Asiya Islam
@asiyaislam.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the Department of Gender Studies at LSE | Researching gender, work, digitalisation in the Global South | Editorial roles at Feminist Review & Otherwise Magazine
So exciting to see A Woman’s Job make it into the hands of scholars who I admire!
Just got hold of my dear friend @asiyaislam.bsky.social’s book, based on her brilliant research on female service workers in India. Can’t wait to dive in!
September 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
So exciting to see A Woman’s Job make it into the hands of scholars who I admire!
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#FeministReview 139 is out! Our most recent #Currents Issue includes research and theoretical articles, and open-space creative writing, with many of them being open access. Have a look and join the conversations/ with us and the authors. Enjoy your reads!
#FR139: journals.sagepub.com/toc/fera/139/1
#FR139: journals.sagepub.com/toc/fera/139/1
June 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
#FeministReview 139 is out! Our most recent #Currents Issue includes research and theoretical articles, and open-space creative writing, with many of them being open access. Have a look and join the conversations/ with us and the authors. Enjoy your reads!
#FR139: journals.sagepub.com/toc/fera/139/1
#FR139: journals.sagepub.com/toc/fera/139/1
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The children killed in Gaza had names, and favourite subjects in school. They wanted to be teachers, doctors and astronauts when they grew up - the same as children in the UK and across the world.
They were, and still are, someone's everything: their entire universe.
They were, and still are, someone's everything: their entire universe.
July 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The children killed in Gaza had names, and favourite subjects in school. They wanted to be teachers, doctors and astronauts when they grew up - the same as children in the UK and across the world.
They were, and still are, someone's everything: their entire universe.
They were, and still are, someone's everything: their entire universe.
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!
Society for the Anthropology of Work and Anthropology of Work Review invite applications to the SAW Community of Writing Fellows, a 8-month writing mentorship program running September 2025 to April 2026. Applications due August 15, 2025 to Jennifer Shaw at jeshaw@tru.ca.
Society for the Anthropology of Work and Anthropology of Work Review invite applications to the SAW Community of Writing Fellows, a 8-month writing mentorship program running September 2025 to April 2026. Applications due August 15, 2025 to Jennifer Shaw at jeshaw@tru.ca.
![The Society for the Anthropology of Work and the Anthropology of Work Review invite applications to join the SAW Community of Writing Fellows, a new 8-month writing mentorship program running from September 2025 to April 2026.
We seek six early-career scholars and graduate students working on topics related to labor and work from anthropological perspectives and who seek to develop submissions for the Anthropology of Work Review.
Our initiative is designed to especially support those who may not have robust mentorship supports in their home institutions, and we strongly welcome applicants from equity-deserving groups.
You’ll engage in…
• Monthly writing group meetings and peer feedback
• A developmental editing workshop with Ideas on Fire [ideasonfire.net]
• The opportunity to meet and learn from the AWR editorial collective
• A community of practice (CoP) approach to writing focused on collaborative, supportive, and rigorous writing development
Eligibility:
• Current graduate student or early-career scholar (within five years of PhD)
• Working on an article-length research manuscript related to the anthropology of work
• Committed to attending monthly meetings and engaging in one peer review between meetings
To apply, please submit a short application of max 500 words describing (1) your project and its fit with the anthropology of work, (2) your goals for writing and publishing, and (3) a brief note about your writing and mentoring needs. Applications due August 15, 2025 to Jennifer Shaw, SAW Mentorship Coordinator, at jeshaw@tru.ca. Questions are also welcome!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ibkr7wiji4zkj32duvmnqamn/bafkreiat2m32gw5w65o4zu7gupaxm7glnfjqyycojt7hjya622b7hgsdz4@jpeg)
July 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!
Society for the Anthropology of Work and Anthropology of Work Review invite applications to the SAW Community of Writing Fellows, a 8-month writing mentorship program running September 2025 to April 2026. Applications due August 15, 2025 to Jennifer Shaw at jeshaw@tru.ca.
Society for the Anthropology of Work and Anthropology of Work Review invite applications to the SAW Community of Writing Fellows, a 8-month writing mentorship program running September 2025 to April 2026. Applications due August 15, 2025 to Jennifer Shaw at jeshaw@tru.ca.
