Sadiah Qureshi
@sadiahqureshi.bsky.social
Little 🦈. Historian of race, science & empire. Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction (Penguin, 2025). Shortlisted for the Royal Society’s Trivedi Book Prize. 🦖🦣🦤🐅
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Sadiah Qureshi
@sadiahqureshi.bsky.social
· Oct 13
Providing medical aid to Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees
For over 30 years, Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has been reaching out to Palestinian communities, striving to deliver health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation and ...
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This thread details the appalling lack of understanding of HE among many people responsible for HE. Utterly shocking disregard for a sector that is as economically significant as it is, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
here's your headline:
They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This thread details the appalling lack of understanding of HE among many people responsible for HE. Utterly shocking disregard for a sector that is as economically significant as it is, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
A student asked me for a reference specifically because they said that I’d helped them do their best work so far. Over the years, so many students have said similar things about my courses. Bless them, because there are so many difficult days on which this knowledge was the thing that kept me going.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A student asked me for a reference specifically because they said that I’d helped them do their best work so far. Over the years, so many students have said similar things about my courses. Bless them, because there are so many difficult days on which this knowledge was the thing that kept me going.
BBC History Extra has chosen Vanished as one of its books of the year! Amazed and grateful that my roar has reached far further than I imagined.
I was also on a podcast for them earlier this year. Link here: historyextra.supportingcast.fm/listen/histo....
www.historyextra.com/magazine/his...
I was also on a podcast for them earlier this year. Link here: historyextra.supportingcast.fm/listen/histo....
www.historyextra.com/magazine/his...
Best history books 2025: BBC History Magazine’s Books of the Year
In the roster of laudable history books published in 2025, authors tackled topics as diverse as Gaza, Indian partition, extinction, medieval and Stuart monarchs – even historians themselves. Here, a p...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
BBC History Extra has chosen Vanished as one of its books of the year! Amazed and grateful that my roar has reached far further than I imagined.
I was also on a podcast for them earlier this year. Link here: historyextra.supportingcast.fm/listen/histo....
www.historyextra.com/magazine/his...
I was also on a podcast for them earlier this year. Link here: historyextra.supportingcast.fm/listen/histo....
www.historyextra.com/magazine/his...
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The singer recorded more than 30 albums and won two Grammys during his six-decade career.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae music pioneer, dies at 81
The singer recorded more than 30 albums and won two Grammys during his six-decade career.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The singer recorded more than 30 albums and won two Grammys during his six-decade career.
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Some history of science jobs to share.
An assistant professorship in Environmental History at the Uni of Warwick, FT, open-ended/Permanent, £46-57k, deadline 5 Jan. I know some great people in that department, including historians of science.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
An assistant professorship in Environmental History at the Uni of Warwick, FT, open-ended/Permanent, £46-57k, deadline 5 Jan. I know some great people in that department, including historians of science.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Some history of science jobs to share.
An assistant professorship in Environmental History at the Uni of Warwick, FT, open-ended/Permanent, £46-57k, deadline 5 Jan. I know some great people in that department, including historians of science.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
An assistant professorship in Environmental History at the Uni of Warwick, FT, open-ended/Permanent, £46-57k, deadline 5 Jan. I know some great people in that department, including historians of science.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
A story about the horrendous labour conditions endured by exploited workers to supply tuna, including major supermarkets. These remarkable fishes might be eaten to extinction while workers suffer appalling abuse to supply insatiable demand.
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The dark truth behind supermarket tuna
Major retailers are selling tuna from fisheries where crews say they are exploited and abused
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November 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A story about the horrendous labour conditions endured by exploited workers to supply tuna, including major supermarkets. These remarkable fishes might be eaten to extinction while workers suffer appalling abuse to supply insatiable demand.
(Gift link for 3 people)
ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
(Gift link for 3 people)
ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
Long ago to a disappointed soul: ‘Let their bigoted imaginations be their limit, not yours. Never yours.’
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Long ago to a disappointed soul: ‘Let their bigoted imaginations be their limit, not yours. Never yours.’
