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Yasmin Gunaratnam

@anilsghost.bsky.social
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Writer & sociologist. Gaza & Colonial Aphasia journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gaza Education Research Virtual Fellowship (GERVF): Round 2 now open for applications www.bristol.ac.uk/education/re...
bristol.ac.uk
Gaza Education Research Virtual Fellowship (GERVF) | School of Education | University of Bristol
The Gaza Education Research Virtual Fellowship (GERVF) - a collaborative research initiative between the Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education (CIRE) and three Virtual Fellows...
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Launch of Creative Critical Interventions for Social Justice, co-eds Natasha Tanna, Abeyamí Ortega Domínguez & Hakan Sandal-Wilson @lsegender.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/gender/event...
lse.ac.uk
Creative Critical Interventions book launch | LSE
Join us for the launch of Creative Critical Interventions for Social Justice, a brand new book exploring unconventional routes to social justice research and practice, bringing together artists, educ...
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 26/09/2026
@marcusjdl.bsky.social @anilsghost.bsky.social 🫶🏿
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For visual artists, photographers, filmmakers, designers, interdisciplinary creative practitioners and migrants’ organisations to explore how images can reshape public feelings about migration sites.gold.ac.uk/mfi-news/202...
sites.gold.ac.uk
OPEN CALL: Moving Feelings – Images for New Migration Futures – MFI News
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Kemi Badenoch heavy lifting to redefine settler colonialism & genocide 'I know Israel has a problem' #radio4
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Patricia Daley's analysis is firmly grounded in structures & histories of racism & disparities for black academics "A luta continua" www.pambazuka.org/The-Jason-Ar...
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The Jason Arday Tragedy: Not a Crisis of Black Intellectualism but one of White Supremacy | Pambazuka News
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A new speech by Stuart Hall in solidarity with Walter Rodney has been published www.bostonreview.net/articles/whe...
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When We Are All Enemies of the State
A recently discovered 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney—and why fascists fear ideas.
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Hanan Habashi 'Learn evidence, but remember that some stories are still true before they are documented' themarkaz.org/the-passive-...
themarkaz.org
The Passive Voice of Light: On Grief and Imperial Grammar
A Gazan teacher remembers the sister who taught her the passive voice — and traces the violence of moving through the world.
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Abdaljawad Omar on 'exhausted vigilance' & #gaza www.equator.org/articles/mor...
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Gaza and the Problem of Moral Stupidity • EQUATOR
Forty years after Edward Said demanded ‘permission to narrate’, the truth from Palestine has never been more widely known. And yet the annihilation continues.
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This is only 12 months but looks interesting Fellow in gender studies, Cambridge www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSD245/i...
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INT Academic Career Development Fellow in Gender Studies & HSPS (Fixed Term) at University of Cambridge
An academic position as a INT Academic Career Development Fellow in Gender Studies & HSPS (Fixed Term) is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic...
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
classified as an “unlawful combatant, held without charges since Dec 2024 & one of 14 doctors detained www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...
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Jailed Gaza hospital chief in life-threatening condition, rights group says
Elyas Abu Safia says his father Hussam can barely breathe or speak after more than 555 days in Israeli prison.
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
'Getting up every half-hour, even for a short walk around the office, could do wonders for your health, they said' More bad news for the social sciences & humanities www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time linked to higher risk of cancer death
Study suggests even light activity such as ironing could reduce health risks linked to prolonged sedentary behaviour
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Alain Alameddine in conversation with the Iranian independent feminist collective Tanide www.redpepper.org.uk/global-polit...
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Iran: a third way between oppression and aggression - Red Pepper
Is Iranian society limited to a choice between a repressive state or colonialist invasion? Interview with Iranian feminist collective Tanide
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Red Pepper Media @redpeppermag.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
TWO TICKETS REMAINING for our Glasgow event tomorrow ‼️🚨 Spaces are free but sign up is required to secure your spot ⬇️ www.tickettailor.com/events/redpe...
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Register – GUMG & RPM present: Bad News on the Cost of Living Crisis – Reading Room, Glasgow University Union (GUU), University Avenue
GUMG & RPM present: Bad News on the Cost of Living Crisis – Reading Room, Glasgow University Union (GUU), University Avenue, Wed 24 Jun 2026 -
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Could have been a discussion about racism & the violent tactics of Raise the Colours but the public rationale is framed through health & safety (lampposts could bend/collapse, flags could fly off). Still good news
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
'Activists' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Activists agree to stop hanging flags from Oxfordshire lampposts
It comes after Oxfordshire County Council lodged a High Court case to prevent the flag hanging.
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
@reproutopia.bsky.social examines the phenomenon of heterofatalism.
