MnM Centre commentaries

The MnM commentaries are short analytical pieces that contribute to the intellectual aims of the MnM Centre. A commentary is typically a critical response to a significant current event or the exploration of an important idea that may later be developed into a full publication. Book reviews are also welcome.

The MnM commentaries intend to provide a platform for disseminating ideas to a wide public audience. We therefore encourage academically rigorous submissions that address pressing real world problems in an engaging, creative and accessible style.

The centre welcomes submissions of approximately 1000–2000 words from scholars working in any relevant field across the humanities and social sciences. Postgraduate students may also submit work subject to editorial guidance from MnM research staff. Submissions can be made directly to Dr Chloe Patton.

Note: Longer pieces of 3000–5000 words may be considered for the MnM Working Papers Series.

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Disclaimer: The MnM commentaries are published in the name of the authors. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the MnM Centre, the University of South Australia or its staff.

 

18. Houria Bouteldja
Mohamed Merah and I

24 April 2012 / pdf 175 kb download

17. Houria Bouteldja
Pierre, Djemila, Dominique ... and Mohamed

3 April 2012 / PDF 243 kb download

16. Alasdair Hynd
The veiled threats against Iran

6 March 2012 / pdf 236 kb download

15. Alasdair Hynd
The failure of logic in the US–Israeli–Iranian escalation

28 February 2012 / pdf 298 kb download

14. Chloe Patton
Fearing the burqa

28 February 2012 / PDF 306 kb download

13. Shvetal Vyas
The Arab Spring: too radical or not radical enough?

1 February 2012/ pdf 225 kb download

12. Nahid Afrose Kabir
Women's position in Afghanistan since 9/11

1 February 2012 / pdf 303 kb download

11. S Sayyid
Mukhabarat Winter

18 January 2012 / PDF 151 kb download

10. Rebecca Belchamber
Where do I stand as a teacher of Saudis studying in Australia?

21 December 2011 / PDF 219 kb DOWNLOAD

9. Nahid Afrose Kabir
My researcher's self keeps pondering

9 November 2011 / PDF 312 kb download

8. Nahid Afrose Kabir
The niqab debate continues

9 November 2011 / PDF 283 kb download

7. Julia Terreu
Book review: Patrick Porter, Military orientalism: eastern war through western eyes

26 October 2011 / PDF 229 kb download

6. Nahid Afrose Kabir
Egypt's Arab Spring: will the flowers blossom?

26 October 2011 / PDF 310 kb download

5. Shvetal Vyas
The disappearance of Muslim socials in Bollywood

19 October 2011 / PDF 181 kb download

4. S Sayyid
Racism and Islamophobia

19 october 2011 / PDF 238 kb download

3. S Sayyid
Veiled threats?

1 SEPTEMBER 2011 / PDF 174 KB DOWNLOAD

2. Gilbert Caluya
The veiled interests of multiculturalism: an address to the Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre AGM, 12 May 2011

17 August 2011 / PDF 218 KB download

1. Julia Terreu, Kameljeet Kaur and Shvetal Vyas
Centring the centre: a conversation with two Braudel scholars

5 May 2011 / PDF 218 kb download