Annalisa Bocchetti آنّالیسا

Research Fellow in Folk and Oral Traditions of South Asia at University of Naples "L'Orientale".
Sufism, Indian Ocean, language enthusiast, poetry, too filmy.

[Annalisa Bocchetti آنّالیسا @ResearchLife92]

Preparing my talk for 'Entangled Seascapes: More-than-Human Histories Across Oceanic Worlds '(22–24 Jan) at Academia Belgica, Rome. Excited to present my recent research on Sufi plural ecologies of the Indian Ocean!
#Sufism #IndianOcean #SouthAsia #MoreThanHuman

[Soumitra Athavale @athavale_s]

My group is looking to host motivated postdoc candidates willing to apply for the Fulbright-Nehru postdoctoral fellowship. If you satisfy the eligibility criteria, please get in touch as the deadline is near!
https://t.co/Buo5gJj6W1

[Sertaç Sehlikoglu, PhD, SFHEA @sertacsehlikogl]

Thrilled to share the first look at Poetics and Politics of Islamic Imaginaries! 🎉
Coming soon from @UCLpress
https://t.co/IXoiKb2G8w
@Takhayyul1 @ERC_Research @glo_pro @ucl @TheBartlettUCL
Editors @Sumrin @erolsaglam6
Authors incl @alaashehabi @_Burcu_K @LernaKYanik @charl

[The Thinking Tiger @krish_bohra]

On that note, anyone here who can help me with a PDF of this book?

[The Thinking Tiger @krish_bohra]

Birder friends, does anyone here have a copy of this book?

[Sharad Mohan شرد ਸ਼ਰਦ शरद শরদ @ssharadmohhan]

'The Great Snake Advanced / Akbar Emerged Victorious'

An illustration from the first #Akbarnama

This c1590 CE painting of the #Mughal ruler #Akbar subduing a Cobra was auctioned by @ChristiesInc on 28th April, 2026 for £107,950.

[Neha @nehavermani]

Of all the references to paan/betel roll I’ve encountered in years of research, ⬇️ from 18th c. Jodhpur is my fav:
A groom tried offered his bride paan. She rejected it saying: Am I your father’s goat, forever munching on leaves? (nit nit patta khain, thare baap ri bakri hun?)

[Open Islamicate Texts Initiative (OpenITI) @Open_ITI]

Eid Mubarak y’all!
A small archive of Eid visual culture from across the Islamic world: from historical illustrations, Ottoman greeting cards to Persian and Urdu philosophical poetry, devotional greetings, calligraphy, prayers, WhatsApp aesthetics, AI Kitsch, and sheep memes.

[The Public Domain Review @PublicDomainRev]

An aphrodisiac that sprouts beneath incontinent hanged men? A heady hallucinogen that shrieks so loud it kills humans and dogs? Meet the mandrake, a root steeped in myth that has inspired a rich visual tradition across 12 centuries: https://t.co/7ZluZpJEjF

[Nota T @NotaT240400]

Preparing Medicine from Honey, from a dispersed manuscript of the Arabic translation of Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica, copied by ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Faḍl and dated 621 AH / 1224 CE. Bagdad, Iraq.

[Maritime Humanities 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea @Maritime1400]

This conference looks splendid!
https://t.co/xBBkkuGHow

[Annalisa Bocchetti آنّالیسا @ResearchLife92]

Looking forward to it! ✨

[ENSIE @ENSIE_Network]

***Conferences***
Only three days to go until ENSIE7 in Málaga and - like in every good academic project, there is now a FINAL final, very last, ultimate, version of the program after some last-minute changes, available below and at https://t.co/oVsoPghm6m!

[ENSIE @ENSIE_Network]

***Conferences***
Only three days to go until ENSIE7 in Málaga and - like in every good academic project, there is now a FINAL final, very last, ultimate, version of the program after some last-minute changes, available below and at https://t.co/oVsoPghm6m!

[Indian Ocean World Centre @iowcmcgill]

The IOWC is hosting an online conference on the 20th and 21st of May via Zoom, entitled "Mapping Historical Environments in the Indian Ocean World."

For more information, you can visit our website: https://t.co/7rQcZQbPyr or email us at [email protected]

[The Plant Initiative @Plant_Init]

Application deadline May 15, 2026 - Postdoctoral Fellow in Plant Humanities at Dumbarton Oaks @DumbartonOaks to further the goals of the Plant Humanities Lab. One year with possibility of renewal. Stipend of $67,600/yr. https://t.co/qsStzeRXYh

[Office of Interdisciplinary Studies (I.D.E.A.S.) @jguideas]

📢 Call for Chapter Proposals

The Office of Interdisciplinary Studies (IDEAS), in collaboration with Springer Nature, invites chapter proposals for the upcoming edited volume:

📘 Working in the Shadows: Understanding Roots, Form and Nature of Informality in South Asia

[HAU @haujournal]

Special Section "Performing Substances" ed. Juliana Caruso & Federica Toldo examines the performative use of blood, drugs & ritual. With contributions by Juliana Caruso, Philip Badiz, Daniela Salvucci, Oscar Ivan Garcia Rodriguez & Vanessa R. Lea.

https://t.co/cLxyKzsjbW

[Rekhta @Rekhta]

India’s first woman Qawwal. A legendary voice and a pioneer whose timeless verses still echo today. Remembering Shakeela Bano Bhopali (1942–2002) on her birth anniversary.

What’s the one couplet you can’t forget? Drop it below. 👇

#ShakeelaBanoBhopali #Rekhta #UrduPoetry #Qawwali #UrduShayari

[mahdi 🇧🇷 @_mahdichowdhury]

Writing a chapter on 'Islamic steam cultures'—please let me know if you have any interesting recommendations on the subject of steam. (Below: T.J. Clark, "Modernism, Postmodernism, and Steam")

[ساحل کاظمی @sahilkazmii]

My family is looking for someone who can help us read and translate our ancestral Waqf documents from the 1860s–1920s. They’re handwritten in old Persianate Urdu, which none of us can fully understand. Need them transliterated into Devanagari or English. Please DM with any leads.

[The Thinking Tiger @krish_bohra]

It's Tagore's birth anniversary. So here's a book recommendation for you. @Ram_Guha's chapter, The Myriad-Minded Environmentalist, on him is just great. 🌳✍️