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Liana Chua
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#SocialAnthropology #Borneo #religion #indigeneity #environment #more-than-human #conservation #Anthropocene #MalayWorldStudies, Cambridge University

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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · 15d
Fantastic! Great to see this out, @bengohstoschool.bsky.social

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · 15d
I'm really excited to announce that the next article of our special issue. @bengohstoschool.bsky.social article titled:
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”:  A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
“Asia, not the European in Asia, must be our theme”: A Partial Decolonisation of Malayan History at the University of Malaya in the 1950s
www.cambridge.org

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Moritz Mihatsch @mihatsch.bsky.social · Jan 9
The introduction of our forthcoming special issue by Casper Andersen and me is now out: "Becoming Independent: Institutions and Epistemologies of History Writing in the Age of Decolonisation"
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Check the thread below for the articles as they are published.
Becoming Independent: Institutions and Epistemologies of History Writing in the Age of Decolonisation | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
Becoming Independent: Institutions and Epistemologies of History Writing in the Age of Decolonisation
www.cambridge.org

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St Catharine's College @stcatharines.bsky.social · Dec 12
Apply by 7 Jan to join our Malaysian & Malay World Studies community:
- Tunku Scholarship for Malaysian PhD/MPhil students: caths.cam.ac.uk/tunk...
- Philip Bowring Scholarship for any postgrads studying history/geography/culture of Malay World: caths.cam.ac.uk/bowring
@lianachua.bsky.social 1/2
Zheng Hong See

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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · Nov 6
The latest Open Access issue of The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology has been published! View the TOC for this Special Issue on "Making Place with Plants: Intimacy, Mobility and Displacement," here: bit.ly/4qLWERG

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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Nov 4
New special issue, Cambridge Journal of #Anthropology is now out & open access as part of @berghahnbooks.bsky.social's Open Anthro initiative! 'Making Place with Plants: Intimacy, Mobility & Displacement', guest edited by Hilal Alkan & Sandra Calkins 👇 🌱
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
www.berghahnjournals.com

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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Oct 16
Looking forward to discussing Melissa Leach & James Fairhead's 'Naturekind' with @brambuscher.bsky.social , @arikkershenbaum.bsky.social & Rebecca Kilner this evening! Book launch at 5.30 pm, @pembroke1347.bsky.social Auditorium - lnkd.in/e8AzFxxy

(Spoiler: it's goooood!)

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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · Oct 14
CfP Political Ecology Conference
Beyond the Usual Suspects: The Expanding Cast of Conservation Actors

Submit a contribution on emergence/enrolment of new, unlikely, overlooked actors in conservation! @brocksaglio.bsky.social @charisenns.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/bdehbxsc

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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Sep 30
Leaving Cologne and #DGSKA2025 full of ideas and #anthropological excitement. Wonderful to see old friends and meet new people - and look forward to continuing the conversation on un/commoning!
dgska.bsky.social DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · Sep 30
At plenary I:

@lianachua.bsky.social shared insights from Borneo on orangutan-human relations and global commons. 🌏🦧

Astrid Ulloa Cubillos spoke on 8 years with the Wayuu in La Guajira, tracing water’s relational paths through Indigenous territory.💧Reflections on more-than-human worlds.

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · Sep 30
At plenary I:

@lianachua.bsky.social shared insights from Borneo on orangutan-human relations and global commons. 🌏🦧

Astrid Ulloa Cubillos spoke on 8 years with the Wayuu in La Guajira, tracing water’s relational paths through Indigenous territory.💧Reflections on more-than-human worlds.

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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Sep 29
Looking forward to our conversation on #more-than-human un/commoning @dgska.bsky.social...though I think (hope!) it's 30 Sept at 9 am 🙂
dgska.bsky.social DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · Sep 28
Reminder: “More-than-Human Un/Commoning” with Liana Chua ( @lianachua.bsky.social ), Kileni Fernando, and Astrid Ulloa Cubillos on Sept 29, 5 PM. They explore commons beyond the human via conservation, Indigenous activism, and environmental justice.
Chair: Franz Krause ( @franzkrause.bsky.social )

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DGSKA @dgska.bsky.social · Sep 28
Reminder: “More-than-Human Un/Commoning” with Liana Chua ( @lianachua.bsky.social ), Kileni Fernando, and Astrid Ulloa Cubillos on Sept 29, 5 PM. They explore commons beyond the human via conservation, Indigenous activism, and environmental justice.
Chair: Franz Krause ( @franzkrause.bsky.social )

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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Sep 5
It's been such an honour and pleasure to run the #Tunku Fund at @stcatharines.bsky.social and work (+makan!) with our amazing Malaysian students. Click 👇 to learn more about our scholars and upcoming #PhD and #MPhil scholarship opportunities @cam.ac.uk!
stcatharines.bsky.social St Catharine's College @stcatharines.bsky.social · Aug 31
On this day in 1957 Catz alumnus Tunku Abdul Rahman (1922, Law; Honorary Fellow 1960) declared independence for the Federation of Malaya as its first PM. A Catz fund in his memory has supported scholarships & Malay World Studies at @cam.ac.uk & beyond: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/... @lianachua.bsky.social
The Tunku research community
St Catharine's Tunku Abdul Rahman Fund exists to “encourage the development of the humanities and the social sciences in Malaysia” by offering grants and studentships for the country’s most promising scholars to study for a postgraduate degree in Cambridge. The Tunku Scholarship has supported an incredible range of scholars, and served as vital bridge between Cambridge and Malaysia – one that’s grown stronger every year.
www.caths.cam.ac.uk

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Edward Aspinall @edwardaspinall.bsky.social · Sep 2
My take on the recent protests in Indonesia

www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...
Mass protest and the two worlds of Indonesian politics - New Mandala
A subculture of opposition survives beyond Jokowi
www.newmandala.org

