Sadiah Qureshi
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Little 🦈. Historian of race, science & empire. Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction (Penguin, 2025). Shortlisted for the Royal Society’s Trivedi Science Book Prize.🦤
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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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"History shows that there has long been a blurry, moving line between the categories of human being and monster."
I wrote a philosophical essay threading together monsters from antiquity to the present for @aeon.co:
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I wrote a philosophical essay threading together monsters from antiquity to the present for @aeon.co:
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aeon.co/essays/those...
Those declared ‘monsters’ are ejected from the human family | Aeon Essays
For centuries we’ve used the declaration of ‘monster’ to eject individuals and groups from being respected as fully human
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October 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"History shows that there has long been a blurry, moving line between the categories of human being and monster."
I wrote a philosophical essay threading together monsters from antiquity to the present for @aeon.co:
8/
aeon.co/essays/those...
I wrote a philosophical essay threading together monsters from antiquity to the present for @aeon.co:
8/
aeon.co/essays/those...
My apologies for the typo. The author is, of course, Anjana Ahuja. I’m afraid my phone autocorrected and I didn’t catch it before posting.
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My apologies for the typo. The author is, of course, Anjana Ahuja. I’m afraid my phone autocorrected and I didn’t catch it before posting.
As I’m writing, I’ve realised there are more things I’d like to share. I’ll collate everything into a blog post and share. For now, thank you to all the roarsome people who’ve bought Vanished, read it, reviewed it, shared news, and invited me to share my words.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/309254...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/309254...
Vanished
Anyone alive today is among a tiny fraction of the once living: over 90% of species that ever existed are now extinct. How did we come to think of ourselves as survivors in a world where species can v...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
As I’m writing, I’ve realised there are more things I’d like to share. I’ll collate everything into a blog post and share. For now, thank you to all the roarsome people who’ve bought Vanished, read it, reviewed it, shared news, and invited me to share my words.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/309254...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/309254...
To my astonishment, Vanished was shortlisted for the Royal Society’s Trivedi Science Book Prize. I’m still delighted that my book was ever in the running. It was aslo lovely to meet the winner Masud Husain, whose book I look forward to reading.
royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
Vanished by Sadiah Qureshi | Royal Society
Vanished is shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Society Science Book Prize, supported by the Trivedi Family Foundation.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
To my astonishment, Vanished was shortlisted for the Royal Society’s Trivedi Science Book Prize. I’m still delighted that my book was ever in the running. It was aslo lovely to meet the winner Masud Husain, whose book I look forward to reading.
royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
For anyone who prefers podcasts to articles, there’s this one with BBC History Extra talking about the themes of the book as a whole. historyextra.supportingcast.fm/listen/histo...
And this one with IFL Science on de-extinction. www.iflscience.com/iflscience-t...
And this one with IFL Science on de-extinction. www.iflscience.com/iflscience-t...
IFLScience The Big Questions: Is De-Extinction Really Possible?
Discover the questions we should all be asking ourselves as this curious new branch of science takes off.
www.iflscience.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
For anyone who prefers podcasts to articles, there’s this one with BBC History Extra talking about the themes of the book as a whole. historyextra.supportingcast.fm/listen/histo...
And this one with IFL Science on de-extinction. www.iflscience.com/iflscience-t...
And this one with IFL Science on de-extinction. www.iflscience.com/iflscience-t...
Waiting for the first review was nerve wracking, but I’m thankful to Anjana Abuja for her thoughtful review of Vanished in the Financial Times. on.ft.com/43aeBj0
(The review is paywalled but this is a gift link for the first 3 visitors).
(The review is paywalled but this is a gift link for the first 3 visitors).
From obliteration to resurrection — Vanished by Sadiah Qureshi
How extinction is not a natural inevitability but a political choice — and why ‘species revivalism’ might not be the answer
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November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Waiting for the first review was nerve wracking, but I’m thankful to Anjana Abuja for her thoughtful review of Vanished in the Financial Times. on.ft.com/43aeBj0
(The review is paywalled but this is a gift link for the first 3 visitors).
(The review is paywalled but this is a gift link for the first 3 visitors).