Meghan Tinsley
@meghanetinsley.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester | author: http://bit.ly/3HKURWE | memory, nationalism, post/decoloniality | she/her
Delighted to have received my contributor copy of The Routledge Handbook of the History of Paris since 1789! Gemma King and I have a chapter about a particularly ambivalent postcolonial ruin. It was a pleasure to work with @kory-ory.bsky.social @amandasvincent.bsky.social & Erin-Marie Legacey.
June 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Delighted to have received my contributor copy of The Routledge Handbook of the History of Paris since 1789! Gemma King and I have a chapter about a particularly ambivalent postcolonial ruin. It was a pleasure to work with @kory-ory.bsky.social @amandasvincent.bsky.social & Erin-Marie Legacey.
It feels a bit surreal to be writing about the contestation of statues in Martinique inside the Bibliothèque Schoelcher, directly across the street from Joséphine’s broken plinth.
May 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It feels a bit surreal to be writing about the contestation of statues in Martinique inside the Bibliothèque Schoelcher, directly across the street from Joséphine’s broken plinth.
This is what happened when I used an English-language AI tool to transcribe a French-language interview.
The good news is that I don't think AI will be taking over the world any time soon. The bad news is that I might be having a stroke. 😂
The good news is that I don't think AI will be taking over the world any time soon. The bad news is that I might be having a stroke. 😂
February 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is what happened when I used an English-language AI tool to transcribe a French-language interview.
The good news is that I don't think AI will be taking over the world any time soon. The bad news is that I might be having a stroke. 😂
The good news is that I don't think AI will be taking over the world any time soon. The bad news is that I might be having a stroke. 😂
Heading back to Manchester after a wonderful week of fieldwork and workshops on decolonial praxis at the University of Ghana.
February 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Heading back to Manchester after a wonderful week of fieldwork and workshops on decolonial praxis at the University of Ghana.
Suki approves of this news.
January 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Suki approves of this news.
I just received Miguel Montalva Barba’s new book from @brisunipress.bsky.social. Looking forward to this timely read from the Decolonisation and Social Worlds series. @alimeghji.bsky.social @jairofunez.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I just received Miguel Montalva Barba’s new book from @brisunipress.bsky.social. Looking forward to this timely read from the Decolonisation and Social Worlds series. @alimeghji.bsky.social @jairofunez.bsky.social
Really enjoyed listening to Ajmal Hussain present his research on memory, belonging, and (not) being ‘left behind’ in Stoke-on-Trent. Looking forward to reading his book! @ethnicityuk.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Really enjoyed listening to Ajmal Hussain present his research on memory, belonging, and (not) being ‘left behind’ in Stoke-on-Trent. Looking forward to reading his book! @ethnicityuk.bsky.social
What is apparently a ‘distant era’ for the NYT is literally every day in Palestine.
January 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
What is apparently a ‘distant era’ for the NYT is literally every day in Palestine.
Today, the @britsoci.bsky.social Postcolonial and Decolonial Study Group is in Edinburgh to host ‘Palestine calling: How do we respond? Sociology in a time of genocide’. Participants will discuss history, pedagogy, and activism on and off our campuses. We’ll theorise for the sake of organising.
December 11, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Today, the @britsoci.bsky.social Postcolonial and Decolonial Study Group is in Edinburgh to host ‘Palestine calling: How do we respond? Sociology in a time of genocide’. Participants will discuss history, pedagogy, and activism on and off our campuses. We’ll theorise for the sake of organising.
On workplace day of action, Manchester students, staff, and community members unite to call for an end to the scholasticide in Gaza. @umucu.bsky.social @manmetucu.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 2:04 PM
On workplace day of action, Manchester students, staff, and community members unite to call for an end to the scholasticide in Gaza. @umucu.bsky.social @manmetucu.bsky.social
New book review! My nephew hasn’t started talking yet, but I think I can safely say that he likes my book.
The cat on the windowsill is reserving judgement, though.
The cat on the windowsill is reserving judgement, though.
December 11, 2023 at 3:54 PM
New book review! My nephew hasn’t started talking yet, but I think I can safely say that he likes my book.
The cat on the windowsill is reserving judgement, though.
The cat on the windowsill is reserving judgement, though.
I’m full of rage and masala chai this morning.
October 27, 2023 at 10:07 AM
I’m full of rage and masala chai this morning.
What a wonderful celebration of John Solomos! It's so unusual to have an intergenerational conversation about what it has meant--and what it could mean--to be an anti-racist sociologist working within higher ed. The room was full of camaraderie and solidarity.
