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Claire Chambers

@clarachambara.bsky.social

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'Scholar-adventurer'. Scholarship nowadays mostly in literature from South Asia and diaspora, postcoloniality/decolonization, & translation studies - Uni of York. Adventures are in food, Hindi/Urdu, Indo house, cycling, & (formerly) Zumba teaching .. more

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Claire Chambers @clarachambara.bsky.social · May 20

@shaminiflintauthor.bsky.social is coming to York from Singapogre for what promises to be another fascinating @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social talk. It's on Wed 4 June from 18.30. Do come along with your crime fiction, climate change, Asia, UK, law, postcoloniality, and other questions!

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Claire Chambers @clarachambara.bsky.social · May 19

Really hope you might be able to make it to the crime fiction talk by [email protected] for [email protected] on Wed 4/6 from 18.30!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shamini-fl... @farzanawrites.bsky.social @mayacaspari.bsky.social @jtwelsch.bsky.social @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social

Shamini Flint Talks Crime

Take a journey through the backstreets of Asia at this in conversation event with writer Shamini Flint, best known for Inspector Singh books

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Claire Chambers @clarachambara.bsky.social · May 18

Really looking forward to Kanupriya Dhingra's online talk on Friday 6 June at 16.00 UK time. All are welcome 📖

Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · Mar 14

Join us on June 6 for this event where Kanupriya Dhingra discusses her book "Old Delhi’s Parallel Book Bazaar" which looks at Old Delhi’s Daryaganj Sunday Book Market, popularly known as Daryaganj Sunday Patri Kitab Bazaar, as a parallel location for books and site of resilience. buff.ly/Yzi9fbc

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York Festival of Ideas @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social · Apr 29

💡👀A warm welcome awaits renowned author Shamini Flint at this year’s Festival in June! Best known for her Inspector Singh Investigates series, Shamini will be taking us on a journey through the backstreets of Asia at a fascinating in-conversation event.

@shaminiflintauthor.bsky.social
#YorkIdeas

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Claire Chambers @clarachambara.bsky.social · Mar 19

Ever received a handwritten letter from Pakistan? Neither had I -- until last week! Read my latest blog post where I fumble through Urdu script and discover the enduring charm of snail mail in our digital duniya.
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From Karachi with Ink - 3 Quarks Daily

by Claire Chambers

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Claire Chambers @clarachambara.bsky.social · Mar 18

Such a fascinating book, @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social It wasn’t easy getting hold of it in the UK, but so worth it!

Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Mar 17

On Society Girl, our podcast Notes on a Scandal, and the true crime genre in Pakistan! societygirlbook.com

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Saba Imtiaz @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social · Mar 17

On Society Girl, our podcast Notes on a Scandal, and the true crime genre in Pakistan! societygirlbook.com

Claire Chambers @clarachambara.bsky.social · Mar 16

True crime in Pakistan! www.dawn.com/news/1898250...

COLUMN: ‘TRUE CRIME’ IN PAKISTAN

‘True crime’ has existed in some guise since the late 19th century, but it got its name in the 1960s. Books in...

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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · Mar 14

Claire Chambers @clarachambara.bsky.social · Jan 20

📚 Last summer, I got a GCSE in Urdu. I'm now pursuing an A-level thanks to a brilliant novel on the Edexcel syllabus: Khadija Mastur’s Aangan (Courtyard). Read my latest column to learn more about its characters, feminist ideas, and why it’s a must-read. 🌍✍️ @shreedaisy.bsky.social
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COLUMN: A-LEVELS URDU AND MASTUR’S AANGAN

This summer I was awarded a GCSE in Urdu. I’m now inching towards an A-level in the language. I was inspired to...

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Claire Chambers @clarachambara.bsky.social · Jan 2

It's a monograph called Decolonizing Disease: Pandemics, Public Health and Decoronial Writing for Liverpool University Press

Claire Chambers @clarachambara.bsky.social · Jan 1

It's a new year's resolution to post on Bluesky more than my zero posts of 2024. In my defence, I've been finishing a book. In my prosecution, I'm not very good at social media. Anyway, hello world 👋

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · Sep 23

It’s exactly this. I’m here for fun. I’m not getting paid. It just livens up my day to have a bit of chat with some nice, entertaining people and see Moo Deng memes.

Andrew Otis Wendigo @thatweissguy.bsky.social · Sep 22

The thing that all these “Bluesky is an echo chamber” takes leave out is that most of us aren’t here for political or philosophical debates with strangers.

Mostly it’s to socialize with friends and talk shit about stupid things. Having a Nazi yelling at you doesn’t enhance that experience.

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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · Nov 13

We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky!

It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...

>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...

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The Researcher’s Guide to Bluesky – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog

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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · Nov 11

👋 Hello! Welcome to the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York. We’re a welcoming and convivial centre for interdisciplinary eighteenth-century studies. Happy to see everyone in bluer skies.

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