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@asiyaislam.bsky.social lecturing on our LSE Summer School course ☀️💻
June 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
@asiyaislam.bsky.social lecturing on our LSE Summer School course ☀️💻
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"The artificial intelligence boom means the Environment Agency has no idea how much water England will be short of in future decades, as datacentres do not have to report how much they are using to cool their servers."
AI boom means regulator cannot predict future water shortages in England
Datacentres, which do not have to report amount of water used to cool servers, leave Environment Agency with no idea of shortfalls
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"The artificial intelligence boom means the Environment Agency has no idea how much water England will be short of in future decades, as datacentres do not have to report how much they are using to cool their servers."
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🚨 Calling all current students! 🚨
Take the LSE postgrad survey and win amazing prizes!!!
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Take the LSE postgrad survey and win amazing prizes!!!
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June 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🚨 Calling all current students! 🚨
Take the LSE postgrad survey and win amazing prizes!!!
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@rkdasgupta.bsky.social
@asiyaislam.bsky.social
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@sumimadhok.bsky.social
Take the LSE postgrad survey and win amazing prizes!!!
info.lse.ac.uk/current-stud...
@aikoiiris.bsky.social
@hsw.bsky.social
@rkdasgupta.bsky.social
@asiyaislam.bsky.social
@smrodriguez.bsky.social
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We published several research-based pieces in 2015 for @theconversation.com @theguardian.com @financialtimes.com etc. Our then policy messages/recommendations / now facts could easily be copied-pasted into 2025 @commonswec.parliament.uk’s report. Leave design matters! A few arguments below:
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We have published a report, Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave.
We found that the current system is broken, and have a number of recommendations to help fix it ⬇️
We found that the current system is broken, and have a number of recommendations to help fix it ⬇️
June 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We published several research-based pieces in 2015 for @theconversation.com @theguardian.com @financialtimes.com etc. Our then policy messages/recommendations / now facts could easily be copied-pasted into 2025 @commonswec.parliament.uk’s report. Leave design matters! A few arguments below:
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We‘re not saying we have the best looking faculty but we’re not NOT saying that 💅🏼
(Spot the @lsemedia.bsky.social cameo!)
@rkdasgupta.bsky.social @asiyaislam.bsky.social @aikoiiris.bsky.social
@banaji.bsky.social
@sumimadhok.bsky.social
(Spot the @lsemedia.bsky.social cameo!)
@rkdasgupta.bsky.social @asiyaislam.bsky.social @aikoiiris.bsky.social
@banaji.bsky.social
@sumimadhok.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We‘re not saying we have the best looking faculty but we’re not NOT saying that 💅🏼
(Spot the @lsemedia.bsky.social cameo!)
@rkdasgupta.bsky.social @asiyaislam.bsky.social @aikoiiris.bsky.social
@banaji.bsky.social
@sumimadhok.bsky.social
(Spot the @lsemedia.bsky.social cameo!)
@rkdasgupta.bsky.social @asiyaislam.bsky.social @aikoiiris.bsky.social
@banaji.bsky.social
@sumimadhok.bsky.social
So glad that the brilliant keynote delivered by @feministonmarx.bsky.social at this year’s ILPC is now available for all to read. On using the ‘life-making’ approach in labour process theory.
My keynote for ILPC 2025 in Santiago is now published in an amended version in GLJ
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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@soasdevelopment.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social
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@soasdevelopment.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So glad that the brilliant keynote delivered by @feministonmarx.bsky.social at this year’s ILPC is now available for all to read. On using the ‘life-making’ approach in labour process theory.
Sharing a new article (co-authored with Dr Shannon Philip) -
We offer 'embodied acting' as a concept to understand workers’ transformations of their selves & reproduction of gender inequalities in aspirational service work in the Global South. @lsegender.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social
We offer 'embodied acting' as a concept to understand workers’ transformations of their selves & reproduction of gender inequalities in aspirational service work in the Global South. @lsegender.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social
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May 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Sharing a new article (co-authored with Dr Shannon Philip) -
We offer 'embodied acting' as a concept to understand workers’ transformations of their selves & reproduction of gender inequalities in aspirational service work in the Global South. @lsegender.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social
We offer 'embodied acting' as a concept to understand workers’ transformations of their selves & reproduction of gender inequalities in aspirational service work in the Global South. @lsegender.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social
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The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
May 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.
If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.
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👏 Eminent scholar, author and activist Françoise Vergès is this year's Stuart Hall Public Conversation speaker.👏
📖 Read our recent conversation between Françoise Vergès and @asiyaislam.bsky.social on the relationship between class, race, gender and waste:
thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/dec...
📖 Read our recent conversation between Françoise Vergès and @asiyaislam.bsky.social on the relationship between class, race, gender and waste:
thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/dec...
💥BOOK EVENT💥
Françoise Vergès will be the keynote speaker for the 8th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation.
🗓️Sat, May 17
⏰3 pm
📍@conwayhall.bsky.social
Françoise Vergès will be the keynote speaker for the 8th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation.
🗓️Sat, May 17
⏰3 pm
📍@conwayhall.bsky.social
8th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation with Françoise Vergès: There Will Be No Future Without Seizing the Present - Conway Hall
The Stuart Hall Foundation invites you to the inaugural event of their 2025 programme, In Search of Common Ground. We are delighted to welcome political theorist, writer, activist, independent…
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May 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
👏 Eminent scholar, author and activist Françoise Vergès is this year's Stuart Hall Public Conversation speaker.👏
📖 Read our recent conversation between Françoise Vergès and @asiyaislam.bsky.social on the relationship between class, race, gender and waste:
thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/dec...
📖 Read our recent conversation between Françoise Vergès and @asiyaislam.bsky.social on the relationship between class, race, gender and waste:
thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/dec...
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OUR NEW ISSUE IS OUT! UNBINDING IS OUT
In this issue, as in the world around us, certainties unravel
Curated by Fatima Raja
otherwisemag.com/unbinding
Photo credits: Rebecca Dongallo: www.flickr.com/photos/94467...
In this issue, as in the world around us, certainties unravel
Curated by Fatima Raja
otherwisemag.com/unbinding
Photo credits: Rebecca Dongallo: www.flickr.com/photos/94467...
May 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
OUR NEW ISSUE IS OUT! UNBINDING IS OUT
In this issue, as in the world around us, certainties unravel
Curated by Fatima Raja
otherwisemag.com/unbinding
Photo credits: Rebecca Dongallo: www.flickr.com/photos/94467...
In this issue, as in the world around us, certainties unravel
Curated by Fatima Raja
otherwisemag.com/unbinding
Photo credits: Rebecca Dongallo: www.flickr.com/photos/94467...
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More than two and a half thousand now! Academics and educators say loudly TRANS RIGHTS.
Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29
May 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
More than two and a half thousand now! Academics and educators say loudly TRANS RIGHTS.
Send your work to @feministreview.bsky.social!
#FeministReview is inviting article submissions. Authors should submit completed manuscripts through FR’s online submissions portal by 31 July 2025.
We ask that article submissions be 6,000 to 8,000 words.
For more details: femrev.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...
We ask that article submissions be 6,000 to 8,000 words.
For more details: femrev.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...
May 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Send your work to @feministreview.bsky.social!
New publication - ‘Middle’ in urban India: The conceptual limitations of the global middle class - where I argue for the value of staying with the concept of 'middle-ness', rather than subsume it into the 'global middle class'. Please let me know what you think!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
‘Middle’ in urban India: The conceptual limitations of the global middle class - Asiya Islam, 2025
The 21st century has been branded the age of the global middle class. Against this sweeping claim, ethnographies show that there are as many middle classes as t...
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April 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New publication - ‘Middle’ in urban India: The conceptual limitations of the global middle class - where I argue for the value of staying with the concept of 'middle-ness', rather than subsume it into the 'global middle class'. Please let me know what you think!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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In the TV show #Severance, a chip inserted into workers’ brains enables them to split into two selves, one for work, one for life.
