Arnab Dutta Roy
@arnabdr.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Florida Gulf Coast University | PhD @UConn | Areas: World & South Asian Lit + Studies in Colonialism & Human Rights | host @NewBooksNetwork | Books on the Postcolonial Bildungsroman | Parent of 🐈⬛🐈 🐈⬛
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Hello friends, the postcolonial bildungsroman volumes are out now. Please consider checking them out, using them in your research, courses, reviewing them, ordering them for your personal or university libraries, and spreading the word. @ualbertapress.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social
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Duke University Press. Save 30% on #NewBook "Co-Motion," by Paola Bacchetta, which offers an innovative feminist and queer set of theories and approaches for analyzing power, subjects, and alliances among activists, artivists and social movements. #QueerStudies #Activism buff.ly/XjZoADe
Save 30% on #NewBook "Co-Motion," by Paola Bacchetta, which offers an innovative feminist and queer set of theories and approaches for analyzing power, subjects, and alliances among activists, artivists and social movements. #QueerStudies #Activism buff.ly/XjZoADe
January 15, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Duke University Press. Save 30% on #NewBook "Co-Motion," by Paola Bacchetta, which offers an innovative feminist and queer set of theories and approaches for analyzing power, subjects, and alliances among activists, artivists and social movements. #QueerStudies #Activism buff.ly/XjZoADe
The first review of The Postcolonial Bildungsroman & the Character of Place ( @univnebpress.bsky.social ) is out with the journal Global South Literary Studies. Mny thanks to Şevket Sarper Dörter for engaging our book in such a perceptive and insightful manner.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Postcolonial bildungsroman and the character of place
Published in Global South Literary Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)
www.tandfonline.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
The first review of The Postcolonial Bildungsroman & the Character of Place ( @univnebpress.bsky.social ) is out with the journal Global South Literary Studies. Mny thanks to Şevket Sarper Dörter for engaging our book in such a perceptive and insightful manner.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Postcolonial Bildungsroman is well represented at #mla2026toronto, all thanks to the wonderful @mlobkowicz.bsky.social and @ualbertapress.bsky.social team! Many thanks for the picture Michelle!
January 9, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The Postcolonial Bildungsroman is well represented at #mla2026toronto, all thanks to the wonderful @mlobkowicz.bsky.social and @ualbertapress.bsky.social team! Many thanks for the picture Michelle!
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All set up at #MLA26 Booth 109. Please stop by and check out our beautiful books.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
All set up at #MLA26 Booth 109. Please stop by and check out our beautiful books.
@ualbertapress.bsky.social
@ualbertapress.bsky.social
Grateful to UNP Blog for publishing this excerpt of our book, The Postcolonial Bildungsroman and the Character of Place. Check it out and please consider getting the book!
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Excerpt: The Postcolonial Bildungsroman and the Character of Place
Arnab Dutta Roy is an assistant professor of English at Florida Gulf Coast University. Paul Ugor is a professor of English at the University of Waterloo. He is the author of Nollywood: Popular Cult…
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January 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Grateful to UNP Blog for publishing this excerpt of our book, The Postcolonial Bildungsroman and the Character of Place. Check it out and please consider getting the book!
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NEW for #MLA26:
The Postcolonial Bildungsroman: Narratives of Youth, Representational Politics, and Aesthetic Reinventions, edited by Arnab Dutta Roy and Paul Ugor.
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
##MLAnews @arnabdr.bsky.social @modernlanguage.bsky.social
The Postcolonial Bildungsroman: Narratives of Youth, Representational Politics, and Aesthetic Reinventions, edited by Arnab Dutta Roy and Paul Ugor.
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
##MLAnews @arnabdr.bsky.social @modernlanguage.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
NEW for #MLA26:
The Postcolonial Bildungsroman: Narratives of Youth, Representational Politics, and Aesthetic Reinventions, edited by Arnab Dutta Roy and Paul Ugor.
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
##MLAnews @arnabdr.bsky.social @modernlanguage.bsky.social
The Postcolonial Bildungsroman: Narratives of Youth, Representational Politics, and Aesthetic Reinventions, edited by Arnab Dutta Roy and Paul Ugor.
https://bit.ly/3IzHq1c
##MLAnews @arnabdr.bsky.social @modernlanguage.bsky.social
Hello friends, the postcolonial bildungsroman volumes are out now. Please consider checking them out, using them in your research, courses, reviewing them, ordering them for your personal or university libraries, and spreading the word. @ualbertapress.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Hello friends, the postcolonial bildungsroman volumes are out now. Please consider checking them out, using them in your research, courses, reviewing them, ordering them for your personal or university libraries, and spreading the word. @ualbertapress.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social
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"The AI infrastructure build-out is so gigantic that in the past 6 months, it contributed more to the growth of the U.S. economy than /all of consumer spending/" - @mims.bsky.social
My takeway is that The US has gone ALL IN BET OF THE 21st Century on AI, while China has gone all in on green tech
My takeway is that The US has gone ALL IN BET OF THE 21st Century on AI, while China has gone all in on green tech
Original draft of syllabus is here - www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-politi... - still in need of a summary piece on the role of capital in shaping the AI economy
The Political Economy of AI: A Syllabus
As I’ve noted occasionally before, one of the most potentially useful things that academics do is preparing syllabi, and hence organizing information about the world.
