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Rovel Sequeira

@badnaambasti

Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and English, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. South Asian Studies l Science Studies l Gender and Sexuality Studies

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Publication plug! A while back, wrote this chapter (that, dare I say, I am quite proud of) on political parties and democracy building for a wonderful book edited by @democracytalk.bsky.social & Dinesha Samararatne, bringing together understudied case studies for a rare, comparative intervention.

19.11.2025 15:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My piece for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social 's ๐Ÿฆ‹#ScienceofDemocracy series. On the two things that I think are both overused and under-theorised in the social sciences: democracy, and (multi)disciplinarities.

31.10.2025 11:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Had a wonderful time on Friday presenting my work on prison sexual science and criminal intimacies between prisoners in colonial India at BITS Law School in Mumbai. Next stop, Delhi!

31.08.2025 08:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Excited to present my work today at the Humanities and Languages Division at Ahmedabad University! Do attend if in town!

12.08.2025 04:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Future That Was How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present

Excited to see the website is now live for my forthcoming book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (PUP, March 2026)
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

07.06.2025 15:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 41 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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After procrastinating on this for months, here I go with my first post on this app. I finally received my confirmation today - I'm officially Dr Banerjee. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ So much gratitude for everyone who saw me through this, thank you for everything. @academic-chatter.bsky.social

16.05.2025 21:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 28 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm ecstatic to announce that I've been awarded the 2025 ACLS fellowship by @acls1919.bsky.social for my book manuscript The Empire and its Deviants on sexology in colonial India! Incredibly grateful! Please find more information about the book here: www.acls.org/fellow-grant...!

10.04.2025 20:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Honored to be given the CLAGS Fellowship Award for my book manuscript The Empire and its Deviants: Global Sexology and the Racial Grammar of Sex in Colonial India. Even more thrilled to be a part of this exciting community of scholars!

08.04.2025 21:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Heading out now, but what a privilege to get to honor these mentors and think about the futures of postcolonial studies

06.04.2025 16:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On my way to Philly now for this lovely retirement conference on Postcolonial Dreams in honor of Penn mentors this weekend!

01.04.2025 23:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0