Shray Mehta

Why does Decolonial Theory appeal to the far-right? Using the case of India, my latest article explores the challenges that Authoritarian Populism poses to Decolonial Theory and what sociologists can do about it @sociologyjnl journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

London Theory People! Come join us for the launch of this magnificent translation of an even more magnificent book! @QMUL_HSS this Thursday, 29 January 2026 @5pm more info below

Join me, Chris McLachlan (QMUL) and Liam Campling (QMUL) at @clasp_qmul 's conversation titled ‘Living theory’: Remembering Burawoy on the 23rd of Jan where I will talk about challenges of doing Public Sociology when the far-right captures 'publics' claspblog.org/events/remembe…

New year, new forthcoming book announcement! Very excited to post more about it soon! Link: #description" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cambridge.org/us/universityp…

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New Publication Alert! Why and how has Decolonial Theory become a productive tool for far-right ideologues? Using the case of India, @Shray_Mehta1 explains the utility of decoloniality to far right discourses and what we can do to counter it @sociologyjnl doi.org/10.1177/003803…

Friends & colleagues in London, you are invited to a discussion of my paper: 'Decolonising the Hindu Mind' Authoritarian Populism and the Political Life of Decolonial Theory in India with responses from @IdaBirkvad and Niharika Pandit organised by @qmulsaf Details here:

Funded collaborative PhD opportunity on contested memory with me in @OUPolitics and Arthur Dudney at Arcadia: Deadline 7th Jan,link below, please share!

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 @nus_ari invites graduate students worldwide to apply for the 21st Singapore Graduate Forum: ari.nus.edu.sg/events/21st-si…

@zuberi_fahad Excellent ! 👏👏

What Zohran Mamdani teaches us about the moral city. On Zohran Mamdani’s historic win, I write for Time Magazine. #zohranfornyc #Mamdani #cities #newyork #TimeMagazine time.com/7330982/zohran…

.@clasp_qmul is pleased to host the book launch of Jason Jackson's latest book on capitalist legitimacy and foreign investment in India. In conversation with Tirthankar Roy & Noam Maggor. Thurs Nov 06, 5 pm, Mile End Campus. claspblog.org/events/traders…

CFP: Transnational approaches to the long 19th century history in East-Central Europe Vilnius 16.04.2026 - 17.04.2026 Application deadline: 30.11.2025 URL: dhi.waw.pl/pl/aktualnosci…

@_bezpilotnik Ordered.

Mitchell P., 'Imperial Nostalgia' (MUP, 2021)

@yanwenwang24 Congrats !

A new beginning~ I’m grateful for everything at the moment.

So thrilled to share that my first sole-authored paper has being published on Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. I explored how transnational migration potentially facilitates the gendered individualization among never-married Chinese skilled-labor women in Singapore.

#NewBook: A major new work on Asian trade and empire, "The Chinese in Maritime Southeast Asia" draws on VOC records to show how Chinese merchants in 17th century Batavia and Southeast Asia emerged as central players in global trade. Read: buff.ly/nIBjTj7 #maritime #trade

Attitudes Towards Care Work and Household Authority Among Married Muslim Men in Malaysia - Syed Imad Alatas, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10… Just got published!

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