Read a Q&A with Ulises A Mejias & NICK COULDRY MASTODON @[email protected] on their book, Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back WH Allen Penguin Books UK ➡ ow.ly/MSt650Rse0n

Register to attend the LSE Events book launch on Tuesday 14 May ➡ ow.ly/ciZo50Rse0o

'The political and transformative potential of feminist and queer archives is centre stage.'

Dr. Margaret Galvan's In Visible Archives U of MN Press. Read the review by Max Shirley 👉 wp.me/p2MwSQ-hkh

'Sylheti people started migrating from Bangladesh to East London in the 1960s and 1970s in search of opportunity, finding work in the garment, catering and hospitality sectors.'

From Sylhet to Spitalfields Shabna Begum Lawrence Wishart Books Naibur Rahman Uupol Ruhun Wasata ➡ wp.me/p2MwSQ-hjc

NEW ✨In Visible Archives: Queer and Feminist Visual Culture in the 1980s by Margaret Galvan Dr. Margaret Galvan U of MN Press reviewed by Max Shirley #photography #comics
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As Gods among Men by Guido Alfani Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s examines the history of the #Rich in the West from the Middle Ages to modern times, probing conventional understandings of how great wealth has been accumulated.

Review by Noah Sutter ➡ wp.me/p2MwSQ-hiV

In an excerpt from the intro to What Really Went Wrong Yale University Press London📚, Fawaz Gerges argues that US interventionism during the #ColdWar steered the #MiddleEast away from democracy towards authoritarianism, shaping the region's politics for decades to come.

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'The project of decolonising data must be able to formulate solutions that are not only technological but social, political, regulatory, cultural, scientific and educational.'
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I had the pleasure of reviewing Guido Alfani‘s excellent new book on the history of the rich in the West for the LSE Review of Books! ✨

'The unifying thread Alfani identifies throughout history is that Western societies have struggled to find an appropriate role for the rich, and continue to do so.'

As Gods among Men by Guido Alfani Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s reviewed by Noah Sutter 👉 wp.me/p2MwSQ-hiV

Our PhD student Noah Sutter has reviewed the book „As Gods among Men: A History of the Rich in the West“ by Guido Alfani in the LSE Review of Books.

Examining the digital order's influence, including datafication, surveillance & mapping, Myria Georgiou's Being Human in Digital Cities advocates for a humanist approach based on social justice, equity, democracy & sustainability, writes Samira Allioui ➡ wp.me/p2MwSQ-hik

NEW ✨ As Gods among Men: A History of the Rich in the West by Guido Alfani Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s reviewed by Noah Sutter LSE Department of Economic History wp.me/p2MwSQ-hiV

'McMillan's work takes account of the constant search for refuge in the perfectly arranged room as a way of asserting one’s identity and materialising an authentic diasporic identity in one’s home.'

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'Begum’s book does a commendable job of weaving the impacts of political events in Bangladesh with the nature of protests in East London.'

From Sylhet to Spitalfields: Bengali Squatters in 1970s East London reviewed Naibur Rahman Uupol and Ruhun Wasata wp.me/p2MwSQ-hjc

'While establishing this foreign policy strategy, the US […] was also building the postwar international financial and trading and security institutions that allowed its competitive corporations to outperform others.'

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Chakrabarty's One Planet, Many Worlds: The Climate Parallax is a critical intervention, drawing on a diverse range of disciplines, that considers perspectival gaps and differences around the #ClimateCrisis , writes Elisabeth Wennerström in her #review .

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'The Middle East was reimagined as a Cold War chessboard, which left a legacy marked by dependencies, weak political institutions, low levels of civil and human rights protection, lopsided economic growth and political systems prone to authoritarianism.'

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#WeekendReading : From Sylhet to Spitalfields Shabna Begum Lawrence Wishart Books examines the #Bengali community's struggle for #Housing and belonging in the face of systemic racism in 1970s East London.

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'The project of decolonising data must be able to formulate solutions that are not only technological but social, political, regulatory, cultural, scientific & educational.'

An author Q&A on Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech & How to Fight Back➡wp.me/p2MwSQ-hjB

'The movements and histories that the contributors celebrate highlight women’s leadership and deep personal sacrifice in revolutionary movements, paying tribute to women who have lost their lives and loved ones in the struggle for liberation. '

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