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Thiago P Barbosa

@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social
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anthropologist & STS scholar, postdoc & academic advisor at Leipzig University. Author of "Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve" (2024) and "Racializing Caste" (2025)

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
What a year this week has been.
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
You can see the chapter in the open access book "The Order of People: Contesting Bio-Scientific Human Classifications" here: www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...
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The Order of People
Human classifications: An examination of underlying epistemologies, ambiguities, and politics that reveals how concepts such as race, ethnicity, and ancestry are employed in the life sciences today.
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I highlight how recent population genetic research, while aiming to separate science from politics, can inadvertently reinforce existing inequalities and (Hindu) nationalist ideologies, urging for a more thoughtful engagement with these complex issues.
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
(New Publication Alert) 🧬❗ In this chapter, I discuss the intricate relationship between population genetics and politics in India, focusing on the making of the categories "Ancestral North Indian" (ANI) and "Ancestral South Indian" (ASI).
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Simone Pfeifer @simonepfeifer.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Read this in preparation of the roundtable of the task force anti-racism of the @dgska.bsky.social By @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social Sina Emde @mihiress.bsky.social & @cwhittaker.bsky.social Join the roundtable: nomadit.co.uk/conference/d... Tuesday, 30 September, 2-3:30 & 4-5:30 pm
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P057: Who is afraid of anti-racism? Intersectional justice and inclusive futures in anthropology
Renewed calls to address racism within anthropology have often been met with resistance. This roundtable discusses how the discipline could be better aligned with anti-racism, tackle the rise of racis...
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
so happy to have been reunited w/ my co-author, living legend and friend Umi Deshpande in Berlin, the city where we met for first time and the story of our book "Iru" began. Thanks FHXB Museum for hosting us + Manuela Bauche & Lisette Jong for the conversation! 🤍Fotos: Mike Bielski & Feven Keleta.
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
📣 new book alert 🚨
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Manuela Bauche @manubauche.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Fr 12.9., 18:30 h im Museum FHXB: Lesung u Diskussion mit Urmilla Deshpande, Thiago Pinto Barbosa u Lisette Jong über „Iru“ - die Biografie von Irawati Karve (1905-1970), indische Anthropologin zwischen Ausbildung in „Rassenanthropologie“ u feministischen Perspektiven. @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social
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Lesung mit Urmilla Deshpande und Thiago Pinto Barbosa - „Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve“
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Institute of Anthropology @anthro-leipzig.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
BOOK DISCUSSION | Friday, 12. September, 18:30 | FHXB-Museum (& online) A Reading and Discussion of the Book “Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve” (2024), with authors Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa, in conversation with Lisette Jong.
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Mara Dicenta @mdicenta.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The Haunting Legacy of Racism in Anthropology: The Ghosts of Human Remains Identification Methods by Thiago P. Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social & Amanda Domingues @mandadomingues.bsky.social This article examines the enduring legacies of colonialism and... www.at-commons.com/pub/x2v2mu1j...
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The Haunting Legacy of Racism in Anthropology: The Ghosts of Human Remains Identification Methods
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I’ve been thinking a lot about ghosts and racism in anthropology. See what colleagues and I wrote on the topic of ghosts in these short pieces :
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Institute of Anthropology @anthro-leipzig.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
We cordially invite you to the workshop “Transnational Entanglements of Racial Anthropology: History and Legacy”, which will take place in Berlin and online on September 11-13, 2025. See program, more information and online attendance links in our institute’s website (link in bio).
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
so nice to be in conversation about my new book “Racializing Caste”. You can listen to the podcast below. We talked about the hauntings of German scientific racism in India, the shortcomings of biological anthropology, and the problems of geneticists researching on the so-called “Aryan migration”.
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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
How do colonial-era racial theories continue to influence modern science in India? In our latest GHIL #podcast interview we're exploring this question by examining new research which traces the transnational connections between Germany and colonial India in the field of racial science. 🎧 1/5
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
My full support and solidarity to the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at FU Berlin
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Happpy to share some insights on my new book, “Racializing Caste” ⬇️
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Institute of Anthropology @anthro-leipzig.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, May 12, for the third lecture of "Matters of Life and Death": "A Refusal to Go Quietly" by Dr. Melody Howse of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
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Institute of Anthropology @anthro-leipzig.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Lecture "Echoes of Ebola: Infrastructure and Insecurities in Bat Sampling for Epidemic Preparedness". Dr. Emmanuelle Roth (Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society) discusses the human-animal labor behind disease surveillance in post-Ebola Guinea.
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Call for papers extended until May 10th :)
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
📢 Last Call for Papers! Panel: (Anti-)Racism & its Legacies in Anthropology WAU Congress 2025 | Nov 3–8 | Antigua & Online 🌍 Critical perspectives on racism, decoloniality & justice Deadline: May 3 Info & submission 👉 www.waucongress2025.org/panel/?id=607 #WAU2025 #Anthropology #AntiRacism
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Panel – World Anthropological Union Congress 2025
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Today in Frankfurt:
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
More information and updates on: www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/en/institute...
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Lecture Series: Matters of life and death
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
📣 Invitation: Lecture Series – Matters of Life and Death 🕔 Mondays, 5–7pm 📍 Lecture Hall 12, Leipzig University + Zoom Hosted by the Institutes of Anthropology & African Studies at Leipzig University, the series explores how boundaries of life/death are made, challenged & lived.
