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Nikhil Anand @liquidperson2.bsky.social · May 12

Saw it yesterday! It was absolutely 🤯 Congratulations!!

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Chloe Ahmann @chloeahmann.bsky.social · Apr 30

Had the total pleasure of speaking with @gilanthro.bsky.social
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about Futures after Progress (@uchicagopress.bsky.social). Interview up now! ✨

newbooksnetwork.com/chloe-ahmann...

Chloe Ahmann, "Futures After Progress: Hope and Doubt in Late Industrial Baltimore" (U Chicago Press, 2024) - New Books Network

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Nikhil Anand @liquidperson2.bsky.social · Apr 9

@casipenn.bsky.social and the Department of Anthropology @upenn.bsky.social seek to hire a Climate Postdoc for the 2025-26 academic year. Scholars working on environment-society relations, cities and urbanization, and climate change in India, apply!

casi.sas.upenn.edu/postdoctoral...

CASI Postdoctoral Climate Fellowship (2025-26 Academic Year)

The Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania invite applications to fill a postdoctoral fellowship position for the 2025-26 ac...

casi.sas.upenn.edu

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Rohan Venkat @rohanvenkat.bsky.social · Jan 23

If you would like to write for India in Transition, a publication from the University of Pennsylvania's @casipenn.bsky.social, see our guidelines here – casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/submissi...

And get in touch with me!

Submissions to India in Transition

If you would like your article to be considered for publication in India in Transition (IiT), please follow these formatting and submission guidelines.

casi.sas.upenn.edu

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Nikhil Anand @liquidperson2.bsky.social · Dec 12

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT:

Interested in supporting academic and outreach programs focused on the study of India @upenn.bsky.social? Consider applying to join the super team @casipenn.bsky.social as Assistant Director!

Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · Dec 12

CASI JOB OPENING: Assistant Director, Research & Outreach.
Read More & Apply: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...

Assistant Director, Research & Outreach

University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school co...

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Nikhil Anand @liquidperson2.bsky.social · Dec 5

For those preparing PhD applications to Geography + Anthropology programs in the US in this application cycle,

This guide, prepared by two members of Penn EnviroLab, might be helpful.

upenn.app.box.com/s/a2xbf7xg31...

PhD Application Guidelines.pdf | Powered by Box

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Jamie Peck @jamiepeck.bsky.social · Nov 17

pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details:
blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...

Ideational geographies workshop

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Nikhil Anand @liquidperson2.bsky.social · Nov 17

Congratulations!

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Ken Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social · Nov 11

I created this @dukepress.bsky.social starter pack, since it seemed like time! I'm sure I have missed some people so write me and I will add you in. go.bsky.app/D2cEz4t

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Matthew Wolf-Meyer @mw-m.bsky.social · Sep 19

Here’s my guide to applying to graduate school. Ostensibly it’s for anthropology, but I think it’s generally applicable—I’d be happy to learn if it doesn’t work for other disciplines! matthewwolfmeyer.com/2012/08/12/s...

So You’re Applying to Graduate School (in Anthropology)

Applying to graduate school can seem daunting, but if you take it step by step it doesn't need to be so. But this means starting the process early -- like a year before you plan on applying -- and mak...

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Nikhil Anand @liquidperson2.bsky.social · Nov 10

This book looks terrific. Look forward to reading 😊

Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · Nov 9

Anyone else reading Burning Earth: A History, by Sunil Amrith?

I'm learning lots. I'd love more conceptual specification re capitalism (& other things). But I appreciate the focus on Global South, esp Asia, which is often missed in Atlantic-centered world-systems stuff.
wwnorton.com/books/978132...

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Nikhil Anand @liquidperson2.bsky.social · Nov 8

Finally made the move over. Hello Blue Skyers!

Will be posting/ reading about #anthropology, #environment, #climatechange, #water and #cities here.

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