Mark E. Balmforth

PhD candidate @columbia working on inherited inequality in nineteenth century Sri Lanka

[Thiru Kumar @nydosas]

Hi, hope you’re all staying safe! Thank you for your kind messages of support. As you may know, we have been closed for the last few months due to the lockdown. Many have asked how you can help me during this time. If anyone would like to donate, they can Venmo me at Nydosas. 🙏

[Daniel Alphonsus @danielalphonsus]

Jaffna's educational attainment is highly unequal and thus conceals the peninsula's poor education performance. In 2016, three of the top 46 schools in the island (measured by O Level results) were from Jaffna. But 20th ranked district in the island. https://t.co/FzVeO5FKKM pg 16

[Mark E. Balmforth @markebalmforth]

@gbahadur's incisive review of Sujatha Gidla's Ants Among Elephants is well worth the read, highlighting--among other things--how migration causes a reconsideration of the gendered articulations of caste and race: https://t.co/06oKbTLnWf

[Mark E. Balmforth @markebalmforth]

Great article on the intersection of religion, biology, and conservation at Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Salud in Pátzcuaro, Mexico by @geoffreygiller. Love it. https://t.co/JSykUMHYs0

[Martha S. Jones @marthasjones_]

“The entire show is about this idea of Black men resting and recovering.” https://t.co/RQJo1FAsWd

[Mark E. Balmforth @markebalmforth]

H/t @KristaNDalton https://t.co/r5VCaaHkrR

[Mark E. Balmforth @markebalmforth]

Posters, Banners, Boarding Passes: Museums Try to Get a Head Start on History https://t.co/4foe8V8MJb

[Eyob Derillo @DerilloEyob]

Important #textiles like #silk and #cambric preserved in the bindings or attached to pages of 16th -18th c #ethiopian manuscripts. The textiles were imported mainly from #asia, #middleeast t and #europe. @BLAsia_Africa @britishlibrary #globalmiddleages

[Sangay Mishra @SangayMishra]

Menu of the first Indian restaurant in Britain!!
https://t.co/HeFqp7eUGf

[Mark E. Balmforth @markebalmforth]

Letter to the Association for Asian Studies protesting the exclusion of Pakistani and Pakistan-origin scholars from this year's AAS-in-Asia conference in Delhi - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/PbJB8xtlML via @Change

[Oxford Academic @OUPAcademic]

Political constraints and psychological consequences are just two difficulties researchers have to get through #twitterstorians https://t.co/98iUtfhxIK

[Mark E. Balmforth @markebalmforth]

@accesstomemory Thank you so much!

[Mark E. Balmforth @markebalmforth]

@accesstomemory Any chance you know someone with expertise in AtoM willing to visit Sri Lanka to assist the island's National Archives? Requirements from the funding source are that the visiting expert must be a US citizen and available for a two week+ visit. Thank you!

[Mark E. Balmforth @markebalmforth]

Dr. Nadeera Rupasinghe: Making Sri Lanka’s National Archives more accessible one thombu at a time! https://t.co/m8leoSkMjV

[Mark E. Balmforth @markebalmforth]

@elotroalex Know anyone with expertise in AtoM willing to visit Sri Lanka to assist the island’s National Archives? Requirement from the funding source: be a US citizen and available for a two week+ visit.

[Martha S. Jones @marthasjones_]

Forcibly separating parents from children has a history; it is our history.

[Mark E. Balmforth @markebalmforth]

https://t.co/zD9KSnqK7d

[Left of Black @LeftOfBlack]

The Great Migration: @NMAAHC Offers to Digitize Black Family Home Movies for Free https://t.co/9mosY9OmXh via @TheRoot