Florian Stadtler 🦀
@FloStadt
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Senior Lecturer at Bristol Uni; researches British South Asian History, Literature & Bollywood. Trustee @wasafirimag; views own; black cat magnet
London
Joined July 2014
We're thrilled to announce 2025 International Booker Prize winner Deepa Bhasthi as Wasafiri's inaugural International Translator in Residence, in partnership with The SALT (South Asian Literature in Translation) Project! @SALTatChicago Full announcement: https://t.co/PHkbl1UU2b
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We are proud to announce that South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, a landmark educational website on the histories of South Asians in Britain, is now live! Visit https://t.co/O2o3nC1oQq
@QMUL @BristolUni @britishlibrary @ahrcpress @UoBArtsMatter @BL_Learning @QMULsed
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🎉 The @RemakingBritain team are excited to launch a new resource which explores how South Asians have shaped British life since the 1830s To celebrate, the team have handpicked 5 entries to spotlight 🔦 Find out more this #SouthAsianHeritageMonth 👉 https://t.co/JeBvtR1j06
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Less than a week to go for our first public event in Cardiff in collaboration with @SAHM_UK - book your tickets via https://t.co/tJd0xqOOjQ
#RootsToRoutes #southasianheritagemonth
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Join us for our launch event in Cardiff on 22 July at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff in collaboration with South Asian Heritage Trust for South @SAHM_UK . More details and how to book via this link: https://t.co/VP66H6mTJh
#RootsToRoutes #SouthAsianHeritageMonth
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Call for Papers: I'm running a workshop on Colourism in South Asia and South Asian communities at the University of York in November (with the intention of putting together an edited collection). Please circulate & consider submitting an abstract by 11 July 2025. #SouthAsia
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You can now read International-Booker-Prize-Winner Banu Mushtaq’s acceptance speech, in full, over on our Ampersand blog: https://t.co/UpKNuWv2mo
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I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be in conversation with Banu Mushtaq, winner of the 2025 International @TheBookerPrizes for HEART LAMP (@andothertweets), on 16 June @WstoneIslington Get your ticket here: https://t.co/djkZ7vnNVd
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Meet the poets who’ll be reading as part of the #PoetryofSouthAsia launch at 11am on 31st May 2025 at the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival, SOAS, London. 📅31st May 2025⏰ 11am📍The Khushwant Singh Literary Festival, SOAS, London 🎟️ (FREE!) Tickets: https://t.co/S3Am6D1mUl
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‘The revolution, it seems, will be published after all.’ ❤️🪔
And so it happens. Heart Lamp makes history by winning the International @TheBookerPrizes 2025, the first short story collection to ever do so. What a radical moment for literature, women and protest. The revolution, it seems, will be published after all.
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A Booker dozen // a baker’s dozen — a literary feast for your senses. A long list that – we hope – leans into discovery, defies expectations, delights and challenges as it details the world we live in. @TheBookerPrizes
Presenting the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist. Find out more about all the books, authors and translators: https://t.co/IL8S162F8L
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What could possibly be the rationale of killing at least 101 Palestinians, including 27 children, after agreeing to a ceasefire? Other than pure, undiluted misanthropy?
aljazeera.com
These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza for Friday, January 17.
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The @britishlibrary Endangered Archives Programme is about to begin a series of 5 free webinars on Collection Care Leadership. Topics include preservation and conservation policies, risk management & more. Register for the first webinar on 28 Jan:
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Four days to submit your abstracts folks
Good morning. We have extended the deadline for abstracts for our July conference. You have until JANUARY 20 2025 to get abstracts submitted! The full cfp can be found here:
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'This is an exciting time for Wasafiri’s team, audience, future writers and independent publications across the UK.' Thank you @publishing_post for this incredible overview of our anniversary year! https://t.co/NCcUesYioO
thepublishingpost.com
Celebrating Wasafiri, the magazine with the mission to provoke cross-cultural dialogue.
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📢Calling all PGRs📢 #CFA We have extended our deadline to 20th December! 🥳Theme = Mental Health, Medicine, and Meaning. Please send all abstracts and enquiries to pgmedhums@gmail.com 😊 https://t.co/7gSrDyBDcL
exeter.ac.uk
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A magical, memorable evening 💫 See you in 2025 for more @WasafiriMag events — we’re always seeking to create and offer beautiful spaces of solidarity and community within the literary landscape.
Last month, we were able to bring our 40th anniversary celebrations to a close with a fantastic event @blocqmul, with @WasafiriPhD, @susheila_nasta, and @SansyG. Here’s a sneak peak, before we share the full conversation over on YouTube. Keep your eyes peeled!
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Want to find out more about queer literature and activism? How about discovering forty years of Caribbean literature? We have a whole range of bundles available to buy on our website - and they're all 24% off in our Winter Sale! Use code: Wasafiri2024 https://t.co/NqnFMOpaws
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Thread 🧵 on so much that is wrong in film ‘journalism’ @bressonian curated the most brilliant season with care and attention to detail for that to not be acknowledged and failure to see the wider context is appalling!
If you are writing about a film season that someone has taken the time & effort to curate then it might be a good idea to contact the curator. I'm pretty sure they will be able to provide invaluable broader context and have something to say about the films they have curated.
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The Guardian focuses on the final film of the three month long season on Indian Cinema that I've curated for the @BarbicanCentre. Here is writer Ryan Gilbey on Badnam Basti which screens on Thursday: https://t.co/VLauVroKFs
theguardian.com
With a title that translates as Neighbourhood of Ill Repute, and featuring a bisexual love triangle, the 1971 film wowed festivals – before disappearing without trace. Now it’s been rediscovered – by...
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