Dr. Sanam Roohi

Speaking to colleagues in diff parts of 'East' Europe, it appears to be a generational thing, causing much discord between diff gens. I wonder if it is the same in East Germany.
When I lived in Erfurt for a couple of years, my circle of friends, colleagues and students was largely West Germans..

I missed the bit about Musk wistfully ‘handing it to’ Zohran Mamdani for being able to ‘light up a stage,’ Musk is clearly not going to forget being booed on stage at Dave Chapelle’a show
Good.
I hope it eats him alive.
Anyway, let this feed my tanks of petty hate this am.

"We don't study race here (in academia), its American". Who would have believed it, I wonder?!

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📢Comparative Migration Studies (CMS) welcomes proposals for the Thematic Call special issue – 2025 with as thematic ‘Regional perspectives on migration’.

⏳New deadline: 15th October 2025 (23:59 CEST).

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Congratulations! Göttingen is lucky to have you!

Die AfD verliert alle drei OB-Stichwahlen in NRW. In Gelsenkirchen, Duisburg, Hagen. Die AfD wird in NRW weiterhin keinen Oberbürgermeister stellen! #KommunalwahlNRW #Kommunalwahl

Cumulative Precarity in Times of Polycrisis: Transnational Insecurities and Geo‐Spatialized Resiliences Among South Asian Students in Finland On the basis of ethnographic research among South Asian students in Runolahti (anonymized), this article explores their experiences during a time of compounded crises. It examines how COVID-19 polici...

Our new article
'Cumulative Precarity in Times of Polycrisis:..South Asian Students in Finland', that shows how precarity is cumulative, temporal and transnationally accumulated, while strategies of resilience are more situated, can be accessed here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/glob.70033

"Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."

Now imagine it hadn't been Elon Musk saying this but Sadiq Khan. Or Zohran Mamdani. Or Ilhan Omar.

A book is a tree that makes you hallucinate vividly

they’re so close

Cumulative Precarity in Times of Polycrisis: Transnational Insecurities and Geo‐Spatialized Resiliences Among South Asian Students in Finland On the basis of ethnographic research among South Asian students in Runolahti (anonymized), this article explores their experiences during a time of compounded crises. It examines how COVID-19 polici...

Our new article
'Cumulative Precarity in Times of Polycrisis:..South Asian Students in Finland', that shows how precarity is cumulative, temporal and transnationally accumulated, while strategies of resilience are more situated, can be accessed here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/glob.70033

As part of Speaking from the Margin's Academic Lecture Series 2025, I will give a talk titled:

(Un)Belonging as Method: Refusing Neutrality in Transnational Research.

The event is chaired by Prof. Nasreen Chowdhory

🗓️ July 27 | 🕓 4 PM IST | 📍 Zoom
Meeting ID: 610 4219 2924 Passcode: 120407

The World's Richest Woman Has Opened a Medical School The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine is trying a new approach to medical education.

Super interesting. A holistic medical school that prioritises prevention over cure!

time.com/7303692/alic...

Of course there's a desi angle! How does the Right learn from each other? Through such brokers. The US-Indian-Israeli right's shining example of cooperation by subjugation and overtake of popular culture.

If Russia India and the United States were building solar at the same rate as China the renewable energy transition would be over in no time. Unfortunately three of these countries are easily controlled by the interests of fossil fuel capitalists

Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us? Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out

Are a few people ruining the internet? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... by @jayvanbavel.bsky.social

"Just 10% of users produce roughly 97% of political tweets."

"It amplifies the loudest & most extreme voices while muting the moderate,"

"...distorts how the rest of us make sense of the world."

🚨A New York Times investigation reveals that Prime Minister Netanyahu repeatedly sacrificed ceasefire opportunities in Gaza to preserve his fragile far-right coalition and remain in power.
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‘Horrific scenes’ in Gaza as Israel kills dozens of aid seekers At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn, including 33 aid seekers, according to medical sources.

Every day. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

At about 20 minutes after midnight, Zohran Mamdani emerged to greet his supporters on a brewery rooftop in Long Island City.

Read our full election coverage at the link in bio.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/m...

the bombing of iran, the inevitable escalation, and the lasting global consequences are the kind of once in a lifetime disaster you only see 5 or 6 times before your mid forties

Israeli historian Benny Morris on his government's war aims. www.corriere.it/politica/25_...

article in the Times blaming smartphones for the UK’s “fertility crisis”

the reasons are childcare costs, finances/housing and because being a parent sounds hard and crap; compare that a multi-generational community with shared caring responsibilities? Don’t think it’s the damn phones

One of the Dreamliners That Gave a Boeing Manager Nightmares Just Crashed Whistleblowers always warned that passengers would pay a price for Boeing’s tyrannical corner-cutting, especially with the planes shipped overseas.

'Two people deeply familiar with the Charleston 787 plant told the Prospect they had particularly acute quality concerns over planes that were delivered to Air India.'

prospect.org/economy/2025...

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Really Cool how nobody wanted to take this shit seriously

Lol

So disappointing... Harvard is in so much peril and other universities are just sitting there doing nothing. There is no sign the administration will stop with Harvard. What is the point of all the ideals that universities claim to care about?