
Shaunna Rodrigues
@Shaunnaroder
Empires and Classification| Anticolonial Ethics | AI. Lecturer, Core Curriculum @Columbia. Writing on intelligibility, progress, constitutionalism, self-respect
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Why countries trade with each other while fighting: Prof. Mariya Grinberg’s new book, “Trade in War," examines the curious phenomenon of economic trade during military conflict. news.mit.edu/2025/why-count… @MIT @MIT_SHASS @MIT_CIS @MIT_SSP

my book (!) ‘A Volatile Picture: War and the Political Work of Photography in Sri Lanka’ encompassing a decade of research on Tamil photographic practices set against a backdrop of ethno/nationalist conflict & the island’s turbulent post/war out Spring 26 uwapress.uw.edu/book/978029575…

Modernity comes in many forms. For Dar ul-Ulum Deoband related scholarship see, 1. Barbara Metcalf, Islamic Revival in British India 2. Qasim Zaman, The Ulama in Contemporary Islam: Custodians of Change 3. SherAli Tareen, Defending Muhammad in Modernity [1/2]
Please join us to center community experiences and their fight for justice after the Baghjan oil blowout 2020. Thank you @noihritgogoi and Sanjay Barbora for working on this document.
Together with community members and many engaged voices, Barbora, @DollyKikon, and I document what happened in Baghjan and what continues to unfold in "Our Burden of Grief". Please join us for the online book launch! Link: ucsc.zoom.us/j/94376561972?…

The Radiance of Tamil is out! This @OrientBlackSwan volume is a landmark contribution to global Tamil Studies. My chapter "Is this a Sudra Critique? #Periyar and the Intermediate Castes" features among other brilliant works. Get your copies! orientblackswan.com/details?obsin=…

hindustantimes.com/opinion/imprin… with @OrnitShani Assembling India's Constitution maps how "the most intense public struggles were over the Constitution’s potential to radically change the social order based on caste"
Legal philosopher David Lyons @BU_Law: "It appears reasonable to conclude that a legal system does not automatically merit the respect that we might give it by our obedience. Law must earn that respect."

I wrote for the @BostonReview about the extraordinary Andrée Blouin, along with Lumumba, Cesaire, Fanon, and the anticolonial revolution that could have been.

Delighted to announce that my new book is on its way! “India After Nonalignment” will be published by the Georgetown University Press, Washington D.C. Penguin Random House will publish the South Asia edition. Here’s the cover! It will hit the shelves early next year.

A book review of @tarunkhaitan and my work, 'Hum Bharat Ke Log' has been published by the Wire. Thank you, Aditya for your deep engagement with the book. thewire.in/books/taking-t…
I now have a free stop in Munich on Oct 23 in addition to my ticketed one Oct 24! Huge thanks to Sheila Beladinejad @women_in_ai who pulled together the venue & resources to host me. RSVP: amerikahaus.de/ausstellungen-…. Check it my latest tour information: empireofai.com/#tour.
The EMPIRE OF AI fall tour has new stops! My site now lists all of my public events through the rest of the year. Some require tickets. Most are free with required registration. Review the details and reserve your seats here: empireofai.com/#tour. See you soon!

From Postcolonial to Muslim Worlds? Xiaoyue Yasin Li examines the egalitarian ideas and practices of Gamal al-Banna (1920–2013) during Egypt’s transition from postcolonial socialism to neoliberal Islamic revival bit.ly/4nkan00
Thanks! Copies available in India now
Broke for the next month, but worth it.

In the latest issue of @epw_in, I write about the tension between academic and public history in India. I offer some ways to understand this tension in a productive way by examining the place of archives and methods in historical writing. Take a look: epw.in/journal/2025/3…
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The Double Life of History
It is not surprising that the public and the academic life of history should exist in tension. The proliferation of historical information through the internet and social media has made this tension...
This is a brilliant book, an ethnography of workers in Delhi that is deeply researched as well as beautifully written. Shankar Ramaswami explores the worlds of work, struggle, play and family life with an extraordinary sensitivity. @PermanentBlack @JindalGlobalUNI

This text looks facinating! For Philosophy of Religion folks! @GregorySMoss2 @RyanHaecker @johnmilbank3



The genius of Plato's Academy was that it functioned as a talent magnet and "think tank." It became a sort of political consultancy. Its main product was not ideas or texts but the network itself: a concentration of the smartest individuals in the region, who would spread…

Now on FirstView: Does economic nationalism have a philosophy? Stefan Link in his review essay of Suesse Marvin’s The Nationalist Dilemma: A Global Historyof Economic Nationalism and Helleiner Eric’s The Neomercantilists: A Global Intellectual History bit.ly/4gE7Mvu
Mainstream economics continues to rely on Newtonian mathematics — using calculus to optimise, subject to constraints, an approach not suited to understanding macroeconomics or human behavior. @TimHarford Nice shoutout to Vela Velupillai, my former professor at The New School

🆕 Post 🗞 In this new post, @Dimi_Parashu unpacks the constitutional dimensions of the ongoing civil unrest in Nepal and suggests a path forward that prioritizes political stability, economic redistribution, and ethnic accommodation. ⬇️⬇️
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