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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

My book “Sufi Civilities: religious authority and political change in Afghanistan” @stanfordpress.bsky.social was reviewed by Prof.Magnus Marsden for JRAI as "an elegantly written, analytically nuanced, and ethnographically textured account of Sufis in Afghanistan.” #afghanistan #anthro

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

New article (OA).#NATO’s Afghanistan war left behind burn pits, #PFAS contamination&ammunition residues causing serious illness in #veterans. But #Afghan soldiers, contractors&civilians were exposed to the same environments. Why do we know so little about what happened to them?1/

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Looking forward to to tomorrow’s lecture at @oxford-anthro.bsky.social department on rethinking the margin through #Afghanistan’s grassroots histories. Come join if you’re in #Oxford - open and free talk

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Looking forward to today’s workshop on #ethnographic research at GCU in Lahore.

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Afghan #mutualAid networks have rapidly emerged in recent weeks to support deportees dropped at the border, amid a mass deportation drive that has expelled half a million #Afghans from #Iran. I explore the past&present of these grassroots solidarity networks for @ajammc.bsky.social

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Looking forward Monday’s “Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority&Political Change in #Afghanistan” (@stanfordpress.bsky.social) Book Talk at Berlin’s Humboldt University‘s “Transregionale Gespräche”, 14. July 6pm. free&open to the public. Please join us. #Berlin #Sufism #CivilSociety #Afghanistan

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I look forward to today‘s talk at the @royalasiaticsoc.bsky.social in #London celebrating the Norchi Prize for my book “Sufi Civilities”. It’s free, so please join us in person or online! @stanfordpress.bsky.social

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Looking forward to next week‘s @lorentzcenter.bsky.social / @niodamsterdam.bsky.social workshop on the impact of war on the environment, offering a combined social and natural scientific engagement with comparative cases from #Vietnam, #Afghanistan, #Iraq, and #Ukraine.

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I look forward to my upcoming talk celebrating the Norchi Prize in #London. Please mark your calendar and join us if you’re around! @stanfordpress.bsky.social #sufism #afghanistan #anthropology #civilsociety

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NIOD @niodamsterdam.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

#AWARD| NIOD researcher @annikaschmeding.bsky.social has won The Royal Asiatic Society's Charles H. Norchi Award for her book "Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in Afghanistan". Congratulations! Read more about the Charles H. Norchi Award. ⤵️

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Professor Charles H. Norchi Afghanistan Book Prize

Winner announcement

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Simon Wolfgang Fuchs @simonwfuchs.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

This is a fantastic opportunity - until March 31, second monographs after the PhD as well as PhD dissertations can be nominated for the Islamic Studies Research Award of the Annemarie Schimmel-Foundation. Both Awards come with a prize money of €5000! For details ⤵️

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

What a quote! Hard to watch what’s happening but @adnanrkhan.bsky.social aptly analyzes recent developments in #Turkey

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

It was a great pleasure to talk w/Sahil Warsi&Maureen Pritchard at the Society of Reluctant Anthropologists (#SORAPod) - also, what a great name! - about embodied knowledge, the question of communities whom we research with, questions of care, hope, mental health… open.spotify.com/episode/7c83...

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Summer Will Come w/ Annika Schmeding

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

💫 ✨ I am thrilled to announce that my book "Sufi Civilities: Religious Authority and Political Change in #Afghanistan" @Stanfordpress.bsky.social has received the Charles H. Norchi Award by @royalasiaticsoc.bsky.social Grateful to all Ustads who taught me&to all who supported the research&writing.

