James Sharrock

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@si_rubinstein hobbyists doing a lot of work here (and in the allotment, the shed, the village hall...)

Where do PMs get their power? In whose interest do they exercise it? To whom are they accountable? The answer today is PARTY MEMBERS. For @theipaper’s ‘Who Broke Britain?’ series, I wrote about the man who destroyed the parliamentary democracy he claimed to hold dear: TONY BENN👇

@dipak_gyawali you are mentioned in this obituary of Michael Thompson. Looks like he led an interesting life. I enjoyed the book you co-edited on Aid, Technology and Development. theguardian.com/science/2026/a…

This farewell programme is now the least strange or unusual thing that happened in Nepal over the last few days.

Happy Nepali new year even to the President and Vice-President whose messages about life goals and resolutions etc have added to the mental torture of trying to touch all projects on an auspicious day risingnepaldaily.com/news/78695

@MattZeitlin the house he stayed in still stands. he went in 1939 for 1 week to nyc too

apparently the only time wittgenstein visited america was a 10 week vist to cornell in 1949, meaning that the most important philosopher of the 20th century's sole impression of the united states was ithaca.

If you line up the op-eds on the election results in Nepal next to each other they reach 8848m.

@AsimAli6 Not sure the reason that change is difficult in Nepal is mainly or even partially because the protests are 'inchoate'. 'We know best' analysis from the Left also not worked.

The logical end point of Nepal's 'Gen Z revolution' which had no structural critique of the political economy of corruption, beyond 'bad politicians". Similar to the political imagination of India's IAC movement & Imran Khan's PTI. Wrote this at the time #goog_rewarded" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">telegraphindia.com/opinion/a-sisy…

@NewLeftEViews reminds me of what Fred Halliday said about diasporas in his twelve worst ideas (no.3) opendemocracy.net/en/worst_ideas…

In a crowded field, Iranians are some of the worst diasporites, even the supposedly progressive ones.

@amish973 Gagan ko full-form ke ho?

Seems like we've reached the 'everything is an acronym if you are brave enough' timeline.

@inkthink This article on Sarlahi-4 was also pretty good with an insane level of detail kathmandupost.com/politics/2026/…

This is the best piece of reporting on Balen Shah so far. Comprehensive, well-written, well-edited, and a clean, focused design to boot. This is how it's done. kathmandupost.com/politics/2026/…

@si_rubinstein extra points if you say 'the Political' and if your research asks something

I need to get better at academic code-switching. ‘I research historiography and legal thought in C19th Germany.’ ‘My interdisciplinary work, situated at the intersection of history & law, interrogates the role of cultural encounter in the production of knowledge.’

@si_rubinstein Great pieces, somehow missed your Macfarlane one.

Over on the🥚stack, in the nick of time: my 2025 round-up 👇

Cannot wait for Eklo-I (sounds like an operating system, is a new Nepali film).

Our newest feature out now! “The Making of a Newa Cult Classic”- the unique circumstances around the release and popularity of Shubhaye from the perspective of its writer and director, Aaryem Nakami. api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy…

Looks amazing! Also sorry to be missing the karaoke session (all conferences should have them) with Tatsuro!

What was behind the mass protests in Indonesia this year, and how did they change the country? From Jakarta, a report by Hanna Samosir northsouthnotes.org/p/the-burn-met…

@dangalsuj I got annoyed about this n wrote about it on here several yrs ago. Dig into Nepal studies n you’ll find plenty of similar and worse examples. Warning: its a black hole!

“The Limbus are lucky to have attracted an ethnographer with such linguistic skills” 🤦🏽‍♂️ Nope. The grad student is lucky that the Limbus spared their time to talk to them at all.

Another good op-ed by Pratyoush