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From Cape Town to Bristol and Richmond, statues have become sites of resistance and contestation of our imperial past and postcolonial present. The Psychic Lives of Statues by Rahul Rao offers an insightful exploration of these global controversies, demonstrating that beneath their surface lie deeper struggles over race, caste, and the politics of decolonisation. Rao takes readers on a journey through South Africa, England, the US, Ghana, India, Australia, and Scotland, revealing how statue controversies have dramatically rearranged the canon of anticolonial political thought. By examining these debates through a personal and literary lens, Rao addresses the multifaceted issues of justice, cultural memory, and belonging. The Psychic Lives of Statues (Pluto Press, 2025) examines both the toppling of colonial statues and the raising of postcolonial ones, demonstrating that the statue form as a medium of representation and a bid for immortality is by no means obsolete. Engaging with artists, scholars, and activists, Rao provides fresh perspectives on how societies grapple with and reinterpret the past and present through iconography. About the Author:  Rahul Rao is a Reader in International Political Thought in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London. He is the author of two books – Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) and Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (2020), both published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy editorial collective. About the Host:  Stuti Roy has recently graduated with an MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies from the University of Oxford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

From Cape Town to Bristol and Richmond, statues have become sites of resistance and contestation of our imperial past and postcolonial present. The Psychic Lives of Statues by Rahul Rao offers an insightful exploration of these global controversies, demonstrating that beneath their surface lie deeper struggles over race, caste, and the politics of decolonisation. Rao takes readers on a journey through South Africa, England, the US, Ghana, India, Australia, and Scotland, revealing how statue controversies have dramatically rearranged the canon of anticolonial political thought. By examining these debates through a personal and literary lens, Rao addresses the multifaceted issues of justice, cultural memory, and belonging. The Psychic Lives of Statues (Pluto Press, 2025) examines both the toppling of colonial statues and the raising of postcolonial ones, demonstrating that the statue form as a medium of representation and a bid for immortality is by no means obsolete. Engaging with artists, scholars, and activists, Rao provides fresh perspectives on how societies grapple with and reinterpret the past and present through iconography. About the Author:  Rahul Rao is a Reader in International Political Thought in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London. He is the author of two books – Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) and Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (2020), both published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy editorial collective. About the Host:  Stuti Roy has recently graduated with an MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies from the University of Oxford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

From Cape Town to Bristol and Richmond, statues have become sites of resistance and contestation of our imperial past and postcolonial present. The Psychic Lives of Statues by Rahul Rao offers an insightful exploration of these global controversies, demonstrating that beneath their surface lie deeper struggles over race, caste, and the politics of decolonisation. Rao takes readers on a journey through South Africa, England, the US, Ghana, India, Australia, and Scotland, revealing how statue controversies have dramatically rearranged the canon of anticolonial political thought. By examining these debates through a personal and literary lens, Rao addresses the multifaceted issues of justice, cultural memory, and belonging. The Psychic Lives of Statues (Pluto Press, 2025) examines both the toppling of colonial statues and the raising of postcolonial ones, demonstrating that the statue form as a medium of representation and a bid for immortality is by no means obsolete. Engaging with artists, scholars, and activists, Rao provides fresh perspectives on how societies grapple with and reinterpret the past and present through iconography. About the Author:  Rahul Rao is a Reader in International Political Thought in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London. He is the author of two books – Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) and Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (2020), both published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy editorial collective. About the Host:  Stuti Roy has recently graduated with an MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies from the University of Oxford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

From Cape Town to Bristol and Richmond, statues have become sites of resistance and contestation of our imperial past and postcolonial present. The Psychic Lives of Statues by Rahul Rao offers an insightful exploration of these global controversies, demonstrating that beneath their surface lie deeper struggles over race, caste, and the politics of decolonisation. Rao takes readers on a journey through South Africa, England, the US, Ghana, India, Australia, and Scotland, revealing how statue controversies have dramatically rearranged the canon of anticolonial political thought. By examining these debates through a personal and literary lens, Rao addresses the multifaceted issues of justice, cultural memory, and belonging. The Psychic Lives of Statues (Pluto Press, 2025) examines both the toppling of colonial statues and the raising of postcolonial ones, demonstrating that the statue form as a medium of representation and a bid for immortality is by no means obsolete. Engaging with artists, scholars, and activists, Rao provides fresh perspectives on how societies grapple with and reinterpret the past and present through iconography. About the Author:  Rahul Rao is a Reader in International Political Thought in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London. He is the author of two books – Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) and Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (2020), both published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy editorial collective. About the Host:  Stuti Roy has recently graduated with an MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies from the University of Oxford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