www.programmablemutter.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"The AI infrastructure build-out is so gigantic that in the past 6 months, it contributed more to the growth of the U.S. economy than /all of consumer spending/" - @mims.bsky.social
My takeway is that The US has gone ALL IN BET OF THE 21st Century on AI, while China has gone all in on green tech
My takeway is that The US has gone ALL IN BET OF THE 21st Century on AI, while China has gone all in on green tech
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Our last issue of 2025, #29.5-6, is available online! This special issue is entitled "Environment and Empire in the Early Modern World."
It begins with an introduction by Pratyay Nath: "Environment, Empire, & Early Modernity: Histories of Co-Constitution." brill.com/view/journal...
It begins with an introduction by Pratyay Nath: "Environment, Empire, & Early Modernity: Histories of Co-Constitution." brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Our last issue of 2025, #29.5-6, is available online! This special issue is entitled "Environment and Empire in the Early Modern World."
It begins with an introduction by Pratyay Nath: "Environment, Empire, & Early Modernity: Histories of Co-Constitution." brill.com/view/journal...
It begins with an introduction by Pratyay Nath: "Environment, Empire, & Early Modernity: Histories of Co-Constitution." brill.com/view/journal...
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NEW @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @polycrisis
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
NEW @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @polycrisis
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
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Periodizing the historical heyday of the heist film at the turn of the twenty-first century and marking its supplanting by the grifter docudrama series in the 2020s
dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/2...
dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/2...
2025 Articles You May Have Missed
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on the incredible scholarship published in our journals over the past year. To celebrate, we’ve curated a selection of thirteen diverse articles you might…
dukeupress.wordpress.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Periodizing the historical heyday of the heist film at the turn of the twenty-first century and marking its supplanting by the grifter docudrama series in the 2020s
dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/2...
dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/2...
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THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
December 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
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The Great Escape: Billionaires, Bunkers, and End-Times Fascism | Winter-Spring Courses 2026 | BISR NYC | buff.ly/ZVGo5A1
December 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Great Escape: Billionaires, Bunkers, and End-Times Fascism | Winter-Spring Courses 2026 | BISR NYC | buff.ly/ZVGo5A1
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A round up of a few books I read and enjoyed from this past year. Academic books as well as general interest.
Includes references to some Bluesky folks: @aearhart.bsky.social, @danicasavonick.bsky.social, @eve.gd, @annakornbluh.bsky.social...
www.electrostani.com/2025/12/2025...
Includes references to some Bluesky folks: @aearhart.bsky.social, @danicasavonick.bsky.social, @eve.gd, @annakornbluh.bsky.social...
www.electrostani.com/2025/12/2025...
2025: My Year in Books
www.electrostani.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A round up of a few books I read and enjoyed from this past year. Academic books as well as general interest.
Includes references to some Bluesky folks: @aearhart.bsky.social, @danicasavonick.bsky.social, @eve.gd, @annakornbluh.bsky.social...
www.electrostani.com/2025/12/2025...
Includes references to some Bluesky folks: @aearhart.bsky.social, @danicasavonick.bsky.social, @eve.gd, @annakornbluh.bsky.social...
www.electrostani.com/2025/12/2025...
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The new issue of @criticalai-journal.bsky.social (3:2) features a special series titled "Generative AI" and "Writing in Higher Education." View the full TOC: buff.ly/HslUNXA
Critical AI is based at Rutgers University’s Center for Cultural Analysis, learn more & subscribe: buff.ly/MlIbMDB
Critical AI is based at Rutgers University’s Center for Cultural Analysis, learn more & subscribe: buff.ly/MlIbMDB
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The new issue of @criticalai-journal.bsky.social (3:2) features a special series titled "Generative AI" and "Writing in Higher Education." View the full TOC: buff.ly/HslUNXA
Critical AI is based at Rutgers University’s Center for Cultural Analysis, learn more & subscribe: buff.ly/MlIbMDB
Critical AI is based at Rutgers University’s Center for Cultural Analysis, learn more & subscribe: buff.ly/MlIbMDB
Check out this year’s @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social ‘s Winter Playlist 2025: Host Picks—which features my interview with Tithi Bhattacharya on her brilliant book Ghostly Past, Capitalist Present. So thrilled that it is featured in this newsletter.
shorturl.at/Nmzxd
shorturl.at/Nmzxd
Winter Playlist: 2025 Host Picks
A tiny sample of our favorite interviews
newbooksnetwork.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Check out this year’s @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social ‘s Winter Playlist 2025: Host Picks—which features my interview with Tithi Bhattacharya on her brilliant book Ghostly Past, Capitalist Present. So thrilled that it is featured in this newsletter.
shorturl.at/Nmzxd
shorturl.at/Nmzxd
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Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google.
