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Sinduja Raja
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PhD candidate in International Studies @josefkorbel- social movements, gender, violence, and state. Project manager @wrawproject. She/her/hers. கற்றவை பற்றவை.
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After war, expanding women's rights is vital but focusing only on gender can obscure other forms of marginalization and even reproduce grievances tied to violence. Read more from Korbel's @marieberry.bsky.social & @sindujaraja.bsky.social with Milli Lake & Soraya Zarook in @gsqjournal.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Hello! Does anyone know what the current turnaround times are on Perspectives on Politics? Grad student woes and queries #APSA @apsa.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Hi hi! Since there’s an #ISA2026 deadline extension, @sindujaraja.bsky.social and I are wondering if anyone would be interested in joining a roundtable on academia as/and activism? The conversation is as necessary as ever with global trends of growing fascism and repression.

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Academia And/As Activism Redux: Tensions and Reciprocities in a Changing World This roundtable explores the relationship between academia and activism in a world increasingly drawn towards authoritarianism, fascism, and attacks on free speech and progressive action. Academia and activism may seem like a symbiotic relationship, especially in the social sciences where the focus is on contending with critical social and political issues. On the one hand, academia can offer theoretical insights and analyses to issues that activists then utilize in their work. Similarly, activists hold rich grassroots experiences that can be theorised and analysed by academics. However, there are a multitude of tensions at play in the relationship: 1. Power (and resource) imbalance between academics and activists, 2. Risk of exploitation and instrumentalization of interlocutors and activists by academics, 3. The applicability and practicality of theories to the field, 4. Increased government repression towards dissenting voices in academia and activism. Additionally, academic-activist identity is vital for feminist, intersectional and decolonial scholars. These scholars have stressed the need for more applicable research, while advocating for social change within academia, and for conceiving of and acting within academia as an inherently political and therefore contested sphere as well. Building on the experiences of participants and an ethic of care, this roundtable will also conceptualize the way forward for academics as activists.
June 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM