Publications
2025
‘Woked up the bum’ and other moral panics about academic decolonisation in the British news media
Moosavi, L. (n.d.). ‘Woked up the bum’ and other moral panics about academic decolonisation in the British news media. Comparative Education, 1-17. doi:10.1080/03050068.2025.2463807
2024
The intellectual biography of Syed Farid Alatas: Hegemonic orientations, epistemic decolonisation and the School of Autonomous Knowledge
Moosavi, L., & Alatas, S. F. (2023). The intellectual biography of Syed Farid Alatas: Hegemonic orientations, epistemic decolonisation and the School of Autonomous Knowledge. CURRENT SOCIOLOGY. doi:10.1177/00113921231194094
2023
Turning the Decolonial Gaze towards Ourselves: Decolonising the Curriculum and 'Decolonial Reflexivity' in Sociology and Social Theory
Moosavi, L. (2023). Turning the Decolonial Gaze towards Ourselves: Decolonising the Curriculum and 'Decolonial Reflexivity' in Sociology and Social Theory. SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 57(1), 137-156. doi:10.1177/00380385221096037
2022
The myth of academic tolerance: the stigmatisation of East Asian students in Western higher education
Moosavi, L. (2022). The myth of academic tolerance: the stigmatisation of East Asian students in Western higher education. ASIAN ETHNICITY, 23(3), 484-503. doi:10.1080/14631369.2021.1882289
'But you're white': An autoethnography of whiteness and white privilege in East Asian universities
Moosavi, L. (2022). 'But you're white': An autoethnography of whiteness and white privilege in East Asian universities. RESEARCH IN COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, 17(1), 107-123. doi:10.1177/17454999211067123
2020
“Can East Asian Students Think?”: Orientalism, Critical Thinking, and the Decolonial Project
Moosavi, L. (n.d.). “Can East Asian Students Think?”: Orientalism, Critical Thinking, and the Decolonial Project. Education Sciences, 10(10), 286. doi:10.3390/educsci10100286
The decolonial bandwagon and the dangers of intellectual decolonisation
Moosavi, L. (n.d.). The decolonial bandwagon and the dangers of intellectual decolonisation. International Review of Sociology. doi:10.1080/03906701.2020.1776919
2019
Decolonising Criminology: Syed Hussein Alatas on Crimes of the Powerful
Moosavi, L. (2019). Decolonising Criminology: Syed Hussein Alatas on Crimes of the Powerful. CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY, 27(2), 229-242. doi:10.1007/s10612-018-9396-9
A Friendly Critique of ‘Asian Criminology’ and ‘Southern Criminology’
Moosavi, L. (2019). A Friendly Critique of ‘Asian Criminology’ and ‘Southern Criminology’. The British Journal of Criminology: an international review of crime and society, 59(2), 257-275. doi:10.1093/bjc/azy045
2018
Muslims and Political Participation in Britain, written by Tim Peace
Moosavi, L. (2018). Muslims and Political Participation in Britain, written by Tim Peace. Journal of Muslims in Europe, 7(1), 125-128. doi:10.1163/22117954-12341362
2015
Orientalism at Home: Islamophobia in the Representations of Islam and Muslims by the New Labour Government
Moosavi, L. (2015). Orientalism at Home: Islamophobia in the Representations of Islam and Muslims by the New Labour Government. Ethnicities, 15(5), 652-674. doi:10.1177/1468796814525379
White privilege in the lives of Muslim converts in Britain
Moosavi, L. (n.d.). White privilege in the lives of Muslim converts in Britain. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(11), 1918-1933. doi:10.1080/01419870.2014.952751
The Racialization of Muslim Converts in Britain and Their Experiences of Islamophobia
Moosavi, L. (2015). The Racialization of Muslim Converts in Britain and Their Experiences of Islamophobia. Critical Sociology, 41(1), 41-56. doi:10.1177/0896920513504601
2014
<i>Islamophobia and the politics of empire</i>, by Deepa Kumar
Moosavi, L. (2014). <i>Islamophobia and the politics of empire</i>, by Deepa Kumar. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 7(2), 315-317. doi:10.1080/17539153.2014.919815
Muslim Political Participation in Europe
Moosavi, L. (2014). Muslim Political Participation in Europe. ISLAM AND CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS, 25(1), 124-125. doi:10.1080/09596410.2013.840201
2013
The imagining of Muslim converts in Britain by themselves and others
Moosavi, L. (2013). The imagining of Muslim converts in Britain by themselves and others. In Debating Islam (pp. 165-180). transcript Verlag. doi:10.14361/transcript.9783839422496.165
2012
British Muslim Converts Performing 'Authentic Muslimness'
Moosavi, L. (2012). British Muslim Converts Performing 'Authentic Muslimness'. Performing Islam, 1(1), 103-128. doi:10.1386/pi.1.1.103_1
2011
Book Review: The End of Multiculturalism?: Terrorism, Integration and Human Rights
Moosavi, L. (2011). Book Review: The End of Multiculturalism?: Terrorism, Integration and Human Rights. Sociological Research Online, 16(1), 166-167. doi:10.1177/136078041101600102