My paper, 'Expropriation as Reparation', is now out with AJPS . In it, I defend expropriation (public takeover of foreign assets) for victims of historical injustice-colonialism & slavery-when reparations are not forthcoming & long overdue. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…

Spying in South Asia keeping impeccable company. Do read Avinash Paliwal अविनाश पालीवाल’s India’s Near East. A remarkable & timely account of India’s interaction with its eastern states and neighbours. Compelling, erudite, & engaging international history at its very best. A modern masterpiece👏🏻👏🏻

Freshly unboxed! Great to finally see the Penguins in the wild! penguin.co.in/book/hindu-nat…

In a recent meeting with The Metropolitan Museum of Art officials, Cambodia's attorney Bradley Gordon asked if the museum would consider a display discussing their return of looted antiquities to the country. "We do not believe in self-flagellation," the Met's curator of SE Asian art said.

As a person who lives in Cambridge MA, I already have this feeling that this book will explain all causes of alienation in my life

Spending the next two days in Bangkok listening to challenges and innovations for museums in Southeast Asia

-"Access is Everything". New documentary chronicles Indigenous groups’ struggles to trace, access, and recover artefacts from collectors and museums: theartnewspaper.com/2024/09/11/so-…

Delighted that our book, Migrants and Machine Politics, was co-winner of the Best Book Prize from APSA's Experimental Research Section. MANY thanks to the award committee. Especially happy to receive alongside the Sartori Prize from the Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Section.

The The Art Newspaper has an article up about our work: A new online museum is sharing the histories of repatriated objects "@MusemofLoot aspires to be an encyclopaedic repository on returned cultural artefacts—and to expose smuggling networks" theartnewspaper.com/2024/09/16/a-n…

My favourite medieval doodle in the library collection is this weary- looking man who looks like he would really appreciate some coffee. (WCL F116 f.27v William of Heytesbury's Sophismata 14thC ms).

Happening tomorrow in Leipzig! We have been working so hard to make this workshop happen, and finally the time has come! Those who are in Leipzig are welcome to attend in person & if you cannot, please DM me for the Zoom link!

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day from Mount Vernon! A reminder that the Founding of the United States is deeply entwined with Native nations and peoples. These spaces have long been shaped by Native agency, political views, and constitutional philosophies (and beading by my mom).

This is going to be very, very good. 👀 Featuring Aziz Rana, Osita Nwanevu, Keidrick Roy, ET Stone, Rᴏʙᴇʀᴛ L. Tsᴀɪ, Zohra Ahmed, Barrett Holmes Pitner, David Pozen, and Brandon M. Terry. See you there on Oct 25th! More info: lpe.law.harvard.edu/events/symposi…

Very grateful for the mention LPE Blog and to find myself amongst such wonderful scholars whose work has shaped my own thinking. Please do go give them a read.

Human skull from the Fon people in Benin up for auction in Amsterdam next month. the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-…

i like how LL Bean Japan styles their clothes

Committed to drop by MIT at least once a semester. Wholesome class on Urban planning and Indigenous water management