kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A wonderful lineup for the Columbia Legal History Workshop 2026 - '27! 021
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 10/08/2026This October in Oxford to celebrate the publication of The Cambridge History of International Law in Asia Vol 2! www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...law.ox.ac.ukA roundtable and book launch: Whose Law? AsiaDescription This roundtable brings two recent works into conversation around the long history of 010
Reposted by kalramnathShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Metro NY Library Council's Cross-Reference Coalition — an experimental school connecting librarians, archivists, grad students, artists, designers — is accepting applications for our fall class exploring PUBLIC STUDY: alternative/radical/progressive schools, lrng communities... crc.metro.org/apply/ 312163
Reposted by kalramnathΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The Oceanographer's House (2026) by British artist Christopher Thompson (born in 1969). Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 428947
Reposted by kalramnathHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 26/06/2026📣 Call for Applications 📣 History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. This is a part-time, paid role. Application deadline: 7 August 2026. Please share widely!historyworkshop.org.ukCall for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. 184100
Reposted by kalramnathGautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Come be my colleague! American University's History Department is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor of science, tech and society. I am chair of the search and pleased to answer any questions either on here or email (grao at american) american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant ProfessorAmerican University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani... 3169137
Reposted by kalramnathVindhya Buthpitiya @vindi-b.bsky.social · 25/06/2026could not have envisioned a better reviewer for ‘A Volatile Picture' than Shyam Tekwani who has lived this book & its photos. Enormously grateful for these words 🙏🏽 | How Photographs Defied All Attempts to Bury the Memory of Sri Lanka's War thewire.in/books/how-ph... @thewire.inthewire.inHow Photographs Defied All Attempts to Bury the Memory of Sri Lanka's WarA groundbreaking study of how everyday photographs became instruments of memory, mourning and political resistance in the aftermath of Sri Lanka's civil war. 063
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Many congratulations to Maria Adele Carrai and Surabhi Ranganathan on the publication of The Cambridge History of International Law Vol. 2 / International Law in Asia. The introduction "Against the Inequality of Ignorance" is linked below: www.cambridge.org/core/service...cambridge.org 130
Reposted by kalramnathBalu Puppy @balupuppy.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Thomas and Barbara Metcalf have been so important to the study of South Asia, for decades. Thomas was influential in shaping and informing South Asian and British imperial studies at Cal and the wider world. He will be missed. southasia.berkeley.edu/news/remembe...southasia.berkeley.eduRemembering Prof. Thomas Metcalf (May 31, 1934–June 18, 2026) | The Institute for South Asia Studies 01010
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Desi Basketball Diaries www.saada.org/explore/publ...saada.orgDesi Basketball Diaries 000
Reposted by kalramnathAssociation for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org · 17/06/2026Call for Applications: American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies dissertation planning grants, to fund 6-8 weeks of exploratory research in Sri Lanka. Applications due December 1, 2026. www.aisls.org/grants/aisls-disserta… 011
Reposted by kalramnathDurba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Thank you to the brilliant Emma Heaney @riislover667.bsky.social for this generous,wide-ranging, and deeply engaged conversation with me about my book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism @princetonupress.bsky.social 1208
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Presenting on maritime sovereignty and coastal livelihoods for the Indian Ocean in the Age of Empire seminar at the Oxford Center for Global History on 8 June at 2 PM BST / 9 AM ET. Please email capitalismsoftheindianocean-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk for Zoom link. 031
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 03/06/2026wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...wordswithoutborders.orgVedavalli, Saigon - Words Without BordersAn Indian woman in Vietnam describes the pain of longing for home in this mournful novel excerpt, a finalist for the 2024 Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation. 000
Reposted by kalramnathHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 02/06/2026"[...] the work of building internationalist solidarity within an imperial social formation is the work of epistemic and affective claim-making" Sneha Krishnan explores the history of the Women's Christian College in colonial India.historyworkshop.org.ukAn Unreliable Archive of InternationalismWhat do frictions in the founding story of a missionary women's college reveal about Indian women's struggles for education and internationalism? Sneha Krishnan unpacks the history of the Women's Christian College in colonial India. 083
Reposted by kalramnathMikko Toivanen @mtoiv.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Reading Anne-Isabelle Richard's valedictory editorial in Itinerario and very honoured to see that my and Andreas Greiner's 2024 special issue on colonial tourism gets a shout-out in her retrospective look at the past years.doi.orgThe Strengths of Diversity and Community in Global History | Itinerario | Cambridge CoreThe Strengths of Diversity and Community in Global History 052
