James Renton
@jamesrenton.bsky.social
Historian of antisemitism, Islamophobia, empire & global politics.
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Why is it that the UK government can’t define Islamophobia?
The proposed official definition of anti-Muslim hostility that does not address Islamophobia is dangerously inadequate.
www.aljazeera.com
My new article in Al-Jazeera on why hatred of #Islam must be recognised as being at the heart of #Islamophobia:
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Reposted by James Renton
On Eastern Europe and what the global left can’t see: a #LeftRenewal webinar with historian @ankahajkova.bsky.social
Really interesting, touching on anti-Eastern European racism, decoloniality re the post-Stalinist world, & gender politics within Holocaust studies.
leftrenewal.org/videos-en/ha...
Really interesting, touching on anti-Eastern European racism, decoloniality re the post-Stalinist world, & gender politics within Holocaust studies.
leftrenewal.org/videos-en/ha...
Anna Hájková on Eastern Europe and the Blind Spots of the Global Left – 4 January 2026 – Left Renewal Blog
leftrenewal.org
January 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
On Eastern Europe and what the global left can’t see: a #LeftRenewal webinar with historian @ankahajkova.bsky.social
Really interesting, touching on anti-Eastern European racism, decoloniality re the post-Stalinist world, & gender politics within Holocaust studies.
leftrenewal.org/videos-en/ha...
Really interesting, touching on anti-Eastern European racism, decoloniality re the post-Stalinist world, & gender politics within Holocaust studies.
leftrenewal.org/videos-en/ha...
My new article in Al-Jazeera on why hatred of #Islam must be recognised as being at the heart of #Islamophobia:
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Why is it that the UK government can’t define Islamophobia?
The proposed official definition of anti-Muslim hostility that does not address Islamophobia is dangerously inadequate.
www.aljazeera.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:03 AM
My new article in Al-Jazeera on why hatred of #Islam must be recognised as being at the heart of #Islamophobia:
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Reposted by James Renton
Join us 2 December, 6 pm at @lselaw.bsky.social to launch Race and the Question of Palestine with Lana Tatour.
Ralph Wilde, Neve Gordon, Andrew Murray and I will be in conversation with Lana.
In memory of our Conor Gearty who had planned this panel.
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
Ralph Wilde, Neve Gordon, Andrew Murray and I will be in conversation with Lana.
In memory of our Conor Gearty who had planned this panel.
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
RACE AND THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE - LSE Law School Events
What role does the issue of race play in understanding the question of Palestine? Drawing on a book of that title edited by the main speaker Lana Tatour (with Ronit Lentin), this event focuses on the ...
lselaw.events
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Join us 2 December, 6 pm at @lselaw.bsky.social to launch Race and the Question of Palestine with Lana Tatour.
Ralph Wilde, Neve Gordon, Andrew Murray and I will be in conversation with Lana.
In memory of our Conor Gearty who had planned this panel.
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
Ralph Wilde, Neve Gordon, Andrew Murray and I will be in conversation with Lana.
In memory of our Conor Gearty who had planned this panel.
lselaw.events/event/race-a...
Reposted by James Renton
Friends and colleagues in Berlin, this is happening next month (I hope) at FU-Berlin. Please register soon if you would like to attend as space is limited.
@robin-c.bsky.social @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
@robin-c.bsky.social @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Friends and colleagues in Berlin, this is happening next month (I hope) at FU-Berlin. Please register soon if you would like to attend as space is limited.
@robin-c.bsky.social @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
@robin-c.bsky.social @lsehumanrights.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
I'm in this new podcast on the history of the IHRA & its definition of #antisemitism
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Middle East Monitor share.google/HKeAzSl4bgTB...
Muslim surveillance: The real story behind the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism: MEMO in conversation with Prof James Renton
What if the global definition of anti-Semitism wasn’t only about protecting Jews — but also shaped by surveillance of Muslims and the politics of the War on Terror? In this MEMO conversation, Profe…
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November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I'm in this new podcast on the history of the IHRA & its definition of #antisemitism
Middle East Monitor share.google/HKeAzSl4bgTB...
Middle East Monitor share.google/HKeAzSl4bgTB...
The real story behind the #IHRA definition of antisemitism: my article in MEMO
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251028-mus...
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251028-mus...
Muslim surveillance: The real story behind the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
In May 2016, an organisation of Western governments headquartered in Berlin, called the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), adopted a definition of anti-Semitism that incorporates …
www.middleeastmonitor.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The real story behind the #IHRA definition of antisemitism: my article in MEMO
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251028-mus...
www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251028-mus...