Parvathi Menon
@parvathimenon.bsky.social
Academic at SOAS Law | Marxist | Third Worldist
Co-Director @cceilsoas.bsky.social
She/her
London | Cochin
Co-Director @cceilsoas.bsky.social
She/her
London | Cochin
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TURN THE VOLUME UP!
Online registration for the HM London has ended, but you can still attend by registering on the door. Low income, unemployed and student (school and university) comrades are welcome to attend by offering to pay whatever you can afford.
Three important things...
Online registration for the HM London has ended, but you can still attend by registering on the door. Low income, unemployed and student (school and university) comrades are welcome to attend by offering to pay whatever you can afford.
Three important things...
November 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
TURN THE VOLUME UP!
Online registration for the HM London has ended, but you can still attend by registering on the door. Low income, unemployed and student (school and university) comrades are welcome to attend by offering to pay whatever you can afford.
Three important things...
Online registration for the HM London has ended, but you can still attend by registering on the door. Low income, unemployed and student (school and university) comrades are welcome to attend by offering to pay whatever you can afford.
Three important things...
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Public Lecture co-organised by me and @parvathimenon.bsky.social @cceilsoas.bsky.social ( & by Luke McDonagh Gerry Simpson & @mariepetersmann.bsky.social @lselaw.bsky.social ): "Recognition of the State of Palestine: Contested Interpretations" 6pm on Thurs November 13 at LSE. Registration 👇🏾
Recognition of the State of Palestine - Contested Interpretations - LSE Law School Events
What is the meaning and significance of the legal recognition of the state of Palestine in international law? Speakers: Prof Vasuki Nesiah, Dr. Shahd Hammouri, Dr Mazen Masri & Dr Nora Jaber
lselaw.events
October 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Public Lecture co-organised by me and @parvathimenon.bsky.social @cceilsoas.bsky.social ( & by Luke McDonagh Gerry Simpson & @mariepetersmann.bsky.social @lselaw.bsky.social ): "Recognition of the State of Palestine: Contested Interpretations" 6pm on Thurs November 13 at LSE. Registration 👇🏾
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“Marx and the Critique of Humanism”, coming Feb 2026, edited by @asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marx-and-...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marx-and-...
September 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“Marx and the Critique of Humanism”, coming Feb 2026, edited by @asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marx-and-...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marx-and-...
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The week in review: it was a Labor Day special, with @mikewishnie.bsky.social on faculty unions, and Eamon Coburn on the long-eroded social norms against union busting.
Plus, the best of LPE from around the web in the 🧵 👇
Plus, the best of LPE from around the web in the 🧵 👇
Weekly Roundup: September 5
A Labor Day special: Michael Wishnie on the possibility of faculty unions, and Eamon Coburn on reviving long-eroded social norms against union busting. Plus, upcoming deadlines for the ALPE conference...
lpeproject.org
September 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The week in review: it was a Labor Day special, with @mikewishnie.bsky.social on faculty unions, and Eamon Coburn on the long-eroded social norms against union busting.
Plus, the best of LPE from around the web in the 🧵 👇
Plus, the best of LPE from around the web in the 🧵 👇
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If you’re in Copenhagen on 23 September, come out for this stellar event ✨
Now it is time for the Cph book launch, a double whammy if you will!
"Finance Aesthetics" (@goldsmithspress.bsky.social) and "The Birth of the Financial Thriller" (@edinburghup.bsky.social)
Sep 23, at Uni of Cph, 3-6 pm.
Readings, conversations, wine!
Please come, no registration needed.
"Finance Aesthetics" (@goldsmithspress.bsky.social) and "The Birth of the Financial Thriller" (@edinburghup.bsky.social)
Sep 23, at Uni of Cph, 3-6 pm.
Readings, conversations, wine!
Please come, no registration needed.
September 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you’re in Copenhagen on 23 September, come out for this stellar event ✨
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Friends in NYC: Vasuki Nesiah, Tony Alessandrini, Gary Wilder and I will be holding a public conversation at CUNY Graduate Center on "The Question of Internationalism Today" on Sept 18, at 5 pm. Please join the discussion.
@lsehumanrights.bsky.social
@lsesociology.bsky.social
@lsehumanrights.bsky.social
@lsesociology.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Friends in NYC: Vasuki Nesiah, Tony Alessandrini, Gary Wilder and I will be holding a public conversation at CUNY Graduate Center on "The Question of Internationalism Today" on Sept 18, at 5 pm. Please join the discussion.
