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@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social ‘s book is truly an excellent introduction to the first female Indian anthropologist, Irawati Karve (1905-1970). Her work challenges both colonial academia and the current Hindutva view. I look forward to learning more.

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Bangalore, our last stop in this beautiful trip: join our book talk at Champaca bookstore this Saturday 💫

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Kochi: Join our book talk today at the Kerala Museum 🧡

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Bombay: Join our book talk this Monday 💫

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Writing “Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve” was as joyful as it was hard. How can one fit a whole life, with all its contradictions, into a few hundred pages? Now, I am looking forward to talking about our book with readers, friends, and scholars in India.

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Brave New World. The US sliding down into an authoritarian oligarchy.

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Check the hot new piece by @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social and Urmilla Deshpande. Such a good read on the dark history of German anthropology!

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Some may know Irawati Karve for Yuganta, her remarkable essays on the Mahabharata. Others, for her pioneering work in anthropology. In 'Iru', Urmilla Deshpande and @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social sketch out a compelling portrait of Karve's achievements and complex legacy.

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In this CASI Deep Dive INDIA IN TRANSITION Interview, Managing Editor @rohanvenkat.bsky.social speaks to authors Urmilla Deshpande & @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social about "the Complex Legacy of Pioneering Indian Scholar Irawati Karve" casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/rohan-ve...

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Invitation to the launch of our book “Iru” in New Delhi ✨

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Beautifully written review of our book "Iru" in Hindi: nayapath.in/review-of-ir...

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Thanks BBC for this piece about our book on Irawati Karve 💫

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Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617: Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel. Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.

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Still accepting submissions! ☺️

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📢Call for Papers: We invite submissions for our panel "Identity, identification, and the dilemmas of categorizing difference" at the #4S @4sWeb conference in Seattle (sept 3-7). Submit by 31 Jan. Details: 4sonline.org/meeting.php

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📢 Call for Papers: We invite submissions for the roundtable "Who is Afraid of Anti-Racism? Intersectional Justice and Inclusive Futures in Anthropology" at the DGSKA Conference (Sept 29–Oct 2, 2025, Cologne). Submit by Jan 15. Details: tagung.dgska.de/en/workshops... @mihiress.bsky.social

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New "First Research Article” fellowships 🤩 Graduate students based at Asian, African, or Latin American institutions are invited to apply to Dept. "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" or "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life." 🗓️ Deadline: Feb 16, 2024 🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4 #HistSci #ResearchOpportunities

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Our book "Iru" was reviewed in "The Hindu", one of India's biggest newspapers. 🫀 www.thehindu.com/books/books-...

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Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in mit Interesse an der aktivistischen Auseinandersetzung mit Kolonialität von Kulturgütern bzw. Kulturarbeit in migrantischen und diasporischen Kontexten gesucht! Bewerbungen bis zum 13. Januar 2025: www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/ethnologie/n... @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

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Our book “Iru” was recommended as BEST BOOKS of 2024 in Open Magazine by author KR Meera 🫶 “Reading Iru allows you to unlearn many misguided theories about the female brain and witness the power of a woman passionate about social sciences and humanity.” See: openthemagazine.com/cover-storie...

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WE'RE HIRING Fulltime Postdoctoral Research Position Apply online by January 10th, 2025 More infos: * www.ls-ska.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html * anthropologyofglobalinequalities.com

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📢 Call for Papers: We invite submissions for the roundtable "Who is Afraid of Anti-Racism? Intersectional Justice and Inclusive Futures in Anthropology" at the DGSKA Conference (Sept 29–Oct 2, 2025, Cologne). Submit by Jan 15. Details: tagung.dgska.de/en/workshops... @mihiress.bsky.social

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How did global anthropological debates on race & (anti-)racism shape understandings of caste? My latest paper examines this question by exploring the transnational ties between Indian & German anthropologists (Ambedkar, I. Karve, Boas & E. Fischer): journals.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/paideuma/ind... [1/4

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Aktueller Zustand der Reform des #WissZeitVG, Symbolbild #IchBinHanna

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How can we remember and confront the legacies of scientific racism and eugenics? I wrote a review about the new exhibition “Science and Injustice” of the Memorial Site Ihnestraße at the FU Berlin and its community-based participatory process: anthropologyofglobalinequalities.com/2024/11/28/a...

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A careful review of our book "Iru". I'm so glad to see the book resonating -- and pushing the difficult discussions on racism and gender in science and, specifically, anthropology : frontline.thehindu.com/books/irawat...

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My 1st book is out! My friend (& acclaimed fiction writer) Urmilla Deshpande & I wrote “Iru”, a novel-shaped biography about Irawati Karve, the 1st woman to work as a sociologist and anthropologist in India. Irawati’s life was remarkable in many ways: 🧵(a short thread)

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I’m happy to share the good news that I've just started a postdoc position at Leipzig University! 😀 I’m thrilled to join a team of anthropologists with a common commitment to societally relevant and politically response-able research.

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Während Hunderttausende gg Rechts demonstrieren, setzt sich erinnerungspolitisch eine rechte Agenda durch. Koloniale Aufarbeitung wird zurückgefahren, im Bund wie den Ländern. Es war die AfD, die schon vor Jahren forderte, auch die "positiven" Seiten d Kol. angemessen zu würdigen

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