I have a book coming out with Stanford Press in February -- very excited that it'll finally be out in the world.

Eros and Empire is a history of struggles for sexual freedom during the period of US-led transnational capitalism.

sup.org/books/title/?i…

'In the endless craven defenses of colonial domination, #queer and feminist solidarity with the #Palestinian struggle is met with contempt. Amidst a genocide, the spectre of Palestinian homophobia persists in Zionist rhetoric.' writes Abeera Khan

#gaza
thecontrapuntal.com/the-zionist-us…

I wrote about the far right’s uses of decolonial discourse for Sidecar: newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

Very excited to talk about romantic authoritarianism, standpoint epistemology, and theorisations of non-western agency today at #ISA2024 - and to be on the same panel as my favourite Zeynep Gulsah Capan. Stop by if you’re around!

my brilliant PhD student Shikha passed her viva yesterday with no corrections, defending a thesis entitled 'Interstitial Itineraries: the making of race, caste, and capital in the Indian diaspora'; thanks to Antara Datta and Sankaran Krishna who were fantastic examiners

The world’s best Andreas Papamichail is nominated for this for his agenda-setting article ‘Reinscribing global hierarchies: COVID–19, racial capitalism and the liberal international order’ - well worth a read if you haven’t already!

We welcome the news that four Norwegian universities have suspended ties with complicit Israeli universities over Israel’s #GazaGenocide .

This is what Palestinians, including universities and faculty unions, are calling for as the most effective means of solidarity. 🧵

Jai Bhim and Revolutionary Greetings,

We invite you to our webinar on ' Diversifying, Decolonising and Debrahmanising the mainstream School of Economic Thought (s)'

Date: 27.02.2024 (Tuesday)
Time: 06:00 pm onwards IST
Zoom Platform

Registration Link
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What is it we understand by ‘sex’ now? Do states and other authorities still care what we do with our bodies or the bodies of others? Did they ever? outsavvy.com/event/18493/se…

16th March, an event on Sex and the State, cooked up by me and Gargi Bhattacharyya

Just read this excellent piece thinking with Hall and Gramsci about southern authoritarian populism. An important intervention in flattening definitions of the global south and an attempt to think seriously about how the far right in Brazil, India, Turkey, etc. mobilised support.

Please join us for CAIT's 2024 International Theory Lecture by Dr. Joanne Yao entitled:

*The Global Politics of Escape: Longing for Purity in the Anthropocene*

📅 February 7
⏳ 5pm
📍Jubilee-144

Sussex Global🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Sussex IR🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
University of Sussex
Doctoral School
Sussex Development🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Institute of Development Studies

I wrote about how Palestine delineates the contours of the Third World, reflecting also on the contrasting trajectories of India and South Africa vis-à-vis Israel/Palestine

thanks to Social Text Journal and check out the rest of the ‘Palestine Now’ collection

socialtextjournal.org/periscope_arti…

Our event with Jules Gill-Peterson in two weeks time is now sold out!

We're so excited to talk about the gift that is trans studies and what it means for both theory and politics to move beyond 'the micro' .

Alex Shikha LSE Intl Relations

Today Israel and everyone else learned a lesson: the world is not just the US and Britain.

Wael Al-Dahdouh mural being painted in London right now.

Our event with Jules Gill-Peterson on 'big' history: race, gender, and sexuality in international studies is now open for registration!

You can do so here: ticketsource.co.uk/london-school-……

21 February 6.30 pm at LSE.

Alex Shikha LSE Intl Relations School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary

Israel's shift to attempting/accelerating the full extermination of Palestinians through its colonial genocide requires a parallel shift to draw in racialised workers from the Global South to fill their need for exploited labour. 1/

aljazeera.com/features/2024/…

Every single word is fire.

🗓️On 21 Feb Alex and Ida Roland Birkvad will be joined by Prof. Gill-Peterson Jules Gill-Peterson at the LSE Intl Relations to talk about writing 'big' history: race, gender, and sexuality in international studies lse.ac.uk/international-…

Ramallah rallied to say thank you to South Africa today for their courageous step at the CIJ_ICJ to stop the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The sister city of Johannesburg gathered at Mandela Square to show appreciation and love. Thank you The Presidency 🇿🇦 City of Joburg 🇵🇸🇿🇦✊