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hiring alert FLAME University: we are looking to hire a senior academic (Associate and above) in political studies focusing on South Asia (post-independence political histories, security and economy in this region). DM me if interested. PSA South Asia Center for the Advanced Study of India South Asia Institute

I will be speaking at BITS Pilani Goa next month. Feel free to join if you are in the area. #aging #ThirdAge #Middleclass

Why is it that every time I am invited to come to Germany as a Senior Fellow/Scientist, I encounter visa-related hurdles? How can meaningful & equitable research happen when obtaining a visa is the biggest challenge for Indian researchers? Dr Philipp Ackermann

Can't believe Michael Burawoy is no more. He inspired a generation of scholars and thinkers to make sociology sociable. He will be missed. @TheSocReview Doing Sociology

Why is it that every time I am invited to come to Germany as a Senior Fellow/Scientist, I encounter visa-related hurdles? How can meaningful & equitable research happen when obtaining a visa is the biggest challenge for Indian researchers? GermanCGBombay

looking for articles that examine cultural representations of mental illness in Bollywood movies. Any suggestions?

I write: making Sociology sociable... indianexpress.com/article/opinio… via The Indian Express

Excited to be part of "(Un)mattering of worlds: feminist and other critical perspectives on science and technology" AtGender the 12th European Feminist Research Conference, Barcelona. atgenderconference.org

Fresh off the press: We use the methodological tool of satire to question the limits of digitality (in aging research). And we developed a short film! James Rupert Fletcher Stephanie Hatzifilalithis, PhD Sociological Research Online journals.sagepub.com/eprint/ZK5HYSS…

📣 Out now - Rethinking the Sociology of Ageing: Towards a Sociology of Later Life, by Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard Free content available at: doi.org/10.4337/978180… More information: e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/9781… Endorsement by tannistha samanta #Ageing #Globalisation

Recruiting students for the doctoral program. Anyone interested in aging studies, STS and family sociology (with a focus on South Asia), consider applying to this fully-funded program. FLAME University BSG_Global_South_SIG Doing Sociology youtu.be/p3WVtHUoYSE

I am soon moving to BlueSky Follow me here @tannisthas.bsky.social

The anti-intellectual University: Ratings, Rankings and the Need for (feminist) Rage – Tannistha Samanta tannistha samanta doingsociology.org/2025/03/18/the…

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Despite several new "exchanges" between India & Germany, it baffles me why the visa regime continues to remain unfair. This time my partner and my kiddo are waiting to come meet me in Germany, but their tourist visas are caught in some funk. Why? German Consulate General Mumbai Dr Philipp Ackermann

Looking to include two additional papers for an edited volume "Storying Later Lives: Cultural Gerontological Perspectives from India" with Bristol University Press (contract pending). I am looking for authoritative accounts of older persons' lives/livelihoods and subjectivities.

Completely agree. Appropriating a "feminist" cause to fund wars. Nice touch.

In this workshop, we explore aging as an interactional “becoming". REGISTER to be part of discussions on the “transgressive potentialities” when aging studies encounter STS! college-uaruhr.de/news-events/ev…