Manan Ahmed
@sepoy.bsky.social
historian, walker. Author, *A Book of Conquest*, *The Loss of Hindustan*, and, most recently, *Disrupted City*
https://history.columbia.edu/person/manan-ahmed/
https://history.columbia.edu/person/manan-ahmed/
A bit of history from @esmat.bsky.social on Columbia's legacy of hosting colonial administrators on campus.
Colonial and Anti-Colonial Ideas at Columbia University (1970)
David Farhi and Edward Said. From The Spectator . Recently I had the pleasure of sharing my work and meeting people at an exciting event on...
pastandfuturepresents.blogspot.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
A bit of history from @esmat.bsky.social on Columbia's legacy of hosting colonial administrators on campus.
Very sad to hear about the passing of Urdu scholar and feminist Dr. Zehra. May she rest in power and her memory always guide us.
Renowned educationist Arfa Sayeda Zehra passes away in Lahore at 83
President expresses grief over death, calls it "irreparable loss" for Pakistan's academic and literary circles.
www.dawn.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Very sad to hear about the passing of Urdu scholar and feminist Dr. Zehra. May she rest in power and her memory always guide us.
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New in PN: @donmoyn.bsky.social on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
“The visible presence of overwhelming numbers of troops in the streets has a psychological component. You display dominance & make examples of people who resist — except instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities.”
“The visible presence of overwhelming numbers of troops in the streets has a psychological component. You display dominance & make examples of people who resist — except instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New in PN: @donmoyn.bsky.social on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
“The visible presence of overwhelming numbers of troops in the streets has a psychological component. You display dominance & make examples of people who resist — except instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities.”
“The visible presence of overwhelming numbers of troops in the streets has a psychological component. You display dominance & make examples of people who resist — except instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities.”
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This piece goes hard.
Not one work in the exhibition “Global Fascisms” at Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt acknowledges the world burning just beyond the door. In Jara Nassar’s words, “What is the role of art when the world is on fire?”
The Irony of a Fascism Exhibition in Germany
Once a custodian of critical culture, Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt has become a model of capitulation to state control.
hyperallergic.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This piece goes hard.
📣 11/11 @ 6pm: Book panel for Subah Dayal’s *Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Circulation in Peninsular India*. Come thru!
buff.ly/pscavXS
buff.ly/pscavXS
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
📣 11/11 @ 6pm: Book panel for Subah Dayal’s *Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Circulation in Peninsular India*. Come thru!
buff.ly/pscavXS
buff.ly/pscavXS
Extremely lucky to have seen in person, at The MET, Zarina's *Letters from Home* series. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Extremely lucky to have seen in person, at The MET, Zarina's *Letters from Home* series. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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We are hiring two editorial assistants at Columbia UP! One for the philosophy/religion/theory editor & @philipleventhal.bsky.social (lit/film), & one for the sociology/Black studies & the editorial director/editor for lit in translation/Asian studies. Apply for both at the link.
Editorial Assistant - Other NYC Locations, New York, United States
Job Type: Support Staff - Non-Union
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Salary Range: $46,400.00-$46,400.00
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, includi...
opportunities.columbia.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We are hiring two editorial assistants at Columbia UP! One for the philosophy/religion/theory editor & @philipleventhal.bsky.social (lit/film), & one for the sociology/Black studies & the editorial director/editor for lit in translation/Asian studies. Apply for both at the link.
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The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
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NEW Podcast: In the Archive with Beshara Doumani
Starting a new series on the gems in MERIP’s archive, we interviewed Beshara Doumani about his landmark 1989 essay, “Abu Farid’s House” and the changes in Palestine since the First Intifada.
Starting a new series on the gems in MERIP’s archive, we interviewed Beshara Doumani about his landmark 1989 essay, “Abu Farid’s House” and the changes in Palestine since the First Intifada.
The MERIP Podcast Episode 11: In the Archive with Beshara Doumani
Today we have a very special episode, part of a new occasional series that will highlight some of the truly great work MERIP has done over the last 50-plus years, all of which is free to read in our…
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
NEW Podcast: In the Archive with Beshara Doumani
Starting a new series on the gems in MERIP’s archive, we interviewed Beshara Doumani about his landmark 1989 essay, “Abu Farid’s House” and the changes in Palestine since the First Intifada.
Starting a new series on the gems in MERIP’s archive, we interviewed Beshara Doumani about his landmark 1989 essay, “Abu Farid’s House” and the changes in Palestine since the First Intifada.
today, 11/06! Book launch at NYU *Decolonizing Afghanistan* (@dukepress.bsky.social, 2025 )with MATTHIEU AIKINS, WAZHMAH OSMAN, ZOHRA SAED, MORWARI ZAFAR! Come thru! docs.google.com/forms/d/19ZG...
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
today, 11/06! Book launch at NYU *Decolonizing Afghanistan* (@dukepress.bsky.social, 2025 )with MATTHIEU AIKINS, WAZHMAH OSMAN, ZOHRA SAED, MORWARI ZAFAR! Come thru! docs.google.com/forms/d/19ZG...
