Sad news. William Twining was a much valued Senior Associate @oxfordcsls.bsky.social
13.10.2025 05:44 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0@fernandapirie.bsky.social
Anthropologist Tibetologist Lawyer.
Sad news. William Twining was a much valued Senior Associate @oxfordcsls.bsky.social
13.10.2025 05:44 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Ros Atkins on... Israel's war in Gaza and proportionality
βIsrael insists it followed international law throughout this conflict - and that its actions are proportionate. But nearly all of the experts we spoke to aren't convinced.β
'my instinct is that our troubled world needs Humanities Studies as much β if not more β than in many past years'. (John Major: johnmajorarchive.org.uk/2025/09/10/s... )
11.09.2025 15:51 β π 35 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0Silhouettes of three people in front of a weathered British flag, with the headline: Misrepresentations around human rights and immigration fuelling calls to quit ECHR, Oxford report finds
NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights.
The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system.
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Ingrid and I issued the following statement in the just-released issue of @ajil.bsky.social. A travesty that it has to be said.
05.09.2025 19:47 β π 26 π 11 π¬ 1 π 0This is a great film. Wish I was anywhere near Georgetown.
02.09.2025 20:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
Dr. Tarek Loubani, who is in Gaza right now, was invited to give a talk to emergency workers about the attacks on health care facilities in Gaza.
But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...
Me too. Milk and More.
23.08.2025 23:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very bad news.
19.08.2025 21:23 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Want fewer migrants?
Say goodbye to:
* 30% of our tech workforce; Β
* 1 in 4 hospitality workers;Β
* 1 in 5 construction workers;
* 16% of the NHS.Β
Still sound like a good plan?
Stephen McNair reports
βGraeber does seem to have had most fun as an outsider, a movement anthropologist wending his way among anticapitalist militants, or sitting in on horizontalist spokescouncils, arguing and taking field notes.β
@leninology.bsky.social reads David Graeberβs essays:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
JOB: Assistant Professor in South/Southeast Asian Religions (w/ focus on Hindu Traditions, defined BROADLY) in my department at the University of San Diego (PLEASE SHARE WIDELY).
Apply here: jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Delighted #TheRuleofLaws gets a mention in The Economist though the laws of war donβt feature highly. Tricky subject!
06.08.2025 20:26 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0βHe has trouble completing a thoughtβ: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trumpβs mental acuity
05.08.2025 21:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"The personal cost Tsering DΓΆndrup has paid for βThe Red Wind Howlsβ is further evidence, if it were needed, of just how taboo his tale is."
Christopher Peacock on Tsering DΓΆndrupβs defiant reckoning with Tibetβs legacy of violence:
Why the UK wonβt face hyperinflation β even with government money creation youtu.be/Jkx2YzakYNg?... Hyperinflation is the scare story threatened by those who want to stop government spending. But itβs just that: a scare story.
20.07.2025 06:32 β π 141 π 60 π¬ 3 π 5This is an important piece from a senior Holocaust scholar (who grew up in Israel and is an IDF veteran), and itβs important that itβs published in the NYT.
15.07.2025 07:26 β π 1321 π 531 π¬ 8 π 10Splendid surroundings to hear the AG reaffirm the UKβs commitment to the rule of law and Venice Commission. And glad to be able
to offer socio-legal and historical perspective. @oxfordcsls.bsky.social
The corporations aiding genocide www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...
09.07.2025 06:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Glad to have been able to sign this.
27.05.2025 06:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
27.05.2025 04:53 β π 781 π 238 π¬ 17 π 7Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' ends US democracy. What happens next? youtu.be/JrpgSR0Y8Ms?...
23.05.2025 06:02 β π 96 π 54 π¬ 8 π 10πππ
Harvard rejects Trump administration's sweeping demands for change
Wonderful dinner discussing everything from Russian literature to legal history with @fernandapirie.bsky.social , Nick, and Kentaro.
14.04.2025 22:02 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Many congratulations Elena. Itβs an important and original piece of work and Iβm glad to have facilitated the early stages. I hope the publication process goes smoothly.
14.04.2025 22:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And youβre planning to build a few more temples around the place?
05.04.2025 14:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Really delighted that the Leverhulme Trust has agreed to fund my new project on historic Tibetan law at @oxfordcsls.bsky.social It will follow my start-up project with the John Fell Fund: www.law.ox.ac.uk/law-historic...
28.03.2025 14:25 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 3 π 0How is this happening in the USA??
26.03.2025 20:38 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0"The administration has weaponized the fight against antisemitism as a means to another end: punishing and weakening universities." www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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