Aditi Malik
@aditimalik.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science, College of the Holy Cross. Author of Playing with Fire: Parties & Political Violence in Kenya & India (CUP 2024). Political Violence | GBV | Africa & S. Asia
Boston - Delhi - Cape Town
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Boston - Delhi - Cape Town
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Samia Suluhu Hassan ran all but unopposed in Tanzania’s presidential elections on 29 October. The only surprise came from the streets when protests broke out. Under the cover of an internet blockade, security forces met the protesters with force. Our readers recount what they saw.
Beneath Suluhu’s blackout, a blanket of violence
Tanzania’s Election Day erupted into protest, an internet blackout, and bloodshed. When the internet was restored, 37 readers told us what really happened. These are their accounts.
continent.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Samia Suluhu Hassan ran all but unopposed in Tanzania’s presidential elections on 29 October. The only surprise came from the streets when protests broke out. Under the cover of an internet blockade, security forces met the protesters with force. Our readers recount what they saw.
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Great analysis of the situation in Tanzania by Dan Paget
Has Tanzania Reached Its Breaking Point? | Journal of Democracy
President Hassan promised Tanzanians freedom, transparency, and reform. Instead, she has delivered repression, violence, and arrests as she bars anyone who dares challenge her.
www.journalofdemocracy.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Great analysis of the situation in Tanzania by Dan Paget
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The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
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Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
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Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...
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October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
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Transitions Magazine is coming out with an issue entirely dedicated to Sudan soon with essays, memoir, and short fiction by Rogaia Abusharaf, Jamal Mahjoub, Fatin Abbas, Ahmed Abdel Al, Wagas Elsadig, Suzi Mirghani, and David Mikhail.
October 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Transitions Magazine is coming out with an issue entirely dedicated to Sudan soon with essays, memoir, and short fiction by Rogaia Abusharaf, Jamal Mahjoub, Fatin Abbas, Ahmed Abdel Al, Wagas Elsadig, Suzi Mirghani, and David Mikhail.
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“Within a seminar series, women are interrupted more than men. This holds when controlling for characteristics of the presenter, paper, and audience. Interruptions that are negative in tenor or tone, or cutoff the presenter mid-sentence, increase for women presenters.”
Gender Differences in Economics Seminars
(Forthcoming Article) - We assess whether men and women are treated differently when presenting their economics research. We collected data across thousands of seminars, job market talks and conferenc...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“Within a seminar series, women are interrupted more than men. This holds when controlling for characteristics of the presenter, paper, and audience. Interruptions that are negative in tenor or tone, or cutoff the presenter mid-sentence, increase for women presenters.”
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The Trump administration is poised to scale up the Afrikaner refugee program in a big way.
One problem? It's not clear that many Afrikaners want to be "refugees" (yes, even those that are already in the US).
My latest, in @goodauth.bsky.social :
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
One problem? It's not clear that many Afrikaners want to be "refugees" (yes, even those that are already in the US).
My latest, in @goodauth.bsky.social :
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
Trump wants to bring even more white Afrikaners to the U.S.
This White House program bumps out thousands of refugees who have provisional approval to emigrate.
goodauthority.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Trump administration is poised to scale up the Afrikaner refugee program in a big way.
One problem? It's not clear that many Afrikaners want to be "refugees" (yes, even those that are already in the US).
My latest, in @goodauth.bsky.social :
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
One problem? It's not clear that many Afrikaners want to be "refugees" (yes, even those that are already in the US).
My latest, in @goodauth.bsky.social :
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
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The armed conflict in Sudan seems to be one of the world's most forgotten civil wars. The reigning silence surrounding this conflict plunges the population into daily turmoil.
Sudan is bleeding in silence: A humanitarian crisis the world cannot ignore
The armed conflict in Sudan seems to be one of the world's most forgotten civil wars. The reigning silence surrounding this conflict plunges the population into daily turmoil.
globalvoices.org
October 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Gen Z WORLD PROTESTS DASHBOARD
1/5: MOROCCO: Anti-government protests driven by frustration over lavish spending on the 2030 World Cup at the expense of public services like education and healthcare, leading to fatalities and arrests🧵
1/5: MOROCCO: Anti-government protests driven by frustration over lavish spending on the 2030 World Cup at the expense of public services like education and healthcare, leading to fatalities and arrests🧵
What to Know About the 'Gen Z' Protests Around the World
Within the past month, the protests have toppled one country’s government and contributed to the dissolution of another.
