Meha Priyadarshini

Historian of early modern global connections and objects

[Meha Priyadarshini @mehapri]

Join us for an event on the history of Madras textiles in India and the Caribbean at the @V_and_A on October 11th! We will be launching @connectthreads project website with a great line-up of speakers. Join us in London or online:
https://t.co/kxKy4XIBLG

https://t.co/epqbvcg7Ik

[Falastin Flip @TOliveFern]

Breaking: The Lancet has just published a study which found that Gaza death toll was *underreported by 41%* (as of Jun) due to Israel’s attacks on healthcare & disruption to record keeping.

This study suggests that the current death toll is 76,820 instead of MoH’s current 46k no

[Meha Priyadarshini @mehapri]

Great conference happening in Edinburgh on 'Material Scotland' in honour of our colleague Stana Nenadic! Abstracts accepted till January 31st.

[Sally Tuckett @SallyTuckett]

CFP: Material Scotland, Stana Nenadic Memorial Conference, 15-16 May 2025, Uni. of Edinburgh. Celebrating the career of Prof Nenadic (1954-2024) papers invited on Scottish material & visual cultural history. Deadline for proposals 31 Jan. ECR & PG particularly welcome.

[Meha Priyadarshini @mehapri]

@xcyrilcherian @dieworkwear Thanks for the heads up, will find out what's going on.

[Meha Priyadarshini @mehapri]

@dieworkwear Since you've gone down the history route, I have to correct you on the bit about madras being an interpretation of Scottish tartans. Madras has a very long history in the subcontinent and as a trade good. We've done a whole fashion history project on it: https://t.co/XatXOJKa56

[Jostein Hauge @haugejostein]

If it wasn't clear to you before, I hope it's clear to you now: from the ICC to the WTO, international law is respected only when it protects the interests of the global North.

[Meha Priyadarshini @mehapri]

Review of our @connectthreads event on the @britishlibrary @UntoldLives blog

[Untold Lives @UntoldLives]

The Connecting Threads project explores the cultural and textile history of 18th-century Madras textiles, their production in South India, and their interwoven link with the Caribbean.
https://t.co/wgn5nyHjr1

[Hannah Parsons-Morgan @Beathas_Ailsa]

Phd opportunity in African archaeology coastal Mozambique (historical, material analysis). 3 years funding + poss 6-12 months more. Visa & NHS surcharge covered
McDonald Institute Cambridge International Entangled PhD Scholarship at University of Cambridge https://t.co/0nRpUP6O0C

[Samanth Subramanian @samanth_s]

In this week's @NewYorker: My profile of Ganesh Devy, who assembled the first Indian survey of languages in a century, and who now lives in Dharwad as a protest against forces who will kill writers and impose religions and languages [1]

https://t.co/Virbr222TY

[Gary Spedding @GarySpedding]

Watch Professor Nizam Mamode break down as he tells @CommonsIDC about the systematic & persistent targeting of civilians by Israeli drones immediately after they drop bombs on areas of civilian population living in tents. Thanks to @SarahChampionMP's words as he composes himself.

[Zara Rahim @ZaraRahim]

“If you are a party to the immiseration and the evisceration of life in Palestine, people in this country cannot be free, because this is part of creating a new baseline for human suffering.” @KeeangaYamahtta at @PalFest today.

[Dr Isabella Rosner @IsabellaRosner]

There’s a new @sewwhatpodcast episode out today! It’s all about the needlework of enslaved, freed, and free Black girls, and especially about stitching from enslaved girls in the Caribbean, with art historian Sarah Brokenborough. Listen to it here: https://t.co/wUNWFYMeRe

[Pitt Rivers Museum @Pitt_Rivers]

JOB VACANCIES We are seeking to recruit a Curator of Textiles & a Textile Conservator to work with our extensive textile collections. These exciting two 3-year posts are funded by @ClothworkersCo & will work jointly with @AshmoleanMuseum. Grade 6: £33,832. https://t.co/Jda8eUBniU

[Meha Priyadarshini @mehapri]

A snippet from our @connectthreads symposium @V_and_A last week! A joyful celebration of textiles, fashion and south-to-south connections! Thank you @FashioningSelf! #madras #southindia #Caribbean

[Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom @FashioningSelf]

Follow @connectthreads 🧵

[Meha Priyadarshini @mehapri]

@KalathmikaN Thank you so much!

[Meha Priyadarshini @mehapri]

Join us for an event on the history of Madras textiles in India and the Caribbean at the @V_and_A on October 11th! We will be launching @connectthreads project website with a great line-up of speakers. Join us in London or online:
https://t.co/kxKy4XIBLG

https://t.co/epqbvcg7Ik

[Meha Priyadarshini @mehapri]

@SenManaswini @V_and_A @connectthreads You can attend online! I know it's not the same, but we are launching a website, so it would be apt 😅

[Rebecca Klarner @RebeccaKlarner]

Very excited to share the CfP for our @forarthistory session
'How was it made? How interdisciplinary collaborations in Material Culture Studies and Art History can unlock new avenues of knowledge'

[Meha Priyadarshini @mehapri]

Jonathan Square @FashioningSelf will be one of the speakers for @connectthreads launch event next month! Please join us online or in London!

[Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom @FashioningSelf]

This madras headwrap, now housed in the permanent collection of @LaStateMuseum, was worn by Mary Franklin, an enslaved woman referred to as "Pinkie" by the donor's grandmother Marion Hoey Stem. Following the Civil War, Franklin remained with the donor's grandmother, and the headwrap was preserved, ostensibly as a memento of her imagined loyalty. Crafted from red, yellow, and green woven madras, the headwrap features two selvedge ends and two machine-stitched ends. I will explore the history of this headwrap anf similar objects in my upcoming talk on madras at the @connectthreads symposium at the V&A on October 11: https://t.co/4rNA6QzXcE...

[IASH, Edinburgh @IASH_Edinburgh]

NEW FELLOWSHIP:
The Institute is delighted to announce a new Fellowship aimed at artists and creative practitioners of Palestinian heritage. The Artist at Risk Fellowship will support an artist to spend 2 months as a Visiting Fellow at IASH in May/June/July 2025. 🇵🇸

[Meha Priyadarshini @mehapri]

@periodeye @LFG_Hist @CIRIMA4 @elsjevankessel Stephanie, we have to meet for longer than we did in Berlin😅