Article
Saade B (2020) Islamic State and Game of Thrones: The Global Among Tradition, Identity, and the Politics of Spectacle. International Journal of Communication, 14, pp. 1911-1932. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/9864
Contact details
- Email bashir.saade@stir.ac.uk
- Telephone+44 (0)1786 467563
- My personal webpage
About me
About me
Bashir Saade is an Interdisciplinary Lecturer in Politics and Religion at the University of Stirling. He previously held posts at the University of Edinburgh and at the American University of Beirut (AUB). He received his BA in Political Studies from AUB, his MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics, and his Phd in War Studies from King's College.
His teaching and research interests cross between political anthropology, philosophy, and social theory. He studies contemporary Islamic politics and nationalism in the Middle East and beyond while focusing on cultural production and in particular the increasing importance of media technology. He is also interested in the various oral and textual practices of premodern Arabic scholarship, especially around themes of religion, hikma, political thought and ethics.
Research
Islam, Nationalism, Post-colonialism, Modernity, political thought, premodern scholarship and knowledge transmission.
Outputs (7)
Outputs
Article
Hassan Nasrallah Ashura Speeches: The thin line between Ethics and Identity
Saade B (2019) Hassan Nasrallah Ashura Speeches: The thin line between Ethics and Identity. Die Welt des Islams, 59 (3-4), p. 384–410. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700607-05934P06
Website Content
Jasper A, Hass A, Saade B, Darroch F & Gao Z (2019) Religion Under Fire. The Critical Religion Association - Critical Approaches to the Study of Religion [Website content] 05.05.2019.
Book Chapter
Lebanon: Contending notions of terrorism in Lebanon: politico-legal manoeuvres and political Islam
Saade B (2019) Lebanon: Contending notions of terrorism in Lebanon: politico-legal manoeuvres and political Islam. In: Boyle M (ed.) Non-Western Responses to Terrorism. New Directions in Terrorism Studies. Manchester: Manchester University Press. http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526105820/
Book Chapter
Saade B (2017) Hezbollah and its 'Takfiri' Enemy in Syria: Rethinking Relationships between States and Non-State Actors. In: Boserup R, Hazbun W, Makdisi K & Malmvig H (eds.) New Conflict Dynamics: Between Regional Autonomy and Intervention in the Middle East and North Africa. DIIS Books. 2017: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), pp. 81-92. http://pure.diis.dk/ws/files/841797/2017_DIIS_New_Conflict_Dynamics_in_the_Middle_East_and_North_Africa_web.pdf
Authored Book
Hizbullah and the Politics of Remembrance: Writing the Lebanese Nation
Saade B (2016) Hizbullah and the Politics of Remembrance: Writing the Lebanese Nation. Cambridge Middle East Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/middle-east-government-politics-and-policy/hizbullah-and-politics-remembrance-writing-lebanese-nation?format=HB#ZKBpGYK2DRIcTxMK.97; https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316182215
Article
Martyrology and conceptions of time in Hizbullah's writing practices
Saade B (2015) Martyrology and conceptions of time in Hizbullah's writing practices. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 47 (4), pp. 723-744. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020743815000951