Pallavi Banerjee
@pallavib.bsky.social
Professor @UCalgary. Sociologist of migration, gender, and families. Author of #TheOpportunityTrap @NYUpress - link ↓. Views my own; not endorsements.🌈 ✊🏾 https://www.criticalmigration.org/projects/opportunity-trap/more-on-the-book
A little good news... greekreporter.com/2026/04/13/h... #hungary #budapest #hungaryelection
Hungary Elections 2026: Opposition Victory Ends Orbán Era - GreekReporter.com
Hungary’s 2026 elections end Viktor Orbán’s long rule as the opposition secures a decisive victory, signaling a major political shift.
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Can Canada ever be far behind? Historically, Canada has always followed the U.S. in instituting racist immigration policies. Here we go AGAIN! And no, it did not take the conservatives to pass the law - it was the (right) centrists - the effing Liberals. ccla.org/press-releas...
Passing of Bill C-12 is an Attack on Refugee and Migrant Rights in Canada - CCLA
A broad coalition of human rights, civil liberties, refugee and migrant rights, gender justice, and data privacy organizations have denounced the adoption of Bill C-12, which became law yesterday. Thi...
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Was pleased to accept an invitation from the Editors of @contexts.org (@sethabrutyn.bsky.social @aminghaziani.bsky.social) to contribute to a special section on the Canada-USA relationship along with @dbtindall.bsky.social & @pallavib.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
Canada and the United States—a Friendship Strained
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Cool new issue of contexts.org is out. Excited to have contributed to the "special section" on Canada-U.S. relationships, along with @liamswiss.bsky.social & others here up north. Important conversations here - check it out. journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/doi/epdf/10....
Contexts
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.
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My department, University of Calgary Sociology, is hiring four assistant professors. Part of our Faculty of Arts renewal plan. Please read all details here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary. careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...
Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...
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The most beautiful way to star my Mondays, reading Sulagana Biswas' column "Beat The Monday Blues" in The Telegraph - T2. Here's a poignant homage to the music that sustained my 90s, and at least for me, kept my dreams alive in a world that was mostly full of bad humans.
Beat the Monday blues with Ab tere bin jee lenge hum by Kumar Sanu
Beat the Monday blues with Ab tere bin jee lenge hum by Kumar Sanu
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Here’s a piece led by Fateme Ejaredar (my doctoral student) and co-authored by me on the impact of Israel’s war on iran on the diaspora. theconversation.com/iranian-cana...
Iranian Canadians watch the Israel-U.S. war in Iran from afar
Interviews with 30 Iranian Canadians help to untangle the roots of political tensions and evolving solidarities in the Iranian diaspora in Canada.
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NEW DOCTORAL RESEARCH ALERT: Please consider participating and spreading the word about this research on climate justice and migration being conducted by my doctoral student, Chetna Khandelwal @chetkay.bsky.social.
Another great column by Sulgana Biswas - this time about the iconic disco number, I Feel Love. t2online.in/music/wester...
Overcome Monday blues with Donna Summer's I Feel Love
Overcome Monday blues with Donna Summer's I Feel Love
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By my bestie, Sulagana Biswas about a timeless protest song. More relevant than ever. www.telegraphindia.com/t2/not-monda...
Not Monday blues, but...
Back in 1959, folk singer Pete Seeger drew on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 — one of the wisdom books of the Old Testament, the other two being Proverbs and Job — to write what he felt was a song of protest. In...
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This necro-State needs to be held accountable for uncountable war crimes. But attacking and abducting peaceful volunteers for bringing aid to people that are being starved to death…how? www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israeli commados taking Gaza-bound aid ship, Madleen, to Israel
The Madleen crew are now being detained by Israeli forces after their ship was stopped close to 100 miles from Gaza.
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students and AI can both write shitty papers, but only students can write great papers. That's like the only lesson that they need to know when they decide to use it
Sharing on behalf of my @cunygcsociology.bsky.social friend/colleague Ruth Milkman who isn't on social media. Here's her statement re a problematic censoring of an obituary for Michael Burawoy to appear in ASA Footnotes #soctwitter #socsky #sociology docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Statement re Michael Burawoy obit
Statement from Ruth Milkman re commissioned obituary of Michael Burawoy to appear in ASA Footnotes: Dear All, As many of you know, I published a tribute to Michael Burawoy in Jacobin shortly after ...
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The level of anxiety and sadness I am feeling about the escalation of India's war with Pakistan is unsettling. What is this madness? No one wins in a war!
Some grad students I work with have been trying to house a young newcomer from Cameroon who got kicked out of his home. He has no support in Calgary and has faced extreme anti-black racism in the Calgary shelter systems. PLEASE consider donating. gofund.me/4721bd16
Donate to Help Francis - a 22 year old Cameroonian newcomer in Calgary, organized by Megha Sanyal
We are a group of PhD students at UCalgary who are trying to … Megha Sanyal needs your support for Help Francis - a 22 year old Cameroonian newcomer in Calgary
gofund.me
The third year release anniversary of #theopportunitytrap! I had painstakingly made all references to Trump in the past tense in my final edits. These pages feel sureal. But here we are! Humbling realities.
This was a perfect interview by Muhammad Shehada. If you want a quick update on what’s been happening in Gaza, this is it.
Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · last yr.Israel's renewed bombardment of the Gaza Strip this week, which has killed hundreds of people already, is "the most savage attack" on the Palestinian territory in over a year, says writer Muhammad Shehada. “You have entire families that were extinguished completely."
If you do not act to protest Columbia admin collaborating with ICE & Trump to illegally detain Mahmoud Khalil, you are consenting to your campus being next. You are giving a green light to your admin to hand over your students and colleagues. Enough is enough. ACT NOW.
A federal judge in New York has blocked any efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to deport Mahmoud Khalil.
Mahmoud Khalil, who helped lead Columbia student protests demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, arrested by ICE, attorney says | CNN
A federal judge in New York has blocked any efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia university graduate and Palestinian activist who was arrested Saturd...
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Dystopia alert: Seems like we are living in what looks like the Man in the High Castle world! Did not think I would witness this in my lifetime. The post-World War II progressive blip will be over so soon is incredulous but that is where we are. We humans and our humanity truly sucks.
