Reposted by UttaraRefugee Studies Centre @refugeestudies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Details of our nine Michaelmas term public seminars are now available, with a focus on protecting refugee rights as part of our initiative marking 75 years of the 1951 Refugee Convention. Join us, Weds at 5pm from 14 Oct. f.mtr.cool/n85up1ae0s 011
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Knots in the weave: female friendship, ritual tension, and the religious other - Farrukhi - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute - Wiley Online Library rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com 010
Reposted by UttaraRefugee Studies Centre @refugeestudies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Are you currently completing a doctorate related to forced migration and looking to develop your career? We are delighted to share details of a new Research Fellowship in the Anthropology of Forced Migration in collaboration with @stjohnsox.bsky.social . bit.ly/rsc-research-fellowship 043
Reposted by UttaraRoman Gautam @romangtm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Out now! A new @himalsouthasian.bsky.social investigation by @artcrimeprof.bsky.social on how Mary Slusser, a renowned US scholar, made her name as an expert on Nepal’s heritage while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States. www.himalmag.com/mary-slusser...himalmag.comMary Slusser’s secret loot of Nepal’s sacred art and heritageA US scholar made her name as an expert on Nepal’s cultural heritage – while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States 098
Reposted by UttaraCraig Lambert @medievalmariner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’m recruiting a Research Fellow in Early Modern Spanish Maritime History to join our ERC-funded Uncharted Maritime Worlds project at the University of Southampton. Please share with anyone who might be interested! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSW249/r...jobs.ac.ukResearch Fellow (Early Modern Spanish Maritime History) 3497426AR at University of SouthamptonAn opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Early Modern Spanish Maritime History) 3497426AR is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openi... 14566
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 03/09/2026DD Kosambi’s Sanskrit dedication to Marx, Engels, and Lenin in his book on Bhartrhari’s epigrams. 140
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The Elizabeth Line is brilliant apart from the hard side seats that are designed to make one aware of bones one didn’t think existed. Please universe and @london.gov.uk Bakerloo Line Extension 🙏 010
Reposted by UttaraThe India Forum @theindiaforum.bsky.social · 24/08/2026D.D. Kosambi was a polymath genius—mathematician, historian, numismatist, archaeologist—whose brilliance was inseparable from his volatile temperament & who eventually retreated into a concealed alter ego. His flaws were the price of his extraordinary versatility www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...theindiaforum.inA Genius of Many Parts, and a Few WartsD.D. Kosambi was a polymath genius—mathematician, historian, numismatist, archaeologist—whose brilliance was inseparable from his volatile temperament and who eventually retreated into a concealed alt... 012
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 24/08/2026PDF manuscript to review without page numbers. Can use the numbering on the side but still. 030
Reposted by UttaraDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026None of this shit is worth our lives. 11347225
Reposted by UttaraKathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar has an open CFP for what will be a brilliant ECR roundtable: Historical and Theoretical Approaches to Mobility, Migration and Citizenship Deadline 10/09 - pls apply, share etc! le.ac.uk/law/news/law...le.ac.ukLaw news | Leicester Law School | University of LeicesterRead news stories from Leicester Law School and keep up to date. 056
Reposted by UttaraOnni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Such an intellectual giant, but also a figurehead for a whole generation of scholars. 001
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Rest in peace Sumit Sarkar, one of the greatest historians of modern India. 12113
Reposted by UttaraPeter Mandler @petermandler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Going through some of my father's papers I came across - what in my professional life I'd tout as a great archival discovery - a letter from the (unrelated, and I think not Jewish) Mandlers who sponsored my father's and his family's visas to the US in 1939, out of the goodness of their hearts. (1/3) 419844
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Nadan chicken curry and King fish fry for dinner and I didn’t get any. I say, what’s the point of joining a half-Malayali household? 070
Reposted by UttaraGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 02/08/2026So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2) 11557268
Reposted by UttaraAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27/07/2026Pakistan-administered Kashmir opens polls in violence-wracked vote aje.news/vd5b9r 0229
Reposted by UttaraMikko Toivanen @mtoiv.bsky.social · 30/07/2026It has been brought to my attention that the forest fires around Bordeaux are burning up the pine plantations set up on drained wetlands there in the 19thC, a project widely admired and imitated around the world. In case someone wants to fund my global history of pine project. 613641
Reposted by UttaraPaulo Drinot @paulodrinot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSI649/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer (Teaching) in US History at UCLRecruiting now: Lecturer (Teaching) in US History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board 036
Reposted by UttaraIndrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Hindu supremacists have been going on about 'Soros-funded' for a long time now. The BJP IT cell were pioneers of online nazi-mongering trolling, & there's a lot of diffusion between online nazi trolls worldwide. Also worth noting, the CJP was a trigger--the protests are a confluence of groups now. 473
Reposted by UttaraScroll @scroll.in · 22/07/2026Protests over the alleged irregularities in competitive examinations, as well as the subsequent police action against demonstrators in Delhi, spread to several cities on Wednesday, including Patna, Mumbai, Varanasi, Lucknow and Raipur. More updates here: scroll.in/latest/10944... 013
Reposted by UttaraAntara Datta @antaradatta.bsky.social · 22/07/2026These are archives of global importance run by some fabulous archivists. How we write the history of refugees is at stake if we allow the continued destruction of this. 01315
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 11/07/2026www.thehindu.com/entertainmen...thehindu.comVeteran playback singer S. Janaki passes awayVeteran playback singer S. Janaki, renowned for her contributions to South Indian cinema, passes away at 88 in Mysuru. 020
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 11/07/2026thewire.in/history/how-...thewire.inHow Thomas R. Metcalf Traced the 50-Year Journey of India Shaping World HistoryTracing the arc of how Professor Thomas R. Metcalf, who passed away on June 18, 2026, understood India's history and how India's understanding of those changes gained currency. 032
