Bolaji Balogun
@BobBalogun
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Lecturer @SOASanthro. Author: Race and the Colour-Line. Visiting scholar: @UEK_Krakow and @Columbia
Manchester, England
Joined October 2016
An experienced Project Manager needed for an ERC project @SOASanthro on sport and religion in Africa -
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Giant of African literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o dies aged 87
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The Kenyan author sent shockwaves through African literature by refusing to write in English.
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CAMHRA Public Launch: Inaugural Lecture by Dr Bhrigupati Singh ‘What can and cannot be quantified: Thoughts for a new alliance of anthropology and mental health’ Opening remarks by Prof. Laura Hammond (Deputy Vice-Chancellor) 28 April, 5:30–8:30pm https://t.co/vI3AdY64Lj
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CAMHRA's Inaugural Lecture: 'What can and cannot be quantified: Thoughts for a new alliance of anthropology and mental health.'
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Rethinking the world without the US Europe must support the reform of IMF and World Bank in order to move away from the current censitary system and give countries like Brazil, India and South Africa their rightful place https://t.co/bd5riwIIIY
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The United States is no longer a reliable country. For some, this is nothing new. The Iraq War, launched in 2003 – resulting in over 100,000 deaths, lasting regional destabilization, and the return...
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New publication by our colleague, @BobBalogun, and others discussing the “Histories of Race in Europe and Questions of Knowledge Production” -
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Great to see this new roundtable with colleagues published in European History Quarterly @ksvarnon
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Michael Burawoy in conversation with Michaela Benson
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Michael Burawoy, public sociology evangelist, talks to Michaela Benson about living sociology, the organisation of labour, pedagogy and Donald Trump.
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CMDS are delighted to be hosting @Wendy_Pearlman to speak about her wonderful book 'The Home I Worked to Make: Voice from the Syrian Diaspora.' This is not to be missed. Next Monday, 10 March, MBR201, SOAS. All welcome. @Terminalias @SOASanthro @SOASDevelopment
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Happy Fat Thursday! 🎉 Today, Poles all over the world are going to celebrate Tłusty Czwartek, or Fat Thursday, by indulging in everything sweet and scrumptious, especially traditional doughnuts (pączki) and angel wings (faworki). 🍩
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Looking forward to this with Cassandra Hartblay @ksvarnon and @KrivonosDaria - Bodies in Focus: Body Matters
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This is the sixth and final installment in a six-part virtual event series that examines body matters within Eurasia through a variety of disciplines and themes. The body-as-method has emerged...
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Departmental PhD Showcase Event this Wednesday. Speakers include Kiara Wickremsinghe, Pauline Harlay and Flora Hastings. 5 February, 3.15 - 5pm, B104. All welcome.
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Only until tomorrow we are awaiting your proposals on racialisation and the intersections of migration processes with colonial/imperial histories and their afterlives. More: https://t.co/aP5owLdI76
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One week left for those researching histories & current dynamics of migration & race-making in the East of Europe to submit proposals on racialisation and the intersections of migration processes with colonial/imperial histories and their afterlives. More: https://t.co/aP5owLefWE
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Check out this new book @routledgebooks, with chapters on the construction of the Polish hostile environment at the border (Chapter 2) and on the migration and racialisation of Polish Roma (Chapter 5) by CMR authors 1/3 https://t.co/d9G9ZcJv1H
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DC: Mateusz Morawiecki, former prime minister of Poland, stands outside DC Trump rally at Capital One Arena, attempting to convince National Guard of who he is by showing them his Wikipedia page.
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📢 My book will be launched in SOAS on 6 February. Register below to join in person or online. @SOASDevelopment @SOASanthro @SOAS_CMDS
Join author Hassan Ould Moctar [@aloueimin] at the launch of 'After Border Externalization' to discuss the #EU's tendency to extend its #border & #migration control operations into the #GlobalSouth. ⏰ 5pm, Thurs 6th Feb 📍 @SOAS & online 🎟️ https://t.co/HnPv0z8Vhi
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My @oxfordbrookes colleague @mariusturda in The Lancet, on eugenics, disability, and dignity. @ThinkHumanFest
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The Nazi regime's eugenic determination to “purify” the German “Volk” and society astonishes us to this day with its combination of sheer brutality, careful planning, and public support. The Law for...
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