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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · Feb 21

Are you interested in joining an interdisciplinary team to study transnational #mobilities and #wellbeing in #Asia?🌏 Passionate about #ethnographic research?

Apply for this PhD position in @meghaamrith.bsky.social's project before 16 April⏰

👉 tinyurl.com/3xp6neba

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Megha Amrith @meghaamrith.bsky.social · Feb 21

📢PhD Vacancy in my new ERC project ‘WELL-ASIA’ @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social on the wellness industry in Southeast Asia! The PhD will work ethnographically on transnational labour mobilities in Singapore’s wellness sector 🌏Applications due April 16! vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

PhD candidate in Transnational Labour Mobilities in Southeast Asia

vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl

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Hans Steinmüller @steinmuller.bsky.social · Feb 20

RIP James Ferguson stanforddaily.com/2025/02/19/j...

James Ferguson, professor of anthropology and former department chair, dies at 65

James “Jim” Ferguson played a pivotal roles in the department's history and will be remembered for his remarkable character, kindness and contributions to the field.

stanforddaily.com

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · Feb 18

“The only path to a viable future is through a disarmament in our relations not only with one another but also with the rest of the living planet,” writes the historian Sunil Amrith. “The alternative unfolds before us, even if we choose to avert our eyes.”

Opinion | War Is Killing The Planet

In pursuit of empire and domination, of territorial conquest or racial and religious supremacy, wars stand as a stubborn driver of planetary harm.

www.nytimes.com

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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · Feb 6

📢VACANCY📢

Do you enjoy working with academic staff, helping them to manage complex project requirements? Are you enthusiastic, well-organised and used to working with deadlines?

Apply before 24 February for the Research Project Officer position 👉 tinyurl.com/369yztr8

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Megha Amrith @meghaamrith.bsky.social · Jan 7

Excited to be starting my position at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social and to begin setting up my new #ERC-CoG ‘WELL-ASIA’ -watch this space for more updates!

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Megha Amrith @meghaamrith.bsky.social · Dec 20

Feels like the end of an era. We have been immensely privileged to have had our research group ‘Ageing in a Time of Mobility’ hosted at the @mpimmg.bsky.social for the past seven years. We will miss this intellectually stimulating and supportive atmosphere and our wonderful colleagues dearly! Danke!

MaxPlanckInstitute for the Study of Religious & Ethnic Diversity @mpimmg.bsky.social · Dec 20

It's time to say good-bye & Aufwiedersehen to
@agemig_MPI. For over 5 years, we have hosted this wonderful group of scholars that investigated the interconnections between two key phenomena in the twenty-first century: ageing populations & global migration sor.bz/tlA4Z. We will miss you!

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Ulrike Bialas @ulrikebialas.bsky.social · Dec 5

Join me for a virtual book talk on my book Forever 17! January 10, 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET / 9 pm CET. Register here: tinyurl.com/yc2x3r59

Thank you CCIS (UC San Diego), CSIM (UCLA), BIMI (UC Berkeley) & GMC (UC Davis) for organizing the event and @fitzgeralducsd.bsky.social for serving as commentator.

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Laura Hammond @laurahammond.bsky.social · Nov 24

Updated starter pack on Migration and Displacement Researchers. Wow! Thanks to all who asked to be added. I’ve discovered so many excellent people and great research this way!

As usual, let me know if you don’t want to be on the list or want to be added.

go.bsky.app/PLhHQgR

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Megha Amrith @meghaamrith.bsky.social · Nov 25

Please can you add me and @victoriasakti.bsky.social? Many thanks!

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Megha Amrith @meghaamrith.bsky.social · Nov 19

All well thanks! I hope you too, nice to connect again here!

Megha Amrith @meghaamrith.bsky.social · Nov 19

Please could you add me? Many thanks! Also @victoriasakti.bsky.social

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Resto Cruz @restocruz.bsky.social · Nov 19

How about a kinship studies starter pack?

Please let me know if you’d like to be included (or removed). And please share!

Cc: @wennergrenorg.bsky.social

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Association for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org · Nov 19

#CFP “Global Southeast Asia: Continuity and Change,” Association of Southeast Asian Studies conference at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, September 15-17, 2025. Submit paper and panel abstracts by April 30 for consideration.

Call for Submissions: ASEAS 2025 Conference

“Global Southeast Asia: Continuity and Change” St John’s College, University of Cambridge, 15–17 September 2025 The conference organising committee of the Association of Southeast Asian Studies (AS…

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Megha Amrith @meghaamrith.bsky.social · Nov 16

Congratulations!

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Victoria Sakti @victoriasakti.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hi all, hope we can re-connect here!

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Amanda Lubit @amandalubit.bsky.social · Nov 12

Joining to try to connect to other academics, organisations and people working on similar issues of gender, crisis, migration, and asylum. Looking forward to finding my people!

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Megha Amrith @meghaamrith.bsky.social · Nov 12

New on Bluesky! 👋🏽 hoping to rebuild some networks in this space!

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