Anand Pandian
@anandian.bsky.social
Ethnographer, tinkerer, earthling | Baltimore | Johns Hopkins University | Society for Cultural Anthropology | Ecological Design Collective
Find me at https://anand.studio/
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Anand Pandian
@anandian.bsky.social
· May 13
Something Between Us | Stanford University Press
An anthropologist's quest to understand the deep social and political divides in American society, and the everyday strategies that can overcome them.
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Hi everyone, my new book, SOMETHING BETWEEN US, is now available via Stanford University Press, at a 20% discount with code PANDIAN20. For the last eight years, I've been wrestling as an anthropologist with where we've landed in the United States.
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So excited to partner with Garden District Books and many wonderful writers on this book release ritual and pop-up bookshop in New Orleans this Friday 11/21 evening. We'll walk to the Mississippi for a ritual acknowledging the spirits that have accompanied the writing of these books. Join us!
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
So excited to partner with Garden District Books and many wonderful writers on this book release ritual and pop-up bookshop in New Orleans this Friday 11/21 evening. We'll walk to the Mississippi for a ritual acknowledging the spirits that have accompanied the writing of these books. Join us!
Anthropologists! If you're attending the American Anthropological Association meetings in New Orleans this week, please join us for an offsite reception at Merchant House on Thursday 11/20 evening, hosted by SCA (@culanth.bsky.social), SVA, and AES.
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Anthropologists! If you're attending the American Anthropological Association meetings in New Orleans this week, please join us for an offsite reception at Merchant House on Thursday 11/20 evening, hosted by SCA (@culanth.bsky.social), SVA, and AES.
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Our scholars programs were thrilled to host @anandian.bsky.social for our very first Profs & Pizza. Great conversation about his new book and what connects/divides us. Looking forward to hosting more of these events in the future.
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our scholars programs were thrilled to host @anandian.bsky.social for our very first Profs & Pizza. Great conversation about his new book and what connects/divides us. Looking forward to hosting more of these events in the future.
I’m grateful to the JHU Bloomberg Center for this chance to reflect on how everyday architectures — from built environments to digital infrastructures — shape social distance, and why revitalized public institutions are essential to collective life.
Full Q&A: washingtondc.jhu.edu/news/anand-p...
Full Q&A: washingtondc.jhu.edu/news/anand-p...
The role of U.S. institutions in overcoming political division
Hopkins anthropologist and author of "Something Between Us" discusses how institutions and policymakers can help rebuild collective life.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I’m grateful to the JHU Bloomberg Center for this chance to reflect on how everyday architectures — from built environments to digital infrastructures — shape social distance, and why revitalized public institutions are essential to collective life.
Full Q&A: washingtondc.jhu.edu/news/anand-p...
Full Q&A: washingtondc.jhu.edu/news/anand-p...
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The Integrative Conservation Conference (ICC) will be February 27-28, 2026 at UGA in Athens, GA. The theme is 'Centering Community' and we're excited to be hosting @anandian.bsky.social as our Keynote Speaker! Abstract submissions are currently open! #conservation #interdisciplinary #conference
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Integrative Conservation Conference (ICC) will be February 27-28, 2026 at UGA in Athens, GA. The theme is 'Centering Community' and we're excited to be hosting @anandian.bsky.social as our Keynote Speaker! Abstract submissions are currently open! #conservation #interdisciplinary #conference
Honored to join political thinker, writer, and JHU colleague Hahrie Han for a "Humanities on the Hill" conversation in Washington DC on Monday 11/17 evening, reflecting on the everyday architectures that distance us and strategies to sustain community.
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More info: krieger.jhu.edu/humanities-i...
Humanities on the Hill: Anand Pandian & Hahrie Han | Humanities Institute
The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and East City Bookshop Present Humanities on the Hill: Anand Pandian & Hahrie Han. Register here in advance! AGHI’s Humanities on the Hill welcomes Krieger-Eis...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Honored to join political thinker, writer, and JHU colleague Hahrie Han for a "Humanities on the Hill" conversation in Washington DC on Monday 11/17 evening, reflecting on the everyday architectures that distance us and strategies to sustain community.
More info: krieger.jhu.edu/humanities-i...
More info: krieger.jhu.edu/humanities-i...
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The role of U.S. institutions in overcoming political division
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A Q&A with Anand Pandian, author of the new book Something Between Us, on the physical barriers driving…
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A Q&A with Anand Pandian, author of the new book Something Between Us, on the physical barriers driving…
The role of U.S. institutions in overcoming political division - United States News Beep
A Q&A with Anand Pandian, author of the new book Something Between Us, on the physical barriers driving ideological divides and how institutions can help
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November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The role of U.S. institutions in overcoming political division
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/275544/
A Q&A with Anand Pandian, author of the new book Something Between Us, on the physical barriers driving…
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/275544/
A Q&A with Anand Pandian, author of the new book Something Between Us, on the physical barriers driving…
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New online event!
Join us on Wed 12 Nov, 4pm GMT / 11am ET, for a book talk on ‘Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down’ with author Prof. Anand Pandian (Johns Hopkins University).
