MERiSA
@Merisa_Anthro
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We are an academic working group trying to create an inter institutional space for discussions around media scholarship and practice in global South Asia.
New York, NY
Joined September 2023
This Friday, May 2nd, MERiSA hosts an Artworlds in South Asia roundtable featuring Tapati Guha-Thakurta, Kajri Jain, Naman Ahuja, and Manuela Ciotti in conversation. The roundtable will be moderated by Saloni Mathur. This is on Zoom, and open to all. 10 am EST
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Please join us for what promises to be a fascinating session with the wonderful @egorovayi and @SanghamitraD22 This is online on Zoom, and open to all!
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Do Join us on 14th March 2025 for Panel discussion on *Translating Dalit Literature* at SOAS. Registration Link : https://t.co/hpdgIRq6Cp
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Delighted to see the 2nd edition of this classic is due out soon: a book that set my thinking ahead of work on prostitution and scalar sovereignty in colonial India, and written by the most inspiring mentor, friend,&colleague imaginable.... https://t.co/6NAzYokoUx
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Seed Stories, our documentary film set in the Niyamgiri higlands, will screen today at @YaleSouthAsia . The film is co-directed with @AgaAniket & supported with an Engaged Anthropology grant from the @WennerGrenOrg
https://t.co/Qnp3wM8k9V
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Happy to share the CFP for the 12th Annual Roots & Bridges Ethnographic Writing Workshop! Please consider sharing in your network. Thank you for the team work @DollyKikon , @Amritapgogoi , @DuttaBitopi , @rrziipao, @_roluahpuia , @RayshaAlvir , @lientinsang and Sanjay Barbora!
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The Archives at NCBS, a public centre for the history of science in contemporary India, will launch 100,000 new archival objects across 20 collections and 100+ years on February 22, Saturday. https://t.co/pKmtQORlzh
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The Archives at NCBS, a public centre for the history of science in contemporary India, will launch 100,000 new archival objects across 20 collections and 100+ years on February 22, Saturday....
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Up on my personal website for those want to read (no paywall!) Link:
Young Nagas are turning to food entrepreneurship using the very ingredients often derided as 'stinky'. In Delhi alone, there are 40 Naga food businesses! Significant because years of conflict & strife has meant Nagaland has among the highest rates of unemployment in India (Contd)
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Western Sydney University (WSU) has announced doctoral scholarships for domestic candidates, with an application deadline of March 19, 2025. The Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) at WSU is actively seeking candidates with well-developed doctoral research proposals.
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Starting in 2 hours! Registration link below!
Join us for what promises to be an exciting roundtable on Indigenous Media Practice tomorrow—Feb 21st. This is on Zoom and open to all. Registration link: https://t.co/MG3bIx4FH5 We look forward to seeing you!
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Do you know any PhD students pursuing projects on authoritarianism and protest in Asia or Africa? If so, please let them know of this doctoral course 🙏🙏 Happening in Pretoria in May. Application deadline 1 March.
CASA is delighted to share the CFP for the doctoral course 'INSURGENT DEMOCRACIES IN ASIA AND AFRICA' for PhD students researching popular protest against autocratization & the reimagining of democracy across Asia & Africa (19-21 May). Deadline for applications: 1 March!
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Join us today on Zoom at 10.30 am EST, 9pm IST. Registration link:
Join us for what promises to be an exciting roundtable on Indigenous Media Practice tomorrow—Feb 21st. This is on Zoom and open to all. Registration link: https://t.co/MG3bIx4FH5 We look forward to seeing you!
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Join us for what promises to be an exciting roundtable on Indigenous Media Practice tomorrow—Feb 21st. This is on Zoom and open to all. Registration link: https://t.co/MG3bIx4FH5 We look forward to seeing you!
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Gearing up for our Spring 2025 Events starting tomorrow! But first, below is the list of all events for the semester, most of which are online. You can register for all of these at https://t.co/CVC8N3GNfc
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Hello South Asian hive mind; a query! Do you know of any work done on the Annual Sessions of the Indian National Congress, c1916-46? As places/events..Please do share widely ;) thankyou.... @itihaasnaama @FramkeMaria @kamamaclean @ProfSrilaRoy @Ram_Guha @thariel @aparnab2015 ...
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Scholars working in Asia, please share widely & apply! Deadline next week https://t.co/Gbr4Uobdn4
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Deadline extended to 7 Feb 2025. We are keen on research posters from scholars working on dairy produce in Bhutan and Nepal. Spread the word
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📣We have published a special issue of the Journal of Palestine Studies co-edited by @AmahlBishara and Diana Keown Allan. Contributions to this volume address how diverse media forms shape and express Palestinian lifeworlds and politics. 📚🧵 https://t.co/IgxqnfFvAv
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