A closed-door Royal Society workshop in London on 8th9th May on 'Colonialism and climate science', involving scholars Debbie Coen, Nayanika Mathur, Sujit Sivasundaram, Debjani Gurminder K Bhambra+climate scientists.Public panel Uni of Reading on the 10th register forms.office.com/e/kdM8yMwZw3)

साहेब/Saheb music video has crossed 7 lakh views on my Youtube channel. You can watch it here as well now. Do share and support us!

With the nation's political climate heating up and the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, we bring you a musical take on our Prime Minister.

Are you a PhD student in Delhi working on a topic in environmental history or the energy humanities/social sciences ⚡️ 🏭? If so, shoot me a DM—I’m organizing a get-together and methods discussion on Thursday. Please pass this along to friends and colleagues!

“Anthropology and Gaza”

Decolonise Anthropology
LSE
have organised a panel on the politics of witnessing, so central to anthropological method, in the midst of Gaza | 2 May, 5:30pm - 7:30pm

#Gaza
#Palestine

Register on the link below 👇🏽

lse.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3P…

Newsletter klaxon!

Outtakes from two weeks spent on the Rahul Gandhi beat in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Contents: cucumbers, first-principles conversations, a song, and 'Raag Darbari.'

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For the first time ever I bought a bag in the hope it will match with an event #VotingDay

Hot take: media and political class should be more exercised by the discovery of mass graves than student protests against the makers of mass graves

Every single university in Gaza destroyed and yet we’re told that the students protesting this genocide are the monsters.

My book, The New Experts, is now available for pre-order in paperback and hardcover from all the big booksellers. In it, I analyse the power of intellectuals and experts in depoliticising policy discourse while serving a deeply ideological political project. (1/5)

V Happy News! I will join University of Oxford as Statutory Professor in Social Anthropology, Fellow of All Souls College this summer. In my heart, not really leaving the fab LSE Anthropology LSE but extending kinship. @OxfordAnthro🙏for this warm welcome👇
anthro.web.ox.ac.uk/article/alpa-s…

We are thrilled to announce that Dr Janaki Srinivasan will be joining us in October as she takes up a joint post in Oxford School of Global & Area Studies and Oxford Internet Institute as Associate Professor in Digital South Asian Studies. We look forward to welcoming and working with you, Janaki! area-studies.ox.ac.uk/article/associ…

'The Nakba has also a lesser-known environmental dimension, the complete transformation of the environment, the weather, the soil, the loss of indigenous climate, the vegetation, the skies. The Nakba is a process of colonially imposed climate change.'

I sat down to respond to a handful of questions on my latest research. That conversation is now live on Indian Express without a paywall!

Many thanks to Adrija Roychowdhury for recognizing the public value of this academic research.

indianexpress.com/article/resear…

Fellowships and scholarships are being announced in support of scholars and students from Gaza (and elsewhere in Palestine.) They are mainly in Europe. Below are two with deadlines soon. Here is a link to a list of others: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

On the quiet but systematic destruction of my alma mater Delhi University through elite secession and state policies that precede ongoing Hindutva attacks on academic freedom and critical pedagogy. telegraphindia.com/opinion/in-mem…

Our new edition of the Annihilation of Caste.

Read our Ambedkar Jayanti Blog: navayana.org/blog/2024/04/1…

I wrote a little essay about why we consider some batsmen beautiful and others not so much -- and more curiously, why there's so much unanimity on who belongs in which category.

Cameos: Steve Waugh, David Gower, Mike Brearley, and more! [1]

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BREAKING: Chris Packham, scientists & young activists have occupied the Science Museum's Energy Revolution gallery in protest against the sponsorship of coal giant Adani.

'Science is understanding truth & beauty - it's grotesque for the Museum to promote coal!'
#DropAdani