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Columbia University Press
3 days ago
In this Off the Page episode, host Stephen Pimpare and author Terry Williams discuss LIFE UNDERGROUND. This book explores this society below the surface and the varieties of experience among unhoused people.
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#ListenUP
#NewYork
#Sociology
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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William Carruthers
2 days ago
I had an article out recently on the complex ways in which ‘post-colonial’ (archaeological) knowledge moved, the conditions that allowed it, and why it’s important to finally move beyond that old Bruce Trigger article characterising types of archaeological work:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Developing Indian pasts? The Archaeological Survey of India, ‘postcolonial’ archaeology, and technical assistance in Nepal - William Carruthers, 2026
This article examines archaeological assistance provided to Nepal by the Archaeological Survey of India as part of India’s aid efforts there in the 1960s. It de...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00732753251398270
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
2 days ago
Let it be clear: you are wanted here.
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ESPNcricinfo
3 days ago
Pakistan's on-field results feel more than ever like they're catching up with how poorly the way the game is run off it, writes
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The 1960s were wretched for Pakistan, the late 2000s awful. Right now might be worst of all
Their on-field results feel more than ever like they're catching up with how poorly the way the game is run off it
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-1960s-were-wretched-for-pakistan-the-late-2000s-awful-right-now-might-be-worst-of-all-1536976
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
4 days ago
Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed. Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.
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"Historically, and down to the present day, visitors to his dargah have included all kinds of people — criminals, thugs, politicians, ministers, ordinary men and women, and members of transgender communities — seeking blessings and benediction."
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Re-reading Nizamuddin Auliya in history and memory
As legends associated with the charisma and spiritual power of Nizamuddin Auliya spread, many anecdotes from folkloric traditions began to be linked with his life, which cannot be entirely discarded e...
https://www.thedailystar.net/slow-reads/focus/news/re-reading-nizamuddin-auliya-history-and-memory-4173191
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Durba Mitra
4 days ago
For the History of the Present’s Archives of Dissent, I wrote on the deep roots of feminist anti-authoritarianism in UN expert Farida Shaheed’s 2024 report on the destruction of academic freedom in the US
criticalnoise.org/feminist-ant...
thanks to Anjali Arondekar &
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William Dalrymple
5 days ago
Today is Nakba Day. You cannot understand what lies at the heart of conflict in the Middle East unless you understand what happened to 85% of Palestinians in 1948. Here Eugene Rogan explains how hundred of thousands ended up as homeless refugees in Gaza
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Hanno Hauenstein
4 days ago
A. lived in Germany since he was two months and last year gained German citizenship. Now he’s been stripped of it because of pro-Palestinian Instagram posts, in a disturbing legal case that points to the rise of citizenship-on-probation. My latest
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Abdallah A., a Nonperson Because of His Instagram Posts
Abdallah A. lived in Germany since he was two months old and last year gained German citizenship. But now he’s been stripped of it because of pro-Palestinian Instagram posts, in a disturbing legal cas...
https://jacobin.com/2026/05/germany-citizenship-palestine-instagram-case
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Kevin M. Kruse
5 days ago
I've always thought Arnie Hirsch was an absolute mensch and this terrific piece from his son only confirms it.
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Duke University Press
5 days ago
The newest issue of
@criticalai-journal.bsky.social
, the interdisciplinary journal based at Rutgers University’s Center for Cultural Analysis, is now available. View the TOC:
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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
7 days ago
𝐍𝐄𝐖
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—Anna Nguyen reflects on Biancorosso’s 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑊𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑎𝑟-𝑤𝑎𝑖 through memories of dubbed TV dramas,translated pop songs,& the afterlives of borrowed music across HK,Vietnam,& Japan.She argues that Wong’s politics remain insufficiently examined.
chajournal.com/2026/05/12/w...
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Public Books
8 days ago
In a new series commissioned by
@naomipaik.bsky.social
& Catherine S. Ramírez, contributors examine 4 statutes that paved the way for today’s emergent fascism: the IRCA; the AEDPA; the IIRIRA; and the PRWORA. Read Paik & Ramírez‘s intro to the series, new at PB.
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Fascism’s Building Blocks: A US Infrastructure Decades in the Making - Public Books
“Immigration constitutes a leading edge of fascism today, because it has become such a sharply honed weapon for dividing ‘us’ and ‘them.’”
https://www.publicbooks.org/fascisms-building-blocks-a-us-infrastructure-decades-in-the-making/
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Karl Jacoby
8 days ago
Proud of my students for their research, which for the first time located the descendants of those enslaved by Columbia University's founders.
www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/05...
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Student researchers identify living descendant of person enslaved by Columbia founder
For the first time since the Columbia University and Slavery seminar began in 2014, students have identified a living descendant of someone enslaved by a Columbia affiliate.
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/05/11/student-researchers-identify-living-descendant-of-person-enslaved-by-columbia-founder/
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Yashica Dutt
8 days ago
The fight for the New York State Caste Bill is here. After California's veto in 2023, New York could become the first state in the U.S. to legalize caste protections with its passing. Read about why this bill matters in New York. My latest in
@prismreports.org
🔗 and 🧵below.
