Past events
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Charlotte Al Khalili (University of Sussex). Scales of justice in post-Assad Syria
15:00 - 17:00 17 November 2025
This paper proposes an ethnographic exploration of post-Assad Syria that focuses on ideas and practices of justice in the aftermaths of mass atrocities. Based on fieldwork in the city of Daraa, it describes the different scales and registers of justice on which Syrian former detainees and families of...
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Megnaa Mehtta (University College London). Retreat or Remain? Notions of a full life and a slow death from Sundarbans’ eroding coastlines
15:00 - 17:00 10 November 2025
As sea level rise erode coastlines of the Sundarbans, “managed retreat”—a process of relocating people to supposedly safer areas—is put forth by policymakers globally, and in India, as an adaptation solution. Through long-term ethnographic research with residents of Sundarbans’ coastal communities,...
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