A decade of amazing work in commissioning artists for the trophies and showcasing wonderful books and writers. A huge congratulations to everyone who helped establish the prize and make this happen.
ICYMI: Submissions for the 10th year of the Jhalak Prize are open 👇 #BookSky
Jhalak Prize submissions open for 10th year
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November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A decade of amazing work in commissioning artists for the trophies and showcasing wonderful books and writers. A huge congratulations to everyone who helped establish the prize and make this happen.
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I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
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November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
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I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond.
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assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
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We are seeing multiple university course closures across a range of arts, humanities & social sciences. I'll be in the East Midlands at De Montfort University on Thurs 27 Nov talking about why these disciplines are essential to the future of the UK. All welcome
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
Shaping a Brighter Future
The first event in our Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy
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November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We are seeing multiple university course closures across a range of arts, humanities & social sciences. I'll be in the East Midlands at De Montfort University on Thurs 27 Nov talking about why these disciplines are essential to the future of the UK. All welcome
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
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In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe.
Le Monde has a long article describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.
Guillou's daily existence has been transformed into a Kafkaesque nightmare. He cannot: open or maintain accounts with Google, Amazon, Apple, or any US company; make hotel reservations (Expedia canceled his booking in France hours after he made it); conduct online commerce, since he can't know if the packaging is American; use any major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex are all American); access normal banking services, even with non-American banks, as banks worldwide close sanctioned accounts; conduct virtually any financial transaction.
He describes it as being "economically banned across most of the planet," including in his own country, France, and where he works, the Netherlands.
That's the real shocking aspect of this: the Americans are:
- punishing a European citizen
- for doing his job in Europe
- applying laws Europe officially supports
- at an institution based in Europe
- that Europe helped create and fund
and Europe is not only doing essentially nothing to protect him, they're actively enforcing America's sanctions against their own citizen - European banks closing his accounts, European companies refusing him service, European institutions standing by while Washington destroys a European judge's life on European soil.
Again, in a normal world, European leaders and citizens should be absolutely outraged about this. But we've so normalized the hollowing out of European sovereignty that the sight of a European citizen being economically executed on European soil for upholding European law is treated, at best, as an unfortunate technical complication in transatlantic
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Waterstones says: ‘As readable as it is scientifically rigorous, Vanished explores the tangled histories of extinction and empire, shining stark light on that devasting consequences that European and American imperial ambitions have left on the planet.’
Quite something for a history of empire. 🐯
Quite something for a history of empire. 🐯
My amazement continues: Waterstones has chosen Vanished as one of best books of the year. Especially pleased that history of science is being featured on these lists, and even more so as imperial history is even rarer on these lists. Hurrah!
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
The Best Popular Science Books of 2025 | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones
From Bill Bryson to Steven Pinker, here are the popular science and smart thinking books we've loved this year.
www.waterstones.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Waterstones says: ‘As readable as it is scientifically rigorous, Vanished explores the tangled histories of extinction and empire, shining stark light on that devasting consequences that European and American imperial ambitions have left on the planet.’
Quite something for a history of empire. 🐯
Quite something for a history of empire. 🐯
Glimmers of hope. If only the national news cycle reflected that.
Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Glimmers of hope. If only the national news cycle reflected that.
So may headlines noting lockdown could have been avoided when, surely, the real story is that over 20,000 people might not have lost their lives if there had not been such cavalier mismanagement of the covid pandemic and even basic principles of caution had prevailed.
20,000 lives.
20,000 lives.
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
So may headlines noting lockdown could have been avoided when, surely, the real story is that over 20,000 people might not have lost their lives if there had not been such cavalier mismanagement of the covid pandemic and even basic principles of caution had prevailed.
20,000 lives.
20,000 lives.
My amazement continues: Waterstones has chosen Vanished as one of best books of the year. Especially pleased that history of science is being featured on these lists, and even more so as imperial history is even rarer on these lists. Hurrah!