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On the Rise of Reluctant Heterosexuality
Human beings are, of course, perverse—both in ways that enrich our lives and in ones that hinder us. All too often, we remain “secretly attached to the continuity of the very things we (sincerely) …
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
'whoever wins the digital ‘gender wars’, the cloud kings will ultimately expect us all to bend the knee' @alisonphipps.bsky.social
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
CfP sites.google.com/DisStudies.o...
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SDS Conference 2027
Call for Papers Note: A text-only version of the information below is available as a Google Doc at this link.
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
'It is unclear why senior managers responsible for so much mismanagement are still paid inflated salaries...' This is such a brutalisation of what was one of the most vibrant unis. Heartbreaking to think of staff & students going through this again www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
aljazeera.com
The slow death of Goldsmiths is a warning to British universities
The crisis at the London university shows how marketisation has pushed UK higher education to the brink.
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Sad news. Persepolis was a force edition.cnn.com/2026/06/04/s...
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Marjane Satrapi, French-Iranian artist and author behind ‘Persepolis,’ dies at 56 | CNN
French-Iranian artist, author and women’s rights activist Marjane Satrapi, the illustrator behind the graphic novel memoir “Persepolis,” has died at 56.
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
24 June 2026 (11am-3pm BST) Black Cultural Archives, 1 Windrush Square, Brixton, London SW2 1EF www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
britsoc.co.uk
Windrush Week Symposium - WindRush: Migration, Memory, Culture and Conversations
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
In plain sight novaramedia.com/2026/05/22/i...
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Israeli Guards Sexually Assaulted Activists, Released Captives Say
Israeli forces raped and sexually assaulted numerous activists who were kidnapped in international waters while trying to deliver aid to Gaza, participants have said.
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Remembering Richard Lehman www.kcl.ac.uk/news/remembe...
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Remembering Richard Lehman (1950–2026) | King's College London
It is with great sadness that the Centre for Data Futures shares the news that our colleague Richard Lehman, Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre, passed away on 14 May after a period of illness.
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
'Israeli commandos had opened fire at six boats, used water cannon, and intentionally rammed one vessel' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Far-right Israeli minister condemned for taunting handcuffed Gaza flotilla activists
France and Italy are among the countries that have criticised a video showing Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting dozens of activists detained at an Israeli port.
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"this is not accountability culture, it’s more reputational warfare”. The effect of the message could not be more clear: the experiment with “allowing” black figures into positions like Harriman’s could all be over in a heartbeat, if we dare to step out of line' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Have no doubt: the campaign to sack Misan Harriman is part of an assault on black figures in public life | Afua Hirsch
The move against the boss of London’s Southbank Centre sends a forbidding message about who is and isn’t seen as fit to lead in UK culture, says Guardian columnist Afua Hirsch
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
If you can make it to Shoreditch visit Rich Mix & the Fragments of Existence exhibition on the lives of families and unaccompanied young people with insecure migration status @shadowsnrpf.bsky.social
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
“I think the answer to why they’re being very clearly misrepresented as hate marches is to undermine the hundreds and thousands of people who are turning up on the street. It’s to distract from the government’s complicity in these crimes." www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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British Palestinians feel ‘gaslit’ and unable to speak out, says leading activist
Ahead of Nakba march, Sara Husseini says many feel they are being treated as suspects rather than victims of mass suffering
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A beautiful essay & gorgeous overturning of Euro-semiotics where words are haulage vehicles for meaning, rather than having other qualities 'We wrestled a bit, the word and I, until I accepted the discomfort of not being able to read it'
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Shadows: Making Lives with NRPF @shadowsnrpf.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Our exhibition at Rich Mix is opening next week! Still time to sign up for our exciting event programme. richmix.org.uk/events/fragm...
richmix.org.uk
Fragments of existence: testimonies of life with no recourse to public funds - Rich Mix
NRPF is an immigration condition which prevents people from accessing welfare support, social housing and other services. Based on personal accounts of children, young people, and parents living with ...
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Some good podcast tips here @thesociologicalreview.org thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/may...
thesociologicalreview.org
Open ears: The podcasts that fire up our team’s sociological imaginations
Alice Bloch, Executive Producer of the Sociological Review’s Uncommon Sense podcast, shares colleagues’ recommendations for interesting and topical listening.
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
'Unexpected' & in a bigger context where academic publishing is an economic model where we keep giving away our work for free & then buy it back at great expense & feel grateful & 'delighted'
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
26 May workshop, includes 'case studies from UK universities, offering practical insights into how relational approaches can inform community‑engaged research, co‑design, and participatory methodologies in higher education' actionnetwork.org/events/relat...
actionnetwork.org
Relational Research: how community organising can help re-think how research is commissioned and augment its impact
The purpose of this seminar is to bring together leading exponents of relational research to explore what this involves and how it could be developed further in the Higher Education sector where there...
