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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 13d

The cover for my book, The Future That Was, is now live! It features the MacArthur genius artist Shahzia Sikander's Infinite Woman (2021), where earth is surrounded by an infinite series of women marching around the globe who, from afar, become rays of the sun ☀️

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The Future That Was

How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present

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Kalathmika Natarajan @kalathmika.bsky.social · 17d

A privilege to work with Vineet Thakur & Pavan Kumar on this first of its kind special issue on Caste in Indian Diplomacy & IR for @haguediplomacyjrnl.bsky.social. Do read, share and cite!

Grateful to the brilliant @deepaknair.bsky.social , @janmdiplo.bsky.social & team at HJD for their support.

Deepak Nair @deepaknair.bsky.social · 21d

The Hague Journal of Diplomacy's Special Issue on Caste in Indian Diplomacy & IR is out. Edited by Vineet Thakur, Pavan Kumar & Kalathmika Natarajan @kalathmika.bsky.social @haguediplomacyjrnl.bsky.social

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Kalathmika Natarajan @kalathmika.bsky.social · 17d

Glad to share this article co-authored with Medha (SNU) on the widespread, uncritical international usage of the highly derogatory caste slur ‘pariah’. We unpack how caste hierarchies long permeate diplomacy/IR and shape foundational categories like the ‘pariah state’. brill.com/view/journal...

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Antara Datta @antaradatta.bsky.social · 17d

A superb special issue on caste and Indian diplomacy. Well done @kalathmika.bsky.social and the other editors! brill.com/view/journal...

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Kalathmika Natarajan @kalathmika.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks for sharing, Antara!

Kalathmika Natarajan @kalathmika.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks so much for sharing - was a pleasure to meet at Leiden!

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nicoblar.bsky.social @nicoblar.bsky.social · 21d

So happy to see this excellent Special Issue out in The Hague Journal of Diplomacy @haguediplomacyjrnl.bsky.social on Caste & IR edited by @unileiden.bsky.social colleague Vineet Thakur, Pavan Kumar & @kalathmika.bsky.social after having learned so much from the workshop in Leiden a few years ago

Deepak Nair @deepaknair.bsky.social · 21d

The Hague Journal of Diplomacy's Special Issue on Caste in Indian Diplomacy & IR is out. Edited by Vineet Thakur, Pavan Kumar & Kalathmika Natarajan @kalathmika.bsky.social @haguediplomacyjrnl.bsky.social

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Deepak Nair @deepaknair.bsky.social · 21d

The Hague Journal of Diplomacy's Special Issue on Caste in Indian Diplomacy & IR is out. Edited by Vineet Thakur, Pavan Kumar & Kalathmika Natarajan @kalathmika.bsky.social @haguediplomacyjrnl.bsky.social

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 28d

From spy planes to satellites, archaeology has long shared a sky with empire. What does that mean for the knowledge it produces?

Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the colonial history of aerial archaeology.

The Bomber's View of the Past

Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Sep 7

Just a reminder that in the midst of waves of anti-migrant, anti-refugee and anti-asylum-seeker rhetoric and activism, there are also many charities working quietly, stoically and hard to fuel a better conversation and a better future. Actively supporting them makes a difference.

Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org · Aug 21

Join the Migration Museum team for a walking tour exploring the incredible stories of the generations of migrants who’ve lived, worked, and shaped the City of London.

🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025
🕜 1.30–3pm
📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL
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Migration Museum Walking Tour

Discover 2000 years of migration history, following the stories of generations of migrants that have shaped the City of London.

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · Aug 27

Absolutely delighted to have been awarded the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar medal by the @royalsociety.org for my research on science, race, and empire, including my book Vanished. An enormous thanks to everybody who made this possible, especially the Royal Society.
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Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture | Royal Society

This prize lecture is given on a subject relating to the history of science, philosophy of science or the social function of science.

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Dr. T. Flo @tnflorvil.bsky.social · Jun 8

African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say
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African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say

African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant and unexpected.

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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · Jun 7

Excited to see the website is now live for my forthcoming book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (PUP, March 2026)
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The Future That Was

How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present

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Kalathmika Natarajan @kalathmika.bsky.social · Jun 2

A. Sivanandan wrote When Memory Dies in his 70s. His memories of experiencing violence as a Tamil in Ceylon shaped the novel and was central to his thought. I wish this would be foregrounded in contemporary analyses of Siva - this is not just background trivia largely forgotten among the aphorisms.

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Blaft Publications @blaft.bsky.social · May 28

Ki. Rajanarayanan (1923-2021) was South India's most renowned folklorist, recording tales especially from the Karisal Kaadu, the dry black-soil region of Tamil Nadu around Kovilpatti.

In translation by Pritham K. Chakravarthy, with illustrations by Trotsky Marudu

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Where Are You Going, You Monkeys? by Ki. Ra.

Ki. Rajanarayanan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki._Rajanarayanan#/media/File:Kirajanarayanan.jpg

Illustration from the "Peys and Pisaasus" (Demons & Devils) chapter by Trotsky Marudu

Naughty & Dirty -- illustration by Trotsky Marudu

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · May 28

This is an amazing scheme! I would love to see more historians applying, as well as anyone in the humanities more broadly. Best of luck if you apply.

Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social · May 28

If you’re a researcher of Black, Bangladeshi or Pakistani heritage in the UK, our Accelerator Awards might be for you.

This award is designed to support successful career progression in academia. Flexible funding can be used for research or research-adjacent activities.

Learn more and apply ⤵️

Accelerator Awards | Grant funding | Wellcome

Eligibility and applications details for the Wellcome Accelerator Awards, which will support Black, Bangladeshi, and Pakistani researchers in the UK to make successful career transitions.

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Kalathmika Natarajan @kalathmika.bsky.social · May 21

Roses from the garden, and a reading list for summer, when all the marking and manuscript proofs are done.

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kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · May 19

Please see this @radhistreview.bsky.social call for proposals on Mobility Regimes | Edited by Amy Chazkel, Jecca Namakkal, Evan Taparata, and myself | Deadline June 15, 2025.

Radical History Review @radhistreview.bsky.social · May 17

New Radical History Review Call for Proposals: *Mobility Regimes* – Abstract proposals due June 15, 2025: www.radicalhistoryreview.org/mobility-reg...

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Jehad Abusalim @jehadabusalim.bsky.social · May 19

In honor of his 100th birthday, sharing the only photo from Malcolm X’s visit to Gaza in 1964. He was welcomed by Gaza’s chief judge and scholar, Muhammad Khulusi Bseiso. When Malcolm X visited Gaza, he wept for the refugees, and as he departed he chanted “we shall return!”

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Kalathmika Natarajan @kalathmika.bsky.social · Apr 30

Archive days.

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Mirza Waheed @mirzawaheed.bsky.social · Apr 29

I wrote about the forever war between India and Pakistan and the silencing of Kashmir.

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A massacre has reignited the forever war between India and Pakistan – once more, Kashmiri voices are missing

The people of Kashmir have had little or no say in their future for as long as I can remember. This cycle must end, says novelist Mirza Waheed

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Apr 8

'After failed attempts to buy land in Ecuador and Paraguay – and even signing an agreement with the US city of Newark, which was later scrapped when officials realised Kailasa did not exist – the fake country turned to Bolivia.' A new, 21st-century colonialism.

‘Magical realism’: how a fake Hindu nation tried to take over Indigenous land in Bolivia

Contracts show fictional country created by fugitive Indian guru would control vast swathes ‘with full sovereignty’

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Apr 1

How did the caste system function aboard ships in the twentieth century?

Shagnick Bhattacharya explores the history of lascars.

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Shipboard Labour and Caste in the Twentieth Century

How did the caste system function aboard ships in the twentieth century? Shagnick Bhattacharya explores the history of lascars.

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Mar 21

Migrants have been paying 7 to 10 times the actual processing costs of visas for years, and many have been forced into destitution by extortionate fees. Now this government has increased them again. Migrants are not a magic money tree for politicians to keep exploiting.
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Home Office immigration and nationality fees: 9 April 2025

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Kalathmika Natarajan @kalathmika.bsky.social · Mar 16

Hello! Yes - one of the chapters examines the pedagogic mode of Indian diplomacy in the Caribbean and draws on Trinidad, Guyana, and Jamaica.

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