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Rohit De
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Between Clio and Themis| Lawyer, Historian @Yale | Author of 'A People's Constitution (Princeton, 2018) | Politics. Pop Culture. South Asia
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The cover for my book, The Future That Was, is now live! It features the MacArthur genius artist Shahzia Sikander's Infinite Woman (2021), where earth is surrounded by an infinite series of women marching around the globe who, from afar, become rays of the sun ☀️

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The Future That Was
How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present
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September 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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SEPT 15 JOB DEADLINE: 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).

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September 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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also I collected Mira Nair’s papers, including her handwritten notebooks for all films, at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard, FREE and open to the public. Much good work to be done. Finding aid here: hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories...
June 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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also, in addition, because she is a badass, I collected the personal papers of Madhur Jaffrey, actor, celebrity chef, and renowned Nani in Mr Cardamom Zohran Mamdani’s rendering:

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June 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Excited to see the website is now live for my forthcoming book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (PUP, March 2026)
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The Future That Was
How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present
press.princeton.edu
June 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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EHR is not a journal of British history! We welcome submissions on all topics, periods, geographies and methodologies. We are keen to encourage submissions from historians from less represented groups who might not have considered us in the past.

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About
First published in January 1886, The English Historical Review (EHR) is the oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world. It publishes
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May 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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We have cover!
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With Vani Prakashan
March 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Great 3 year postdoc opportunity at Melbourne Law School closing very soon. Applicants must contact a member of the faculty to endorse their draft application law.unimelb.edu.au/research/for...
McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowships
The McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme was established by the University of Melbourne to attract outstanding recent doctoral graduates to the University in areas of research priority, and in part...
law.unimelb.edu.au
April 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Job opportunity in European history in the Department of History at one of Europe's most wonderful universities.
April 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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In this #OpenAccess article, Indrani Chatterjee traces the career of women slaves in the nineteenth century household-state of Awadh, before considering how British official necropolitics has shaped the historiography of slavery until the present.

Read it here 👇

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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present
Using both English and Urdu-language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro-Asian women slaves in the household-state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth centu...
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April 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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New History Job Posted Today: Assistant Professor in American and/or World History | The American University in Cairo
Assistant Professor in American and/or World History | The American University in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt, Job Description The Sultan Al-Qasimi Department of History at the American University in Cairo (AUC) invites applications from historians of the modern world specializing in American and/or World History whose thematic subfields enable them to teach the role of the US in our increasingly interconnected and globalized world. The position is an open-rank appointment that will begin in Fall 2025. It is a fixed-term position for four years, renewable upon positive review of teaching, research, and service. The successful candidate will teach in English three undergraduate courses each semester such as historiographical, methodological, and survey courses as well as upper-level special topic seminars. Requirements PhD by September 1, 2025 , is required with evidence of teaching experience. Priority will be given to applications received by November 1, 2024 . Application Instructions: Applicants must submit the following documents via the online system : an updated CV a letter of interest addressing the required qualifications a completed AUC Personnel Information Form (PIF) a statement of teaching philosophy copies of recent student evaluations an example of a recent publication relevant to the position letters of reference from at least three referees familiar with the applicant's professional background directly e-mailed to hkholoussy@aucegypt.edu To ensure full consideration, applications should be submitted before November 1, 2024 . Applications will be accepted until a qualified applicant pool has been achieved or until the position is filled. Questions may be directed to the Chair of the History Department, Dr. Hanan Kholoussy, at hkholoussy@aucegypt.edu . Company Description Founded in 1919, AUC moved to a new 260-acre state-of-the-art campus in New Cairo in 2008. The university also operates in its historic downtown facilities, offering cultural events, graduate classes, and continuing education. Student housing is available in New Cairo. Among the premier universities in the region, AUC is Middle States accredited; its engineering programs are accredited by ABET, its chemistry program is accredited by the Canadian Society for Chemistry, the School of Business is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS, and the Master of Public Administration and the Master of Public Policy programs of GAPP are accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and administration (NASPAA). The AUC libraries contain the largest English-language research collection in the region and are an active and integral part of the university's pursuit of excellence in all academic and scholarly programs. AUC is an English-medium institution; eighty-five percent of the students are Egyptian and the rest include students from nearly ninety countries, principally from the Middle East, Africa and North America. Faculty salary and rank are based on qualifications and professional experience. According to AUC policies and procedures, all faculty are entitled to generous benefits. Apply Here PI267277042
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April 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Congratulations to AHA member Sunil Amrith, who was awarded the 2025 Toynbee Prize “for his exceptional work on the movement of peoples as shaped by environmental forces, work that has brought the regions of South/Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean to the center of global historical scholarship.”
2025 Toynbee Prize Announcement | Toynbee Prize Foundation
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April 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Why do legal professionals around the world drift towards jurisprudential internalism? On Wed., 4/9, our ABF Speaker Series is led by Yale Law Prof. @zhangtaisu.bsky.social, who presents a behavioral and comparative argument: internalism aligns with incentives across six major legal systems.
Speaker Series: Taisu Zhang - ABF
This article argues that legal professions, regardless of socioeconomic, political, cultural, or ideological context, naturally drift towards jurisprudential internalism. Zhang defines “legal…
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April 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Job opportunity: Associate Senior Lecturer in History with specialisation in Middle Eastern History. "We are looking for a historian holding a doctoral degree and specialising in Middle Eastern history who is at the beginning of their career."
Associate Senior Lecturer in History with specialisation in Middle Eastern History
We are looking for a historian holding a doctoral degree and specialising in Middle Eastern history who is at the beginning of their career. Workplace and subject The successful candidate will divide
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April 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Jobs at Warwick Law! Come and work with us. (specific needs in tort and global health law, but application from all fields of law within the school’s expertise will be considered)
Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (107930-0325) - University of Warwick
Title: Associate Professor or Assistant Professor (107930-0325). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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March 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Postdoc Opportunity!

The Tulane Global Humanities Center, Postdoctoral Fellows

Recent PhDs who explore: port cities, global flows, blue humanities, critical ocean studies, logistics, and/or transnational environmental humanities.
Region and historical period open.
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March 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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just imagine working at microsofft and thinking “let’s spend billions, steal a load of intellectual property, and destroy the planet to make an interface to write bad essays” rather than “let’s update MS Word so users can comment on footnotes”
March 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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I wrote about Gumnaam, which isn’t my favorite Indian adaptation of Christie but is, IMO, a very pleasing mystery. Plus: MAX USE OF HELEN!!! 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽 #desiwatch
March 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Just boosting that we’re searching for an associate professor of the history of slavery in the northern US / Canada - applications will still be considered 🗃️https://careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-us/job/526190/associate-professor-tenured-public-historyassociate-director-of-slavery-north-initiative
Details - Associate Professor (tenured) Public History/Associate Director of Slavery North Initiative | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
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March 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Oh wow, this is *such* a cool concept - a 'game' procedurally generated from Wikipedia, in which you can literally traverse all of human knowledge and walk down rabbit holes
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I just released the Museum of All Things version 1.0!!! You can find it at mayeclair.itch.io/museum-of-al...
March 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Finally topped 150,000 downloads from open access East India Company at Home volume, 7 years after publication. Esp. pleased to see Indian downloads at the top of the table. A collaborative co-edited, co-produced book: a dialogue of academic & non-academic researchers. 1/2@uclpress.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM