Thiago P Barbosa
@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social
anthropologist & STS scholar, postdoc & academic advisor at Leipzig University. Author of "Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve" (2024) and "Racializing Caste" (2025)
(New Publication Alert) 🧬❗ In this chapter, I discuss the intricate relationship between population genetics and politics in India, focusing on the making of the categories "Ancestral North Indian" (ANI) and "Ancestral South Indian" (ASI).
Read this in preparation of the roundtable of the task force anti-racism of the @dgska.bsky.social By @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social Sina Emde @mihiress.bsky.social & @cwhittaker.bsky.social Join the roundtable: nomadit.co.uk/conference/d... Tuesday, 30 September, 2-3:30 & 4-5:30 pm
P057: Who is afraid of anti-racism? Intersectional justice and inclusive futures in anthropology
Renewed calls to address racism within anthropology have often been met with resistance. This roundtable discusses how the discipline could be better aligned with anti-racism, tackle the rise of racis...
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boasblogs@boasblogs.bsky.social · 11mo agoOut now! The boasblog: "Who’s afraid of anti-racism?" A roundtable explores anthropology’s colonial legacies, resistance to anti-racist initiatives, and how to build a discipline committed to justice and inclusion. Give it a look: boasblogs.org/uncommoning/...
so happy to have been reunited w/ my co-author, living legend and friend Umi Deshpande in Berlin, the city where we met for first time and the story of our book "Iru" began. Thanks FHXB Museum for hosting us + Manuela Bauche & Lisette Jong for the conversation! 🤍Fotos: Mike Bielski & Feven Keleta.
Fr 12.9., 18:30 h im Museum FHXB: Lesung u Diskussion mit Urmilla Deshpande, Thiago Pinto Barbosa u Lisette Jong über „Iru“ - die Biografie von Irawati Karve (1905-1970), indische Anthropologin zwischen Ausbildung in „Rassenanthropologie“ u feministischen Perspektiven. @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social
Lesung mit Urmilla Deshpande und Thiago Pinto Barbosa - „Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve“
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BOOK DISCUSSION | Friday, 12. September, 18:30 | FHXB-Museum (& online) A Reading and Discussion of the Book “Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve” (2024), with authors Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa, in conversation with Lisette Jong.
The Haunting Legacy of Racism in Anthropology: The Ghosts of Human Remains Identification Methods by Thiago P. Barbosa @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social & Amanda Domingues @mandadomingues.bsky.social This article examines the enduring legacies of colonialism and... www.at-commons.com/pub/x2v2mu1j...
The Haunting Legacy of Racism in Anthropology: The Ghosts of Human Remains Identification Methods
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I’ve been thinking a lot about ghosts and racism in anthropology. See what colleagues and I wrote on the topic of ghosts in these short pieces :
Mara Dicenta@mdicenta.bsky.social · 11mo agoGhostly Lessons: New Forum at Anthropology Theory Commons @anthrotheory.bsky.social led by Emma Kowal & Amanda Domingues Right on time before the 2025 AAA Meeting on "Ghosts" in November @americananthro.bsky.social Essays are short but deep (including mine)! www.at-commons.com/ghosts
We cordially invite you to the workshop “Transnational Entanglements of Racial Anthropology: History and Legacy”, which will take place in Berlin and online on September 11-13, 2025. See program, more information and online attendance links in our institute’s website (link in bio).
so nice to be in conversation about my new book “Racializing Caste”. You can listen to the podcast below. We talked about the hauntings of German scientific racism in India, the shortcomings of biological anthropology, and the problems of geneticists researching on the so-called “Aryan migration”.
Armanc Yildiz@armanc.bsky.social · last yr.My conversation with dear @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social on his wonderful book, Racializing Caste (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social), is out on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! Check it out 👇 newbooksnetwork.com/racializing-...
