Samuel Bennett
Critical discourse analyst: migration, racism, (non)belonging, colonial history
Currently working on zionism and antizionism in the UK (1910-2025)
Head of CADAAD network | 5-time NBA All-Star
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- New publication: "Researching immigration and racism with critical discourse studies" in the newly published Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies, edited by @bforchtner.bsky.social and @francozappettini.bsky.social www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...
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- @discodiscourse.bsky.social following up on your post from earlier this month.
- Reposted by Samuel BennettRegistration is open for the MethodsNET Pre-Week Online (June 2026)! Learn from top methodological experts! 🔹 Foundational & Advanced Tracks 🔹 Official ECTS credits 🔹 Designed for PhD participants & researchers 🔗 methodsnet.org/course-list/ #MethodsNET #AcademicSky #ResearchMethods
- Also relevant for CDS researchers and students :)
- Reposted by Samuel BennettYou should read @alicefraser.bsky.social's lovely and sorrowful and human piece on Bondi Beach & then reflect that it's the sort of communication that's only possible when you don't view everything as an online argument that you have to win at all costs. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Samuel BennettHow likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io
- Reposted by Samuel BennettCDS received 584 submissions in 2025; 108 of these were rejected for AI generated or revised content.
- Reposted by Samuel Bennett❌ Let's stop dividing migrants into 'good' vs. 'bad' Racism and ableism dictate who is seen to fulfil the criteria of the “good migrant” versus the “bad migrant”, and by extension dictate who is deemed “deserving” of rights and respect, and who is deemed “unworthy”. Read more: buff.ly/hWgshcZ
- Reposted by Samuel Bennett📖Have you recently published a book? 📖Has your work appeared in an edited volume or special issue? 🔎Looking for project partners? 🎓Running a summer or winter school? The next CADAAD circular will go out next week. To be included, send details to sbennett@amu.edu.pl by Friday 12th Dec
- Reposted by Samuel BennettCome and join us in Valladolid in July for the CADAAD conference Deadline is Monday 15th Dec.
- Working on #CriticalDiscourseStudies? ⌛The deadline for abstract submission to #CADAAD2026 is fast approaching! 🔽 www.cadaad2026.com/138021/detai... @cadaad.bsky.social @cadaad-journal.bsky.social
- Agreed, and this is why I think the super rich are very useful for lots of people as a reference point (or guilt release valve?) who can point to them and say: 'I'm not rich, THEY'RE rich'.
- Equal parts Rowley Birkin QC and Admiral Benson. IYKYK. Links for the younger generations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cwy... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cDo...
- Seriously, fuck Starmer and his hideous, ghoulish cabinet. From this grim decision to Streeting's anti-trans shit, they're just full of spite for vulnerable people. I truly hope they get wiped out at the next election and that the UK gets a proper progressive party in power(sharing?).
- This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Samuel Bennetti wasn't gonna post about it but seeing that a LOT of people have declared UA's run with steph curry to be a failure and I think the total opposite I guess I should. look everybody, signature basketball shoes are a vestigial remnant of when hoop shoes—current hoop shoes—were the top of the market
- Reposted by Samuel BennettAcademics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
- Reposted by Samuel BennettActually, seeing a man of color, getting scared, and calling The Police, is pretty typical racist behavior
- Reposted by Samuel BennettMaybe we shouldn't trust the nation state....
- Reposted by Samuel BennettHave you published a book recently? or a special issue? Are you working on a call for papers or abstracts? Are you organising a workshop? If you'd like to include any of the above on the next CADAAD mailshot, please write to sbennett@amu.edu.pl
- Communication is key to any good relationship. For example, if you're going to start cleaning the kettle with citric acid, tell your husband first, before he makes a cup of tea...
- Reposted by Samuel BennettI'll say it again. Our horror at the Gaza genocide and at the atrocity in Manchester comes in both cases from the same, inherent part of our shared humanity. We need to assert that shared humanity in the face of both these evils as loudly as possible, and in as many practical ways as we can.
- I don't really like promoting my own work much on social media, feels strange. But if anyone's interested in Labour's approach to integration (which has not changed in a generation), I would suggest my first book. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/construct...
- Labour looking at Reform's racist policies and saying "we"ll have some of that". These aren't just discriminatory, by making migrants meet higher standards than the average person, they automatically treat migrants as if they are criminals on community service. #r4today www.bbc.com/news/article...
