This was such a fascinating talk about gender and psychiatry in France by Jessie Hewitt. The paper engaged with archival materials and testimonies of doctors and patients, and the Q&A brought up colonial asylums in North Africa and individual vs collective madness in France.

Heartbreaking pictures of the oasis of Aïn Salah in Algeria. The fires have spread in several regions in Algeria. We grieve both our palm trees and our olive trees.

Wildfires still spreading taking more lives while the government is offering condolences and reassuring people that negociations to "rent" firefighting planes are almost over! Can't describe the rage and sorrow I feel...I've never felt so helpless 💔 #PrayForAlgeria #Algeria

A little reflection and research piece I wrote for the Journal of Victorian Culture Online on the language of feminism in Arabic and British writing in late 19c and early 20c. You'll find insights on my translation methodology and early women's rights terminologies in Arabic🥳

Thanks to @C19Beth for sharing this piece by Asma Char. The @jofvicculture shared on their blog Char's comparison of "fin-de-siècle British and Arabic writings, arguing that Arab feminism had both indigenous and outsider influences from its early days." jvc.oup.com/2021/10/01/ara…

How many Africans do you see walking around doing ‘fieldwork’ in Western societies? Even for those who live, study, and work here, the assumption is that we can only really study our own ‘home’ societies, so that if we choose otherwise we are often ignored or dismissed. 1/6

Have you engaged with our latest #blogpost? If not, spend a moment with this fascinating read! Written by Asma Char, this post locates parallels between early Arab feminist writings and fin-de-siècle writings in Britain. jvc.oup.com/2021/10/01/ara…

Ten Simple Rules For Succeeding in Academia ("we swear it's a meritocracy" edition)

Could you please remove me from this mailing list? *The situation then escalates and becomes more hysterical 😂

Congratulations to Dr. Asma Char Asma Char (#PhD Exeter English 2021), who has been awarded the 2021 Mary Eliza Root Prize by the #Victorian Popular Fiction Association. This will allow her to conduct archival research at Gladstone's Library in #Wales.

17 October 1961 In Pictures 60 years ago, Algerian imigrants in France were demonstrating in Paris, within hours, the French police arrested around 11500 people. Many bodies were found floating in the River Seine. Elie Kagan was 33 years old, his camera captured the terror🧵

As we start the day, it is good to remind us all that 6 Palestinian prisoners are currently on hunger strike, one of whom is on 95 days of hunger and is in a critical condition. They're protesting their administrative detention, which allows imprisonment without charge or trial.

Kicking off our 2024 Feminist Foreign and Development Policy Fellowship at the CSW68: Impressions from the first days, meetings, and networking events