One of the most important articles you will read this year. Esmat Elhalaby, "Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza," Journal of Palestine Studies. @esmat.bsky.social 🗃️
Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza
This essay, parts of which were initially delivered at the annual Indigenous art gathering aabaakwad in December 2024 at the University of Toronto, offers three contributions to the historiography ...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
One of the most important articles you will read this year. Esmat Elhalaby, "Genocide and the Limits of History in Gaza," Journal of Palestine Studies. @esmat.bsky.social 🗃️
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Important new report out from AAUP & MESA, “The data…offers a detailed account of how landmark civil rights legislation – and particularly Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act – has become a primary tool to restrict speech on campus.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows
A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Important new report out from AAUP & MESA, “The data…offers a detailed account of how landmark civil rights legislation – and particularly Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act – has become a primary tool to restrict speech on campus.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Edel Rodriguez’s “Mayor Mamdani” (November 4, 2025) www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Edel Rodriguez’s “Mayor Mamdani” (November 4, 2025) www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
the man behind Z’s amazing videos @boringstein.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
the man behind Z’s amazing videos @boringstein.bsky.social
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Join author Subah Dayal as she discusses her new book, Between Household and State.
📆 Nov. 11, 2025 | 6 PM - 7:30 PM
🎤 Subah Dayal, @sepoy.bsky.social, Dipti Khera, and Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer
📍 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003
🎟️ Open to public w/ registration
🖇️ buff.ly/pscavXS
📆 Nov. 11, 2025 | 6 PM - 7:30 PM
🎤 Subah Dayal, @sepoy.bsky.social, Dipti Khera, and Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer
📍 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003
🎟️ Open to public w/ registration
🖇️ buff.ly/pscavXS
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Join author Subah Dayal as she discusses her new book, Between Household and State.
📆 Nov. 11, 2025 | 6 PM - 7:30 PM
🎤 Subah Dayal, @sepoy.bsky.social, Dipti Khera, and Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer
📍 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003
🎟️ Open to public w/ registration
🖇️ buff.ly/pscavXS
📆 Nov. 11, 2025 | 6 PM - 7:30 PM
🎤 Subah Dayal, @sepoy.bsky.social, Dipti Khera, and Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer
📍 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003
🎟️ Open to public w/ registration
🖇️ buff.ly/pscavXS
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1/5 EXCLUSIVE: I’m in Kampala, Uganda, where I’ll be living & reporting this month. Since it’s @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s hometown, I wanted to share a bit of the pride the people of Kampala have on NYC’s Election Day for their hometown boy (full video here, feel free w credit to thrashery)
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
1/5 EXCLUSIVE: I’m in Kampala, Uganda, where I’ll be living & reporting this month. Since it’s @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s hometown, I wanted to share a bit of the pride the people of Kampala have on NYC’s Election Day for their hometown boy (full video here, feel free w credit to thrashery)
Pyar ki Aandhi ruk na sagay ki nafrat ki diwaron se! (The storm of Love will not be stopped by the walls of Hate) youtu.be/YGpJ_3c2gNU?...
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Pyar ki Aandhi ruk na sagay ki nafrat ki diwaron se! (The storm of Love will not be stopped by the walls of Hate) youtu.be/YGpJ_3c2gNU?...
"An estimated over 940,000 people were killed by direct post-9/11 war violence in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan between 2001-2023."
Human
Costs of War research examines the human toll of U.S. military operations and spending, for U.S. service members, veterans, military contractors, and allies; and for civilians killed and displaced.
costsofwar.watson.brown.edu
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"An estimated over 940,000 people were killed by direct post-9/11 war violence in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan between 2001-2023."
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A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
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"A ten-billion-dollar contract with Palantir Technologies—one of the largest in the Department of Defense’s history—was framed as a move toward “efficiency.”
It consolidated seventy-five procurement agreements into a single contract."
It consolidated seventy-five procurement agreements into a single contract."
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"A ten-billion-dollar contract with Palantir Technologies—one of the largest in the Department of Defense’s history—was framed as a move toward “efficiency.”
It consolidated seventy-five procurement agreements into a single contract."
It consolidated seventy-five procurement agreements into a single contract."
11/23: I will be giving a lecture "Lahore: Common Threads of Culture in Hindustan" at Ossining Public Library from 1-4pm Please come thru!
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
11/23: I will be giving a lecture "Lahore: Common Threads of Culture in Hindustan" at Ossining Public Library from 1-4pm Please come thru!
Now out of print but this volume by Uma Chakravarti & Nandita Haksar *Delhi Riots: Three days in the life of a Nation* is essential reading on the anti-Sikh pogrom--Oct 31-Nov 3, 1984--in Delhi 🗃️
November 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Now out of print but this volume by Uma Chakravarti & Nandita Haksar *Delhi Riots: Three days in the life of a Nation* is essential reading on the anti-Sikh pogrom--Oct 31-Nov 3, 1984--in Delhi 🗃️