Fernanda Pirie
@fernandapirie.bsky.social
Anthropologist Tibetologist Lawyer.
Sad news. William Twining was a much valued Senior Associate @oxfordcsls.bsky.social
One of my comparative law heroes, William Twining, has passed on 9 October. I have always find his ideas interesting, challenging, and inspiring. RIP Professor.
October 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Sad news. William Twining was a much valued Senior Associate @oxfordcsls.bsky.social
Ros Atkins on... Israel's war in Gaza and proportionality
“Israel insists it followed international law throughout this conflict - and that its actions are proportionate. But nearly all of the experts we spoke to aren't convinced.”
“Israel insists it followed international law throughout this conflict - and that its actions are proportionate. But nearly all of the experts we spoke to aren't convinced.”
September 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Ros Atkins on... Israel's war in Gaza and proportionality
“Israel insists it followed international law throughout this conflict - and that its actions are proportionate. But nearly all of the experts we spoke to aren't convinced.”
“Israel insists it followed international law throughout this conflict - and that its actions are proportionate. But nearly all of the experts we spoke to aren't convinced.”
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'my instinct is that our troubled world needs Humanities Studies as much – if not more – than in many past years'. (John Major: johnmajorarchive.org.uk/2025/09/10/s... )
Powerful speech from John Major today at the Mansion House indicating his personal concern about the decline of study of the humanities
September 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
'my instinct is that our troubled world needs Humanities Studies as much – if not more – than in many past years'. (John Major: johnmajorarchive.org.uk/2025/09/10/s... )
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NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights.
The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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September 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights.
The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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Ingrid and I issued the following statement in the just-released issue of @ajil.bsky.social. A travesty that it has to be said.
September 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ingrid and I issued the following statement in the just-released issue of @ajil.bsky.social. A travesty that it has to be said.
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A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog
Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
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Dr. Tarek Loubani, who is in Gaza right now, was invited to give a talk to emergency workers about the attacks on health care facilities in Gaza.
But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...
But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...
Stethoscope Story #8
This is "Stethoscope Story #8" by Albino Squirrel Channel on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Dr. Tarek Loubani, who is in Gaza right now, was invited to give a talk to emergency workers about the attacks on health care facilities in Gaza.
But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...
But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...
Very bad news.
Well, UChicago has paused new PhD admissions in my department now, too. One of the flagship departments for anthropology in the US and worldwide.
This on top of hum, social thought, social work, and others. What happens to UChicago's brand--the so-called "life of the mind"--now?
This on top of hum, social thought, social work, and others. What happens to UChicago's brand--the so-called "life of the mind"--now?
August 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Very bad news.
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Want fewer migrants?
Say goodbye to:
* 30% of our tech workforce;
* 1 in 4 hospitality workers;
* 1 in 5 construction workers;
* 16% of the NHS.
Still sound like a good plan?
Stephen McNair reports
Say goodbye to:
* 30% of our tech workforce;
* 1 in 4 hospitality workers;
* 1 in 5 construction workers;
* 16% of the NHS.
Still sound like a good plan?
Stephen McNair reports
Do we really want a big reduction in immigration?
Voters see immigration as the most important issue facing the country. There are things to be done. But can we really afford major reductions?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Want fewer migrants?
Say goodbye to:
* 30% of our tech workforce;
* 1 in 4 hospitality workers;
* 1 in 5 construction workers;
* 16% of the NHS.
Still sound like a good plan?
Stephen McNair reports
Say goodbye to:
* 30% of our tech workforce;
* 1 in 4 hospitality workers;
* 1 in 5 construction workers;
* 16% of the NHS.
Still sound like a good plan?
Stephen McNair reports
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‘Graeber does seem to have had most fun as an outsider, a movement anthropologist wending his way among anticapitalist militants, or sitting in on horizontalist spokescouncils, arguing and taking field notes.’
@leninology.bsky.social reads David Graeber’s essays:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@leninology.bsky.social reads David Graeber’s essays:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Richard Seymour · Baseline Communism: David Graeber’s Innovations
In his critique of economics, as in his philippic against ‘bullshit jobs’, Graeber stresses the political decisions...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
‘Graeber does seem to have had most fun as an outsider, a movement anthropologist wending his way among anticapitalist militants, or sitting in on horizontalist spokescouncils, arguing and taking field notes.’
@leninology.bsky.social reads David Graeber’s essays:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@leninology.bsky.social reads David Graeber’s essays:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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JOB: Assistant Professor in South/Southeast Asian Religions (w/ focus on Hindu Traditions, defined BROADLY) in my department at the University of San Diego (PLEASE SHARE WIDELY).
Apply here: jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Apply here: jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...
August 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
JOB: Assistant Professor in South/Southeast Asian Religions (w/ focus on Hindu Traditions, defined BROADLY) in my department at the University of San Diego (PLEASE SHARE WIDELY).