@lsehumanrights.bsky.social
@lsesociology.bsky.social
@lsehumanrights.bsky.social
@lsesociology.bsky.social
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the weaponization of course evaluations in the Brown University deal takes the consumerist model of higher education to new heights. not only is your job contingent on it, but make any of your students uncomfortable and you’ll be investigated by the government
July 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
the weaponization of course evaluations in the Brown University deal takes the consumerist model of higher education to new heights. not only is your job contingent on it, but make any of your students uncomfortable and you’ll be investigated by the government
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Recognition of Palestine now is more about attempting to (re-)normalise the Israel's place in the regional order than anything else.
July 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Recognition of Palestine now is more about attempting to (re-)normalise the Israel's place in the regional order than anything else.
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It's utterly mad.
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 100 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action
Police in London detain scores of people and confiscate placards under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
It's utterly mad.
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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*me and my book project
July 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
*me and my book project
Order your copies now (one for yourself and another for a friend who needs it badly)! The brilliant combination of Knox, Ziadah and Hanieh
Physical copies of this, written by Adam Hanieh l, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social seem to be appearing on the shelves.
If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
July 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Order your copies now (one for yourself and another for a friend who needs it badly)! The brilliant combination of Knox, Ziadah and Hanieh
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Physical copies of this, written by Adam Hanieh l, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social seem to be appearing on the shelves.
If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
July 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Physical copies of this, written by Adam Hanieh l, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social seem to be appearing on the shelves.
If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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look at what was just delivered
it’s the
@pashukanist.bsky.social & co. masterpiece that everyone should read
& it looks even more 🔥🔥🔥 than online & IT HAS THAT FRESH BOOK SMELL (in case you needed another reason to ordered it right this moment)
it’s the
@pashukanist.bsky.social & co. masterpiece that everyone should read
& it looks even more 🔥🔥🔥 than online & IT HAS THAT FRESH BOOK SMELL (in case you needed another reason to ordered it right this moment)
July 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
look at what was just delivered
it’s the
@pashukanist.bsky.social & co. masterpiece that everyone should read
& it looks even more 🔥🔥🔥 than online & IT HAS THAT FRESH BOOK SMELL (in case you needed another reason to ordered it right this moment)
it’s the
@pashukanist.bsky.social & co. masterpiece that everyone should read
& it looks even more 🔥🔥🔥 than online & IT HAS THAT FRESH BOOK SMELL (in case you needed another reason to ordered it right this moment)
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The revolution Will come the day they add lunch breaks to the HM programme.
July 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The revolution Will come the day they add lunch breaks to the HM programme.
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CfP!!! The @anzsil.org Gender, Sexuality and International Law Interest Group will be holding a workshop on 'Feminist Approaches to International Law in Times of Atrocity, Anthropocene, and Authoritarian Capitalism' on 31 October at Melbourne Law School: drive.google.com/file/d/10YPs...
June 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
CfP!!! The @anzsil.org Gender, Sexuality and International Law Interest Group will be holding a workshop on 'Feminist Approaches to International Law in Times of Atrocity, Anthropocene, and Authoritarian Capitalism' on 31 October at Melbourne Law School: drive.google.com/file/d/10YPs...
Why are people always excited and thrilled and banal on LinkedIn? It’s a parallel universe where no Palestinians are being brutally killed daily.
July 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Why are people always excited and thrilled and banal on LinkedIn? It’s a parallel universe where no Palestinians are being brutally killed daily.
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📢 Want to work with me at SOAS Law School? There are 2 permanent positions (SL/L) and 4+ two-year full-time fixed term positions (Associate Lecturerships) including one in International Law!
Come check out these roles: 👇🏾 vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/123535
(Not advertised on jobsacuk)
Come check out these roles: 👇🏾 vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/123535
(Not advertised on jobsacuk)
June 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
📢 Want to work with me at SOAS Law School? There are 2 permanent positions (SL/L) and 4+ two-year full-time fixed term positions (Associate Lecturerships) including one in International Law!
Come check out these roles: 👇🏾 vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/123535
(Not advertised on jobsacuk)
Come check out these roles: 👇🏾 vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/123535
(Not advertised on jobsacuk)
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Shillan Shebly, Natalie Ironfield and Elizabeth Strakosch write about the policing of Palestine solidarity and the intensifying climate of political repression at the University of Melbourne, all “operating in the name of ‘antiracism’.”