Reposted by kalramnathAmanda Lanzillo @amandazillo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026New special section of CSSAME on "Methodologies of the 'Everyday' in South Asian Islam" co-edited by Harini Kumar and me is now out! Featuring articles from Mudit Trivedi, Ali Altaf Mian, Elizabeth Lhost & Taushif Kara, Harini and me, with a post-script by Shahzad Bashir. Check it out here!read.dukeupress.eduVolume 46 Issue 1 | Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East | Duke University Press 197
Reposted by kalramnathImmigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026***Blog Submissions from Undergraduates*** Our blog, Not From Here, will be running a short blog series this year highlighting the work of undergraduate students whose research engages with immigration and ethnic history. We invite submissions! Those interested should contact notfromhere@iehs.org 11720
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 12/05/2026everydaylankanhistory.com/about-us-2/?...everydaylankanhistory.comAbout us – Everyday Lankan History 000
Reposted by kalramnathRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11/05/2026Also published today in Transactions: Peter Gatrell's article 'The "RefugeeWorld": A Twentieth-Century Retrospective' bit.ly/49nWmtg This is an article version of Peter's 2025 Prothero Lecture given in July last year. Now available free Open Access 1/2 #Skystorians 12011
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 04/05/2026A thread about new bks that I used in my teaching about the Indian Ocean World this past semester: 133
Reposted by kalramnathHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 21/04/2026OTD in 2019 the Easter Attacks led to mob violence and riots against the minority Muslim community in Sri Lanka. In this piece from the archive, @shamaraw.bsky.social considers the historical roots of these attacks and the genealogy of communal violence in Sri Lanka.historyworkshop.org.ukA brief history of anti-Muslim violence in Sri LankaDelving into Sri Lanka's colonial past, Shamara Wettimuny shows how the 'Easter attacks', or recent anti-Muslim violence has its roots in the ethno-nationalistic paradigm of the island. 052
Reposted by kalramnathWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 21/04/202671% of our planet is ocean, but you wouldn’t know it from traditional maps. Shift your land-based perspective this Earth Week with a story about the Spilhaus Projection map and the WHOI oceanographer who created it: go.whoi.edu/spilhausmap 58839
Reposted by kalramnathElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Excited to host @unlawfulentries.bsky.social at @siwpscolumbia.bsky.social this week to talk about her new book! 1608
Reposted by kalramnathOle Birk Laursen @olebirklaursen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I'm delighted to share that my book "The Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905–1918" (Liverpool UP) has been accepted by JSTOR as part of their Path To Open programme. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....liverpooluniversitypress.co.ukThe Indian Revolutionary Movement in Europe, 1905–1918 | HomeExile, Internationalism, and Resistance to Empire 093
Reposted by kalramnathAmna Qayyum @aqayyum.bsky.social · 30/05/2025thrilled to share that my article, "The Ghost of Comilla: Authoritarian Biopolitics and Global Development in Rural East Pakistan," is now out in print in the latest issue of @diplomatichistory.bsky.social. 1114
Reposted by kalramnathMitra Sharafi @mitrasharafi.bsky.social · 15/04/2026PUB. DAY! Fear of the False: Forensic Science and the Law of Crime in Colonial South Asia is officially out today. Available Open Access: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... #legalhistory Outfit: red for bloodstain testing+flowered shirt for botanical poisons+poisoner's ring (for show only) 97929
Reposted by kalramnathCambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 07/04/2026The inaugural Cambridge Amplify Grant will support early-career scholars in History and Area Studies in publishing their first book, providing financial and editorial support over 12 months. ⏰ The closing date for submissions is 13 April 2026. Find out more 🔗 cup.org/3NJAd1a 02016
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Happy publication month, @mitrasharafi.bsky.social ! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...cornellpress.cornell.eduFear of the False by Mitra Sharafi | Hardcover | Cornell University PressFear of the False uncovers colonial South Asia's critical role in the development of forensic science. Around 1900, the government of British India created a web of institutions for the scientific det... 142
Reposted by kalramnathMitra Sharafi @mitrasharafi.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Big news, everyone!! The ASLH has created a new dissertation prize for non-US legal history: the Global Dissertation Prize aslh.net/award/global... Eligible authors for this cycle must have received their doctoral degree in *2025.* Deadline: 1 June 2026. Please spread the word &/or submit your work!aslh.net 074
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 18/03/2026www.thehindu.com/news/interna...thehindu.comSri Lanka ready to welcome and support refugees from India: Minister Bimal RathnayakeSri Lanka's Minister Bimal Rathnayake announces support for Indian refugees, urging political sensitivity from Tamil Nadu and India. 001
Reposted by kalramnathDonal Coffey @donalcoffey.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Today marked the launch of the Asian Legal History Association, with the secretariat at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Maynooth School of Law and Criminology is one of the founding institutional members. Further details about the Association and its activities here: web.law.cuhk.edu.hk/ALHA/ 152
Reposted by kalramnathHidetaka Hirota @hidehirota.bsky.social · 11/03/2026If you study legal history, please consider submitting a proposal for the 2026 conference of the American Society for Legal History in Banff, Canada in November! The Program Committee accepts proposals until March 24! #ASLH #legalhistory 🗃️ aslh.net/2026-annual-...aslh.net2026 Annual Meeting Call for Papers | American Society for Legal HistoryCall for Papers 2026 American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting (November 12 - 14, 2026) The Program Committee of the American Society for Legal History invites proposals for the 2026 meeting t... 24241