Apply here: jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Apply here: jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Delighted #TheRuleofLaws gets a mention in The Economist though the laws of war don’t feature highly. Tricky subject!
With nods to Grotius, earning his second mention in The Telegram, and to a fine book on the 4,000 year history of legal codes by Prof @fernandapirie.bsky.social profilebooks.com/work/the-rul...
The Rule of Laws - Profile Books
profilebooks.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Delighted #TheRuleofLaws gets a mention in The Economist though the laws of war don’t feature highly. Tricky subject!
‘He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity
August 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
‘He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity
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"The personal cost Tsering Döndrup has paid for ‘The Red Wind Howls’ is further evidence, if it were needed, of just how taboo his tale is."
Christopher Peacock on Tsering Döndrup’s defiant reckoning with Tibet’s legacy of violence:
Christopher Peacock on Tsering Döndrup’s defiant reckoning with Tibet’s legacy of violence:
Tsering Döndrup’s defiant reckoning with Tibet’s legacy of violence
I FIRST MET Tsering Döndrup at his home in Xining – the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau, located in Qinghai province in western China. This was in early 201
buff.ly
July 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"The personal cost Tsering Döndrup has paid for ‘The Red Wind Howls’ is further evidence, if it were needed, of just how taboo his tale is."
Christopher Peacock on Tsering Döndrup’s defiant reckoning with Tibet’s legacy of violence:
Christopher Peacock on Tsering Döndrup’s defiant reckoning with Tibet’s legacy of violence:
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Why the UK won’t face hyperinflation – even with government money creation youtu.be/Jkx2YzakYNg?... Hyperinflation is the scare story threatened by those who want to stop government spending. But it’s just that: a scare story.
Why the UK won’t face hyperinflation – even with government money creation
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
July 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Why the UK won’t face hyperinflation – even with government money creation youtu.be/Jkx2YzakYNg?... Hyperinflation is the scare story threatened by those who want to stop government spending. But it’s just that: a scare story.
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This is an important piece from a senior Holocaust scholar (who grew up in Israel and is an IDF veteran), and it’s important that it’s published in the NYT.
July 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is an important piece from a senior Holocaust scholar (who grew up in Israel and is an IDF veteran), and it’s important that it’s published in the NYT.
Splendid surroundings to hear the AG reaffirm the UK’s commitment to the rule of law and Venice Commission. And glad to be able
to offer socio-legal and historical perspective. @oxfordcsls.bsky.social
to offer socio-legal and historical perspective. @oxfordcsls.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Splendid surroundings to hear the AG reaffirm the UK’s commitment to the rule of law and Venice Commission. And glad to be able
to offer socio-legal and historical perspective. @oxfordcsls.bsky.social
to offer socio-legal and historical perspective. @oxfordcsls.bsky.social
The corporations aiding genocide www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
The corporations aiding genocide
I never imagined I would read a report like this in my lifetime, and yet it is in The Guardian, is corroborated elsewhere, and it is about a plan put forward by the Israeli government, with no doubt t...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
July 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The corporations aiding genocide www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
Glad to have been able to sign this.
UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers
Exclusive: Letter to PM signed by retired supreme court justices among others says lack of action will imperil international legal system
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Glad to have been able to sign this.
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UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers
Exclusive: Letter to PM signed by retired supreme court justices among others says lack of action will imperil international legal system
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' ends US democracy. What happens next? youtu.be/JrpgSR0Y8Ms?...
Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' ends US democracy. What happens next?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
May 23, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' ends US democracy. What happens next? youtu.be/JrpgSR0Y8Ms?...
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Harvard rejects Trump administration's sweeping demands for change
Harvard rejects Trump administration's sweeping demands for change
April 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Harvard rejects Trump administration's sweeping demands for change
Harvard rejects Trump administration's sweeping demands for change
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Wonderful dinner discussing everything from Russian literature to legal history with @fernandapirie.bsky.social , Nick, and Kentaro.
April 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Wonderful dinner discussing everything from Russian literature to legal history with @fernandapirie.bsky.social , Nick, and Kentaro.
Really delighted that the Leverhulme Trust has agreed to fund my new project on historic Tibetan law at @oxfordcsls.bsky.social It will follow my start-up project with the John Fell Fund: www.law.ox.ac.uk/law-historic...
Law in historic Tibet: translating the Dalai
www.law.ox.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Really delighted that the Leverhulme Trust has agreed to fund my new project on historic Tibetan law at @oxfordcsls.bsky.social It will follow my start-up project with the John Fell Fund: www.law.ox.ac.uk/law-historic...
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How is this happening in the USA??
This is exactly what fascism looks like.
RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.
Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.
March 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
How is this happening in the USA??