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Ria Kapoor
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Historian @ QMUL

Refugees, Migration, and Rights

Author of Making Refugees in India
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My muse assures me weekends are for dozing, so I think there is a feline consensus on weekends!!!
October 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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I was going to use my Sunday to do a little writing, but my muse tells me it is too warm for her to help.
June 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I got distracted trying to secure a cuddle. I have an older one of her basking in the sun:
May 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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New Methods for New Histories 9-10 July 2025 Online workshop that encourages new approaches to internationalism’s histories that go beyond the confines of traditional, state, and institution-centred archives in the Global North so as to bring understudied networks and processes into focus. Main goal is to consider how we can write histories of internationalism that acknowledge the instrumental roles played by postcolonial, grassroots, marginalised, or simply unconventional actors, organisations and places. Does the meaning of internationalism itself change depending on where, when and how we look for it? We invite team roundtable proposals and/or ideas for individual short presentations that reflect on new methods for histories of internationalism, drawing on historical case studies that emphasise underused archives, use old sources in new ways, consider alternative methods, and permit reflection on ethical and practical considerations. Our priority is to feature contributions from those who have considered a plurality of international participants and international forums. Examples may include refugee, indigenous, queer, feminist, agricultural, anti-colonial/postcolonial, racially hierarchical, anarchical, dissident, reactionary, radical and minority internationalisms. We also hope that the online format permits global participation. The conference is part of the AHRC-funded ‘Rethinking Internationalism: Histories and Pluralities’, led by Jessica Reinisch (Birkbeck), Ria Kapoor (QMUL), Daniel Laqua (Northumbria) and Margot Tudor (City St George’s). It seeks to build a community of scholars beyond (sub-)disciplinary silos and across different career stages to decentre histories of internationalism dominated by Anglo-American liberal internationalism. The project includes a mentoring scheme, plus ‘buddy’ mentoring for more established scholars If you are interested in sending a participating, please contact ria.kapoor@qmul.ac.uk by 5 May 2025.
March 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Hot on the heels of the first AHRC Rethinking Internationalisms conference on ‘Counter-hegemonic Internationalisms’, here is the CfP (5 May deadline) for our next ONLINE workshop ‘New Methods for New Histories’, with @jessicareinisch.bsky.social , @drmargottudor.bsky.social , Daniel Laqua and me.
March 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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this one is a bit concerned that there are other history cats out there.
November 10, 2024 at 4:21 PM