time.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Gen Z WORLD PROTESTS DASHBOARD
1/5: MOROCCO: Anti-government protests driven by frustration over lavish spending on the 2030 World Cup at the expense of public services like education and healthcare, leading to fatalities and arrests🧵
1/5: MOROCCO: Anti-government protests driven by frustration over lavish spending on the 2030 World Cup at the expense of public services like education and healthcare, leading to fatalities and arrests🧵
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A wide range of academic organizations has signed a letter calling on the Department of Education to reinstate the Title VI program. For those not familiar, Title VI funds foreign language and area studies programs. The funding has prepared generations of students for international work and research
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September 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A wide range of academic organizations has signed a letter calling on the Department of Education to reinstate the Title VI program. For those not familiar, Title VI funds foreign language and area studies programs. The funding has prepared generations of students for international work and research
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🧵 Fellow academics in N. America if a Sudanese student has been admitted to your graduate program MA or PhD please please do your best to help them gather the necessary paperwork for their visa. So many are getting into great programs but (1/3)
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🧵 Fellow academics in N. America if a Sudanese student has been admitted to your graduate program MA or PhD please please do your best to help them gather the necessary paperwork for their visa. So many are getting into great programs but (1/3)
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I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!
We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
August 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!
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Last month @theatlantic.com published an often problematic piece about the war in #Sudan called “the war about nothing”. This week @thecontinent.org swings back, reminding us that what is “nothing” to you is “everything” to someone else. The Continent is a free publication, subscribe to read.
August 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Last month @theatlantic.com published an often problematic piece about the war in #Sudan called “the war about nothing”. This week @thecontinent.org swings back, reminding us that what is “nothing” to you is “everything” to someone else. The Continent is a free publication, subscribe to read.
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No one ever asks nonfiction writers about style so I just wanted to share 2 style points, and to thank @hammerandhope.bsky.social for an editorial process that absolutely got it. Writing is always collaborative even with one name on the byline and editors are great.
hammerandhope.org/article/kenya-
hammerandhope.org/article/kenya-
In Kenya, Gen Z Battles Corruption and Police Violence
What keeps the Ruto administration running from crisis to crisis remains a complete unwillingness to listen to people and an unswerving commitment to responding to any form of dissent with violence.
hammerandhope.org
August 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
No one ever asks nonfiction writers about style so I just wanted to share 2 style points, and to thank @hammerandhope.bsky.social for an editorial process that absolutely got it. Writing is always collaborative even with one name on the byline and editors are great.
hammerandhope.org/article/kenya-
hammerandhope.org/article/kenya-
So excited to read and assign this!
"Explores how partisanship in electoral autocracies emerges as a powerful social identity shaped by family and community networks."
The Autocratic Voter by @natalie-letsa.bsky.social, Coming Soon
#Politics #Autocracy 💙📚
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The Autocratic Voter by @natalie-letsa.bsky.social, Coming Soon
#Politics #Autocracy 💙📚
cup.org/4o1j685
August 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
So excited to read and assign this!
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Continuing the spirit of the African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular started by @texasinafrica.bsky.social & me 10 years ago, Kelechi Amakoh has curated a list of 10 recent African Politics books for @goodauth.bsky.social that he thinks we should all read:
goodauthority.org/news/10-esse...
goodauthority.org/news/10-esse...
10 essential reads on African politics for summer 2025.
From cultural revival to election campaign violence, these books offer a rich dive into how politics works – and who it works for across Africa.
goodauthority.org
July 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Continuing the spirit of the African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular started by @texasinafrica.bsky.social & me 10 years ago, Kelechi Amakoh has curated a list of 10 recent African Politics books for @goodauth.bsky.social that he thinks we should all read:
goodauthority.org/news/10-esse...
goodauthority.org/news/10-esse...
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Here are 10 essential reads on African politics for this summer.
From cultural revival to election campaign violence, these books offer a rich dive into how politics works – and who it works for across Africa.
goodauthority.org/news/10-esse...
From cultural revival to election campaign violence, these books offer a rich dive into how politics works – and who it works for across Africa.
goodauthority.org/news/10-esse...
10 essential reads on African politics for summer 2025.
From cultural revival to election campaign violence, these books offer a rich dive into how politics works – and who it works for across Africa.
goodauthority.org
July 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Here are 10 essential reads on African politics for this summer.
From cultural revival to election campaign violence, these books offer a rich dive into how politics works – and who it works for across Africa.
goodauthority.org/news/10-esse...
From cultural revival to election campaign violence, these books offer a rich dive into how politics works – and who it works for across Africa.
goodauthority.org/news/10-esse...
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Instead of listening to protesters’ grievances, Ruto’s government is repressing them.
That’s a bad sign for the health of Kenya’s democracy, @nanjala.bsky.social writes.
That’s a bad sign for the health of Kenya’s democracy, @nanjala.bsky.social writes.
Ruto Once Courted Kenya’s Youth. Now He’s Trying to Silence Them
Instead of listening to protesters’ grievances, Ruto’s government is repressing them. That’s a bad sign for the health of Kenya’s democracy.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Instead of listening to protesters’ grievances, Ruto’s government is repressing them.
That’s a bad sign for the health of Kenya’s democracy, @nanjala.bsky.social writes.
That’s a bad sign for the health of Kenya’s democracy, @nanjala.bsky.social writes.
