Divya Kannan

Delighted to share that my book Contested Childhoods (CUP) has been awarded the @SHCY Grace Abbott Prize 2024. @RanaAnwesha @SaniyaPuri007 Thanks are due to everyone who helped me in this journey. shcy.org/awards/shcy-20…

While social security for platform workers has finally become a part of mainstream discourse, there remains a need to consider what labour conditions are for platform workers. In light of the strike of BluSmart workers strike this becomes even more urgent.

A student of mine is looking for student housing/ accommodation in Utrecht, starting August 2025. The housing situation is rather dire. If anyone has any suggestions or leads, please share.

Congratulations! Great to see more encouragement to childhood and youth studies !

Almost a year since my first book came out! Thank you to friends, colleagues, scholars, students, networks, strangers who invited me to share my work. Hope I have managed to add a bit to the vast scholarship on education, colonialism, and childhood. amzn.in/d/fFqfWCm

Three of us are most excited to put out this call for submissions for an edited volume on loitering across the globe! Loitering! Women and Pleasure on Global Streets Details: forms.gle/RmCap2qP5B3h4J… #WhyLoiter #NewBook #GenderAndSpace #DigitalSpaces 1/2

#URGENT A friend wants to sublet one room (attached bath) at her 3bhk apartment in Alaknanda. It's a fully furnished place with equipped kitchen. The rent is 21k (including rent+maintenance+gas+internet). Women flatmates preferred. DM me for my friend's number.

EVENT: Book Talk: @divkan1 joins us to talk about her book "Contested Childhoods: Caste and Education in Colonial Kerala". Date & Time: 28th March 2025, 9.30 p.m. IST/9.00 a.m. PT Register using the QR code, registration ends on 26th March. aclisa.in/2025/03/11/boo…

This Thursday (27 March) at 7pm IST, I-SHORE is hosting the next session of our Talking Texts series on Dr. Ashokan Nambiar's book, "Print and Novel in 19th Century Kerala: Reconsidering Colonial Modernity". To participate, please register here: forms.gle/oDxQjTaz6V1uxY…

Looking for Bengali women who lived and worked in Kolkata between 1947 and 1974. Particularly looking for telephone operators, nurses, women who worked at milk booths, women who worked at the r&r dept. @swatiatrest @BB2601 @SanjuktaChoudh5 @GhoshSamyak @de

I had no idea about the colonial plan to build a great salt hedge in the Indian subcontinent ( but i am not surprised either). Really enjoyed listening to this artist-led, academic/public history podcast on salt and other things. channel.somersethouse.org.uk/podcasts/proce…

The Call for Application for Compare Fellowship 2025-25 is now open. Application Deadline: April 21, 2025. @COMPARE_Journal baice.ac.uk/compare-fellow…

Join us online for this exciting talk !

Please find below CFA on public-private partnerships in education. The workshop explores the long-standing shifting presence of non-state actors in education. Last date for abstract submission: April 7 2025

This fortnight in @frontline_india: RECASTING HISTORY | #TamilNadu's startling claim of heralding the #IronAge, backed by evidence dating to 3345 BCE, is not just about mastery over metallurgy but a challenge to the civilisational timeline. Read here: frontline.thehindu.com

Thanks to @KhadeejaAmenda for inviting me to the @NewBooksNetwork podcast. Hope my book Contested Childhoods: Caste and Education in Colonial Kerala will be helpful, especially to younger scholars !

If you are interested in childhood/feminist studies/history/policy, do join us online/offline on 19 February, IIC Delhi. Should you wish to attend the event in-person, please write a brief email to Ms Sukriti Manocha ([email protected]) by 12 February 2025.

SHCY calls for nominations for the best doctoral dissertations on the history of children, childhood, or youth. Eligible dissertations must be defended in 2024 and in English or translated into English. The deadline for submission is Feb. 28: shcy.org/news-announcem…

Happy to begin the new year with an opportunity to share more about my research ! Thanks to the wonderful team at @ker_ala and @anthronotes21 for letting me ramble on !