swati arora
@swatiarora.bsky.social
performance • visual culture • writing • pedagogy // senior lecturer at QMUL // https://linktr.ee/swatiarora
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One of my favorite things about Feminist Studies is our commitment to art. We regularly publish art essays with full color spreads of art work (have an idea to pitch us? Please send!) and our covers are stunning. Shout out to Duy-Khuong Van, our graphic designer.
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
One of my favorite things about Feminist Studies is our commitment to art. We regularly publish art essays with full color spreads of art work (have an idea to pitch us? Please send!) and our covers are stunning. Shout out to Duy-Khuong Van, our graphic designer.
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Know this, I will be saying "bring the flavor to the rice" for the next, oh, 5 years
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Know this, I will be saying "bring the flavor to the rice" for the next, oh, 5 years
Mr. Cardamom - Nani (starring Madhur Jaffrey)
YouTube video by Mr. Cardamom
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November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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📢CFP: Annual Olivette Otele Prize 2025/26!
Our annual prize for Black UK-based history PhD students is now open for submissions!
📆Key dates:
- Abstracts due on 28th November
- Notifications on 19th December
- 8000 word essay due on 27th Feb
(1/3)
Our annual prize for Black UK-based history PhD students is now open for submissions!
📆Key dates:
- Abstracts due on 28th November
- Notifications on 19th December
- 8000 word essay due on 27th Feb
(1/3)
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📢CFP: Annual Olivette Otele Prize 2025/26!
Our annual prize for Black UK-based history PhD students is now open for submissions!
📆Key dates:
- Abstracts due on 28th November
- Notifications on 19th December
- 8000 word essay due on 27th Feb
(1/3)
Our annual prize for Black UK-based history PhD students is now open for submissions!
📆Key dates:
- Abstracts due on 28th November
- Notifications on 19th December
- 8000 word essay due on 27th Feb
(1/3)
my phd student, a puppeteer, graduated with flying colours and I got a red cat
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
my phd student, a puppeteer, graduated with flying colours and I got a red cat
Thinking border epistemologies with co-conspirators Di and Ally on 23 Oct. Join us for collectively curating future activities, registration link in the poster—
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thinking border epistemologies with co-conspirators Di and Ally on 23 Oct. Join us for collectively curating future activities, registration link in the poster—
Got my copy! This brilliant book is now available open access here:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/new-and-d...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/new-and-d...
October 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Got my copy! This brilliant book is now available open access here:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/new-and-d...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/new-and-d...
my writing bud in the forest
September 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
my writing bud in the forest
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Wasafiri invites creative submissions in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in response to navigating interlinked global systems of oppressions and seeking to forge transnational solidarities across various boundaries.
DEADLINE: Sunday 24 August, 2025 11.59pm BST
DEADLINE: Sunday 24 August, 2025 11.59pm BST
Call for Creative Submissions: Solidarities
Wasafiri invites creative submissions in fiction, nonfiction…
buff.ly
August 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Wasafiri invites creative submissions in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in response to navigating interlinked global systems of oppressions and seeking to forge transnational solidarities across various boundaries.
DEADLINE: Sunday 24 August, 2025 11.59pm BST
DEADLINE: Sunday 24 August, 2025 11.59pm BST
Fascinating to see Kara Walker and Otto Dix next to each other — Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart
June 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Fascinating to see Kara Walker and Otto Dix next to each other — Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart
Caste, Protest, Pedagogy
We spoke about the spatial and affective politics of Dalit protests and their significance for educational institutions and transnational movements of freedom today. Malavika's brilliant book on it is out next month.
www.airsupplycollective.com/thursday/cas...
We spoke about the spatial and affective politics of Dalit protests and their significance for educational institutions and transnational movements of freedom today. Malavika's brilliant book on it is out next month.
www.airsupplycollective.com/thursday/cas...
Caste, Protest, Pedagogy — Peopling the Palaces Festival
Swati Arora in conversation with Malavika Priyadarshini Rao An online event, with an in-person screening option. A link will be provided after tickets are booked. As state surveillance and ideolog...
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June 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Caste, Protest, Pedagogy
We spoke about the spatial and affective politics of Dalit protests and their significance for educational institutions and transnational movements of freedom today. Malavika's brilliant book on it is out next month.
www.airsupplycollective.com/thursday/cas...
We spoke about the spatial and affective politics of Dalit protests and their significance for educational institutions and transnational movements of freedom today. Malavika's brilliant book on it is out next month.
www.airsupplycollective.com/thursday/cas...
Hi Glasgow – I'll be at the Centre for Contemporary Arts on Wed for a roundtable on imagining institutional change. Come say hello if you're around.
www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/ab...
www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/ab...