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence!
go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
Look what arrived in the mail! Grateful to have collaborated with @somishmash.bsky.social & such a world-class crew of scholars and interlocutors. Stay tuned—an extended edition with Brill, featuring additional essays & interviews, is coming soon!
Link to the issue: brill.com/view/journal...
Link to the issue: brill.com/view/journal...
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Look what arrived in the mail! Grateful to have collaborated with @somishmash.bsky.social & such a world-class crew of scholars and interlocutors. Stay tuned—an extended edition with Brill, featuring additional essays & interviews, is coming soon!
Link to the issue: brill.com/view/journal...
Link to the issue: brill.com/view/journal...
Post-grading euphoria!
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Post-grading euphoria!
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Publication alert. Folks have been requesting my new work, alluded to in my talks. This invited essay was quite hard to write. I delayed the entire project! Making a dent in 'abstract universal' eats up time. Free access. Engage it, critique it or trash it.
journals.openedition.org/miranda/67304
journals.openedition.org/miranda/67304
Universalism and Queer Entanglements
Traversing the terrain of queer studies and its implication in discussion of universalism, this essay offers a reassessment of queer in its over-reliance on global North knowledge and world-making ...
journals.openedition.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Publication alert. Folks have been requesting my new work, alluded to in my talks. This invited essay was quite hard to write. I delayed the entire project! Making a dent in 'abstract universal' eats up time. Free access. Engage it, critique it or trash it.
journals.openedition.org/miranda/67304
journals.openedition.org/miranda/67304
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Hi Sarah! Check out our bargaining resources guide that Lisa Kresge (on our AAUP AI team) helped develop based on the recommendations we developed in the report you linked
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
AAUP AI Committee Policy Resources for AI & EdTech
Contributors: Lisa Kresge, UC Berkeley Labor Center /AAUP ad hoc committee on AI Eric Rader, Henry Ford Community College/AFT Grace Musilli, AFT Monica Owens, AAUP Table of Contents Resource 1: Contra...
docs.google.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Hi Sarah! Check out our bargaining resources guide that Lisa Kresge (on our AAUP AI team) helped develop based on the recommendations we developed in the report you linked
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The oldest journal in its field in the United States, Comparative Literature explores issues in literary history and theory. Issue 77:4 is now available, view the TOC: buff.ly/dc9N62X
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The oldest journal in its field in the United States, Comparative Literature explores issues in literary history and theory. Issue 77:4 is now available, view the TOC: buff.ly/dc9N62X
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So glad to see this piece doing well! Thanks for sharing it Hari.
Read the entire post here
https://open.substack.com/pub/yashicadutt/p/zarna-garg-and-the-myth-of-the-indian?r=4eny8&utm_medium=ios
Read the entire post here
https://open.substack.com/pub/yashicadutt/p/zarna-garg-and-the-myth-of-the-indian?r=4eny8&utm_medium=ios
Good piece by @yashicadutt.bsky.social on the Garg's recent statements and the reaction from Indian Americans, especially given the former's support for figures like Usha Vance and Trump. A few thoughts (hopefully I'll write something later)...
yashicadutt.substack.com/p/zarna-garg...
yashicadutt.substack.com/p/zarna-garg...
Zarna Garg and the myth of the Indian American monolith
What the latest comments by one of the most popular Indian American stand up comics reveal about our culture
yashicadutt.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
So glad to see this piece doing well! Thanks for sharing it Hari.
Read the entire post here
https://open.substack.com/pub/yashicadutt/p/zarna-garg-and-the-myth-of-the-indian?r=4eny8&utm_medium=ios
Read the entire post here
https://open.substack.com/pub/yashicadutt/p/zarna-garg-and-the-myth-of-the-indian?r=4eny8&utm_medium=ios
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"Our analysis shows that in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve...highlighting increasing disparities in their built environments."
Nature research paper: Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery
go.nature.com/3YcD2ZS
go.nature.com/3YcD2ZS
Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery - Nature
Higher-income neighbourhoods rebuild and improve after disasters while lower-income areas do not return to pre-disaster conditions.
go.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Our analysis shows that in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve...highlighting increasing disparities in their built environments."
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Fordlândia.
I would say this because I edited it but @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social's piece on tech bros founding their own for-profit cities really is unmissable reading www.ft.com/content/b127...
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Fordlândia.