Calynn Dowler

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, @VanderbiltU. Ethnographer of religion, environment & climate in the Sundarbans, with a focus on water(s).

[Julian Go @jgo34]

this unrigorous reboot of Bloom says it’s ok for scholarship to have the goal of “critical inquiry, empathy, & the full spectrum of human potential..." but then says that scholarship adopting an antiimperial or pro-social equality goal is “politics” and corruptive? What? 1/2

[Christopher Szabla @c_szabla]

We're recruiting another Charles Wallace India Trust fellow to join us on our project "Confronting Climate Apartheid: Law, Economy, Culture" @DurhamIAS in Jan-March 2027. Must have a PhD, work in humanities/social sciences, be a resident of India. Details: https://t.co/oxImbx0t8X

[Asian Ethnology @AsianEthnology]

Asian Ethnology 84–2 has launched.
First articles + reviews of our rolling issue are now online. Pagination will be finalized when the full issue is complete.

Articles on graves in 1950s China, beliefs in South India, funerals in Singapore.

Read: https://t.co/uj4HpbavES

[Siddharth Agarwal @sidagarwal]

Inviting abstract submissions for case studies that will be commissioned on the topic of social movements around rivers in India.

Read more details & submit your abstracts via this link: https://t.co/kW4IQPmM2O

Help us spread the word by sharing this post! @INTACHIndia @WUR

[Sudarshan Shaw @Sudarshanshaw93]

Presenting a FolkIndica celebration of the fact that Odisha is currently the only state to have all three kinds of crocodilian species in India- the Gharials, the Muggers and the Saltwater crocodiles.🐊

[jonah valdez is @jonahmv.bsky.social @jonahmv]

Statement from detained student Rümeysa Öztürk dictated to her attorneys while jailed at the South Louisiana ICE facility.

“Efforts to target me because of my op-ed in the Tufts Daily calling for the equal dignity and humanity of all people will not deter me”

@theintercept

[Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) 🪬 @DoctorVive]

Hundreds of millions of bees, almost 80% of bees in the US, have died over he past eight months. Researchers don't know why.

Here is what this means:

[Calynn Dowler @calynndowler]

@CameliaDewan Many congratulations!! And so well-deserved. 🎉

[Sudarshan Shaw @Sudarshanshaw93]

Presenting our Folkindica Biodiversity map of the Indian Sundarbans.🐯🌳

An 'art's eye view' of the West Bengal's wildest pride- the land of shape-shifting islands, brimming biodiverisity, daunting uncertainities, the fiercest inhabitants and the most mystical folk cultures.

[The Plant Initiative @Plant_Init]

Open call from @humansandnature "For our 2025 open call for submissions to Humans & Nature Press Digital, we will be welcoming writings and artwork on the theme of seeds" from Jun 24 - Jul 15, 2025. $500 honorarium. https://t.co/GP6E1bWzSE

[RLS South Asia @RLSSouthAsia]

Call for Applications: Ambedkar Summer School 2025

For more details, visit: https://t.co/b0bioTVFrq

Tag and share with those who should apply.

[Nat Friedman @natfriedman]

We did it! We tested 300 Bay Area foods for plastic chemicals. We found some interesting surprises.

Top 5 findings in our test results:

1. Our tests found plastic chemicals in 86% of all foods, with phthalates in 73% of the tested products and bisphenols in 22%. It's everywhere.

2. We detected phthalates in most baby foods and prenatal vitamins.

3. Hot foods which spend 45 minutes in takeout containers have 34% higher levels of plastic chemicals than the same dishes tested directly from the restaurant.

4. The 1950s Army rations we tested contained surprisingly high levels of plastic chemicals.

5. Almost every single one of the foods we tested are within both US FDA and EU EFSA regulations.

Check out our full results below.

[Calynn Dowler @calynndowler]

new study shows declining literacy rates in most OECD countries

also, this!!
“without solid skills of your own, it is only a few short steps from being supported by the machine, to finding yourself dependent on it, or subject to it” https://t.co/3Lt3ETFhfl

[Jamhoor @jamhoormedia]

Grad student conference on capitalism in South Asia @UChicago. Funding available. Do apply!

[Reid Southen @Rahll]

There it is folks.

[SAW @anthrowork]

2-year postdoc available at Tufts University, as part of a @MellonFdn engaged project on environment, labor, agriculture, commons, and education. Open to all humanities and hum soc sci fields, including anthropology and geography. Applications due Feb 1.
https://t.co/IQqq5He1D6

[anwesha dutta @anweshadatta]

just published with @npjbiodiversity @Nature On mapping the patriarchy in conservation. Premised on “Patriarchy normalizes the objectification and instrumentalization of nature, thereby facilitating its exploitation and destruction.” https://t.co/3xVmNRbWjN

[Dr. Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman]

Know a young adult who is passionate about #ReligiousFreedom? The @BJContheHill Fellows program is a great opportunity: https://t.co/FBnNJG5l1h

[The Plant Initiative @Plant_Init]

Plant Humanities Summer Program (Jun 30-Jul 25, 2025 in person at @DumbartonOaks, Washington, DC). For grad students & advanced undergrads. Includes 2 additional weeks of virtual work (Jul 28-Aug 8). Travel expenses, + are covered. Apply by Feb 15, 2025. https://t.co/pNpUMq5fnd

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

We learn more from reading on paper than on screens.

54 studies, 171k people: we process print more deeply than digital content—as long as it's informational rather than purely narrative.

The paper advantage holds across ages and has grown over time. Long live physical books.