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Bonded citizenship: Caste, Partition, and the prevention of exit | Modern Asian Studies | Cambridge Core
Bonded citizenship: Caste, Partition, and the prevention of exit
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I’m thrilled to finally share my article on citizenship, caste, and exit control at the time of the India-Pakistan partition out now on first view in Modern Asian Studies: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #skystorians
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Does anyone know of scholars currently working on the history of defamation (libel, slander) or more broadly on law and reputation, or even law and honor, in history? Any time, any place.
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Does anyone know of scholars currently working on the history of defamation (libel, slander) or more broadly on law and reputation, or even law and honor, in history? Any time, any place.
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The good folks at India's The Wire have recruited me to write a regular column on history. In this inaugural essay, I talk about the myths around the history of plastic surgery and the Sushruta-samhita, & about the semi-famous Cowasjee who got a "nose job" in 1794.
thewire.in/history/the-...
thewire.in/history/the-...
The History of Sushruta and the Famous 'Indian Nose Job'
The famous Cowasji’s unknown “plastic surgeon” was not an elite Ayurvedist, but was nevertheless a skilled practitioner, and belonged to the larger traditions and knowledge-systems of medicine in the ...
thewire.in
January 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
The good folks at India's The Wire have recruited me to write a regular column on history. In this inaugural essay, I talk about the myths around the history of plastic surgery and the Sushruta-samhita, & about the semi-famous Cowasjee who got a "nose job" in 1794.
thewire.in/history/the-...
thewire.in/history/the-...
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academic friends: li'l help here? I'd like to get added to a starter pack or 2 but I must be missing something b/c I'm having no luck. Historian of #earlymodern Scandinavia, esp. Denmark/Oldenburg dynastic state, war & religion. You'd have my semi-eternal gratitude
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 PM
academic friends: li'l help here? I'd like to get added to a starter pack or 2 but I must be missing something b/c I'm having no luck. Historian of #earlymodern Scandinavia, esp. Denmark/Oldenburg dynastic state, war & religion. You'd have my semi-eternal gratitude
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Two weeks to go!
"1725 to 2025: Historical & Contemporary Links Between Scotland and South Asia" is open for submissions until 1 Feb 2026 ✨
Link: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...
@sheelalipi.bsky.social @olebirklaursen.bsky.social @iashedinburgh.bsky.social
"1725 to 2025: Historical & Contemporary Links Between Scotland and South Asia" is open for submissions until 1 Feb 2026 ✨
Link: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...
@sheelalipi.bsky.social @olebirklaursen.bsky.social @iashedinburgh.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Two weeks to go!
"1725 to 2025: Historical & Contemporary Links Between Scotland and South Asia" is open for submissions until 1 Feb 2026 ✨
Link: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...
@sheelalipi.bsky.social @olebirklaursen.bsky.social @iashedinburgh.bsky.social
"1725 to 2025: Historical & Contemporary Links Between Scotland and South Asia" is open for submissions until 1 Feb 2026 ✨
Link: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...
@sheelalipi.bsky.social @olebirklaursen.bsky.social @iashedinburgh.bsky.social
By the time I wear the 26 layers I need to leave the house I need a nap.
January 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
By the time I wear the 26 layers I need to leave the house I need a nap.
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Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals.
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals.
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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January 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
They don’t dance together anymore but Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy were 👌 in this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7FM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7FM...
Ardhanarishwara by Nrityagram
YouTube video by NATARAJA dance group
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January 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
They don’t dance together anymore but Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy were 👌 in this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7FM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7FM...
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What if Sri Lanka’s Muslim past is best read through monsoon-route pilgrims & merchants—not empires? What shifts when Arabic, Tamil, Malay, Ottoman, Urdu, Dhivehi, and Sinhala sources meet for the first time in "Serendipitous Translations"?👂🏽to Nile Green: newbooksnetwork.com/serendipitou...
January 10, 2026 at 4:55 AM
What if Sri Lanka’s Muslim past is best read through monsoon-route pilgrims & merchants—not empires? What shifts when Arabic, Tamil, Malay, Ottoman, Urdu, Dhivehi, and Sinhala sources meet for the first time in "Serendipitous Translations"?👂🏽to Nile Green: newbooksnetwork.com/serendipitou...
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Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
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The 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize is open to submissions from publishers from 9 December 2025 – 19 January 2026.
The Wolfson History Prize is the most valuable history writing prize in the UK.
Find out more. ⬇️
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/submissions/
The Wolfson History Prize is the most valuable history writing prize in the UK.
Find out more. ⬇️
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/submissions/
Submissions - Eligibility and rules of entry
Eligibility and rules of entry for the Wolfson History Prize, the UK's most prestigious history-writing prize.
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 8:55 AM
The 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize is open to submissions from publishers from 9 December 2025 – 19 January 2026.
The Wolfson History Prize is the most valuable history writing prize in the UK.
Find out more. ⬇️
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/submissions/
The Wolfson History Prize is the most valuable history writing prize in the UK.
