The inaugural London Himalayan Short Film Festival 2024 co-hosted by
The Critical Himalayan Collective & Brunel South Asia Research
.. Please join us on 6th April ... and stay tuned for a stellar line up of films/artists from the region
Brunel University London
James Staples
Luke Heslop

Announcing Asmita Shirish Asmita Shrish as the keynote filmmaker for the #LHSSF2024 … Special screening of ‘Auntie Ganga’ which explores the lives of #Gurkha women in UK #NepaleseDiaspora Brunel South Asia Research Brunel Research Brunel Sociology, Media, Comms & Journalism

But the world, too, is getting warmer each day. In their editorial for 43(1), James Staples & Beckie Marsland ask why research articles on climate change do not feature more prominently in our journal. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

London friends, please join for a panel on my book, Pious Labor, on Wednesday 6 March 5-7pm at King’s! I’ll be in conversation with Shabnum Tejani (SOAS) and Mobeen Hussain (Oxford), chaired by Taushif Kara (KCL). Tickets are free, but registration required: tickettailor.com/events/kingsco…

Save Anthropology at the University of Kent chng.it/PyrZ6kt2 via Change.org UK

I'm co-convening this panel on the politics of food insecurity at the DSA conference. Submit your abstracts. Deadline: 23rd January! SOAS Department Of Anthropology SOASFoodStudiesCTR Susanne Jaspars nomadit.co.uk/conference/dsa…

Book now for the inaugural lecture of our own James Staples, live on 21 Feb, when he’ll talk about anthropology, food, and identity politics in India. All welcome: book a free place at: tinyurl.com/58yhktxe
Brunel Research Brunel Anthropology Institute of Communities and Society UK-South Asia Network

Join our own James Staples to hear him discuss why we need to rethink the popular idea of India as a vegetarian country, and how vegetarianism might itself become a source of violence. Details below!

With years of ethnographic insights from South India, James Staples reveals how cattle stakeholders maneuver through the ever-shifting political and cultural dynamics of India.

#ScaredCowsAndChickenManchurian is Out Now: brnw.ch/21wFoOX

#READWithHarperCollins

We’ve posted a new update - an incredible couple of months for us tomlovetrust.com/updates/f/sept…

Thrilled to have completed the #GreatNorthRun on Sunday. My fundraising page is still open if anyone else would like to add to it 🤓 thealmt.enthuse.com/pf/james-stapl…

A week to go before the #greatnorthrun , and a final call to sponsor me if you can. Thanks!

Book now for the launch of My Life and Times, autobiography of legendary Pashtun nationalist leader Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai (1907-73) on 31 July, introduced by his grandson Ayaz Achakzai, with discussion lead by our own Amanda Lanzillo. All welcome! tinyurl.com/5ybccx62

Today we launch the Tom Love Trust, raising money in memory of our son Tom who passed away in Africa in December. We'd love everyone to support it and keep the ripples of Tom's life alive and supporting kids in the UK and Africa. More details at tomlovetrust.com

Our own Anna Tuckett among the speaker’s at today’s roundtable on beliefs about vaccines at Brunel’s festival of research Brunel Research CBASS Research brunel.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Going live for part two of our live-streamed workshop on food and identity in South Asia at 1345hrs (UK time): join us on the link below!

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What might interfaces and platforms have to do with cooking and food? I share bits from my ongoing PhD research at the food and identity workshop streamed here: youtube.com/watch?v=KnlCDn… with opening remarks by brilliant Prof James Staples!

More than 100 signed up for our food & identity in South Asia workshop next Friday , but there’s room for more: just register with Eventbrite 👇👇to receive a link to the livestream Brunel Research Brunel University London Institute of Communities and Society UK-South Asia Network LSE South Asia Centre