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
❤️ My first academic book is finally out 🙌🏼 See thread below 👇🏼
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Maria Framke @mariaframke.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Thanks to Svenja van Jan for her insightful review of Iru by Urmilla Deshpande and @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social for @hsozkult.bsky.social
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Thank you for this! 💫 this is actually very insightful, also for us.
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Shalini Andrews @drshaliniandrews.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social ‘s book is truly an excellent introduction to the first female Indian anthropologist, Irawati Karve (1905-1970). Her work challenges both colonial academia and the current Hindutva view. I look forward to learning more.
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Bangalore, our last stop in this beautiful trip: join our book talk at Champaca bookstore this Saturday 💫
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Kochi: Join our book talk today at the Kerala Museum 🧡
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Bombay: Join our book talk this Monday 💫
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
- Pune: 13 Feb (Thu), 4pm, University of Pune - Mumbai: 17 Feb (Mon), 4:30pm, Asiatic Society of Mumbai - Auroville: 19 Feb (Wed), 5:30pm, Bhumika Hall - Cochin: 21 Feb (Fri), 6pm, Museum of Kerala History - Bangalore: 22 Feb (Sat), 5:30pm, Champaca Bookstore
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
After our official book launch in Delhi, my co-author Urmilla Deshpande and I will be having book talks in five other Indian cities, accompanied by the musical performance of Tissa Khosla and various discussants. Feel free to join our talks on the following dates:
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Writing “Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve” was as joyful as it was hard. How can one fit a whole life, with all its contradictions, into a few hundred pages? Now, I am looking forward to talking about our book with readers, friends, and scholars in India.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Brave New World. The US sliding down into an authoritarian oligarchy.
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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Check the hot new piece by @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social and Urmilla Deshpande. Such a good read on the dark history of German anthropology!
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Rohan Venkat @rohanvenkat.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Some may know Irawati Karve for Yuganta, her remarkable essays on the Mahabharata. Others, for her pioneering work in anthropology. In 'Iru', Urmilla Deshpande and @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social sketch out a compelling portrait of Karve's achievements and complex legacy.
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
In this CASI Deep Dive INDIA IN TRANSITION Interview, Managing Editor @rohanvenkat.bsky.social speaks to authors Urmilla Deshpande & @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social about "the Complex Legacy of Pioneering Indian Scholar Irawati Karve" casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/rohan-ve...
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CASI Deep Dive: Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa on the Complex Legacy of Pioneering Indian Scholar Irawati Karve
Irawati Karve, regarded by many as India’s first female anthropologist and certainly the first woman to occupy a university position in the discipline, ought to be a household name. While some may kno...
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Invitation to the launch of our book “Iru” in New Delhi ✨
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
यह जीवनी उसका ही प्रतिपक्ष है।’ <3
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
और अगर पहुँच भी गये तो वहाँ से दिखने वाला दृश्य उनके श्रम के सापेक्ष होगा भी या नहीं। इरु की ज़िंदगी वस्तुतः विलक्षण, सच ही उल्लेखनीय थी। और उसे सिर्फ़ समाजशास्त्र और नृतत्त्वशास्त्र के विद्यार्थियों के लिए सीमित कर देने से जो सामाजिक विस्मृति ऐसे व्यक्तित्व के साथ घटती आयी है,
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
‘बाद में आने वाले लोगों के लिए रास्ता आसान न भी सही पर अनचीन्हा-अनजाना नहीं रह जाता, पर जिन्होंने सबसे पहले-पहल चढ़ाई शुरू की थी, उन्हें उन बीहड़ रास्तों पर चलते हुए इसका अंदाज़ा भी नहीं होता कि जो राह पकड़ी है उससे शिखर पहुँच भी सकेंगे या नहीं, +
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Beautifully written review of our book "Iru" in Hindi: nayapath.in/review-of-ir...
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एक उल्लेखनीय जीवन की कहानी / अदिति भारद्वाज - Naya Path
‘बाद में आने वाले लोगों के लिए रास्ता आसान न भी सही पर अनचीन्हा-अनजाना नहीं रह जाता, पर जिन्होंने सबसे
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Thanks BBC for this piece about our book on Irawati Karve 💫
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617: Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel. Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Haha!! “Living is dangerous” is my classroom catch phrase! I wonder if it would fit on a hat
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Still accepting submissions! ☺️
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
📢Call for Papers: We invite submissions for our panel "Identity, identification, and the dilemmas of categorizing difference" at the #4S @4sWeb conference in Seattle (sept 3-7). Submit by 31 Jan. Details: 4sonline.org/meeting.php
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
📢 Call for Papers: We invite submissions for the roundtable "Who is Afraid of Anti-Racism? Intersectional Justice and Inclusive Futures in Anthropology" at the DGSKA Conference (Sept 29–Oct 2, 2025, Cologne). Submit by Jan 15. Details: tagung.dgska.de/en/workshops... @mihiress.bsky.social
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
New "First Research Article” fellowships 🤩 Graduate students based at Asian, African, or Latin American institutions are invited to apply to Dept. "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" or "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life." 🗓️ Deadline: Feb 16, 2024 🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4 #HistSci #ResearchOpportunities
Top right: MPIWG Summer Publications Slam held in the institute's library (2024). Photo: Marvin Müller.
Bottom right: Exterior view of the MPIWG building with its three-story architecture and the institute's library located in the lower level.
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Thiago P Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Our book "Iru" was reviewed in "The Hindu", one of India's biggest newspapers. 🫀 www.thehindu.com/books/books-...
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Breaking glass ceilings: review of Iru — The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve
Review of Iru — The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve
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