Rebranding repression: the University of Melbourne’s elite capture of antiracism - Overland literary journal
Our current climate of political repression at the University of Melbourne reinforces why it is imperative that we continue to build autonomous intellectual homes that are grounded in Indigenous sover...
overland.org.au
June 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Shillan Shebly, Natalie Ironfield and Elizabeth Strakosch write about the policing of Palestine solidarity and the intensifying climate of political repression at the University of Melbourne, all “operating in the name of ‘antiracism’.”
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"It's so unfair for you to deny the global economy oil when all we're doing is bombing you. Stop the violence"
US urges China to dissuade Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz reut.rs/3HTg5WN
US urges China to dissuade Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday called on China to encourage Iran to not shut down the Strait of Hormuz after Washington carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
reut.rs
June 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"It's so unfair for you to deny the global economy oil when all we're doing is bombing you. Stop the violence"
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@pashukanist.bsky.social @nanoboss.bsky.social on the 'smart' sanctions against Israeli officials:
legalform.blog/2025/06/17/s...
legalform.blog/2025/06/17/s...
Sanctions Against Israeli Officials: Smart or Spectacular? — Robert Knox and Eva Nanopoulos
Robert Knox and Eva Nanopoulos on the ‘spectacular pseudo-sanctions’ against Israel that were recently announced by the UK government, and their role in normalising the settler-colonial…
legalform.blog
June 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@pashukanist.bsky.social @nanoboss.bsky.social on the 'smart' sanctions against Israeli officials:
legalform.blog/2025/06/17/s...
legalform.blog/2025/06/17/s...
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hey bluesky, I wrote this on some stuff I was trying to think through - the heart is my trying to take @pashukanist.bsky.social's analysis of the limits of opposition to the Iraq War and to the Tories in the UK and apply it to the US rn. I'd appreciate if you read it.
bsky.app/profile/jour...
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spectrejournal.com/hands-off/
Hey y'all! We've got a special Friday post.
@nhold.bsky.social takes on the law-and-order consensus uniting Trump and his official "opposition."
Hey y'all! We've got a special Friday post.
@nhold.bsky.social takes on the law-and-order consensus uniting Trump and his official "opposition."
Hands Off! – Spectre Journal
Nate Holdren argues that both Trump and the legalistic opposition to his "lawlessness" are varieties of the same law-and-order politics.
spectrejournal.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
hey bluesky, I wrote this on some stuff I was trying to think through - the heart is my trying to take @pashukanist.bsky.social's analysis of the limits of opposition to the Iraq War and to the Tories in the UK and apply it to the US rn. I'd appreciate if you read it.
bsky.app/profile/jour...
bsky.app/profile/jour...
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This week!
Register for in-person in London or online attendance via email to me hyo-yoon.kang[at]warwick.ac.uk
Register for in-person in London or online attendance via email to me hyo-yoon.kang[at]warwick.ac.uk
ROUNDTABLE on Intellectual Property and Industrial Property (in the Era of Trump)
Wellcome Collection, London | 19 June | 3:30-5pm GMT
In-person and online & open to public
With @mbarber.bsky.social @kathybowrey.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social Vitor Ido, Svitlana Lebendeko, Caoimhe Ring, me
Wellcome Collection, London | 19 June | 3:30-5pm GMT
In-person and online & open to public
With @mbarber.bsky.social @kathybowrey.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social Vitor Ido, Svitlana Lebendeko, Caoimhe Ring, me
June 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This week!
Register for in-person in London or online attendance via email to me hyo-yoon.kang[at]warwick.ac.uk
Register for in-person in London or online attendance via email to me hyo-yoon.kang[at]warwick.ac.uk
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I had a great time at the gender, history and international law workshop at Warwick University. So many wonderful people, papers & discussions! Here is a pic of @parvathimenon.bsky.social delivering one of the keynotes (which was excellent). Thanks to Paola Zichi & Aisel Omarova for organising!
June 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I had a great time at the gender, history and international law workshop at Warwick University. So many wonderful people, papers & discussions! Here is a pic of @parvathimenon.bsky.social delivering one of the keynotes (which was excellent). Thanks to Paola Zichi & Aisel Omarova for organising!
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Behind the moderation guy is the resit guy somewhere
June 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Behind the moderation guy is the resit guy somewhere