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Open Encyclopedia of Anthropology @anthroencyclo.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

A great anthro podcast episode where Dr. Annika Schmeding talks about "how contemporary urban Sufi communities in Afghanistan deal with violence & transition...and demonstrate resilience by creatively responding to & navigating historic shifts". 👏🎙️

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Belle Cheves @bcheves.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

this was such a wonderful interview to do!! I adored chatting with the extraordinarily brilliant and eloquent @annikaschmeding.bsky.social about her work -- listen (and read the book!!) to learn so much about the nuances of leadership and authority in Afghanistan's Sufi communities

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

*Podcast Alert* I had the extraordinary pleasure to discuss my book Sufi Civilities (@stanfordpress.bsky.social ) with the delightful @bcheves.bsky.social for @ajammc.bsky.social find our conversation on their website or Spotify #afghanistan #anthropology #sufism

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Over 1,000 documents digitized and made available to researchers. Many openly readable for the first time in over 800 years since first written, in Persian in #Afghanistan, with quite a few translated into English by the Invisible East Team. Such as this relatable story:

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Tomorrow! Looking forward to tomorrow's “Sufi Civilities” Book Talk at the Abu Sulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at @georgemasonu.bsky.social . It's a Hybrid Event and Open to all. So, please join us! #afghanistan #sufism #civilsociety islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/events/16721

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

When people praise Canada as an immigration destination, this is the side they don’t see. Adnan Khan spent several years delving into the dark world of immigration consultants and their victims. #migration #canada #exploitation thewalrus.ca/immigration-...

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“Guaranteed Jobs” That Don’t Exist: The Dark World of Immigration Consultants | The Walrus

Canada has an insatiable demand for cheap labour. Workers are being lured here with schemes and lies

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

New #openaccess publication: “Where do nomads bury their dead? Necro-ostracism, statelessness, and the pastoral/peripatetic divide in #Afghanistan” Many thanks to the editors and interviewees who discussed the issues with me over the last decade. A short thread 🧵

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

This looks promising! Conference on Colonial Encounters and challenges of religious minorities between #Afghanistan, Central Asia and #Iran Deadline 14.March orient.cas.cz/en/news/Call...

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Arezou Azad @arezouazad.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

‼️Fancy doing #Afghanistan-related research in beautiful Paris? 2 new job opps for PhD scholarships (Persian pre-modern mss) post-docs (open field). Historical #Khurasan included! bit.ly/42Mh9EB & bit.ly/3CAD86B. Deadlines: Mar & Apr 25 @Inalco @invisible_east

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Contrat Post-doctoral/ Assistant de projet sur la thématique "Art, histoire et patrimoine de l'Afghanistan et de sa région" | Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Join us for the Workshop next week “Politics of Manhood: Martyrs, mystics and merchants" at ISS of Erasmus University Rotterdam organised by Dr. Saad Ali to explore the construction of masculinities at the intersection of religion, violence, commerce, politics and power. www.iss.nl/en/events/po...

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American Ethnological Society // American Ethnologist (journal) @amethno.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

⭐ Call for Submissions! ⭐ Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart Due Feb 14, 2025 An invitation to reflect on the challenges & insights of contending w/mental illness, disability, chronic illness, & neurodivergence as an anthropologist #AnthroSky #anthropology americanethnologist.org/news/call-fo...

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Call for Proposals: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart - American Ethnological Society

In The Vulnerable Observer, anthropologist Ruth Behar notes “anthropology that doesn't break your heart just isn't worth doing anymore.” The theoretical

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Good opportunity: post-doc vacancy with Alessandro Rippa at University of Oslo within the project “Knowledge in Crisis: The Dynamics of Environmental Expertise amidst Rural Change” #anthropology #job #postdoc #norway www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Anthropology (273606) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Anthropology (273606), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Scholar Rescue Fund is seeking applications from qualified threatened and displaced scholars. Apply or refer by January 20, 2025 for possible consideration in March 2025. www.scholarrescuefund.org/for-scholars/

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For Scholars - IIE Scholar Rescue Fund

IIE-SRF Fellowship Overview: The Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) is the only global program that arranges, funds, and supports fellowships for threatened

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Lovely to find a friend‘s book in our local bookstore. And while I want others to read it, too, of course I bought the German version the Joy of Consent by Manon Garcia @manongarcia.bsky.social

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annikaschmeding.bsky.social @annikaschmeding.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Our new Book ✨“Frontier Ethnographies: Deconstructing Research Experiences in #Afghanistan and #Pakistan” (Berghahn) is out & 50%off with the promo code 👉🏽 CHOU7595 until 31.December. Pls Ask your library to order! The introduction is open access available here: www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Choudh...

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Frontier Ethnographies: Deconstructing Research Experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

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