Salman Sayyid - IISRA Vice President

(IISRA Vice President)

S. Sayyid is based at the University of Leeds and holds a Chair in Decolonial Thought and Social Theory. Sayyid has held academic positions in London, Manchester, and Adelaide. His research and publications focus on rhetoric, Islamophobia and Critical Muslim Studies. His work has been translated into over a dozen languages. Some of his major publications include A Fundamental Fear (a book that, despite being banned by the Malaysian government, is now in its third edition), Thinking Through Islamophobia (co-edited with Abdoolkarim Vakil), and Recalling The Caliphate. He is the founding editor of the interdisciplinary academic journal: ReOrient.