How do colonial-era racial theories continue to influence modern science in India? In our latest GHIL #podcast interview we're exploring this question by examining new research which traces the transnational connections between Germany and colonial India in the field of racial science. 🎧 1/5
My full support and solidarity to the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at FU Berlin
Hansjörg Dilger@hdilger.bsky.social · last yr.At a time when there is a shift to right-wing and authoritarian forces and an increasing hostility towards the social sciences and humanities, social and cultural anthropology is more important than ever: www.linkedin.com/pulse/instit...
Happpy to share some insights on my new book, “Racializing Caste” ⬇️
German Historical Institute London@ghilondon.bsky.social · last yr.New on the #GHIL blog! 📇 Thiago P. Barbosa (@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social), winner of the GHIL Dissertation Prize 2023, introduces his book ‘Racializing Caste: Anthropology between Germany and India and the Legacy of Irawati Karve (1905-1970)’, 1/5
We warmly invite you to join us on Monday, May 12, for the third lecture of "Matters of Life and Death": "A Refusal to Go Quietly" by Dr. Melody Howse of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
Lecture "Echoes of Ebola: Infrastructure and Insecurities in Bat Sampling for Epidemic Preparedness". Dr. Emmanuelle Roth (Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society) discusses the human-animal labor behind disease surveillance in post-Ebola Guinea.
Call for papers extended until May 10th :)
Thiago P Barbosa@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social · last yr.📢 Last Call for Papers! Panel: (Anti-)Racism & its Legacies in Anthropology WAU Congress 2025 | Nov 3–8 | Antigua & Online 🌍 Critical perspectives on racism, decoloniality & justice Deadline: May 3 Info & submission 👉 www.waucongress2025.org/panel/?id=607 #WAU2025 #Anthropology #AntiRacism
📢 Last Call for Papers! Panel: (Anti-)Racism & its Legacies in Anthropology WAU Congress 2025 | Nov 3–8 | Antigua & Online 🌍 Critical perspectives on racism, decoloniality & justice Deadline: May 3 Info & submission 👉 www.waucongress2025.org/panel/?id=607 #WAU2025 #Anthropology #AntiRacism
Panel – World Anthropological Union Congress 2025
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📣 Invitation: Lecture Series – Matters of Life and Death 🕔 Mondays, 5–7pm 📍 Lecture Hall 12, Leipzig University + Zoom Hosted by the Institutes of Anthropology & African Studies at Leipzig University, the series explores how boundaries of life/death are made, challenged & lived.
@thiago-barbosa.bsky.social ‘s book is truly an excellent introduction to the first female Indian anthropologist, Irawati Karve (1905-1970). Her work challenges both colonial academia and the current Hindutva view. I look forward to learning more.
Bangalore, our last stop in this beautiful trip: join our book talk at Champaca bookstore this Saturday 💫
Kochi: Join our book talk today at the Kerala Museum 🧡
Writing “Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve” was as joyful as it was hard. How can one fit a whole life, with all its contradictions, into a few hundred pages? Now, I am looking forward to talking about our book with readers, friends, and scholars in India.
Brave New World. The US sliding down into an authoritarian oligarchy.
Alessandro Rigolon@alerigolon.bsky.social · last yr.I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Check the hot new piece by @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social and Urmilla Deshpande. Such a good read on the dark history of German anthropology!
American Anthropologist@amanthro.bsky.social · last yr.🔦 Highlights | In this critical fabulation piece, Urmilla Deshpande & Thiago Barbosa blend history and creativity to explore Irawati Karve’s life—from challenging racist science in 1920s Berlin to shaping Indian anthropology. Read the excerpt here: www.americananthropologist.org/online-conte...
Some may know Irawati Karve for Yuganta, her remarkable essays on the Mahabharata. Others, for her pioneering work in anthropology. In 'Iru', Urmilla Deshpande and @thiago-barbosa.bsky.social sketch out a compelling portrait of Karve's achievements and complex legacy.