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Los Angeles Review of Books
8 days ago
"The book reads like an 'Eat Pray Love' of biotech grifting, designed to make her into a public figure based on her personal journey." Jonathan Basile reviews Kathryn Paige Harden’s “Original Sin.”
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/original-sin-eugenics-scientific-calvinism-kathryn-paige-harden/
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Natural Election | Los Angeles Review of Books
Kathryn Paige Harden’s new book offers a defense of a kind of Scientific Calvinism that converges with the eugenicist ideals of the contemporary Far Right.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/original-sin-eugenics-scientific-calvinism-kathryn-paige-harden/
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Committee to Protect Journalists
8 days ago
“[CPJ] surveyed 59 Palestinian journalists who had been released by Israeli authorities after the Oct. 7 attacks. Three percent said they had been raped, and 29 percent said they had endured other forms of sexual violence.” Read more in
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www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
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Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/israel-palestinians-sexual-violence.html
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the tide is turning on AI among its most captured user base
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Past and Present
8 days ago
New on advance access: "Indentured Indian workers and the politics of race, caste, and sanitation at sea and in colonial South Africa, c.1860–1911" by Pritam Singh (
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#OpenAccess
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Indentured Indian workers and the politics of race, caste, and sanitation at sea and in colonial South Africa, c.1860–1911*
Abstract. In the mid-nineteenth century, the British Empire was facing a sanitation crisis. Epidemics transported through faster steamships imperilled the
https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtag018
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Partha Chatterjee on the stripping of voter rolls in the WB election
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In Bengal SIR, Logical Discrepancy Became the Election Commissions Alibi for Mass Voter Exclusion - The Wire
Unlike in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh or Gujarat, Bengal’s electoral revision has taken a radically different course, and its consequences are something nobody in a position of authority or responsibility se...
https://m.thewire.in/article/government/in-west-bengal-sir-logical-discrepancy-became-the-election-commissions-alibi-for-mass-voter-exclusion
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Gregory King: "How Kevin Roberts Learned the Interior Language of Black Survival and Then Weaponized It"
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From the Archive to the Blueprint
How Kevin Roberts Learned the Interior Language of Black Survival and Then Weaponized It
https://gregoryking75.substack.com/p/from-the-archive-to-the-blueprint
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9 days ago
Is Congress happy about the Assembly elections results? In an interview with Shoaib Daniyal, Sanjay Kumar of The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, analyses the fate of the INDIA alliance after the May 4 results.
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Does Mamata, Stalin's defeat signal the endgame for opposition INDIA alliance?
YouTube video by Scroll.in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxpCKnNxdVY
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Mary Feeney
10 days ago
One of the first pieces of advice my PhD advisor gave to me, that I pass on to all trainees that I work with: “NEVER trust the university”
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Trita Parsi
10 days ago
Pakistan steps up to mediate peace between the US and Iran, and the UAE - the close Israeli ally who claims to be a force for peace and a force against sectarianism - punishes Pakistan for its peacemaking by expelling Shia Pakistani workers.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/w...
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U.A.E. Expels Pakistani Workers, as Pakistan’s Peacemaking Creates a Rift
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/world/asia/uae-pakistan-workers-deportations.html
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scott b. weingart
11 days ago
Your friendly neighborhood CTO here reminding you that universities(, etc.) are such easy targets because we all use the same major systems. Hackers just need one good exploit to screw everyone at once. We got ourselves into this mess by letting monopolistic private platforms sit between everyone.
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G. Willow Wilson
11 days ago
A handful of dedicated Gazan women are risking their lives to save the priceless medieval manuscripts of Al-Omari
www.newarab.com/features/ins...
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Inside Gaza’s race to save ancient manuscripts from Israel’s war
In Gaza City’s Old Quarter, volunteers are recovering manuscripts from the damaged Al-Omari Mosque library following repeated Israeli aggression since 2023
https://www.newarab.com/features/inside-gazas-race-save-ancient-manuscripts-israels-war
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Middle East Research and Information Project
12 days ago
NEW PODCAST: Aslı Bâli and Darryl Li joined MERIP's Executive Director James Ryan to discuss the challenges posed to academic freedom since 10/7, and how academic associations like
@mesa1966.bsky.social
are fighting back. LISTEN NOW
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The MERIP Podcast Episode 22: Aslı Bâli and Darryl Li
Today's episode of the MERIP Podcast features an interview with two contributors to the spring issue of Middle East Report, “Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order.” Since the…
https://www.merip.org/2026/05/the-merip-podcast-episode-22-asli-bali-and-darryl-li/
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today I learned (via
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NPR
13 days ago
It was one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Gaza war, devastating one extended family. A year and a half later, the survivors find their loved ones' remains.