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 11/07/2026My assistant said he’s guarding the primary sources but I found some chewed Congress Committee papers so I’m not so sure. 093
Reposted by UttaraDr Adam Prime @primeadam.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Thousands of forgotten Punjabi WW1 soldiers recognised for first timebbc.co.ukForgotten Punjabi WW1 soldiers recognised for first timeNearly 10,000 soldiers' names are being added to the official database of war dead, a cherished step for many of their descendants. 0123
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Relieved he only sniffs my flowers and doesn’t attempt to dig them out. 082
Reposted by UttaraJoanna Bourke @joannabourke.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Shocking news about redundancies in the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire, despite their exceptional research activities. I have signed the petition against these actions: it would be great if you would as well: c.org/kDQynZV7J4 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.socialc.orgSign the PetitionSave the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire 14956
Reposted by UttaraDr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Thanks to all sending messages of support as me and my colleagues in Humanities and Social Sciences at Exeter face being made redundant in September. I'll be back here once it's less hot & I can think. Please consider signing & sharing this petition: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... #EarlyModern 🗃️change.orgSign the PetitionStop Redundancies at the University of Exeter 614170
Reposted by UttaraJoint Center for History and Economics @historyecon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026The Cambridge Centre is now inviting applications for a number of Prize Research Grants for the 2026-2027 academic year. Please click below for eligibility, further details and deadlines.histecon.magd.cam.ac.ukTHE CENTRE FOR HISTORY AND ECONOMICS2026-2027 Prize Research Grants 02627
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 20/06/2026southasia.berkeley.edu/news/remembe...southasia.berkeley.eduRemembering Prof. Thomas Metcalf (May 31, 1934–June 18, 2026) | The Institute for South Asia Studies 032
Reposted by UttaraSaima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I’m really pleased to see my article on “The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign” in the @jbritishstudies.bsky.social Many thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding this research. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgThe “Asian Mother and Baby Campaign”: Race, Healthcare, and Citizenship in late Twentieth-Century Britain | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge CoreThe “Asian Mother and Baby Campaign”: Race, Healthcare, and Citizenship in late Twentieth-Century Britain - Volume 65 56936
Reposted by UttaraRefugee Studies Centre @refugeestudies.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Refugee Voices in Modern Global History: Reckoning with Refugeedom – join us this Wednesday for a book talk by Emeritus Professor Peter Gatrell 📍Oxford Department for International Development 📅5pm, 10 June 2026 Registration is not required More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events 011
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Looking forward to this: Join us this Wednesday, 10 June 2026, for @pwgatrell.bsky.social's lecture. He discusses the approach he and co-authors adopted in their book, Refugee Voices in Modern Global History: Reckoning with Refugeedom. More details here: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events/refug... 030
Reposted by Uttarakalramnath @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
Uttara @uttara.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Sanaa Alimia reflects on fifteen years of research on refugee displacement in urban contexts. Using Afghan refugees in Pakistan as a case study, she shows how long-term residents who helped build cities can nonetheless be violently expelled from them. Do join us online on Wednesday. 011
Reposted by UttaraRefugee Studies Centre @refugeestudies.bsky.social · 18/05/2026We are excited about the discussion of Associate Professor Catherine Briddick's book – Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception 📍Oxford Department for International Development 📅 5pm-6pm, 20 May Registration not required More info: bit.ly/4nATOhb @catbriddick.bsky.social 075
Reposted by UttaraSameen @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Getting really tired of reminding people that not all of us can turn up in Europe at the drop of a hat. FYI: weeks to secure paperwork for visa, another few weeks at least before appointment to submit that paperwork, and another few weeks before a decision is made. Yes this is an equity issue too 052
Reposted by UttaraMitra Sharafi @mitrasharafi.bsky.social · 08/05/2026If you published a book on legal history in *2025,* please nominate it for a 2026 ASLH prize! For US work: Cromwell Prize for early career authors & Reid Prize for mid- and senior career authors. For non-US work: Stein Award. Due June 1: aslh.net/award_type/b... #legalhistory 198
Reposted by UttaraRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 07/05/2026Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026 Funded Book Workshops - for historians currently writing a 2nd or 3rd monograph bit.ly/4uwep8C. Grants enable authors to hold a day workshop with upto 6 specialist readers to discuss a MS in detail before submission to a publisher #Skystoriansbit.lyApplications now invited for the Society's 2026 'Funded Book Workshops' for mid-career historians - RHSThe Society’s Funded Book Workshops Grants support historians, currently working on a second or third major research project, and which will lead to publication of a monograph. The Book Workshops enab... 04056
Reposted by Uttarakalramnath @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 UttaraTom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 26/04/2026mind boggling response from a Labour MP. She either: does not have a clue how important universities are to the local economy; knows but doesn’t care because of some sort of ‘anti-elitist’ brainworm; or knows but is too worried to admit it lest it upset Reform voters. none reflect very well on her! 18540127
Reposted by UttaraLucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Next month, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite (UCL), Matt Downie (CEO, Crisis), Adam Page (Lincoln) Matt & Jess Turtle (@ourmoh.bsky.social), Peter Wood (Birkbeck), in convo on histories of homelessness. @rshc.bsky.social. May 22nd, 2pm, all welcome www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/homelessne...eventbrite.co.ukHomelessness in Postwar Britain: Do historians have anything useful to say?Speakers share different historical viewpoints and experiences in relation to homelessness as a subject of history. 096
Reposted by UttaraDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Add to this, of course, the 100s of previously employed academics who are now out of work or whose jobs are at risk and the 100s of academics in fixed term positions trying to find permanent roles. 05517
