Amitav Ghosh’s new book is excellent. Lyrical prose, with characteristic flashes of revelatory analysis, masterful weaving of times and places on a grand scale with the striking and intimate details on a human scale. The historical and social bonds forged by opium and empire…

A reminder that there is still time to respond to the 2024 HTAA National Conference Call for Papers. The event will be in Sydney and we have a wonderful lineup of keynotes including Priya Satia Kate Fullagar Matt Fitzpatrick , Oleg Beyda and Alina Kozlovski: bit.ly/3wxT6Ld

via @NYTOpinion. My piece in the ⁦The New York Times⁩ on the links between immigrant detention and incarceration. A peek into my new book In the Shadow of Liberty ⁦Viking Books⁩. Thanks to amazing NYT editor ⁦Isvett⁩ for all her support. nytimes.com/2024/04/14/opi…

Empire of Guns uncovers how the military industrial state developed as it kick started and integrated with the 🇬🇧 Industrial Revolution - by Priya Satia

usefully bookends the story which ends with Britain's War Machine by David Edgerton

similarly detailed, forensic & important

Khooni Vaisakhi:

On April 13, 1919, Nanak Singh went to a meeting at Jallianwala Bagh. He was only 22; he survived the massacre, barely escaping the bullets.

The British banned his ballad, Khooni Vaisakhi, and ordered all copies of the book destroyed.

thewire.in/books/book-rev…

I am glad to announce that a new book on Ghassan Kanafani is coming out with new translations of his writings. Many people (including myself) contributed. plutobooks.com/9780745349374/…

“In this war between coloniser & colonised, oppressor & oppressed, there has been nothing remotely approaching equivalence between the two sides”

A must-read in ⁦The Guardian by Rashid Khalidi:

“‘new abyss’: Gaza and the hundred years’ war on Palestine” theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Review of my book in the San Francisco Chronicle : Stanford professor’s book makes case against immigrant detention datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/review-s…

Jewish faculty at Columbia denounce the weaponization of anti-Semitism and call for the defense of the university as a 'site of learning, critical thinking, and knowledge production.' Really good letter, worth reading in its entirety. columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2024/0…

'Only 'Hindu workers' should apply' because the 'Israeli government fears the potential for pro-Palestine solidarity among Muslim Indian workers.' A remarkable Boston Review essay on Indian migrants replacing Palestinians in Israel, a modern-day indenture bostonreview.net/articles/labor…

Dear friends, If you are in the Bay Area next month, please do come to this very exciting lecture by Prof. Sunil Amrith Sunil Amrith to be held at the Department of History at Stanford on Tuesday 7 May at 5 p.m. Details in the link below. :-)
history.stanford.edu/events/whose-p…

Left Coast folks, I'll be at Stanford next week to share and think through some early material from the Suez Canal project. On Tuesday, I'll give this lecture, using a characteristically brilliant turn of phrase from Samir Amin to think about the Canal.

islamicstudies.stanford.edu/events/suez-ca…

Join us for a conversation with Amna Akbar Amna A. Akbar and Destin Jenkins Destin Jenkins on 'Abolition, Law, and Social Struggle,' Apr 25, Thurs, @ 4pm, Stanford Humanities Boardroom. All welcome.
events.stanford.edu/event/abolitio… #ImaginingJustice David Alan Sklansky

I wrote about the opaque world of shipping for The New York Review of Books. The industry that moves more than 80% of global trade has massive regulatory, environmental, and labor law issues, all facilitated by tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions
nybooks.com/online/2024/04…

Today's essay by Zuhaib Ahmed Pirzada is about how C19th/20th British dam-engineering on the Indus Delta has led to current scarcities of food - a legacy of imperial policies that have neglected indigenous knowledge and redesigned societies for their profit.

vittlesmagazine.com/p/bittersweet-…

Please join our British Studies event on May 16
Stanford History : A talk by Philip Stern on his new book, Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism, 4:30 pm, online & in person. Open to the public! history.stanford.edu/events/empire-…

This looks great-- Osamah Khalil 's new book just out
hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742…

#TelAviv right now: Tens of thousands of anti-govt protesters are calling for the immediate ousting of @Netanyahu and new elections. #GazaWar