Extremism and its Responses – Parts I and II’. Presentation to the Leiden University Online Summer Programme: Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Violent Extremism, The Hague, 17 August.
2020
(2020d) ‘Islamophobia and Radicalisation – An Incessant Cycle’. Seminar presentation to the University of Western Australia Centre for Muslim States and Societies, Perth, Australia, 30 October.
(2020c) ‘Contemporary Islamism in Europe: challenges, threats, and opportunities’. Seminar presentation to the International Relations Pogramme, Political Science and International Studies, Washington College, Maryland, USA, 20 October.
(2020b) ‘Inequality as a factor behind polarisation and violent extremism’, Online workshop organised within the framework of the BRaVE project by the project partner Center for Policy Studies, Central European University, Budapest, with Nigel Copsey (Teesside University) and Renata Franc (Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar), 30 June.
(2020a) ‘The Vicious Cycle of Islamophobia and Radicalisation’, C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway, 4 February.
2019
(2019n) ‘The Crisis of Islamophobia in the Global North’ 2019 Cleveringa Lecture. Convened by Irgoen Olei Holland, in cooperation with the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Israel, the alumni of the Leiden University in Israel, the Center for Research on Dutch Jewry in Jerusalem and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, 26 November.
(2019m) ‘A toxic romance: right-wing extremism and Islamophobia’. Panellist with Serdar Durdyev, survivor of Christchurch Mosque terror attacks and Dr Derya Iner, Charles Sturt University. Convened by Islamic Sciences & Research Academy of Australia, SRA Centre Level 3, 128 -136 South Pde, Auburn NSW 2144, 23 November.
(2019l) ‘Countering violent extremism, the extreme right-wing and Islamophobic threats – a whole society approach’. Keynote address presented to the conference, Collaborative Approachess to Counter the Extremist Right Wing and Islamophobia Threats, convened by Charles Sturt University, New South Wales Government, All Together Now and the Islamic Sciences & Research Academy of Australia. Held at the Novotol Parramatta, Sydney, 21 November 2019.
(2019k) ‘Western European far right politicians converting to Islam: political repositioning or personal rebranding?’ Paper presented to the conference, Islam versus Judeo-Christian-Secular-Humanism? Islam-inspired politics and National Identity in the Netherlands after the Turn to the Right?’ Convened by Annual Conference of the Dutch Association for the Study of Religion, University of Groningen, 30 October to 1 November (with G. Sibgatullina).
(2019j) ‘Islamophobia and radicalisation – a vicious cycle’, at the conference, Glocal Islamism 2019: Phenomena, Interdependencies, Prevention, organised by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung/bpb), held at Kongresshotel Potsdam am Templiner See, Potsdam, Germany, 15-17 October.
(2019i) ‘Panel discussion on Kashmir’, with Nicolas Blarel and Simon Chauchard, organised by the Community for International Relations & Organisations Students, Leiden University in The Hague, 26 September.
(2019h) ‘Islamophobia as Racial Biopolitics in the Global North’, at Sources of Democracy Citizenship, Social Cohesion and Ethical Values, at the RESET Doc Venice Seminars and Summer School, convened by Giorgio Cini Foundation, Mominoun Foundation and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, held at Giorgio Cini Foundation, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy, 23-25 May.
(2019g) Opening plenary co-presenter, ‘Does identity matter?’, at Race, class and identity: A one-day conference hosted by International Socialism, Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London, 18 May.
(2019f) Presentation to the ‘Commission for Countering Extremism: Presentation & Discussion of Academic Research’, on the panel, ‘Drivers of extremism and extremism online’, Broadway House, Westminster, London, 1 May.
(2019e) IHRC Author Evening: ‘Political Muslims” by Tahir Abbas and Sadek Hamid, Islamic Human Rights Commission, 202 Preston Road, Wembley, 25 April.
(2019d) ‘Transnational Islam and British South Asian Muslims – migration, identity and political violence’. Workshop presentation to The Study of Islam Today: Contemporary Approaches to Religious Studies Spring School. Convened by Mominoun Without Borders for Studies and Research, Marrakesh, Morocco, 29-31 March.
(2019c) ‘The British Kashmiri diaspora – a sociological view’. Lecture presented to the Kashmir: Building Hope, Securing Peace Conference of Kashmir Campaign Global, 24 Greencoat Place, London, 8 March.
(2019b) ‘Islamophobia and Reciprocal Radicalisation in an Age of Political Uncertainty ’ . Guest lecture presented to the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society, Leiden, 7 March.
(2019a) ‘The Limits of ‘Prevent’ in Countering Violent Extremism in the UK’. Paper presented to Bridging Gaps Expert Meeting – Common Grounds and Comparing Perspectives: Jihadist Extremism in an Interdisciplinary Context, convened by The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, Leiden University, the Netherlands Institute in Morocco, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Morocco and the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis, The Hague, Netherlands, 14 January.