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This is strangely specific...

After giving a talk at a conference recently, I received an email from an unfamiliar senior professor in the audience remarking that my “look has extremely improved over the years” from “nerdy lab mouse” to “a touch of upper class.” 1/4

A first recognition of Queer Companions Duke University Press beyond the queer academy, ever so special coming from peers working in/on Pakistan. A win for desi queer thought & unstraight lives; a signal that intimacy, desire, sexuality sharpen knowledges of area, history, society. Shukriya

In "Empire and Radical International Thought," a special issue of SAQ, political theorists and critical scholars come together to examine the multifaceted dimensions of radical international thought. View the Table of Contents and read the editor's intro: ow.ly/ItAK50SYw2r

Very happy to get the final version of this...although immediately noticed a few typos. Will be happy to send PDF to anyone interested.

SC's surrender is the final nail in the coffin for equal citizenship in Pakistan. By expunging the 'controversial' paragraph, the SC has effectively declared that Ahmadis can’t practice their religion even in private, implying their acts are too blasphemous to be allowed anywhere

Begging historians not to do amateur philology. This is completely wrong!

I am thrilled to share this bit of good news about my book, The Making of Communism in the Middle East, to be published by University of California Press I am immensely grateful for the recognition. Such a great way to start the new academic year at UAntwerp - Centre for Political History (PoHis) !

I wonder if any student will ever top this email.

Proofs! Coming soon in a special edition of Journal Qur’anic Studies, guest edited by ⁦Johanna Pink 🌻⁩ and ⁦Kamran Khan⁩ under the auspices of ⁦The Global Qur’an⁩

Grateful to Professor Afshin Matin-asgari for reviewing the new edition of Fred Halliday's "#Iran: Dictatorship and Development" which I edited and introduced for Jacobin jacobin.com/2024/08/iran-r…

Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated tonight in Tel Aviv protesting the Netanyahu government's steps that delay the Gaza hostage deal (video: Amir Turkle)

Job alert Universität Bamberg: University Professor (W 2 salary level) of modern Arabic Studies. Focus on Arabic literature is desirable, specializations in history or cultural studies also possible. Deadline: 15 Oct 2024. More information: uni-bamberg.de/fileadmin/abt-…

Saffron vending machine. Mashhad, Iran

These are words of warning. We all know that about 200,000 Palestinians who before October 7 worked in Israel have not worked since and for 11 months have no money to put food on their tables for their families. Their despair is understood and also dangerous. Now, because Israel

I can’t get over this.

Strong statement. Strong, bewildering statement.

Very important volume, published posthumously.

The 9/11 Legacies Project maps the forgotten legacies of the Global War on Terror w/ essays by Olmo Gölz, Ondřej Klimeš, Matthew Petti, Simon Wolfgang Fuchs, courtney freer, Sean Yom seanyom.bsky.social, Rebecca Ruth Gould (rrgould.bsky.social), Daniel Mahanty, Jan Daniel, Agneta Kallström, Tiina Hyyppä @hyyppati.bsky.social, & more. 911legacies.com