Good news, but the fact that this is only happening now, nearly three years after the cyber attack shows 1) what a huge job BL staff have had rebuilding services, 2) that the BL is underfunded, and 3) the impact this has had on academic research, especially in the humanities.

Digital Scholarship @ British Library@bldigischol.bsky.social · 4w ago

EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come https://www.bl.uk/stories/news/ethos-records-restored

My friend, Dr. Barnali Chanda has this absolutely wonderful call for papers out on imagining 20th century Asia through travelogues, memoirs and other life-writings. Please do send in your abstracts!! Email: barnali.chanda2@adamasuniversity.ac.in call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/06/...

I was gutted to stop assigning research papers in my undergrad courses. I just don't think we can do it in the age of AI. But I've been really happy with the new thing I'm doing instead, which combines digitized historical newspapers + presentation + mini-viva: salh.law.wisc.edu/2026/06/18/p...

Presentations not papers for teaching

I’ve given up trying to assign undergraduate research papers in the age of AI. The misconduct approach–assigning papers and trying to catch AI use–does not seem to be working. However, I am happy with...

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My colleague Giuliana Chamedes at UW-Madison has a few questions: "do you know anyone connected to Gita Sen, Devaki Jain, or Indian feminist circles close to DAWN? I'd also love to interview someone either connected to the Janata government experiment in the late 1970s."

If one has to write a textbook/reader for undergraduates based on the lives of 25 women across South Asian history, who would be the choices, hivemind?!

শুভ নববর্ষ!

Are Antonia Moon and Penny Brooke still at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social? I cannot find them listed anywhere on the BL's website!!

My astonishingly brilliant and generous friend @mitrasharafi.bsky.social's magisterial second monograph, "The fear of the False" has been published from @cornellupress.bsky.social. And it is open access. RUN and READ: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

An excerpt from "The Disinherited" in @scroll.in today! My warmest thanks to @arunava.bsky.social and to Sayari Debnath! scroll.in/article/1091...

I am so glad and so relieved - the ACSA would have been impossible without the herculean labors of Andrea Fowler and Sarah Beckham!!

Mitra Sharafi@mitrasharafi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We South Asianists at UW-Madison are *so glad* it's full steam ahead for the 2026 ACSA with @uw-madsouthasia.bsky.social Asst Director Andrea Fowler @ the helm. The conf. chair will be @arunluthra.bsky.social. A million thanks to South Asianists around the world for your support earlier this year!

Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

An excerpt of my book @thewire.in today!! thewire.in/books/how-a-...

How a Christian Convert Took on a Butcher Judge in Colonial India

A Brahmin convert to Catholicism, Bhabanicharan Banerjee, had once communicated his vision for a free nation in the toughest of circumstances – while undergoing trial.

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I woke up to the news that my book, "The Disinherited," was awarded the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize by the Harvard University Press Board of Syndics. I am so grateful for the recognition.

Very happy to be invited to give the Vincent P. DeSantis Lecture at Notre Dame on November 20th. Friends in or around South Bend, it will be lovely to see you if you can spare the time! history.nd.edu/news-events/...

Vincent P. DeSantis Lecture Fall 2025: Professor Mou Banerjee | Department of History | University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame’s Department of History offers a graduate Ph.D. program in the fields Latin American, medieval, modern European, and United States history, as well as undergraduate majors and courses spann...

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Shubho Bijoya!

Friends, any recommendations/suggestions for a reliable international shipper? I have books and clothes that need shipping from the US Midwest to India!

A nuanced and critical review of my book by Nidhin Donald. "With this book, Banerjee denaturalises settled notions of religion and its relationship with nation, tracing the lives and times of Christian converts with inimitable empathy and courage." frontline.thehindu.com/books/indian...

Disinheritance and Indian Christianity: Mou Banerjee’s Bold Rethinking of Conversion, Caste, and Nation

A deep dive into how Christian conversions in colonial Bengal shaped debates on caste, inheritance, and nationalism.

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XQs on Chapati Mystery features me in conversation with Mahdi Chowdhury (Harvard) on my book! My sincere thanks to Prof. Manan Ahmed and Prof. Tapsi Mathur for making this happen!! chapatimystery.com/archives/xqs...

To have a review of my book in Anandabazar Patrika, by Prof. Tanika Sarkar, a historian who I've idolized all my life - I have no words to express how honored I am. My warmest thanks to Semanti Ghosh for making this happen.

Please apply 📢The Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College at the University of Chicago invite applications for a one-year position as Assistant Instructional Professor in Hindi apply.interfolio.com/171413 "EOE/Vet/Disability"

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Christian conversion and the politics of faith in colonial Bengal

While Europe experienced an age of evangelical awakening in the eighteenth century, political circumstances in India posed challenges to the work of missionary preaching.

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Such a wonderful feeling to be in such fantastic company! Thanks so much @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social! www.wcfia.harvard.edu/publications...

New Books | Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

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A nuanced and careful critique of my book, "The Disinherited", by Lakshmi Subramanian. My thanks to the Telegraph! What a wonderful feeling to see my book reviewed in a newspaper I have read since childhood. www.telegraphindia.com/books/existe...

Existential predicaments

It explicitly references the disempowerment suffered by Christian converts in India in the 19th and the 20th centuries as a consequence of the complex mechanisms of conversion under conditions of colo...

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Cambridge area friends, I am speaking at Tufts tomorrow evening on my book. It'll be lovely to see some familiar faces in the audience, if you have an hour to spare! events.tufts.edu?trumbaEmbed=...

Friends in the Boston-Cambridge area, I will be giving a talk on my book at Tufts University on April 2nd, Room 703 at the Cabot Center, from 5.30-7.00 pm. As always, it will be wonderful to see some of you there! events.tufts.edu?trumbaEmbed=...

my book talk at the UW-Madison Center for South Asia is tomorrow at 12.00 noon CST. I would love to see you there if you have an hour to spare! There is also a Zoom registration link: uwmadison.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I sat down for a conversation with Dr. Daniel Hummel of Upper House, to discuss religion in India and my book! slbf.org/media/pr7673...

The Role of Christianity in Contemporary India | Moe Banerjee

This conversation explores the complex interplay of religion and politics in modern India, focusing on the historical context of Christianity and its evolution from colonial times to the present. The ...

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The Disinherited by Mou Banerjee: Out Now

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