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Teaches Modern South Asian History at Lancaster University. Getting ready to go: [email protected]

England, United Kingdom
Joined February 2013
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"Digitizing Heritage: Exploring the Transformation of Culture to Data" by Krupa Rajangam (Saythu...linking people and heritage) & @DebsSutton (Lancaster University) casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/krupa…
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We’re back after a short break! Help us grow the #CitiesInFiction archive. If you’ve recently read a book set in South Asia, let us know — we’d love to include it on the site. More info here citiesinfiction.com
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You flush and forget. But someone else deals with the shit. scroll.in/article/914512/gra… A graphics-led investigation uncovers how India’s sanitation system still relies on caste-bound labour—and what happens to waste when the system fails. By Anirudh A Ashar & Aarefa Johari
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Environmentalism, historian and columnist @Ram_Guha has written, is thought to be a “full-stomach phenomenon” – it’s believed to be a Western concern because people in countries like India are simply too poor to be green. Watch ⤵️ youtu.be/NGpbAwjqBfM?si=zaTV… #WorldEnvironmentDay
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Pleased to announce a conference in honour of Richard Grove
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Join us for an exciting Climates of Empire 2025 conference. Registration open. For more details click sussex.ac.uk/cweh/newsandeve… @SussexUni @SusVinita
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Replug | Climate change is making salt harder to produce. scroll.in/article/1063227/cl… In Gujarat—India’s top salt-producing state—unpredictable, shifting monsoons are threatening the centuries-old livelihoods of salt workers. Vaishnavi Rathore reports
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Dr Benjamin Dalton is a lecturer in French Studies in the School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University. Ben's research explores how contemporary French philosophy and cultural production engage with biomedical science (2/5)
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat. Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world war theguardian.com/world/2025/m…
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Dear Readers of The Wire In a clear violation of the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press, the Government of India has blocked access to thewire.in across India. +
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Great postdoc opportunity on a fantastic project I'm involved with in an advisory capacity: "Genealogies of 'humanity' in Islamic charity", based at Leiden University. Kindly circulate! universiteitleiden.nl/en/vac…
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*@nomhossain will deliver the BASAS Annual Lecture 2025 on 9 May* Full details available on our website: basas.org.uk/news-events/bas…
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A tremendous resource developed by University of Leeds School of History's excellent Research Officer, Dr. Joanna Phillips. Highlights the rich research done within the School, which then feeds into cutting edge, research-led teaching. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/450…
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The deadline to submit an abstract for the 2025 BASAS Annual Conference is fast approaching...less than a week to go! *Submit your abstracts by 15 April 2025* basas.org.uk/news-events/bas… @DebsSutton
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PhD scholarship for candidate who wants to create and pursue their own socio-legal research project on sectoral water conflicts in South Asia as part of a major new research project at SOAS - (WATCON). Candidate criteria and application procedure 👇 soas.ac.uk/study/student-lif…
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The BASAS Master's Dissertation Prize 2025 is now open for submissions! Deadline: Monday 7 July 2025 (midnight BST) Full eligibility criteria and the application form can be found below: basas.org.uk/news-events/bas… @dibsroy86 @jaffrelotc
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Reminder for people in the London area: if you fancy a trip to Greenwich this Thursday, 13 March, please join us at the PEF for an event marking the publication of The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History @PalExFund
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I am a member of the Disputed Sites and Religious Nationalisms Working Group at MIT. We invite you to this conversation with Eram Agha on the Archeological Survey of India. Scan the QR code to register.
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Gayatri Spivak, debate on Postmodernism vs Great Narratives [1984]
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