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The final tally of yesterday’s protests in #Kenya. Nine killed, 400 injured and 61 arrests. All killed by the police because the president will not listen to the young people who put him in power.
June 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The final tally of yesterday’s protests in #Kenya. Nine killed, 400 injured and 61 arrests. All killed by the police because the president will not listen to the young people who put him in power.
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"Deserves close attention and sustained engagement from anyone interested in the complex relationship between violence and democracy."
Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India by Aditi Malik, Out Now
#ComparativePolitics #PoliSky 💙📚
cup.org/4lc6rNC
Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India by Aditi Malik, Out Now
#ComparativePolitics #PoliSky 💙📚
cup.org/4lc6rNC
Playing with Fire
Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - Playing with Fire
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June 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"Deserves close attention and sustained engagement from anyone interested in the complex relationship between violence and democracy."
Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India by Aditi Malik, Out Now
#ComparativePolitics #PoliSky 💙📚
cup.org/4lc6rNC
Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India by Aditi Malik, Out Now
#ComparativePolitics #PoliSky 💙📚
cup.org/4lc6rNC
Erik Cleven's research on Kenya informed much of thinking on party-driven violence. Very grateful for his review of my book in Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. The review is below, and the book can be found in all the places one goes to for academic books: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/V6DHK...
Playing with fire: parties and political violence in Kenya and India
Published in Commonwealth & Comparative Politics (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Erik Cleven's research on Kenya informed much of thinking on party-driven violence. Very grateful for his review of my book in Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. The review is below, and the book can be found in all the places one goes to for academic books: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/V6DHK...
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We are still accepting applications for our fully funded Writing Workshop on International Politics in Africa, focused on scholars based in Africa (held in Nairobi in 2026). Feel free to apply or forward to your networks!
🚨Funded Writing Workshop on International Politics in Africa: Via the International Politics in Africa network, we are organising a Writing Workshop for early career scholars based in Africa. This is generously funded by @britishacademy.bsky.social. Share widely!
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IPIA - Call for Papers
Please find below a call for papers for a Writing Workshop on International Politics in Africa, generously funded by the British Academy. The deadline for applying is June 6, 2025.
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June 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We are still accepting applications for our fully funded Writing Workshop on International Politics in Africa, focused on scholars based in Africa (held in Nairobi in 2026). Feel free to apply or forward to your networks!
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🔹 Grateful for the opportunity to reflect on the 'behind the scenes' of how we compiled "Brave Women" w/ @kiranstallone.bsky.social 📕
🔹 Check out our Note from the Field in Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social ✍️ #OpenAccess
🔹 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🔹 Check out our Note from the Field in Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social ✍️ #OpenAccess
🔹 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Writing Brave Women: An Exercise in Academic Publishing as Feminist Solidarity | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Writing Brave Women: An Exercise in Academic Publishing as Feminist Solidarity
www.cambridge.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🔹 Grateful for the opportunity to reflect on the 'behind the scenes' of how we compiled "Brave Women" w/ @kiranstallone.bsky.social 📕
🔹 Check out our Note from the Field in Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social ✍️ #OpenAccess
🔹 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🔹 Check out our Note from the Field in Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social ✍️ #OpenAccess
🔹 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I'm giving a book talk at the University of Cambridge next week (Tuesday, March 18). This is the place where this project began in many ways, so I am very much looking forward to being back. For folks in the area, please consider joining!
www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/book-...
www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/book-...
Book Presentation Dr Aditi Malik: Playing with Fire - Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India - Centre of Governance & Human Rights
We are very excited to be hosting Dr Aditi Malik for a presentation of her book "Book Presentation Dr Aditi Malik: Playing with Fire - Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India"
www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk
March 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm giving a book talk at the University of Cambridge next week (Tuesday, March 18). This is the place where this project began in many ways, so I am very much looking forward to being back. For folks in the area, please consider joining!
www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/book-...
www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/book-...
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📢 New episode!
Why do political parties use violence to achieve their goals in some political contexts but not in others?
@niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social talks with us about her award-winning new book on violence as electoral strategy in Pakistan.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episode-39
Why do political parties use violence to achieve their goals in some political contexts but not in others?
@niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social talks with us about her award-winning new book on violence as electoral strategy in Pakistan.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episode-39
February 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📢 New episode!
Why do political parties use violence to achieve their goals in some political contexts but not in others?
@niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social talks with us about her award-winning new book on violence as electoral strategy in Pakistan.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episode-39
Why do political parties use violence to achieve their goals in some political contexts but not in others?
@niloufersiddiqui.bsky.social talks with us about her award-winning new book on violence as electoral strategy in Pakistan.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/episode-39
Coping mechanism to deal with being thrown into New England winter + snow after an extended South African summer. Also, omg winter 🥶
December 21, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Coping mechanism to deal with being thrown into New England winter + snow after an extended South African summer. Also, omg winter 🥶