Welcome to our news site, where we disseminate information and stories from leading thinkers in Global South Studies, as well as complementary content from both TWQ and CAS journals.
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Exploring the Pluto Journals Collection with Eve Kanram
Pluto Journals publishes an international range of Open Access, radical, scholarly journals that are at the cutting edge of Social Science research. Explore a bespoke selection put together by Pluto Journals Manager, Eve Kanram. I’m Eve Kanram, Journals Manager at Pluto Journals, where I support 20 of our social science Journals. I am also the…
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Now Open: 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize
Wasafiri is Britain’s leading magazine of international contemporary literature. Launched in 1984, for forty years Wasafiri has been committed to discovering, supporting, and showcasing the full breadth of literary voices on all points of the globe. Read on to learn about their 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize. The Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing…
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Juggling Motherhood, Mental Health, and my PhD
Read our latest blog post by Zarnigor Khayat, a devoted mother, scientist, and lecturer at Webster University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Based on her personal experiences dealing with postpartum mental health, cultural expectations, and academic pressures, Zarnigor offers an open and honest insight into the delicate balance between family life, motherhood and pursuing her doctoral research.…
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Foreign Aid of Gulf States – Continuity and Change: a TWQ Special Issue
The Third World Quarterly (TWQ) recent Special Issue ‘Foreign Aid of Gulf States: Continuity and Change’ (Volume 45, Issue 15-16) explores how Gulf States’ foreign aid has transformed over the past two decades from being culturally and religiously motivated to becoming an instrument of geopolitical influence. The first theme examines how Gulf States have transformed…
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Translating African Realities with Indigenous Perspectives and Digital Archives
By Bethlehem Attfield Bethlehem Attfield discusses her PhD research on Amharic literature, the silencing of African knowledge, and the potential of AI in preserving and promoting African languages and culture. In March 2024, I came across the call for papers for the African Studies Association of UK (ASAUK) conference which was to be held at…
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Alexander Morrison on Settler Colonialism in Central Asia
In this edition of our Meet the Editors series we speak to Alexander Morrison, Fellow and Tutor in History at New College, Oxford, UK and Associate Editor of Central Asian Survey. Alexander shares how his upbringing sparked his passion in Central Asia, the challenges and successes in his career, and his advice for early-career researchers.…
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Navigating Adinkra’s Evolution in the Digital Age: A PhD’s Perspective
Nancy Owusuaa, a PhD candidate at the University of Ghana is researching the digital renaissance of Akan Adinkra Symbols. Her study explores how these traditional Ghanaian symbols are being reimagined and repurposed for modern media. She tells us how she gained a fresh perspective presenting her work to an international audience at the African Studies…
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Honouring the Rights and Contributions of Migrants
“Migration is a powerful driver of economic growth, dynamism and understanding. It allows millions of people to seek new opportunities, benefiting communities of origin and destination alike.” — UN Secretary-General António Guterres Migration shapes our world. According to the World Migration Report 2024, there were around 281 million international migrants in the world in 2020,…
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USTA Mentorship Programme: Empowering Central Asian Researchers
Read our latest blog piece by Gulzat Botoeva and Sofya du Boulay. Passionate about empowering voices from the region, Gulzat and Sofya talk to us about the USTA Mentorship programme which matches dozens of young Central Asian scholars with senior academics from around the world. Early career researchers encounter a range of obstacles, from conceptualising…
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End of the Indus: An Artistic Exploration of a Decaying Delta
Saba Khan is a visual artist and Associate Lecturer at Chelsea College of Art, London. Her multimedia works traffics into the language of memorial, monument and expeditions around water bodies and infrastructures. This blog post chronicles an expedition (and the resultant exhibition, The Tide Country) in which she led a group of female Pakistani artists…
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A Day of Dialogue & Reflection: 30 years of Democracy in South Africa
Explore highlights from a recent colloquium that delved into South Africa’s post-apartheid journey and its future. Featuring insights from top scholars and journal editors, the launch of a new book series and a powerful presentation by intellectual and activist Nomboniso Gasa, the event (co-organised by the Global Souths Hub) sparked vital conversations on the country’s…
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