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Shaunna Rodrigues

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Lecturer, Core Curriculum @Columbia. Writing on new constitutional democracies | working on intelligibility, progress, self-respect, & digital infrastructures.

Excellent and timely piece indeed. It raises many questions on how civilizationism, which has made a not-so-surprising comeback across the globe, use structures of justification that liberalism has to contend with given its own imperial histories.

Excellent piece in the latest issue of The Ideas Letter: “Samuel Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations,” an article and later a book that few liked but many cited, merits revisiting. Hans Kundnani and Srirupa Roy consider today’s surprising and irresistible rise of…

daniel_dsj2110's tweet image. Excellent piece in the latest issue of The Ideas Letter: “Samuel Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations,” an article and later a book that few liked but many cited, merits revisiting. Hans Kundnani and Srirupa Roy consider today’s surprising and irresistible rise of…


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Congratulations to Paul Guyer and Allen Wood, whose benchmark edition of #Kant’s great First Critique now becomes available in a second edition — with corrections, expanded annotation, and translations of all the notes made by Kant in the period between his two versions

GaskinHilary's tweet image. Congratulations to Paul Guyer and Allen Wood, whose benchmark edition of #Kant’s great First Critique now becomes available in a second edition — with corrections, expanded annotation, and translations of all the notes made by Kant in the period between his two versions

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📚 A new book by Kostas Chrysogonos, released earlier this month: "The Rise of Constitutionalism," an ambitious study of the historical origins and global migration of codified constitutions – and of the powerful forces in law and politics that drive constitutional evolution…

RichardAlbert's tweet image. 📚 A new book by Kostas Chrysogonos, released earlier this month: "The Rise of Constitutionalism," an ambitious study of the historical origins and global migration of codified constitutions – and of the powerful forces in law and politics that drive constitutional evolution…

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U.S. Publication date today of Why Plato Matters Now (and he really, really does). ⁦@BloomsburyPub

drangiehobbs's tweet image. U.S. Publication date today of Why Plato Matters Now (and he really, really does). ⁦@BloomsburyPub⁩
drangiehobbs's tweet image. U.S. Publication date today of Why Plato Matters Now (and he really, really does). ⁦@BloomsburyPub⁩
drangiehobbs's tweet image. U.S. Publication date today of Why Plato Matters Now (and he really, really does). ⁦@BloomsburyPub⁩

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A tentative course outline for Philosophy and Science Fiction this winter. This is always my favourite class to teach. Very excited! Would also appreciate any feedback and suggestions.

PAHoyeck's tweet image. A tentative course outline for Philosophy and Science Fiction this winter. This is always my favourite class to teach. Very excited! Would also appreciate any feedback and suggestions.

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Talk about @OrnitShani and my new book with @seemay Grateful for the incisive questions New Revelations: How India’s People Helped Assemble our Constitution | B... youtu.be/9lxa9wf87i8?si… via @YouTube @PenguinIndia.

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Delighted to receive my copy of the Indian edition of this collection, edited with @rikjaz. A long time coming but great to have an affordable option.... india.oup.com/product/subalt…

Stephenlegg11's tweet image. Delighted to receive my copy of the Indian edition of this collection, edited with @rikjaz. A long time coming but great to have an affordable option....
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Stephenlegg11's tweet image. Delighted to receive my copy of the Indian edition of this collection, edited with @rikjaz. A long time coming but great to have an affordable option....
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I don't have an exact publication date yet, but my Habermas biography now has a page on the Columbia University Press website! cup.columbia.edu/book/jurgen-ha…

PeterVerovsek's tweet image. I don't have an exact publication date yet, but my Habermas biography now has a page on the Columbia University Press website!

cup.columbia.edu/book/jurgen-ha…

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Here is the link to the entire symposium with contributions from Geetanjali Srikantan, Theunis Roux, and myself, along with Mathew John's response. nomos-elibrary.de/de/document/vi…

I write in a @WCL_VRU book symposium on India’s Communal Constitution. Against Mathew John’s well-meaning critique, I clarify and recover the much-reviled older idea of secular nationalism animating the constitutional project. nomos-elibrary.de/document/downl…



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I write in a @WCL_VRU book symposium on India’s Communal Constitution. Against Mathew John’s well-meaning critique, I clarify and recover the much-reviled older idea of secular nationalism animating the constitutional project. nomos-elibrary.de/document/downl…


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My good fortune to be visiting Providence this Friday:

Join us for a talk by Navyug Gill, Associate Professor of History, William Paterson University Oct 24, 2025 | 2–4 PM EDT Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street Reception to follow

SouthAsiaBrown's tweet image. Join us for a talk by Navyug Gill, Associate Professor of History, William Paterson University

Oct 24, 2025 | 2–4 PM EDT
Joukowsky Forum, Watson School of International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street
Reception to follow


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Out next month! In these conversations, Romila Thapar and Namit Arora navigate the fraught battleground of India’s past. What emerges is a powerful reminder that approaching history in all its complexity is a radical act in an age determined to simplify it into comforting myths.

sorcerical's tweet image. Out next month! In these conversations, Romila Thapar and Namit Arora navigate the fraught battleground of India’s past. What emerges is a powerful reminder that approaching history in all its complexity is a radical act in an age determined to simplify it into comforting myths.

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Assembling India's Constitution: A New Democratic History (international edition) @OrnitShani

Out now - Assembling India's Constitution by Ornit Shani and Rohit De. In this paradigm-shifting history, two leading historians of India re-examine the making of the Indian constitution from the perspective of the country's people. 📚 cup.org/3KJHMmr



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My many congratulations to Professor Rajbir Singh Judge @RajbirJudge for winning the 2025 American Academy of Religion Best First Book in the History of Religions book award for his thunderingly brilliant book Prophetic Maharaja by @ColumbiaUP. aarweb.org/news/2025-aar-…


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Peter Gordon reviews Kwame Anthony Appiah lucid new book: “Captive Gods: Religion and the Rise of Social Science”: nybooks.com/articles/2025/…

daniel_dsj2110's tweet image. Peter Gordon reviews Kwame Anthony Appiah lucid new book: “Captive Gods: Religion and the Rise of Social Science”: nybooks.com/articles/2025/…

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Not a rage baiter but couldn’t resist this one. For all the elaichi in biryani haters, here is a recipe from a Mughal cookbook that is explicitly named elaichi biryani (zerbiryan) and uses cardamom as the base.

nehavermani's tweet image. Not a rage baiter but couldn’t resist this one. For all the elaichi in biryani haters, here is a recipe from a Mughal cookbook that is explicitly named elaichi biryani (zerbiryan) and uses cardamom as the base.

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Very excited to receive this new book by @KuipersNicholas. Using an impressive mix of methods, and drawing on a range of cases from Asia, Nick examines how unequal bureaucracies can impede the complex task of nation building. A must read!

evewarburton's tweet image. Very excited to receive this new book by @KuipersNicholas. Using an impressive mix of methods, and drawing on a range of cases from Asia, Nick examines how unequal bureaucracies can impede the complex task of nation building. A must read!

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Job! Thanks to a generous donation from anonymous donors and matching funding from UNSW, we are advertising for 2 x two-year postdocs in History. Any region. Any period. Any method. external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/5355… Connection to Australia or NZ, via residency or education is required.


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A wonderful start to this year's Global Intellectual History seminar yesterday, with a paper by Yu Sakai. Do check out our lineup for the rest of the term!

RossMoncrieff's tweet image. A wonderful start to this year's Global Intellectual History seminar yesterday, with a paper by Yu Sakai. Do check out our lineup for the rest of the term!

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