Congratulation to @N_Kabeer, who has been selected as a finalist in the @ACLS1919 Open Access Book Prize! 🎉
The prize recognises exceptional, innovative, and open humanities books.
Renegotiating Patriarchy is available open-access through @LSEPress.
🔗 https://t.co/zV6WoBxhTi
The Invisible Economy: Inequality, Informality and Democratic Space https://t.co/RzBC7N2HHt via @YouTube
In conversation with Laura Alfers (WIEGO), Dr. Laila Iskander and Jo Swinson.
A major collective endeavor, our book on "Shared Sacred Sites in South Asia - Negotiating Coexistence and Belonging" (Hurst) will be released on June 15, 6 pm at Nuffield College (Oxford): you're most welcome to this event
@HurstPublishers@BASASofficial
https://t.co/xl2ECwgYzK
UNDP Remote Internship Programme 2026 is OPEN
United Nations Development Programme is offering a global Digital, AI & Innovation Internship for students and recent graduates interested in tech, data, and development.
Eligibility
– Final year student, graduate student, or recent graduate
– Interest in AI, data, digital innovation, or policy
– Strong research, analytical & communication skills
– Fluent in English
What You’ll Do
– Work on AI, data & digital development projects
– Research policy, innovation systems & global trends
– Support data analysis, dashboards & reporting
– Assist in training, partnerships & communications
Benefits
– Monthly stipend
– Remote (work from anywhere)
– Hands-on experience with global projects
– Exposure to UN systems & international development
Apply: https://t.co/9rG0gTFCeI
Deadline: October 1, 2026
Location: Remote (Global)
For global roles like this, your CV must show real projects, research, or practical experience. Optimize yours via https://t.co/WhGGd1DZ2b
or tailor it here: https://t.co/oPb142yggv
Know someone who qualifies?
“Reform’s self-presentation operates at the level of identity politics and rhetorical appeal, rather than any kind of coherent class-based policy agenda”
– Vladimir Bortun & Aaron Reeves on Reform UK and working-class communities #LSEInequalitiesBlog
https://t.co/WBOgRYzCww
*BASAS is delighted to announce that the 2026 Annual Conference will take place 9-11 September at the SOAS South Asia Institute*
The call for abstracts is now open!
https://t.co/KKJQ7vOD8j
📢 Upcoming online seminar:
Victoria Hünewaldt will discuss how inflation narratives shape beliefs about the distributional consequences of inflation and attitudes toward mitigating policies.
Register here: https://t.co/zZA6OzhLVz
BASAS is launching a new Academic Freedom Observatory (AFO) where you'll find testimonies, news from South Asia and about the UK. Filippo Osella's testimony is available today. The other tabs will be released in the coming days and weeks.
https://t.co/TIAmFzpGOg
Presented “Caste and the Politics of Knowledge Production in Bengal: Upper-Caste Hegemony in Literature, Cinema, and Consciousness” at ICSHE 2025, Paris, France.
Presented my paper titled “Franchisee Politics and Elite Bargains: Analyzing TMC Governance in West Bengal Through the Political Settlement Framework” for The 3rd International Conference On Political Sciences, 2025 at London, UK
So glad to have gotten an opportunity to present and interact with brilliant scholars and professors and receive great feedback and appreciation from my fellow speakers and listeners!
Also very grateful to @rajatneal sir for his guidance and support
Delighted to present my papers titled “Survivorship Wisdom & Resistance: Dalit Art from Bengal as a Response to Caste Oppression” and “Caste and the Movement of Ethnographers: Navigating Social Boundaries, Mobility and Acceptance in the Field of Caste Studies” at IACRSS, 2025
Had an enriching discussion and q&a session with the audience during as well as post my presentation and left with more insights and thoughts to read and write about!
Presented my paper titled “The Intersection of Historical Events & Mental Narratives: A Case Study on the Bengal Partition” at the 8th Annual South Asia Conference, organised by the Ireland India Institute at DCU.
I am looking to interview first- and second-generation survivors of the 1947 Partition for my research paper, which I’ll be presenting at the 8th Annual South Asian Conference.
If you or someone you know is willing to share their story, please reach out!
#AcademicTwitter