Florian Stadtler 🦀

And southasianbritain.org is live - 33 months in the making - partnership by @uobrishistory.bsky.social @bristolunienglish.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social & @britishlibrary.bsky.social, funded by @ukri.org/ahrc - 750+ entries, 30+oral histories, newly digitised archival docs & more; spread the word

Come join us for our first @remakingbritain.bsky.social project event to launch the South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories digital resource, a partnership of @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social
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South Asian Britain: A sound bath & discussion Join us for a sound bath, followed by a discussion, to launch the new South Asian Britain digital resource, with South Asian Heritage Month.

Join us for our first event in Cardiff on 22 July at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff in collaboration with South Asian Heritage Trust for South Asian Heritage Month. More details and how to book via this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-asia...

#RootsToRoutes #SouthAsianHeritageMonth

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – A Tribute through the Wasafiri Archive In tribute to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938-2025), Wasafiri has lifted the paywall on a range of articles, stories, and interviews from our 41-year-old archive.

In tribute to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938-2025), Wasafiri has lifted the paywall on a range of his articles, stories, and interviews from our 41-year-old archive, each introduced by @flostadt.bsky.social‬, Deputy Chair and Trustee of Wasafiri.

Read & access here:

A brilliant winner for a most spellbinding book in a glorious translation that sets a new benchmark- many congratulations 🥳

Fabulous Event coming up at @wasafirimag.bsky.social loved this novel so much!

If you're an early-career researcher (incl. PhD students) in contemporary literature, submit your unpublished work to the 2025 Wasafiri Essay Prize by 30 June for a chance to win publication, cash, academic mentoring, and a Wasafiri subscription.

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Watch @noreenmasud.bsky.social – Life Writing judge for the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize – talk about her own unconventional journey to becoming a memoirist, and what she's hoping to find in entries this year. Prize deadline is 30 June.

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🧵 #southasianhistory #secondworldwar #ww2

Bring them ON!

Fredric Jameson was born April 14, 1934 Fredric Jameson produced some of the most important Marxist cultural criticism of the twentieth century. To celebrate what would have been his 91st birthday, we're offering up to 40% off his titles. F...

Fredric Jameson produced some of the most important Marxist cultural criticism of the twentieth century.

To celebrate what would have been his 91st birthday, we're offering up to 40% off his titles.

This was such an important doc but also one that highlighted the fact how unwilling some are in the UK to confront the fact that colonialism was a violent system of oppression that continues to reverberate…

Great to hear Amitav Ghosh introduce his new book, Wild Fiction in a wide ranging conversation with Pankaj Mishra #books

Fellowship Applications and Renewals

There's still time to apply for an IES Fellowship! We will consider all topics within the field of English Studies, the history of the book, manuscript studies & palaeography, bibliography, textual scholarship & scholarly editing.

Deadline: 10 April

More info here:
ies.sas.ac.uk/fellowships/...

That’s brilliant news - many congratulations. I know how hard you’ve been working on this over the years. Am sending good vibes your way for a smooth journey through the editorial and production process. Can’t wait to see it in print.

As Abdulrazak Gurnah‘s latest, Theft, has just been published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social, I’m resharing this excellent in conversation, This Cultural Life from 2022 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Me and countless other authors today…😂

Curriculum Review: The case for broadening - not abolishing - EBacc Would removing EBacc increase access to arts and other SHAPE subjects? It’s not clear that it would.

The Curriculum and Assessment Review in England released interim findings this week - and sparked debate about the future of EBacc at GCSE. Dr Lynton Lees sets out why EBacc matters and the dangers of pitting subjects against each other:

Weekend Reading - excited to start Abdulrazak Gurnah’s latest - Theft

Retrograde at the Apollo theatre 🎭 is a must see- a stunning play about Sidney Poitier, moral choices, Hollywood and principles. A play that I loved at the Kiln theatre that has now even more urgency. Powerful central performances and exquisite direction by Amit Sharma

YouTube video by T-Series Chhan Ke Mohalla [Full Song] - Action Replayy

Happy Holi - www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF2r...

Indian revolutionary Madame Cama, 1907.

While it might now be well known that the International Women's Day was instituted at the International Socialist Congress in Copenhagen in 1910, it is little known that the Paris-based Indian revolutionary Madame Cama also attended the congress. As one Danish newspaper reported:

Job Claxon 📢

David Benedict: Olivier Awards 2025 – what can we learn from this year's nominations? This year’s Olivier nominations are dominated by shows affiliated with Tim Sheader, in particular Fiddler on the Roof with a well-deserved 13 nods

We all know who the judges are and how the judging works on Strictly but do you know how the Olivier awards work? Alongside my thoughts on the runners and riders, let me explain. www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/oliv...

Thank you to everyone who has joined us for User Experience workshops and surveys across February. This was truly enriching and so helpful for us as a team. We are working hard on implementing the recommendation. Keep your eyes peeled for the launch of the digital resource in summer 2025.

And that should have read Kunal Basu of course…

Kanal Basu‘s The Minaturist is my read for the week…

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