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Shadows: Making Lives with NRPF @shadowsnrpf.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Welcome to the Shadows research project, which will investigate the deep and enduring effects of #NRPF on the lives of families and unaccompanied young people with insecure migration status in England. Read about our project, team & partners here 👇 nrpfintheshadows.com
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
An open letter to the court of appeal with the words "we oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action". The letter is posted on the Defend our Juries website & on Protest is not Terrorism. A sign-on form for anyone wanting to add their name is here: actionnetwork.org/forms/97d9a1...
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Defend Our Juries
Thousands of people have been arrested for opposing the government’s absurd ban on Palestine Action, protest trials are being manipulated and UK lawmaking has been corrupted by corporate interests. No...
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
A new series & CfP manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04...
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NEW SERIES: Radical Histories - Manchester University Press
“Manchester University Press launches Radical Histories, a new series exploring global movements, resistance, and the voices that challenged authority.”
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Feminist Review @feministreview.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Register for free workshops to BREAKING THROUGH: Support for global majority researchers and creative practitioners navigating the journey to scholarly publication, 30 Apr–5 June 2026, co-organised by the FR collective and the DeAI UAL:
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BREAKING THROUGH: Support for global majority researchers and creative practitioners navigating the journey to scholarly publication, 30 April – 5 June 2026
A programme of online workshops, a hybrid roundtable, and a handbook supporting global majority researchers and creative practitioners co-organised by Feminist Review Collective and the UAL Decolon…
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I love this collaboration between @redpeppermag.bsky.social & the Raymond Williams Foundation on their Key Words series. I wrote on People's Tribunals www.redpepper.org.uk/law-police-j...
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Key Words: Peoples’ Tribunals - Red Pepper
Yasmin Gunaratnam explores a tradition of ordinary people holding governments, employers and institutions to account
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
An important & very clear analysis @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social esp on the existential & geo-cultural stakes #iran www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...
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Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together
The war launched against Iran by the United States and Israel is a war of choice and of hubris. There is scarcely even...
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
'Our earliest and most formative experience with the problem of other people is the sibling relationship'
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
hackneyhistoryfestival.org/sunday-10-ma... Looks like the day passes are sold out but the individual tickets are affordable
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Sunday 10 May 2026 - Hackney History Festival
Sunday 10th May 2026 We will have three exciting talks running concurrently. All tickets can be claimed or purchased by clicking through to our ticketing website from the title of the event. All talks...
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Red Pepper Media @redpeppermag.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Join Red Pepper in marching together against the far right 🌶️ We will be at the protest this Saturday with a banner at Start Zone G - welcoming any readers, friends, and indie media allies who want to walk with us 🪧 📆 Saturday 28th March 📍London
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A great read, loved the piece on Raymond Williams & community education especially. But so much more too
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Postdoc on the work and archives of queer of colour intellectuals active in the Netherlands and the UK in the 1980s and 1990s www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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Postdoc on queer of colour movement intellectuals in the Netherlands and the UK
Do you want to delve into the archives of writers, artists, and filmmakers involved in queer of colour movements in the 1980s and 1990s? Come join our team!
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Webinar 16th March @rafeefz.bsky.social and Sara Marzagora www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/pales...
thephilosopher1923.org
Resisting Erasure: Palestine, Neutrality, and the Politics of Silence
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A database on the systematic repression of Palestine Solidarity across UK and Germany. European Legal Support Centre with @forensicarchi.bsky.social www.index-of-repression.org
index-of-repression.org
Index of Repression: A database on the systematic repression of Palestinian Solidarity in Germany
A database on the systematic repression of Palestinian Solidarity in Germany
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Fully funded PhD within the Division of Gender Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund www.globalsouthopportunities.com/2026/03/01/g...
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PhD in Gender Studies in Sweden 2026 – Fully Funded Doctoral Position at Lund University - Global South Opportunities
Study Gender, Sexuality and Democracy in Europe at a Top-Ranked University
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Questions from Palestinian children visualizingpalestine.org/visual/quest...
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Questions from Palestinian Children in Gaza - Visualizing Palestine
[Jan 2025] [Updated Feb 2026]. Palestinian children in Gaza are asking questions no child should have to ask. Our latest series, created in collaboration with the #NoChildATarget campaign, features Pa...
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Here's the CfP for a SI on solidarity that I am co-editing with Clare Hemmings.Details below journals.sagepub.com/page/fty/cal...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
two-days of love as a creative politically-engaged practice 'in the wake of contemporary social and student freedom movements' www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/48045/
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Love, creativity and abolition in and beyond academia - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
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