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Skeletons in their clothing: Recovering bodies from the rubble in Gaza
It was one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Gaza war, devastating one extended family. A year and a half later, the survivors find their loved ones' remains.
https://n.pr/4f3L6G4
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Rebecca Colesworthy
14 days ago
Professor *briefly* lists pro-Palestine protestors amid a long list of student and faculty activities and milestones for equity and social justice. Cowardly loser uni president takes the bait and PUBLICLY APOLOGIZES. Infuriating.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Professor’s Praise for Pro-Palestine Protestors Sparks Furor
Republican officials and some Jewish groups criticized the speech as antisemitic and unnecessarily political.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty/academic-freedom/2026/05/04/professors-praise-pro-palestine-protestors-sparks-furor?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=5a9cd3470d-DNU_2021_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-5a9cd3470d-236913218&mc_cid=5a9cd3470d&mc_eid=27e1d1fb0a
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"The main focus of the campaign was on the threat from “guspathia“ or illegal settlers."
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The domestic pitch, softer tone and focus on welfare helped the BJP sweep Bengal | GIBN
BJP wins its first electoral success in West Bengal, securing 113 seats, thanks to a focused campaign and addressing local issues over personal attacks.| India News
https://globalindiabroadcastnews.com/india-news/the-domestic-pitch-softer-tone-and-focus-on-welfare-helped-the-bjp-sweep-bengal
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮
15 days ago
While reading this article-length sneer at liberalism using the teaching of the Aeneid as a framing device, my brain went to this article about how the Italian fascists would selectively teach the Aeneid as a way to delegitimize democratic values and reinforce state ideology.
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Indrapramit Das
15 days ago
'Assam, West Bengal & Kerala are the top 3 states by share of Muslims in India. BJP is significantly more popular in these states today than it was before '14. Anti-Muslim rhetoric...in these states has been an integral part of the BJP’s campaign.' Rigging aside, Indian Hindus are suckers for hate.
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Terms of Trade: And then there were none
The BJP’s 45% vote share, assuming only Hindus voted for it, suggests a consolidation of about two-thirds of the Hindu voters| India News
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/terms-of-trade-and-then-there-were-none-101777884972473.html
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot
15 days ago
West Bengal: Modi's BJP conquers one of India's toughest political frontiers
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West Bengal: Modi's BJP conquers one of India's toughest political frontiers
West Bengal’s verdict could reshape not just the state’s politics, but the future trajectory of Modi’s BJP.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8pdvp5x5ro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
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Nobozos
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Grateful Dead 5/03/68 Columbia U. NYC
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Diljit Dosanjh: Morni | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf9CbQwCsCc&t=53s
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16 days ago
"Nationalism affects all the people" | Romila Thapar on the latest episode of
#ScrollAdda
with Shoaib Daniyal WATCH HERE:
youtu.be/u06Cy0AS5_0
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Why Hindutva loves to hate Romila Thapar | Scroll Adda
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https://youtu.be/u06Cy0AS5_0
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Hrag Vartanian
19 days ago
@isafarfan.bsky.social
has the story, “Ouhaddou’s public artwork is the city’s newest commemorative monument since the ‘Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument’ was unveiled in Central Park in 2020.”
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Historic Monument Honors New York's First Arabic-Speaking Community
The public artwork celebrates the literary legacy of the city's storied "Little Syria."
https://hyperallergic.com/historic-monument-honors-new-yorks-first-arabic-speaking-community/
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Rima I Anabtawi
18 days ago
Award winning poet, Mosab Abu Toha’s aunt was shot in the chest in Jabalia camp, while sitting with her young children, holding her one month old baby, and it fighting for her life. This, under a “ceasefire”
#Gaza
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United Farm Workers
18 days ago
#MayDay
is a reminder for workers to stand together. If you’re going to a May Day event, you can download this graphic and use it as a sign.
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DRUM (Desis Rising Up & Moving) is an amazing org and folks should support it
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Natalia Cecire
19 days ago
Does anyone by any chance have access to a UPenn PhD thesis by Virginia Wolf Briscoe (I know that sounds made up but it's real) titled "Bryn Mawr College Traditions: Women's Rituals as Expressive Behavior" (1981)?
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Sharon Howard
19 days ago
I don't think people fully understand yet just how fragile university-hosted digital resources are after external funding ends (especially if the lead academic retires or moves or is made redundant).
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Ida Bae Wells
20 days ago
We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.
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Middle East Research and Information Project
20 days ago
NEW: Our latest issue features a roundtable with six student activists from the US and Europe organized by Maya Wind reflecting on the state of campus activism after the encampments.
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After the Encampments—A Roundtable with Student Organizers on Palestine, the University and What Comes Next
For issue 318, Campus Politics—Palestine and the New University Order, MERIP editorial committee member Maya Wind organized a roundtable with six student activists representing five student…
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Ari Berman
20 days ago
Today's demolition of Voting Rights Act by Roberts Court will likely trigger largest drop in Black representation since end of Reconstruction. They're taking America back to Jim Crow, when white supremacy and one party rule enshrined across South
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Supreme Court deals a death blow to the Voting Rights Act
The "now-completed demolition" of the law could take us back to the Jim Crow era.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/supreme-court-louisiana-vra-callais/
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