I join others in expressing shock at the sudden demise of A. Lawrence; and respect to his memory. At time of passing, he was a leading member of the Up-Country Peoples Front (UPF), and its coalition, the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) #SriLanka 1/5

Ithaca friends, stay indoors! 14850.com/060631950-air-…

There's something deeply poetic about the box of presidential papers tossed haphazardly next to a guitar case, like yet one more ambitious hobby swiftly discarded

#CfP! ‘Rethinking Heiresses and Female Rulers (c.1000-c.1400): The Theory and Practice of Hereditary Royal Rulership in Medieval Europe and Beyond’. An online, two-day workshop taking place 6-7 September 2023. Send me your proposals by 9 July!

Desafortunadamente, yo no "camprendo" esta carta de verdad...

"The late physicist Sir Paul Callaghan had a vision for New Zealand as “the place talent wants to live”. However, I fear that the continuous underfunding of Kiwi universities takes us in the opposite direction." newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/in-u…

My own VUW undergrad was in Religious Studies, so I try very hard not to get into the relative "utility" of degrees. But to cut TEACHING programmes during a critical teacher shortage is insane—and says a lot about how rational the other proposed cuts are!

I have just recently moved to Germany and while it is generally rather delightful, I have serious questions about this curry ontology...

Hey! Liz Beddoe, Laura Chubb and I are looking for 3 keen under-grad students (at an NZ uni) with 2 years of study to apply for our Summer Scholarships at UoA. We are looking at social worker views on abortion, transgender rights, and assisted dying.

Official NZ policy: Sri Lankan food is tasty and we would like to eat more please

Chandrasekera brings something distinctly Sri Lankan to the genre. When it comes to violence and power – two constitutive themes of modern fantasy – 'The Saint of Bright Doors' is firmly rooted in the particular. Gautam Bhatia writes: himalmag.com/contemporary-s…

I've loved the community I've met through Twitter. But since the policy seems increasingly to be "replace that community, and the ability to meet people, with paid subscriptions," I'm out. If you want to talk Buddhism, masculinity, politics, please write! bms297 @ cornell dot edu