@asiyaislam.bsky.social uses this example to reflect on her research with women workers in India and the act of transformation for the workplace
@lsebr.bsky.social
@asiyaislam.bsky.social uses this example to reflect on her research with women workers in India and the act of transformation for the workplace
@lsebr.bsky.social
The implications of splitting ourselves into different versions for work and life - LSE Business Review
In the TV fictional series Severance, a chip inserted into workers’ brains enables a company to split employees’ work and life selves. As they enter the lift at the corporate office, people transform…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
April 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In the TV show #Severance, a chip inserted into workers’ brains enables them to split into two selves, one for work, one for life.
@asiyaislam.bsky.social uses this example to reflect on her research with women workers in India and the act of transformation for the workplace
@lsebr.bsky.social
@asiyaislam.bsky.social uses this example to reflect on her research with women workers in India and the act of transformation for the workplace
@lsebr.bsky.social
I’ve been a bit obsessed with Severance. And, of course, it made me reflect on my research (completely normal thing to do when watching TV). Thanks to @lsebr.bsky.social for hosting my reflections!
In the TV fictional series Severance, a chip inserted into workers’ brains enables a company to split employees’ work and life selves.
@asiyaislam.bsky.social uses this extreme example to reflect on her research with women workers in India.
@asiyaislam.bsky.social uses this extreme example to reflect on her research with women workers in India.
The implications of splitting ourselves into different versions for work and life - LSE Business Review
In the TV fictional series Severance, a chip inserted into workers’ brains enables a company to split employees’ work and life selves. As they enter the lift at the corporate office, people transform…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
April 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I’ve been a bit obsessed with Severance. And, of course, it made me reflect on my research (completely normal thing to do when watching TV). Thanks to @lsebr.bsky.social for hosting my reflections!
I had the most wonderful time running a story writing workshop with my research participants. We spoke about what it is to be writer, who we can take inspiration from & what they want to share with the world. A lot more to come! Thanks again to @britishacademy.bsky.social for funding this project.
April 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I had the most wonderful time running a story writing workshop with my research participants. We spoke about what it is to be writer, who we can take inspiration from & what they want to share with the world. A lot more to come! Thanks again to @britishacademy.bsky.social for funding this project.
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You can now apply to our LSE Summer School course ‘Gender, Culture and Policy’ led by @rkdasgupta.bsky.social and @asiyaislam.bsky.social 📚
Learn about policy making as a queer and feminist issue while spending summer in London! ☀️☀️
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Learn about policy making as a queer and feminist issue while spending summer in London! ☀️☀️
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
You can now apply to our LSE Summer School course ‘Gender, Culture and Policy’ led by @rkdasgupta.bsky.social and @asiyaislam.bsky.social 📚
Learn about policy making as a queer and feminist issue while spending summer in London! ☀️☀️
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Learn about policy making as a queer and feminist issue while spending summer in London! ☀️☀️
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
I’m very excited about this project and so glad that @britishacademy.bsky.social took a chance on it! I’ll be using collaborative story writing to advance my longitudinal ethnographic research with young women in Delhi, eventually leading to a short stories anthology on women’s working lives.
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Talent Development Awards. The scheme promotes the acquisition and advancement of skills in relevant areas by UK-based researchers, promoting innovative research methods in the SHAPE disciplines. Read more:
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I’m very excited about this project and so glad that @britishacademy.bsky.social took a chance on it! I’ll be using collaborative story writing to advance my longitudinal ethnographic research with young women in Delhi, eventually leading to a short stories anthology on women’s working lives.
I never met Carol Wolkowitz but always felt like I knew her a little through her writing which is (unlike a lot of academic writing) clear, careful, precise, and insightful. I have found myself returning to Bodies At Work to make sense of my research over the years.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/soci...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/soci...
Dr Carol Wolkowitz
The Department of Sociology is deeply saddened by the death of Dr Carol Wolkowitz on March 4th 2025. Carol was a hugely valued member both of the Department and of the Centre for the Study of Women an...
warwick.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I never met Carol Wolkowitz but always felt like I knew her a little through her writing which is (unlike a lot of academic writing) clear, careful, precise, and insightful. I have found myself returning to Bodies At Work to make sense of my research over the years.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/soci...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/soci...