Moderated by Shivangi Kaushik (ODID)
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Join us on Wed 12 Nov, 4pm GMT / 11am ET, for a book talk on ‘Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down’ with author Prof. Anand Pandian (Johns Hopkins University).
Moderated by Shivangi Kaushik (ODID)
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
New online event!
Join us on Wed 12 Nov, 4pm GMT / 11am ET, for a book talk on ‘Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down’ with author Prof. Anand Pandian (Johns Hopkins University).
Moderated by Shivangi Kaushik (ODID)
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us on Wed 12 Nov, 4pm GMT / 11am ET, for a book talk on ‘Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down’ with author Prof. Anand Pandian (Johns Hopkins University).
Moderated by Shivangi Kaushik (ODID)
Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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“In a time of deep divisiveness, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan offers an elegant and compelling meditation on an idea more essential than ever, the very notion of a collective we.”
@anandian.bsky.social on 'What is We?' by Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan - out now!
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@anandian.bsky.social on 'What is We?' by Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan - out now!
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November 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“In a time of deep divisiveness, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan offers an elegant and compelling meditation on an idea more essential than ever, the very notion of a collective we.”
@anandian.bsky.social on 'What is We?' by Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan - out now!
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@anandian.bsky.social on 'What is We?' by Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan - out now!
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Sign up to online book talk hosted by ODID_QEH discussing Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down by ethnographer @anandian.bsky.social on 12th November from 4pm GMT
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November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Sign up to online book talk hosted by ODID_QEH discussing Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down by ethnographer @anandian.bsky.social on 12th November from 4pm GMT
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I'm looking forward to joining this wonderful panel of social scientists to talk about my new book, Something Between Us, at the Oxford Department of International Development. If you'd like to join us online on Wed, 11/12, register at the link below.
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Book Talk: Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down
About the book:
In 2016, Anand Pandian was alarmed by Donald Trump's harsh attacks on immigrants to the United States, the appeal of that politics of anger and fear. In the years that followed, he cri...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm looking forward to joining this wonderful panel of social scientists to talk about my new book, Something Between Us, at the Oxford Department of International Development. If you'd like to join us online on Wed, 11/12, register at the link below.
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/a77...
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I'm grateful to Hopkins at Home and the SNF Agora Institute for hosting this virtual event on my new book, Something Between Us, on Tuesday, 11/4 at 12pm ET. I'll be talking about common spaces and the common sense we need. Open to all, join online via the link below.
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Holding Space for Democracy: A Conversation with Professor Anand Pandian | Johns Hopkins Events
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November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I'm grateful to Hopkins at Home and the SNF Agora Institute for hosting this virtual event on my new book, Something Between Us, on Tuesday, 11/4 at 12pm ET. I'll be talking about common spaces and the common sense we need. Open to all, join online via the link below.
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Folks in New York, please join me at the New York Academy of Sciences on Monday 11/3 at 4:30pm. I'll be talking with the wonderful writer Bob Desjarlais about the challenge of opening our minds to the lives of others, drawing on my new book, Something Between Us.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Folks in New York, please join me at the New York Academy of Sciences on Monday 11/3 at 4:30pm. I'll be talking with the wonderful writer Bob Desjarlais about the challenge of opening our minds to the lives of others, drawing on my new book, Something Between Us.
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A 10/29 AAA panel on public engagement with anthropology, “strategies for connecting with audiences beyond academia, from museum exhibitions to national media.” I’ll be there with the terrific scholars Barbara King and Tracie Canada. Join us!
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Promoting Your Scholarship: Strategies for Wider Impact - American Anthropological Association
Join acclaimed anthropologists Anand Pandian, Barbara King, and Tracie Canada for an inspiring conversation on bringing scholarship to the public. Drawing from their own successes—featured in outlets ...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A 10/29 AAA panel on public engagement with anthropology, “strategies for connecting with audiences beyond academia, from museum exhibitions to national media.” I’ll be there with the terrific scholars Barbara King and Tracie Canada. Join us!
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Join Profs. @traciecanada.bsky.social @anandian.bsky.social and me Wed. 10/29 at 3:30 Eastern, for a webinar on promoting our scholarship for a wider impact. Free for @americananthro.bsky.social members, small fee for non-members. Click link to register. #anthropology #publicanthropology #writing
Promoting Your Scholarship: Strategies for Wider Impact - American Anthropological Association
Join acclaimed anthropologists Anand Pandian, Barbara King, and Tracie Canada for an inspiring conversation on bringing scholarship to the public. Drawing from their own successes—featured in outlets ...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Join Profs. @traciecanada.bsky.social @anandian.bsky.social and me Wed. 10/29 at 3:30 Eastern, for a webinar on promoting our scholarship for a wider impact. Free for @americananthro.bsky.social members, small fee for non-members. Click link to register. #anthropology #publicanthropology #writing
In my new book, Something Between Us, I write about lessons from clean water advocacy in the Hudson River Valley. I'm honored to talk about the book in Newburgh, NY on Tuesday 10/28 with community leader Gabrielle Hill. Please join us if you're in the area!
