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Dr Rohit K Dasgupta
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Associate Professor, London School of Economics| Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow| Labour & Coop Party Councillor| Chair of Council & First Citizen, London Borough of Newham 25-26| He/They| https://linktr.ee/rohitkdasgupta .. more

Rohit K. Dasgupta is an Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a British Labour Party politician. Prior to this he was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Culture and Creative Arts at the University of Glasgow where he remains as an Honorary Senior Research Fellow. In 2018 he was elected Councillor in the London Borough of Newham for the Canning Town South ward. He was re-elected for the same ward again in 2022. He contested the Parliamentary seat of East Hampshire for the Labour Party in 2017, coming second with an increase of 7% vote share. He is also Secretary of the Newham Branch of the Fabian Society. In 2019 he was selected as an MEP candidate for the South East region but failed to get elected. Dasgupta is also a member of Labour's National Policy Forum and sits on the Work, Pensions and Equality Policy Commission. In May 2025, he was appointed chair and first citizen of the Newham Council for the municipal year 2025-26. .. more

Art 35%
Political science 22%

Pleased to see two of my favourites taking on this role!
LFPME welcomes @jamesasser.bsky.social, who is taking on the role of co-Chair alongside @sarahowen.org.uk from this month. ๐ŸŒน๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ

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LFPME welcomes @jamesasser.bsky.social, who is taking on the role of co-Chair alongside @sarahowen.org.uk from this month. ๐ŸŒน๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ

This is horrendous

โ€œA freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcareโ€
New data shows surge in trans kidsโ€™ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlawproject.org

Is it just me or the media bubble I live in but all the people falling from Epstein are Brits. Are you telling me that the Umreekans donโ€™t exist in it or is the media sphere so compromised that there is no public backlash calling for heads to roll?

Oh well, wasnโ€™t he on the board of Sex matters? Good riddance.
BREAKING: Keir Starmer's top spin doctor has quit amid the fallout from the Peter Mandelson scandal

Tim Allen has become the latest to No 10 figure out the door as Starmer clings to power

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In case you'd like to read on the current 'race' conversation re Wuthering Heights.
My claim to fame is that I had the privilege of having coffee w/ Prof Jo Macdonagh when she was invited to our uni. Just the two of us at Cafรฉ de la Paix ๐Ÿ˜€
A great scholar.
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A Literature Professor Weighs in On Wuthering Heights' 'Whitewashed' Heathcliff
"Race is a huge preoccupation in the novel (and all the Brontรซsโ€™ novels, for that matter)..."
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Join us for an evening with Sarah Owen MP, chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee!

In dialogue with @rkdasgupta.bsky.social, Sarah will share insights from her work and open discussion on how we can collectively push for a fairer and more inclusive Britain.

Tickets via the website!

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BREAKING: Keir Starmer's top spin doctor has quit amid the fallout from the Peter Mandelson scandal

Tim Allen has become the latest to No 10 figure out the door as Starmer clings to power

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New Issue from #Identities!

Vol 32 No 1 (February 2026)

Including a Symposium on Catherine Hall's Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism

Explore the issue:
www.tandfonline.com/...

@nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter Taylor & Francis Research

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@rkdasgupta.bsky.social has received the Freedom of the City of London, recognising outstanding contributions to civic society. Congratulations from
everyone at the Department ๐ŸŽ‰

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POV: YOU JUST GRADUATED FROM LSE GENDER ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽ“โค๏ธ

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@rkdasgupta.bsky.social
@aikoiiris.bsky.social
@hsw.bsky.social

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FANTASTIC CLASS OF 2024-25! ๐Ÿฅ‚๐ŸŽ‰โค๏ธ

We absolutely loved celebrating this wonderful cohort and all their amazing achievements last night!

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@hsw.bsky.social
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Research Seminar Series: Gender Works in Progress with @rkdasgupta.bsky.social and PhD alumni and Visting Fellows @senelw.bsky.social and @clairelwilmot.bsky.social this afternoon!

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@rkdasgupta.bsky.social is speaking at Kolkata Literary Festival in January! โฌ‡๏ธ

www.aklf.in/index.html

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โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ“š PROGRAMME SPOTLIGHT: MSC GENDER (SEXUALITY)

The interdisciplinary MSc Gender (Sexuality) programme foregrounds the relevance of theory to transnational issues of sexual activism and legal frames.

Find out more about our MSc programmes and apply now on our website! ๐Ÿ”—

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Their courage reminds us that sacrifice knows no borders, and that our shared histories bind us together in the pursuit of a more just and peaceful world.

On Remembrance Sunday, we honour all those who gave their lives in the service of peace and freedom. As we remember, we must also acknowledge the extraordinary diversity of those who served from every corner of the Commonwealth, of every faith and background.
ChatGPT gave a significant portion of my students the wrong answer to an easy quiz question that everyone used to always get right

I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
โ€œWith fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.โ€
www.404media.co

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The Xylom @thexylom.com ยท Oct 13
A 2024 survey shows 57% of inhabitants of Dal Lake experienced decreasing rainfall, 75% saw less snowfall, and 60% saw a decline in stream discharge.

Nearly 75% are experiencing more frequent and stronger extreme weather occurrences, significantly impacting agricultural output and livelihoods.
Meet the Women Stitching a Resilient Future on Dal Lake
In Srinagarโ€™s famous Dal Lake area, climate change is changing the lifestyles of subsistence farmers and fishers, causing women who rely on these resources to pick up needlework to generate income.
www.thexylom.com

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๐Ÿšจ Starting today, you can apply to join LSE Gender in September 2026!

๐ŸŽ“ Choose between eight specialised MSc degrees or our internally competitive PhD Programme and join this globally recognized hub for agenda setting gender research!

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WELCOME 2025? COMPLETED IT MATE โœ…๐ŸŽ‰

Weโ€™re delighted to welcome our new cohort and our brilliant new LSE Fellows R and Zuzana!

Special thanks to our PSS colleagues, our HoD @sumimadhok.bsky.social and @rkdasgupta.bsky.social for a fantastic Welcome Lecture.

Bring it on!

Hug. Been a while since I have seen you. Hope youโ€™re keeping well x

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Thank you :)

NEW ARTICLE out now. Thatโ€™s my service to the discipline sorted for the next decade! A collection of 50 articles, books, and chapters that I hope will be a useful resource for anyone researching queer digital cultures in non-Western contexts.

www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...

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@rkdasgupta.bsky.social speaking on South Asian Diasporic Cultural Production and Queer Organising for this yearโ€˜s Welcome Lecture chaired by @sumimadhok.bsky.social ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

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Yesterday marked 8 years since the late Sarah Hegazi raised the rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in a moment of uncalculated joy so threatening to Egyptian authorities that they arrested, tortured, prosecuted her, and sent her to exile.

Sarah in my heart today. ๐ŸŒˆ