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
The Best Popular Science Books of 2025 | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones
From Bill Bryson to Steven Pinker, here are the popular science and smart thinking books we've loved this year.
www.waterstones.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My amazement continues: Waterstones has chosen Vanished as one of best books of the year. Especially pleased that history of science is being featured on these lists, and even more so as imperial history is even rarer on these lists. Hurrah!
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...
This is just so grim. Students deserve to be taught by experts, not be expected to settle for AI. It is so disheartening to add this to the list of ways in which staff expertise is devalued, undermined or sidelined by institutions across the sector.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This is just so grim. Students deserve to be taught by experts, not be expected to settle for AI. It is so disheartening to add this to the list of ways in which staff expertise is devalued, undermined or sidelined by institutions across the sector.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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University of Glasgow Library has a remarkably generous visiting research fellowship scheme - come hang out with me in Glasgow! Get funded! www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
University of Glasgow - MyGlasgow - Library - Research Fellows
www.gla.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
University of Glasgow Library has a remarkably generous visiting research fellowship scheme - come hang out with me in Glasgow! Get funded! www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
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Just discovered that Julia Stephens' new book will be out soon! I've been looking forward to this since a UK train conversation with Julia years ago about jewelry in South Asian history: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @juliasteph
Worldly Afterlives
The hidden histories of empire, told through the haunted afterlives of colonial migrations
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November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Just discovered that Julia Stephens' new book will be out soon! I've been looking forward to this since a UK train conversation with Julia years ago about jewelry in South Asian history: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @juliasteph
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Goodness Gracious Me! Vanished is also one of the best books of the year in the @financialtimes.com. This is especially delightful given the lovely original review of the book was the first out, and now features on the paperback cover.
on.ft.com/4o4IMzD (gift link for up to 3 non-subscribers)
on.ft.com/4o4IMzD (gift link for up to 3 non-subscribers)
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Goodness Gracious Me! Vanished is also one of the best books of the year in the @financialtimes.com. This is especially delightful given the lovely original review of the book was the first out, and now features on the paperback cover.
on.ft.com/4o4IMzD (gift link for up to 3 non-subscribers)
on.ft.com/4o4IMzD (gift link for up to 3 non-subscribers)
The collective dedication required for this thread is impressive. I’m now wondering how far back it might show things like Eid in the Islamic calendar.
In 1582, a papal bull introduced the Gregorian calendar, still used today by most of the world. Because it’s 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, countries introducing it simply skipped a third of October, and if you scroll back far enough in the iPhone calendar app you can see it change
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The collective dedication required for this thread is impressive. I’m now wondering how far back it might show things like Eid in the Islamic calendar.
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In this quirky photo essay, artist Shizza Majeed illustrates her grandfather's personal story of belonging as a Pakistani man who moved to Britain in the 60s.
✍🏽Sabah Salam
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✍🏽Sabah Salam
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Friday prayer and fish and chips: portraits of Babaji’s Britain
Shizza Majeed's photography series tells her grandfather’s personal story of belonging as a Pakistani man who moved to Britain in the 1960s
hyphenonline.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In this quirky photo essay, artist Shizza Majeed illustrates her grandfather's personal story of belonging as a Pakistani man who moved to Britain in the 60s.
✍🏽Sabah Salam
hyphenonline.com/2025/11/17/b...
✍🏽Sabah Salam
hyphenonline.com/2025/11/17/b...
Goodness Gracious Me! Vanished is also one of the best books of the year in the @financialtimes.com. This is especially delightful given the lovely original review of the book was the first out, and now features on the paperback cover.
on.ft.com/4o4IMzD (gift link for up to 3 non-subscribers)
on.ft.com/4o4IMzD (gift link for up to 3 non-subscribers)
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Goodness Gracious Me! Vanished is also one of the best books of the year in the @financialtimes.com. This is especially delightful given the lovely original review of the book was the first out, and now features on the paperback cover.
on.ft.com/4o4IMzD (gift link for up to 3 non-subscribers)
on.ft.com/4o4IMzD (gift link for up to 3 non-subscribers)