@rkdasgupta
Associate Professor, London School of Economics| Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow| Labour & Coop Party Councillor| Chair of Council & First Citizen, London Borough of Newham 25-26| He/They| https://linktr.ee/rohitkdasgupta
On the COVID-19 Day of Reflection, I joined colleagues and residents at the memorial in Plaistow Park. We honoured those we lost, stood with those still grieving, and remembered the care and solidarity that carried Newham through the pandemic, reaffirming our shared values of compassion & community
He is an idiot
Hello!
I'm looking for queer and trans people to tell their positive stories please! About love, dating, euphoria, hobbies, family - just really nice stories - for @metro.co.uk Real Life section 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
More PoC, faith, disabled & working class voices pls ❤️
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Email me:
sharan.dhaliwal@metro.co.uk
The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer.
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We‘re very excited for our next department event with @sarahowen.org.uk and @rkdasgupta.bsky.social 🥳
Get your tickets now ⬇️
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Newham is a place for all! Participated in a fabulous queer zine making workshop today in Canning Town library as part of our LGBT History month events trawling through the newham archives making this!
Pleased to see two of my favourites taking on this role!
New Issue from #Identities!
Vol 32 No 1 (February 2026)
Including a Symposium on Catherine Hall's Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism
Explore the issue:
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social Aaron Winter Taylor & Francis Research
This is horrendous
“A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare”
Is it just me or the media bubble I live in but all the people falling from Epstein are Brits. Are you telling me that the Umreekans don’t exist in it or is the media sphere so compromised that there is no public backlash calling for heads to roll?
Oh well, wasn’t he on the board of Sex matters? Good riddance.
In case you'd like to read on the current 'race' conversation re Wuthering Heights.
My claim to fame is that I had the privilege of having coffee w/ Prof Jo Macdonagh when she was invited to our uni. Just the two of us at Café de la Paix 😀
A great scholar.
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Join us for an evening with Sarah Owen MP, chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee!
In dialogue with @rkdasgupta.bsky.social, Sarah will share insights from her work and open discussion on how we can collectively push for a fairer and more inclusive Britain.
Tickets via the website!
@rkdasgupta.bsky.social has received the Freedom of the City of London, recognising outstanding contributions to civic society. Congratulations from
everyone at the Department 🎉
POV: YOU JUST GRADUATED FROM LSE GENDER 👨🎓❤️
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FANTASTIC CLASS OF 2024-25! 🥂🎉❤️
We absolutely loved celebrating this wonderful cohort and all their amazing achievements last night!
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Research Seminar Series: Gender Works in Progress with @rkdasgupta.bsky.social and PhD alumni and Visting Fellows @senelw.bsky.social and @clairelwilmot.bsky.social this afternoon!
@rkdasgupta.bsky.social is speaking at Kolkata Literary Festival in January! ⬇️
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Gender Department Christmas Lunch! 🍴🎄
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✏️📚 PROGRAMME SPOTLIGHT: MSC GENDER (SEXUALITY)
The interdisciplinary MSc Gender (Sexuality) programme foregrounds the relevance of theory to transnational issues of sexual activism and legal frames.
Find out more about our MSc programmes and apply now on our website! 🔗
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Their courage reminds us that sacrifice knows no borders, and that our shared histories bind us together in the pursuit of a more just and peaceful world.
On Remembrance Sunday, we honour all those who gave their lives in the service of peace and freedom. As we remember, we must also acknowledge the extraordinary diversity of those who served from every corner of the Commonwealth, of every faith and background.
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
ChatGPT gave a significant portion of my students the wrong answer to an easy quiz question that everyone used to always get right
I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed
A 2024 survey shows 57% of inhabitants of Dal Lake experienced decreasing rainfall, 75% saw less snowfall, and 60% saw a decline in stream discharge.
Nearly 75% are experiencing more frequent and stronger extreme weather occurrences, significantly impacting agricultural output and livelihoods.
🚨 Starting today, you can apply to join LSE Gender in September 2026!
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WELCOME 2025? COMPLETED IT MATE ✅🎉
We’re delighted to welcome our new cohort and our brilliant new LSE Fellows R and Zuzana!
Special thanks to our PSS colleagues, our HoD @sumimadhok.bsky.social and @rkdasgupta.bsky.social for a fantastic Welcome Lecture.
Bring it on!
Hug. Been a while since I have seen you. Hope you’re keeping well x
