Dr Nancy Lindisfarne Gender, marriage, politics, religion and secularism, neoliberalism; Turkey, Afghanistan.
Specter of Acoustic Internationalism: 'Voice of Malayan Revolution' in China, 1969–1981 Ling Zhang traces the Voice of Malayan Revolution as an experiment in 'acoustic internationalism'—a sonic network that transcended divides to sustain solidarity amid Cold War fragmentation.
Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action CAMHRA is a globally oriented and locally connected hub for cutting-edge anthropological research, education and public engagement on mental health.
Why Socioeconomic Conditions Matter in Shaping State Institutions that Propels or Hinders A compelling exploration of why some nations thrive while others stagnate, Jawied Nawabi will discuss how the power of the state, and its early struggles with landed elites, shapes long-term economic development.
Call for papers: Authoritarianism, law, and the remaking of society ‘Social life of Law in Authoritarian Contexts’, project funded by the Leverhulme Trust at SOAS, University of London invites applicants for a workshop that seeks to draw attention to the social life of laws used by authoritarian states and leaders to change the composition of societies.