Find out more. ⬇️
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/submissions/
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Fresh and #OpenAccess, see 'Decolonisation, Unstable Sovereignties and Development: The Indian Sterling Balance Negotiations of 1947' by Atiya Hussain: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
Decolonisation, Unstable Sovereignties and Development: The Indian Sterling Balance Negotiations of 1947
Indo-British financial negotiations in 1947, a crucial year in the compressed timing of imperial retreat, impacted the shape of decolonisation and also the U.S.-led post-War global financial system...
doi.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Fresh and #OpenAccess, see 'Decolonisation, Unstable Sovereignties and Development: The Indian Sterling Balance Negotiations of 1947' by Atiya Hussain: doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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The Society invites applications for the following three funding programmes, with deadlines 23 to 31 January 2026 bit.ly/3LbxDQb
> RHS Workshop Grants
> Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social
> Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR
#Skystorians
> RHS Workshop Grants
> Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social
> Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR
#Skystorians
Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: current programmes - RHS
The Society currently invites applications for the following six schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with closing dates from 23 January to 6 March 2026. For ...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
The Society invites applications for the following three funding programmes, with deadlines 23 to 31 January 2026 bit.ly/3LbxDQb
> RHS Workshop Grants
> Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social
> Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR
#Skystorians
> RHS Workshop Grants
> Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social
> Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR
#Skystorians
Would like to know what fonts academics are using. What is your favourite font?
January 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Would like to know what fonts academics are using. What is your favourite font?
Happy New Year and peace, love, and understanding to all.
January 1, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Happy New Year and peace, love, and understanding to all.
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In January I will be jogging a mile a day to raise funds for cancer research and treatment, in memory of my friends Allison Busch and Bruce Wannell, and for everyone whose lives have been and will be affected by cancer.
Please do consider sponsoring me!
fundraise.royalmarsden.org/fundraisers/...
Please do consider sponsoring me!
fundraise.royalmarsden.org/fundraisers/...
I am jogging 31 miles in January for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
I’m taking part in this challenge to support The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. They ensure The Royal Marsden’s world-leading nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and devel...
fundraise.royalmarsden.org
December 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In January I will be jogging a mile a day to raise funds for cancer research and treatment, in memory of my friends Allison Busch and Bruce Wannell, and for everyone whose lives have been and will be affected by cancer.
Please do consider sponsoring me!
fundraise.royalmarsden.org/fundraisers/...
Please do consider sponsoring me!
fundraise.royalmarsden.org/fundraisers/...
We’re in Southeast Asia and I’ve heard ‘Let it Snow’ 6000 times.
December 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We’re in Southeast Asia and I’ve heard ‘Let it Snow’ 6000 times.
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Celebrate this festive season, help us bring books to our readers. At our free Library, thousands of children, first-generation learners, are waiting for their wish listed books. You can contribute directly: give.do/fundraisers/...
#SupportFreeLibrary #BooksForAll #RightToRead
#SupportFreeLibrary #BooksForAll #RightToRead
December 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Celebrate this festive season, help us bring books to our readers. At our free Library, thousands of children, first-generation learners, are waiting for their wish listed books. You can contribute directly: give.do/fundraisers/...
#SupportFreeLibrary #BooksForAll #RightToRead
#SupportFreeLibrary #BooksForAll #RightToRead
Never hear the implosive ɗ apart from when people are speaking Sindhi around me but today I heard it in a conversation between two people speaking in Khmer. Was dosing and the distinctive sound woke me up.
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Never hear the implosive ɗ apart from when people are speaking Sindhi around me but today I heard it in a conversation between two people speaking in Khmer. Was dosing and the distinctive sound woke me up.
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A fantastic resource for teaching! A new primary source collection of 83 translated texts on "Global Histories of 20th Century MENA" (edited by Cyrus Schayegh, Geneva) went online as part of Exeter University's Digital Archive of the Middle East:
humanities-collections.exeter.ac.uk/dame/s/en/it...
humanities-collections.exeter.ac.uk/dame/s/en/it...
Global Histories of MENA in the 20th Century - A Primary Source Collection - Digital Archive of the Middle East
humanities-collections.exeter.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A fantastic resource for teaching! A new primary source collection of 83 translated texts on "Global Histories of 20th Century MENA" (edited by Cyrus Schayegh, Geneva) went online as part of Exeter University's Digital Archive of the Middle East:
humanities-collections.exeter.ac.uk/dame/s/en/it...
humanities-collections.exeter.ac.uk/dame/s/en/it...
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On the importance of Tolerance as the very bedrock of the freedoms we so love: "We don’t think twice before listing freedom as an essential value and as a fundamental right. However, we often forget the other side of the civic coin – toleration."
Drawing on the writings of the philosopher C E M Joad and @kikumbhar.bsky.social’s childhood memories of living in crowded, intimate proximity with others, this Idea is an illustration of tolerance as a civic virtue, something we can gradually cultivate through practice and attention
Tolerance isn’t just nice, it’s a civic virtue we all can build | Psyche Ideas
At a time of rising intolerance, the century-old work of C E M Joad reminds us what tolerance really is and why we need it
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December 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
On the importance of Tolerance as the very bedrock of the freedoms we so love: "We don’t think twice before listing freedom as an essential value and as a fundamental right. However, we often forget the other side of the civic coin – toleration."
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I woke up to the news that my book, "The Disinherited," was awarded the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize by the Harvard University Press Board of Syndics. I am so grateful for the recognition.
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I woke up to the news that my book, "The Disinherited," was awarded the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize by the Harvard University Press Board of Syndics. I am so grateful for the recognition.
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If you teach histories of British slavery, don't miss this Thursday's book launch and talk: Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain's Colonial Past, IHR, London 11 December & on Zoom. 5:30pm. Registration details are below and a link to the open access book in post 2/2. This post is 1/2.
Book talk: Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain’s Colonial Past
www.history.ac.uk
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
If you teach histories of British slavery, don't miss this Thursday's book launch and talk: Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain's Colonial Past, IHR, London 11 December & on Zoom. 5:30pm. Registration details are below and a link to the open access book in post 2/2. This post is 1/2.