Alex Lee

how organised gangs in punjab are capturing kabaddi turfs — i trace its roots, the recent murders, the economics of kabaddi, its visibility in canada, how it became a turf for rural youths to escape “chitta” @ThePrintIndia theprint.in/the-fineprint/…

Announcing the 4th edition of the Workshop in Economic History in Uppsala, with Sascha Becker as keynote! Workshop takes places on May 28-29, 2026. Apply by January 31, 2026.    Call for papers: dropbox.com/scl/fi/6xdmpjp… Sign-up form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

📢 📢 Call for Papers IV Yale–UB Historical Political Economy Workshop Organized by @DidacQueralt & @Cescamat 🎤 Keynote: Lisa Blaydes (Stanford) 📍 University of Barcelona 🗓 June 29–30, 2026 Submit your papers by Jan 21, 2026: shorturl.at/oZTNy #PleaseRT

South Asia events at APSA: 1. The pre-conference on Wednesday 9/10. eventbrite.ca/e/apsa-south-a… 2. The business meeting: 6:30-7:15, Thurs. 9/11 , at Vancouver Convention Centre, West 210 3. The Happy Hour: 7:30-?, Thurs. 9/11 at the Tap & Barrel. Reservation under my name

Congratulations to @sandiptodg, @tariqthachil and @adam_m_auerbach for winning the @APSAtweets South Asia Section's Francine Frankel prize for their books Machines and Migrants and Legalizing the Revolution Prizes will be presented at APSA 2025

Got promoted to full professor. I asked my colleague what that meant, and he said "you get to go to the full professor meetings." I asked what they did at the meetings, and he said "we talk about who to promote to full professor."

@AndrejKokkonen @c_muellercrepon @Clara_NW Congratulations!

Very excited that our paper *Rulers on the Road* has been cond. accepted at the AJPS x.com/AJPS_Editor. We analyze emperors' strategies of itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire 919-1519. Fun working with @c_muellercrepon @Clara_NW & Jørgen Møller shorturl.at/Spm7z

There are several important caveats about drawing lessons from historical cases, and about the cases themselves. Read the paper for those! 10/10

The main lesson for today is that polarization will continue as long as the parties remain relatively competitive in elections Unfortunately, they *have* been very competitive, switching power and control of Congress every two to six years, with no sign of stopping. 9/10

A lot has been written on the causes of polarization, but Avidit Acharya, Theo Serlin and I wanted to ask a different question: How Polarization *Ends* Paper link and 🧵 tinyurl.com/jp2pk4rt 1/10

Congratulations to @SimonChauchard, @kharibiskut, and @NiloSiddiqui, who have been awarded the 2025 Rajni Kothari Award for best paper on South Asian Politics for "Misinformation and support for vigilantism: An experiment in India and Pakistan" @APSAtweets cambridge.org/core/journals/…

I wrote this review essay on three wonderful new books on democracy by @jackpaine_prof @AlexanderMkLee @SeanGailmard and John Gerring nowpublishers.com/article/Detail…

Do you have a recently published book or article on South Asia? Submit your work for the APSA South Asian section prizes! Details below.