October 22, 2023 at 12:08 PM
What a wonderful celebration of John Solomos! It's so unusual to have an intergenerational conversation about what it has meant--and what it could mean--to be an anti-racist sociologist working within higher ed. The room was full of camaraderie and solidarity.
Powered by apple butter, I joined trade unionists, socialists, anti-racists, migrant rights activists, climate justice activists, & LGBT rights activists in a massive anti-Tory march this afternoon. Fantastic to see such solidarity. And it didn’t even rain!
October 1, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Powered by apple butter, I joined trade unionists, socialists, anti-racists, migrant rights activists, climate justice activists, & LGBT rights activists in a massive anti-Tory march this afternoon. Fantastic to see such solidarity. And it didn’t even rain!
The finished product. Glorious!
September 30, 2023 at 7:38 PM
The finished product. Glorious!
Today is for resting and saving my energy. So I’m cooking fragrant apple butter in my warm kitchen.
Tomorrow will be for channeling that energy into rage in a very large and very wet anti-Tory demo.
Tomorrow will be for channeling that energy into rage in a very large and very wet anti-Tory demo.
September 30, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Today is for resting and saving my energy. So I’m cooking fragrant apple butter in my warm kitchen.
Tomorrow will be for channeling that energy into rage in a very large and very wet anti-Tory demo.
Tomorrow will be for channeling that energy into rage in a very large and very wet anti-Tory demo.
Tomorrow! Please join UCU members & comrades worldwide for a teach-out on the global crisis in higher education. Phethani Madzivhandila and Ivette Hernandez Santibañez will share lessons from student and academic workers' movements in South Africa & Chile.
27.10.23, 4-5pm BST | zoom.us/j/95747340845
27.10.23, 4-5pm BST | zoom.us/j/95747340845
September 26, 2023 at 11:11 AM
Tomorrow! Please join UCU members & comrades worldwide for a teach-out on the global crisis in higher education. Phethani Madzivhandila and Ivette Hernandez Santibañez will share lessons from student and academic workers' movements in South Africa & Chile.
27.10.23, 4-5pm BST | zoom.us/j/95747340845
27.10.23, 4-5pm BST | zoom.us/j/95747340845
It’s happening. I will not be intimidated by mystery seeds (or other organic matter)!
September 25, 2023 at 7:02 PM
It’s happening. I will not be intimidated by mystery seeds (or other organic matter)!
What’s on my kale? Every stem in this bunch is sprinkled with what look like seeds. They’re not insects. I’ve been washing them off, but it’s hard to get them all—they keep hiding in the leaves! Other than this, the kale is fine. Any ideas?
September 25, 2023 at 6:19 PM
What’s on my kale? Every stem in this bunch is sprinkled with what look like seeds. They’re not insects. I’ve been washing them off, but it’s hard to get them all—they keep hiding in the leaves! Other than this, the kale is fine. Any ideas?
I voted yes, UCU. I don’t believe Grady will use another mandate in any meaningful way. But I’ll always vote yes, because we should always have the right to strike, and because we still need to act on casualisation, pay, and equality.
September 23, 2023 at 12:28 PM
I voted yes, UCU. I don’t believe Grady will use another mandate in any meaningful way. But I’ll always vote yes, because we should always have the right to strike, and because we still need to act on casualisation, pay, and equality.
Onward to the second week of strike action. My students are set to miss their first lecture and seminar on Monday. When we finally do meet, I look forward to making the connection between the strike and the course topics: capitalism, power, violence, race, & gender.
September 22, 2023 at 2:07 PM
Onward to the second week of strike action. My students are set to miss their first lecture and seminar on Monday. When we finally do meet, I look forward to making the connection between the strike and the course topics: capitalism, power, violence, race, & gender.
Next week, as UCU members strike across the UK, join us for an online teach-out on the global crisis in HE. We'll discuss how students & workers in Chile & South Africa have fought back against neoliberalism & neocolonialism, and what UK comrades can learn from their experiences.
September 21, 2023 at 10:36 AM
Next week, as UCU members strike across the UK, join us for an online teach-out on the global crisis in HE. We'll discuss how students & workers in Chile & South Africa have fought back against neoliberalism & neocolonialism, and what UK comrades can learn from their experiences.
The state of MAB deductions at the University of Manchester. Disgraceful!
September 21, 2023 at 9:29 AM
The state of MAB deductions at the University of Manchester. Disgraceful!
Off to the UMUCU pickets with vegan pumpkin biscuits!
September 19, 2023 at 7:43 AM
Off to the UMUCU pickets with vegan pumpkin biscuits!