Lovely to have the opportunity to lead a workshop on Travel Studies Newberry Library, and to meet Juan and other great scholars:

Very nice to see Guido van Meersbergen and my 2024 Hakluyt Society annual lecture in print:

Mark your calendars! The editors of CROSSINGS: MIGRANT KNOWLEDGES, MIGRANT FORMS are hosting two upcoming events!

On May 25th, the editors Natalya Din-Kariuki, Subha Mukherji, + Rowan Williams (along with Issam Kourbaj) speak on a panel at the How the Light Gets In Festival in Hay: howthelightgetsin.org/events/migrant…

June 16, the editors will be holding a full-day symposium at Magdalene College, Cambridge on "Migrant Forms: Creative Futures," which will culminate with the launch of the book. The program for the symposium is available: english.cam.ac.uk/news/archives/…

Pleased to see that many others are coming to the same opinion that I have of AI: that it is little more than a gimmick.

Registration open for Migrant Forms: Creative Futures, taking place next month: events.humanitix.com/migrant-forms-…

Writing is VERY difficult. Reading—honestly reading, truly understanding—is difficult. One huge danger of AI slop, such as the generated language on Amis nested inside these QTs, is that it offers relief for gatekeepers because it looks and sounds right, regardless of substance

we're honestly so cooked. how is this not the headline and the only thing that matters. and instead everyone is desperate to pretend they're modern and forward thinking by insisting you use AI in every assignment

Last chance to register for Migrant Forms: Creative Futures, taking place on the 16th of June. Programme and registration link available here: english.cam.ac.uk/news/archives/…?

Register now for the "Futures of Travel Editing" workshop on Friday 4 July 2025, Royal Asiatic Society, London. Free registration for in-person or online attendance. Registration (via Eventbrite): eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-futures-… Full programme: hakluytsociety.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/the…

Yesterday at Cambridge, I was so proud to be alongside Dr Natalya Din Kariuki as she launched Crossings with Professor Shubha Mukherji and Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury. A global book offering a fresh and profound perspective on migration, identity and

Zoltán Biedermann delivering the Hakluyt Society annual lecture on “Indigenous Voices in the Literature of Travel and Exploration”

On Refugee Day, thinking of Faraj Alnasser who fled Aleppo with only a key to his family home. At the Crossings launch in Cambridge, he cooked for us. Each dish carried memory, loss, and the strength it takes to begin again in a new place. Natalya Din-Kariuki Thebe Ikalafeng

Academics, creatives and migrants interrogate migration at Cambridge symposium newafricanmagazine.com/30902/ Natalya Din-Kariuki #Crossings #WorldRefugeeDay

Great opportunity, esp. for budding historians of and/or from Sri Lanka