Divya Kannan

Historian. Education, South Asia, Childhoods, Gender, Mobility. Critical Childhoods & Youth Studies Collective

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

@volkov_chakraa @anee1a Hi, sorry but couldn't resist sharing. Nikaah (1982) was an interesting film. In the Malayalam language: Feminichi Fathima 2024, Adaminte Makan Abu 2011, and a lot of older Hindi/Urdu films that explore Partition.

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

I am urgently looking for this book: Kaliash Chandra, Social development in India: Programmes and Problems (1974). If you have access to a copy, please let me know.

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

The special issue is out! This work began purely as a distraction of sorts but I'm glad to have found a group of likeminded scholars. If anybody is interested to know a bit more about film songs and youth in India, see

https://t.co/STRGbbDQ4t

[Shubhanga Pandey @ShubhangaP]

In a wide-ranging interview w/ @Polity_LK, literary scholar Ranjini Obeyesekere (U of Ceylon/Peradeniya graduate of the 1950s) recalls the exciting university culture of her time & is surprised STEM students no longer attend humanities lectures these days. https://t.co/Fhw8UvbV9e

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

Has anyone accessed Akashvani/ All India Radio archives in Delhi/ Madras/ anywhere else? I am trying to locate a few talks/ lectures from the 1960s.

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

In these difficult times, a powerful reminder about the will of ordinary people to survive , to learn, and pursue a greater knowledge.

https://t.co/s3G8KTK3Sl

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

@ChinaGSProject @anandpkrishnan

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

@jofmat @icas_mp @IIM_Calcutta @routledgebooks Here is the link: https://t.co/qQJb9sZ50M

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

Academic help requested! Can anyone share a scan of Malathi de Alwis' chapter In Michael Roberts (ed.) Sri Lanka. Collective Identities Revisited, Vol. I ?

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

Apply for this workshop organised by my wonderful friend and colleague !

[PC Saidalavi @pc_saidalavi]

Call for Papers!
With support from @AARWeb, we are organising a workshop on‘hierarchy and egality in South Asian Traditions’ at ICES, Colombo on 14-15 December, 2026. Please spread the word. Thank you!

https://t.co/BxD7oibhmG

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

Apply for our new BA research degree: Interdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences with 3 Majors ! Shiv Nadar University Delhi-NCR: https://t.co/MTx5lJftsc

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Jacobs CIFAR Research Fellowship Program 2027-2029 (up to CHF 150,000)

This is a globally competitive program for early and mid-career researchers whose work is dedicated to improving the learning and development of children and youth worldwide.

Details: https://t.co/DwexQCzTmN

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

@SadehRoy @pc_saidalavi

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

Shiv Nadar University has launched a new BA degree in Interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences with 3 Majors: Sustainability Studies; Archaeology, Heritage, and Historical Studies; Society, Culture, Technology. Admissions open! See for details: https://t.co/MTx5lJftsc

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

Our Department of History and Archaeology is hiring !

Assistant Professor, Archaeology. For further details, see

https://t.co/gMyGfDnEwV

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

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[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

@vishsidd2007 @gandabherunda So, if there a difference in pronunciation, it makes the entire family elitist? she already belonged to a well-off Punjabi family. I don't think she was desperate to be a Malayali!

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

@madhukishwar why are you having a meltdown over ? You are a true blooded hater of literally every human being and all you know is to spew venom. And nobody changed their surname to become Nair elite. LOL. It takes a lot of courage to have an inter-faith marriage and raise a good human being.

[Divya Kannan @divkan1]

@ThetaOwner Why isn't your blood boiling at all the princely rulers who ran to befriend the British, took them tiger hunting and feasting, agreed to do their bidding in order to preserve their property ? all those feudal landlords who gave a damn about peasants ? Selective blood boiling !