Andrea Wright

Labor, migration, and oil in India, the Arabian Peninsula, and globally. Author of Between Dreams and Ghosts (SUP 2021) and Unruly Labor (SUP 2024)

[Andrea Wright @agwa]

I'm excited to be at Rutgers today to talk about my new book, Unruly Labor

[Andrea Wright @agwa]

Andrea Wright, Unruly Labor: A History of Oil in the Arabian Sea (New Texts Out Now) https://t.co/xxqOErOMiD via @jadaliyya

[Stanford Press @stanfordpress]

Unruly Labor by Andrea Wright offers a new history of Middle Eastern oil and twentieth-century capitalism—a history that illuminates how labor management and national security concerns have shaped state governance and economic policy priorities. #ReadUP

https://t.co/fR1UEELmIB

[omam @omamulb]

On March 1st at 15PM (CET) we will be in conversation with Andrea Wright @agwa & Munira Khayyat @mu_kha2 to discuss the intimate, precarious and lived realities of migrant oil workers in the Middle East

Register https://t.co/Z8WmlOMWWa
Full program https://t.co/YmJS3qGCbk

[Andrea Wright @agwa]

Thank you, Neilesh, for taking the time to discuss Between Dreams and Ghosts with me! @NeileshBose @stanfordpress

[Maidaanam @maidaanam1]

Neilesh Bose and Andrea Wright discuss the dreams and realities of Indian Gulf migrants and how this contributes to the reshaping of global capitalism. Includes an excerpt, "The Rig and the Temple" from Wright's recent book.
https://t.co/G7kd0bjSAd

[Lekh @Lekhpodcast]

New episode live! In this conversation, I speak to @agwa on her @stanfordpress book Between Dreams and Ghosts, an ethnography of Indian migration to the Gulf.
https://t.co/sErItP0WML

[Andrea Wright @agwa]

@AustinMcCoy3 Hooray! I hope the next week goes smoothly!

[Andrea Wright @agwa]

I had a great time talking with Karthik Nachiappan about my book, Between Dreams and Ghosts, for the Lekh Podcast! @Lekhpodcast @karthiknach @stanfordpress https://t.co/cLmaCfp8qe

[Jadaliyya @jadaliyya]

The book follows the migration of Indians into the Gulf, from villages in India to oil projects in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, and back again.

"Andrea Wright, Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration & Middle Eastern Oil (New Texts Out Now)"

https://t.co/DvEa8YNYoi

[POMEPS @POMEPS]

In this week's podcast @abuaardvark chats with Andrea Wright about her new book, Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration and Middle Eastern Oil. Also: short segments with Basileus Zeno on his new article & Renad Mansour on Iraq. Listen here!
https://t.co/0tOvTFvGzs

[Andrea Wright @agwa]

Looking forward to tomorrow and day 2 of this incredible conference: In and Out of South Asia
https://t.co/UrGT0jOUJK (website and registration)

[GW Sigur Center for Asian Studies @gwusigurcenter]

Join us on Nov 16 for our newest New Books in Asian Studies event on South Asian Migrations in Global History, with editor @NeileshBose and contributors @carrasco_kent and @agwa. Sigur Director Benjamin Hopkins will moderate.

RSVP: https://t.co/qJJe04YuP9

[Andrea Wright @agwa]

I'm very excited that my book, Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration and Middle Eastern Oil, is officially out today!

[Andrea Wright @agwa]

@DannaAgmon Thank you for sharing this method! Any suggestions on how to switch H from Historiography to a word that works in an Intro to Anthro-History grad seminar?

[Andrea Wright @agwa]

I'm looking forward to participating in this conversation tomorrow on labor migration! https://t.co/9W0zcAWQey

[Luke Heslop @LAHeslop]

Delighted to be joined by Dr. Andrea Wright (@agwa) in this week’s @BrunelAnth Research Seminar.

‘The Rig and the Mandir: Indian Migrant Laborers’ Engagements with Modernity and the State’.

DM for links and join us tomorrow (Tues 2nd Feb) @ 13:00 🛢️🛕

[Rick W. A. Smith @rickwasmith]

We different but we fam

[Austin McCoy @AustinMcCoy3]

My CNN piece about the debate around the defund the police demand is up.

https://t.co/tAtPjq7Ig9

[Emily Galvin-Almanza @GalvinAlmanza]

We published this a month ago.

The lack of urgency, action, and response from state and local leaders continues to sadden me.

And astonish me. Even me. Even now.

https://t.co/WVfbfyxSmw