Reposted by kalramnathSu Lin Lewis @sulinlewis.bsky.social · 11/03/2026We have a zine! Over the past year, I've been working w/ Pusat Sejarah Rakyat and the International Institute of Social History to bring together organisations around Southeast Asia working on archiving and disseminating "people's histories" and the histories of social movements in the region. 1/4 31911
Reposted by kalramnathVindhya Buthpitiya @vindi-b.bsky.social · 08/03/2026The sinking of the IRIS Dena by a US submarine just 19 nautical miles from Sri Lanka’s shore in its Exclusive Economic Zone has forced Colombo to navigate one of the most complex diplomatic and legal crises in its recent history www.sundaytimes.lk/260308/news/...sundaytimes.lkMayday, mayday: How US-Iran conflict unfolded in Sri Lanka’s economic zone 083
Reposted by kalramnathElizabeth D. Katz @elizabethdkatz.bsky.social · 06/03/2026I'm excited to be chairing the American Society for Legal History Projects and Proposals Committee this cycle. We look forward to receiving funding applications for conferences, museum exhibits, pedagogical experiments, and more! We are accepting submissions until Sept. 1. aslh.net/award/projec...aslh.netProjects and Proposals Funding | American Society for Legal HistoryThe Projects and Proposals Committee of the American Society for Legal History invites proposals for the funding of new initiatives in the study, presentation, and production of legal historical schol... 0117
Reposted by kalramnathBrymo @brymo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Macro Photograph of an Abalone Shell #1143 taken 2:02 pm 241190113
Reposted by kalramnathFrom The Ground Up @ubcfrogbear.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Tansen Sen will be in #Vancouver for the 2026 @asianstudies.org conference! Please join us on Wednesday March 11, 2026, 5pm, where he will present a talk for the Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series at UBC Asian Centre, Room 604 frogbear.org/yin-cheng-di... 002
Reposted by kalramnathSaima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Happy publication day to @uobrishistory.bsky.social’s Professor Sumita Mukherjee! 17733
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 26/02/2026I put on my lawyer hat for this piece on time limits under Indian citizenship legislation, and ongoing constitutional challenges in the Indian Supreme Court for Statelessness and Citizenship Review: statelessnessandcitizenshipreview.com/index.php/jo...statelessnessandcitizenshipreview.comView of Citizenship on Pause? The Ambiguities Surrounding Termination of Citizenship in India 023
Reposted by kalramnathJournal of Historical Geography @jofhistgeog.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Vol. 88 (50th Anniversary) Pt. II: ‘Archives as Worldmaking’ special issue Introduction by editors @jakehodder.bsky.social and @snehakrishnan.bsky.social Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.05.018 7/31 165
Reposted by kalramnathNick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 06/01/2026In case anyone needs it for their syllabi, my statement in gen-Ai from the minicomic I made as a syllabus for class last semester. All online and printable here spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy... 12705296
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Socio-Legal Review has call for papers for a special issue on Law and History in South Asia: repository.nls.ac.in/slr/news.htmlrepository.nls.ac.in Call for Papers: Vol. 22 (2) Law and History in South Asia | Socio-Legal Review (SLR) | Journals | National Law School of India University 001
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 19/02/2026www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...thehindu.comSC hearing on CAA highlights: Supreme Court to hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment ActFollow The Hindu's coverage of Supreme Court hearing on pleas challenging constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019. 001
Reposted by kalramnathDr. Ahmed Y. AlMaazmi @indianoceanworld.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Excited to be speaking at @UniofExeter's CGS Virtual Seminar Series on "Portuguese Black Serpents Meet Safavid Dragons: The Intellectual World of Indian Ocean Imperialism." 🐉🐍 Register here: universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 032
Reposted by kalramnathHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 27/01/2026The trial of 6 Italian officers for a 2023 shipwreck in which at least 94 people died is set to start this week. The Cutro shipwreck trial is a crucial opportunity to secure truth and justice for survivors and families of victims.hrw.orgItaly: Shipwreck Trial Opportunity For Justice(Milan, January 27, 2026) – The trial, due to start this week, of 6 Italian officers for a 2023 shipwreck in which at least 94 people died is an important opportunity for justice for deaths of migrant... 0169
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 26/01/2026It was a pleasure to review Reeju Ray's Placing the Frontier in British Northeast India: Law, Custom and Knowledge for Law and History Review @lawandhistrev.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgReeju Ray , Placing the Frontier in British North-East India: Law, Custom, and Knowledge. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. 224, £88.00 Hardback (ISBN 9780192887085). | Law and History Review...Reeju Ray , Placing the Frontier in British North-East India: Law, Custom, and Knowledge. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. 224, £88.00 Hardback (ISBN 9780192887085). 022
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · 09/01/2026www.theindiaforum.in/culture/seei...theindiaforum.inSeeing Cuttack"The tenor of this city’s language was arranged carefully to suit a specific aural temperament that was a need for some; the colourful pastiche of the city was hidden. When the memory of a city is rec... 010