- I would also recommend @kamrank.bsky.social's book, which looks at the ESOL part in more detail. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/becoming-...
- Looking back at both books, what's clear is that Labour today has nothing new to say about immigration. The shadow of Blair's 'third way' has hollowed out the party of any strongly held set of ideals, and on immigration in particular they are reactive to media narratives of confected crises
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- Similar vibes www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZ...
- Sure, if you turn the page upside down.
- Reposted by Samuel Bennett🗣️📢 The call for abstracts of #cadaad2026 is out! 🗣️📢
- Reposted by Samuel BennettYou can also find us on Instagram 📷, where you'll encounter (ever so slightly more) aesthetically pleasing content.
- Already looking forward to it, and to seeing lots of amazing friends and colleagues.
- The CfA for the @cadaad2026.bsky.social conference at @uva-es.bsky.social is now open! The conference theme is "Beyond Physical and Symbolic Spaces: Methods and Challenges in Critical Discourse Studies." Dates: 8-10 July For more details on the conference: www.cadaad2026.com/138021/detai...
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by Samuel BennettWe are organizing #CADAAD2026 in Valladolid. The #CFP will be launched soon. We'll be using the handle @cadaad2026.bsky.social for updates and information. Follow us there & help us spread the word! #CADAADNetwork #CADAAD #CriticalDiscourseStudies
- Reposted by Samuel Bennett👀Look who's on Bluesky👀 @cadaad2026.bsky.social Give them a follow to keep up to date with all info about the CADAAD conference 2026 in Valladolid.
- Reposted by Samuel BennettNew research finds that narratives around irregular migration differ significantly across Europe, leading to inconsistent policies and a fragmented approach to governance. ✍️ Bastian Vollmer & Markus Rheindorf @iclaimeu.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
- Reposted by Samuel Bennett📕 | NEW BOOK REVIEW Xiaowen Zhao reviewed Yanning Huang’s @routledgebooks.bsky.social ‘The Class and Gender Politics of Chinese Online Discourse: Ambivalence, Sociopolitical Tensions and Co-option’ 👉 Review: doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25095.zha 👉 Book: bit.ly/46hbeqW
- Reposted by Samuel Bennett📕 | NEW BOOK REVIEW Xinyi Wu and Tingting Hu review Robert Harvey’s @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social ‘The Rhetoric of Manipulation: Unmasking Semantic Perversions’ 👉 Review: doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25193.wu 👉 Book: bit.ly/3VHQljN
- Reposted by Samuel Bennett📕 | NEW BOOK REVIEWS Paige Johnson reviews Charlotte Taylor, Simon Goodman and Stuart Dunmore’s @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social ‘The Discursive Construction of Migrant Identities’ 👉 Review: doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25164.joh 👉 Book: bit.ly/460B0kC
- Reposted by Samuel BennettAffirming and amplifying disingenuous white grievance politics at a time of insurgent fascism is a form of collaboration. Irrespective of conscious intent. And irrespective of whether its the centre or left doing it.
- Just gonna leave this little nugget here for my all my corpus linguistics friends.
- Read this👇
- So pleased to see my first book published! 📙🥳 I look at how and why we might want to combine poststructuralist discourse theory, critical discourse studies and corpus linguistics. 👉 bit.ly/DtCdsCl @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social @springernature.com
- Just f**k off
- ‘Labour has to respond to working class concerns on migrants’ – Lord Glasman www.channel4.com/news/labour-...
- Reposted by Samuel BennettI don’t need graphs about what jolly good citizens migrants are to justify why they shouldn’t be attacked. They shouldn’t be attacked because racism is bad and racists are cunts
- Last Monday I had open heart surgery to replace my aortic valve. I was discharged yesterday. The story of me and my heart is a long, complicated one but 21 July 2025 is an inflection point.
- During recent months & esp. the last days, my wife has been my rock, as well a source of support to other family members. I don't know how, but she found the time & desire to make this amazing piece to give to the cardio surgery and transplant clinic that looked after me so well. My wife is awesome.
- I was given a mechanical valve called ON-x, in light of which I have nicknamed my valve 'bacdafucup'. 90s hip-hop lovers should enjoy this at least.
