Super proud of my friend and colleague Avinash Paliwal अविनाश पालीवाल for landing this prestigious fellowship! He’s also joining a cracking team of in-house experts.

Interested in teaching International Relations of South Asia (IRSA) at SOAS Politics? Please consider applying for this fixed term (0.5FTE) lectureship. vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/544998

Registration is LIVE for TWO key conferences at the @UCLIRDR next month: 1) 14th IRDR Annual Conference: Futures of Risk: Causes, Consequences, Change: bit.ly/3JSL1Ev 2) UKADR 2024 Conference: Collaborative research to make a difference: bit.ly/49moFW4

Powerful speeches at staff organised meeting on UCL campus supporting uni divestment from companies complicit in Gaza, including from a second generation Holocaust survivor and another Jewish colleague saying “not in my name”

Enviro Humanities paper explores the emotional dimensions of encounters between Britons & dangerous natural environments in tropical colonies 'Heroic Fear: Emotions, Masculinity & Dangerous Nature in British Colonial Adventure Narratives' by Daniel Haines read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-…

🚨 Workplace Day of Action - Stop Arming Israel 📍 Your workplace ⏰ Thursday, 10 October The government continues to support Israel's genocide. Take action in your workplaces around the country to call for the government to #StopArmingIsrael More info: stopwar.org.uk/events/ceasefi…

Join the day of action on 10 October coordinated by Stop the War and supported by UCU to say #StopArmingIsrael - we will be joining students and staff across the university at 12 noon.

Given this ohchr.org/en/calls-for-i… it’s a good moment for UCL colleagues to be aware of our staff BDI campaign’s recent reports on institutional financial etc connections to Israel’s war crimes: bdsatucl.com/complicity-rep…

It was a pleasure talking to Dr Srijana Mitra Das for this piece