Dr Rohit K Dasgupta

We‘re very excited for our next department event with @sarahowen.org.uk and @rkdasgupta.bsky.social 🥳

Get your tickets now ⬇️

John's Labour blog: Canning Town South Street Surgery johnslabourblog.org/2026/02/cann...
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Newham is a place for all! Participated in a fabulous queer zine making workshop today in Canning Town library as part of our LGBT History month events trawling through the newham archives making this!

Pleased to see two of my favourites taking on this role!

New Issue from #Identities!

Vol 32 No 1 (February 2026)

Including a Symposium on Catherine Hall's Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism

Explore the issue:
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter Taylor & Francis Research

New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare

This is horrendous

“A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare”

Politics latest: Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar to call for Keir Starmer to resign, Sky News understands Pressure is building on the prime minister following the departure of his communications director Tim Allan and chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.

Well well well

Is it just me or the media bubble I live in but all the people falling from Epstein are Brits. Are you telling me that the Umreekans don’t exist in it or is the media sphere so compromised that there is no public backlash calling for heads to roll?

Oh well, wasn’t he on the board of Sex matters? Good riddance.

A Literature Professor Weighs in On Wuthering Heights' 'Whitewashed' Heathcliff "Race is a huge preoccupation in the novel (and all the Brontës’ novels, for that matter)..."

In case you'd like to read on the current 'race' conversation re Wuthering Heights.
My claim to fame is that I had the privilege of having coffee w/ Prof Jo Macdonagh when she was invited to our uni. Just the two of us at Café de la Paix 😀
A great scholar.
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Join us for an evening with Sarah Owen MP, chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee!

In dialogue with @rkdasgupta.bsky.social, Sarah will share insights from her work and open discussion on how we can collectively push for a fairer and more inclusive Britain.

Tickets via the website!

@rkdasgupta.bsky.social has received the Freedom of the City of London, recognising outstanding contributions to civic society. Congratulations from
everyone at the Department 🎉

POV: YOU JUST GRADUATED FROM LSE GENDER 👨‍🎓❤️

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FANTASTIC CLASS OF 2024-25! 🥂🎉❤️

We absolutely loved celebrating this wonderful cohort and all their amazing achievements last night!

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Research Seminar Series: Gender Works in Progress with @rkdasgupta.bsky.social and PhD alumni and Visting Fellows @senelw.bsky.social and @clairelwilmot.bsky.social this afternoon!

@rkdasgupta.bsky.social is speaking at Kolkata Literary Festival in January! ⬇️

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Gender Department Christmas Lunch! 🍴🎄

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✏️📚 PROGRAMME SPOTLIGHT: MSC GENDER (SEXUALITY)

The interdisciplinary MSc Gender (Sexuality) programme foregrounds the relevance of theory to transnational issues of sexual activism and legal frames.

Find out more about our MSc programmes and apply now on our website! 🔗

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Their courage reminds us that sacrifice knows no borders, and that our shared histories bind us together in the pursuit of a more just and peaceful world.

On Remembrance Sunday, we honour all those who gave their lives in the service of peace and freedom. As we remember, we must also acknowledge the extraordinary diversity of those who served from every corner of the Commonwealth, of every faith and background.

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors “With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

ChatGPT gave a significant portion of my students the wrong answer to an easy quiz question that everyone used to always get right

I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed

Meet the Women Stitching a Resilient Future on Dal Lake In Srinagar’s famous Dal Lake area, climate change is changing the lifestyles of subsistence farmers and fishers, causing women who rely on these resources to pick up needlework to generate income.

A 2024 survey shows 57% of inhabitants of Dal Lake experienced decreasing rainfall, 75% saw less snowfall, and 60% saw a decline in stream discharge.

Nearly 75% are experiencing more frequent and stronger extreme weather occurrences, significantly impacting agricultural output and livelihoods.

🚨 Starting today, you can apply to join LSE Gender in September 2026!

🎓 Choose between eight specialised MSc degrees or our internally competitive PhD Programme and join this globally recognized hub for agenda setting gender research!

WELCOME 2025? COMPLETED IT MATE ✅🎉

We’re delighted to welcome our new cohort and our brilliant new LSE Fellows R and Zuzana!

Special thanks to our PSS colleagues, our HoD @sumimadhok.bsky.social and @rkdasgupta.bsky.social for a fantastic Welcome Lecture.

Bring it on!

Hug. Been a while since I have seen you. Hope you’re keeping well x

The recording of yesterday’s brilliant Welcome Lecture is now available on our YouTube channel! 📺 🍿

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Correct link: www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...

Thank you :)

NEW ARTICLE out now. That’s my service to the discipline sorted for the next decade! A collection of 50 articles, books, and chapters that I hope will be a useful resource for anyone researching queer digital cultures in non-Western contexts.

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