About (Kill)joys, Grievances, and Resistance
CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts is Glasgow’s hub for the arts, hosting exhibitions, films, music, literature, workshops, festivals and performances.
www.cca-glasgow.com
May 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Hi Glasgow – I'll be at the Centre for Contemporary Arts on Wed for a roundtable on imagining institutional change. Come say hello if you're around.
www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/ab...
www.cca-glasgow.com/programme/ab...
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I wrote about the forever war between India and Pakistan and the silencing of Kashmir.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I wrote about the forever war between India and Pakistan and the silencing of Kashmir.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I am not sure whether Bluebell is coming to this lecture (ok, I know she isn't) but hey, she loves me. Come along & say no 🔊I am so glad to be honouring Catherine Silverstone's life & work.That no, when amplified, picks up her emphasis on history and haunting.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sara-ahmed...
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Sara Ahmed, 'No! The Art and Activism of Complaining'
QMUL Annual Catherine Silverstone Lecture: Sara Ahmed - an in-person lecture followed by reception
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March 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I am not sure whether Bluebell is coming to this lecture (ok, I know she isn't) but hey, she loves me. Come along & say no 🔊I am so glad to be honouring Catherine Silverstone's life & work.That no, when amplified, picks up her emphasis on history and haunting.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sara-ahmed...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sara-ahmed...
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The sun is out, and there must be thousands here. This is giving me life.
April 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The sun is out, and there must be thousands here. This is giving me life.
So pleased to be back on home ground today, and what timing—
April 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
So pleased to be back on home ground today, and what timing—
needed to blast abida parveen on headphones at 8am to make it to work today
April 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
needed to blast abida parveen on headphones at 8am to make it to work today
my students are the best 😭
March 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
my students are the best 😭
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“how to live
how to gather
untethered
to meander together
through fields
&forms of learning
we repair we
lend an ear
to the earth
and shelter
otherwise.”
Omar Berrada, “A Practice of Errantry
how to gather
untethered
to meander together
through fields
&forms of learning
we repair we
lend an ear
to the earth
and shelter
otherwise.”
Omar Berrada, “A Practice of Errantry
March 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“how to live
how to gather
untethered
to meander together
through fields
&forms of learning
we repair we
lend an ear
to the earth
and shelter
otherwise.”
Omar Berrada, “A Practice of Errantry
how to gather
untethered
to meander together
through fields
&forms of learning
we repair we
lend an ear
to the earth
and shelter
otherwise.”
Omar Berrada, “A Practice of Errantry
The new performance studies reader is here and I'm in *such* gorgeous company. An absolute joy to be snuggling up to my fave @saranahmed.bsky.social too 💛
www.routledge.com/The-Performa...
www.routledge.com/The-Performa...
March 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The new performance studies reader is here and I'm in *such* gorgeous company. An absolute joy to be snuggling up to my fave @saranahmed.bsky.social too 💛
www.routledge.com/The-Performa...
www.routledge.com/The-Performa...
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🚨 Internship Alert! 🚨
An opportunity is available for a @chase-dtp.bsky.social-funded PhD student to join Wasafiri on a year-long editorial placement. Full details on the placement, and how to apply, here:
www.wasafiri.org/news-and-eve...
An opportunity is available for a @chase-dtp.bsky.social-funded PhD student to join Wasafiri on a year-long editorial placement. Full details on the placement, and how to apply, here:
www.wasafiri.org/news-and-eve...
Internship Opportunity: Wasafiri CHASE Editorial Placement
An opportunity is available for a CHASE-funded PhD student to join Wasafiri on a year-long editorial placement.
www.wasafiri.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🚨 Internship Alert! 🚨
An opportunity is available for a @chase-dtp.bsky.social-funded PhD student to join Wasafiri on a year-long editorial placement. Full details on the placement, and how to apply, here:
www.wasafiri.org/news-and-eve...
An opportunity is available for a @chase-dtp.bsky.social-funded PhD student to join Wasafiri on a year-long editorial placement. Full details on the placement, and how to apply, here:
www.wasafiri.org/news-and-eve...
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These final weeks before publication are the strangest times of being an author. Part of you wants to protect the book you’ve been quietly loving into being for so long. And then there’s the part which knows you have to take a deep breath and hoof it out the door
open.substack.com/pub/thefutur...
open.substack.com/pub/thefutur...
February 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
These final weeks before publication are the strangest times of being an author. Part of you wants to protect the book you’ve been quietly loving into being for so long. And then there’s the part which knows you have to take a deep breath and hoof it out the door
open.substack.com/pub/thefutur...
open.substack.com/pub/thefutur...