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Building Community Through Literacy- "Something Between Us" by Anand Pandian
Join us for a community book discussion of Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down with author and cultural anthropologist, Anand...
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October 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In my new book, Something Between Us, I write about lessons from clean water advocacy in the Hudson River Valley. I'm honored to talk about the book in Newburgh, NY on Tuesday 10/28 with community leader Gabrielle Hill. Please join us if you're in the area!
newburghlibrary.libcal.com/event/15282244
newburghlibrary.libcal.com/event/15282244
Grateful for this chance to talk at my alma mater Amherst College about my new book, Something Between Us, this Monday 10/27 evening. If any of you alums or others out there are in central Massachusetts, please drop in!
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Cummings Lecture: "Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down" | Center for Humanistic Inquiry | Cummings Lecture: "Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls o...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Grateful for this chance to talk at my alma mater Amherst College about my new book, Something Between Us, this Monday 10/27 evening. If any of you alums or others out there are in central Massachusetts, please drop in!
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www.amherst.edu/academiclife...
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In the midst of working on his latest project, about the concept of walls, cultural anthropologist Anand Pandian found himself volunteering with a group called Tucson Samaritans — a humanitarian organization that leaves water and food for migrants in the desert.
To understand how the U.S. became so polarized, an anthropologist looked to the concept of walls
In the midst of working on his latest project, about the concept of walls, cultural anthropologist Anand Pandian found himself volunteering with a group called Tucson Samaritans — a humanitarian organ...
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October 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In the midst of working on his latest project, about the concept of walls, cultural anthropologist Anand Pandian found himself volunteering with a group called Tucson Samaritans — a humanitarian organization that leaves water and food for migrants in the desert.
Folks in Ohio, join me at Clintonville Books in Columbus on Tues, 10/14 4pm. I'll be talking about Something Between Us, my new book on the US, together with OSU professor Nick Kawa. A chapter is set in Columbus - I'm excited to talk here about the book. Register:
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Clintonville Books welcomes Anand Pandian
Join us Tuesday, October 14th as we welcome Anand Pandian, author of Something Between Us, in conversation with Nick Kawa
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October 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Folks in Ohio, join me at Clintonville Books in Columbus on Tues, 10/14 4pm. I'll be talking about Something Between Us, my new book on the US, together with OSU professor Nick Kawa. A chapter is set in Columbus - I'm excited to talk here about the book. Register:
www.eventbrite.com/e/clintonvil...
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A handmade version of the book cover from Denton, Texas! I'm really grateful for this chance to talk about my new book in one of the key places in the story, with people who taught me some essential lessons on working for justice over generations.
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October 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A handmade version of the book cover from Denton, Texas! I'm really grateful for this chance to talk about my new book in one of the key places in the story, with people who taught me some essential lessons on working for justice over generations.
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
Friends in Philadelphia, please join me at Head House Books on Tuesday, September 30th at 6:30pm. I’ll be talking about my new book on the United States, Something Between Us, together with urban anthropologist and physician Michelle Munyikwa. Register here:
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September 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Friends in Philadelphia, please join me at Head House Books on Tuesday, September 30th at 6:30pm. I’ll be talking about my new book on the United States, Something Between Us, together with urban anthropologist and physician Michelle Munyikwa. Register here:
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I grew up in Los Angeles and I'm thrilled to talk there about my new book, Something Between Us. Join me at Village Well Books in Culver City on Friday 9/26 at 6pm, where I'll be talking with an amazing ethnographer of the US, Jessica Cattelino of UCLA.
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America Beyond the Walls: In Conversation with Anand Pandian | Village Well Books & Coffee
Culver City's community-oriented bookstore cafe.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I grew up in Los Angeles and I'm thrilled to talk there about my new book, Something Between Us. Join me at Village Well Books in Culver City on Friday 9/26 at 6pm, where I'll be talking with an amazing ethnographer of the US, Jessica Cattelino of UCLA.
shop.villagewell.com/events/35712...
shop.villagewell.com/events/35712...
Friends in the Bay Area, I'll be talking about my new book, Something Between Us, at my alma mater UC Berkeley this week. Join us at 3:30pm this Wednesday, 9/24, details below. Sincere gratitude to the Department of Geography for hosting!
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The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down
Anthropologist and UC Berkeley alum Anand Pandian (Sociocultural Anthropology, 2004) will speak from a new book about the United States called Some...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Friends in the Bay Area, I'll be talking about my new book, Something Between Us, at my alma mater UC Berkeley this week. Join us at 3:30pm this Wednesday, 9/24, details below. Sincere gratitude to the Department of Geography for hosting!
events.berkeley.edu/geog/event/3...
events.berkeley.edu/geog/event/3...
Friends in the Providence area, please join me at Symposium Books this Saturday 9/20 @ 4pm. I'll be talking about my new book, Something Between Us.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Friends in the Providence area, please join me at Symposium Books this Saturday 9/20 @ 4pm. I'll be talking about my new book, Something Between Us.
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