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St Catharine's College @stcatharines.bsky.social · Aug 31
On this day in 1957 Catz alumnus Tunku Abdul Rahman (1922, Law; Honorary Fellow 1960) declared independence for the Federation of Malaya as its first PM. A Catz fund in his memory has supported scholarships & Malay World Studies at @cam.ac.uk & beyond: www.caths.cam.ac.uk/... @lianachua.bsky.social
The Tunku research community
St Catharine's Tunku Abdul Rahman Fund exists to “encourage the development of the humanities and the social sciences in Malaysia” by offering grants and studentships for the country’s most promising scholars to study for a postgraduate degree in Cambridge. The Tunku Scholarship has supported an incredible range of scholars, and served as vital bridge between Cambridge and Malaysia – one that’s grown stronger every year.
www.caths.cam.ac.uk

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SAPIENS Magazine @sapiens.org · Jul 24
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THREAD: It’s with deep regret we share the news that SAPIENS will halt publication of new content by the end of this year. We are so proud of everything SAPIENS has achieved and for our role in furthering public anthropology. Wenner-Gren’s letter to our community. wennergren.org/important-ne...
Important News about SAPIENS
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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Jun 27
rdcu.be/etL5R A really interesting, nuanced take on indigenous names for the #Tapanuli #orangutan: when does it make sense to use them, and when might more 'neutral' terms be better for their #conservation? h/t @peopleprimate.bsky.social
Indigenous names matter, too: Tapanuli orangutan names reflect local community perceptions
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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · Jun 26
We are hiring! Fully tenured associate professorship in environmental history! We are looking for someone who can be a strong contributor to the history group, to a new #envhum related MA program (if all goes well), and to @greenhouseuis.net. #envhist
Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801) | University of Stavanger
Job title: Associate Professor in Environmental History (281801), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, August 7, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no

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Alexandrina Vanke @alevan.bsky.social · Jun 11
A new blogpost on how to use line and graphic drawing in ethnography and more broadly in social research 👉🏽 alexandrinavanke.com/2025/06/11/s...

#ethnography #drawing #sociology #anthropology #geography #creativemethods #research
Seeing between the lines: how drawing opens up new horizons in social research
The recent requests from academic journals to peer-review submissions on drawing as a method and an invitation to give a guest talk on drawing in social research have made me reflect on my experien…
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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Jun 10
📢: 3x postdocs on extractivism & animism in #SoutheastAsia w/Judith Bovensiepen's 'Resource Spirits' project @erc.europa.eu @oeaw.bsky.social. Great opportunity for #anthropologists of/from Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines - incs fieldwork & conference funding oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/9imyjik1
POSTDOC (F/M/X) in Social Anthropology
OeAW - Discovering the futureAs a central non-university institution for science and research, the Austrian Academy of Sciences - OeAW has the task of "promoting science in every respect". F...
oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs

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Fernando Domínguez Rubio @fdrubio1977.bsky.social · Apr 29
Today is publication date for our Fragilities volume!

"At a time when it may be easy to fall into a defeatist melancholia, if not outright pessimism, the book is an invitation to think from fragility to build life-affirming politics and ethics"

It's got an amazing line-up & it is open-access! 🤓
Fragilities: Essays on the Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Maintenance and Repair
An original essay collection that explores the generative dimensions of fragility, which can help reveal new life-affirming politics and ethics.At a time w
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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · Apr 18
The latest issue of The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology has been published!

This #OpenAccess special issue is entitled "Documents, State Affects, and Imaginings at Times of Bureaucratic Impasse." View the TOC here: conta.cc/4ijFFRt @lianachua.bsky.social

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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Mar 21
Job alert! 3-yr #SocialAnthropology postdoc on #multispecies succession, working w/ Prof Rebecca Cassidy @uniofcam.bsky.social from Oct 2025. Lots of scope for customisation - see www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50699/
Post-doctoral Research Associate in Social Anthropology - Multispecies Succession (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Post-doctoral Research Associate in Social Anthropology - Multispecies Succession (Fixed Term) in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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St Catharine's College @stcatharines.bsky.social · Mar 12
Welcome to the official Bluesky account for St Catharine's College in Cambridge or (as we're affectionately known) Catz! We look forward to sharing updates about our community very soon. You can also find us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X/Twitter and TikTok.

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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Mar 6
📢Job alert - Associate Prof in Social #Anthropology @ox.ac.uk - particular interest in gender and sexuality, environment, race or religion www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/article/asso...
Associate Professorship in Social Anthropology
www.anthro.ox.ac.uk

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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Mar 6
Oh, finally!! That's really exciting - congratulations! Look forward to reading it

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Olga Ulturgasheva @olgault.bsky.social · Mar 4
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Vanessa Grotti on LinkedIn: We are very excited to be hosting Olga Ulturgasheva from the University of…
We are very excited to be hosting Olga Ulturgasheva from the University of Manchester at the Social and Cultural Anthropology Lab in Ravenna this Friday 7th…
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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Mar 3
Talk by Prof Shawn McHale at Cambridge Uni! Friday March 7 17.00-18.30 GMT: "Peace, Violence, and #Buddhism: The First #Indochina War (1945-54) in the #Cambodian- #Vietnamese Borderlands" at Dept of #SocialAnthropology on Free School Lane - all welcome!

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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Feb 27
‘Ethnographic expressions’ explores these questions by bringing ethnographers and multimodal practitioners together to scrutinise, refine and devise key criteria and principles for evaluating multimodal ethnographic work. 4/4

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Liana Chua @lianachua.bsky.social · Feb 27
How can such outputs be rigorously evaluated, and how might these evaluative practices be deployed by journals, websites and other publication infrastructures? 3/4