From Cape Town to Bristol and Richmond, statues have become sites of resistance and contestation of our imperial past and postcolonial present. The Psychic Lives of Statues by Rahul Rao offers an insightful exploration of these global controversies, demonstrating that beneath their surface lie deeper struggles over race, caste, and the politics of decolonisation. Rao takes readers on a journey through South Africa, England, the US, Ghana, India, Australia, and Scotland, revealing how statue controversies have dramatically rearranged the canon of anticolonial political thought. By examining these debates through a personal and literary lens, Rao addresses the multifaceted issues of justice, cultural memory, and belonging. The Psychic Lives of Statues (Pluto Press, 2025) examines both the toppling of colonial statues and the raising of postcolonial ones, demonstrating that the statue form as a medium of representation and a bid for immortality is by no means obsolete. Engaging with artists, scholars, and activists, Rao provides fresh perspectives on how societies grapple with and reinterpret the past and present through iconography. About the Author:  Rahul Rao is a Reader in International Political Thought in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London. He is the author of two books – Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) and Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (2020), both published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy editorial collective. About the Host:  Stuti Roy has recently graduated with an MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies from the University of Oxford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

From Cape Town to Bristol and Richmond, statues have become sites of resistance and contestation of our imperial past and postcolonial present. The Psychic Lives of Statues by Rahul Rao offers an insightful exploration of these global controversies, demonstrating that beneath their surface lie deeper struggles over race, caste, and the politics of decolonisation. Rao takes readers on a journey through South Africa, England, the US, Ghana, India, Australia, and Scotland, revealing how statue controversies have dramatically rearranged the canon of anticolonial political thought. By examining these debates through a personal and literary lens, Rao addresses the multifaceted issues of justice, cultural memory, and belonging. The Psychic Lives of Statues (Pluto Press, 2025) examines both the toppling of colonial statues and the raising of postcolonial ones, demonstrating that the statue form as a medium of representation and a bid for immortality is by no means obsolete. Engaging with artists, scholars, and activists, Rao provides fresh perspectives on how societies grapple with and reinterpret the past and present through iconography. About the Author:  Rahul Rao is a Reader in International Political Thought in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London. He is the author of two books – Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) and Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (2020), both published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy editorial collective. About the Host:  Stuti Roy has recently graduated with an MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies from the University of Oxford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

Recently, the term “pinkwashing” has garnered attention in the context of Israel's continuous genocide of the Palestinian people. Join us as we delve into the conceptual framework of “homonationalism” in order to understand the foundation behind how queers are utilized within nationalist agendas. This longer episode pulls from entire books, like Puar's influential 2007 work, “Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times,” which has not yet been translated into Japanese. It is not a comprehensive overview but, offers Pirikara Queer's understanding of concepts like “homonormativity” and “homonationalism” to unpack the roots of queer politics!最近「ピンクウォッシング」という用語は、イスラエルによるパレスチナ人の虐殺という文脈の中で注目を集めています。このエピソードでは、「ホモナショナリズム」という概念を掘り下げて、クィアがどのように国家主義的な目的に利用されるのか、その背後にある基盤と政治性を取り上げます。このちょっと長めの回では、日本語訳がまだ出版されていないプアの重要な著書『Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times』（2007年）など、情報量が多い本から引用しています。なので決して包括的なものではなく、ピリ辛クィアの視点を共有し、クィア・ポリティクスの根源を理解するために、「ホモノーマティヴィティー」「ホモナショナリズム」といった概念を読み解いていくものです!----References and Links 参考文献とリンクEmily Karasawa Grabil, “Liberation>Peace” Zine in Solidarity with Palestine (March, 2024)エミリー・カラサワ・グレイビル『解放＞平和』パレスチナと連帯を示すジン（2024年3月）https://www.emilykgportfolio.com/zine/on-pressure-and-performance-anxiety-bpzz9Huffpost Articlehttps://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_660a06d4e4b007c08f9dfb99Tokyo Rainbow Pridehttps://tokyorainbowpride.com/Duggan, Lisa. "The New Homonormativity: The Sexual Politics of Neoliberalism". Materializing Democracy: Toward a Revitalized Cultural Politics, edited by Russ Castronovo, Dana D. Nelson and Donald E. Pease, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2002, pp. 175-194. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822383901-008Puar, Jasbir K. Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times. Duke University Press, 2007.Puar, Jasbir, and Shirin Deylami. "Forum on Rahul Rao's Out of Time, Part II: Rethinking Homonationalisms." Contexto Internacional 45 (2023): e20220007.Puar, Jasbir. “Rethinking Homonationalism.” International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 45, no. 2, 2013, pp. 336–39. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43302999. Accessed 11 Apr. 2024.Puar, Jasbir, K. (2015). Homonationalism as assemblage: Viral travels, affective sexualities. Revista lusófona de estudos culturais, 3(1), 319-337.Novara Media, “What is Homonationalism?” by Shon Fayehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l3shYm6JaoFollow us @pkqueer on instagram ❤️

In this podcast episode, MRS Bulletin's Rahul Rao interviews Fereshte Ghahari of George Mason University about the use of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to measure the electronic and magnetic properties of moiré quantum materials. Ghahari and collaborators twisted two layers of graphene at a specific angle, then chilled the material to suppress as much motion as possible. They ran an STM across the material while varying the magnetic field. They could precisely observe how those field changes affected the energy levels of the electrons, realizing that they could use those discrete energy levels as a “quantum ruler.” “We hope these new measurements help researchers to optimize these magnetic and electronic properties of quantum materials for specific applications,” says Prof. Ghahari. By manipulating the electrons in moiré quantum matter and shifting its twist angles, materials researchers may be able to improve on materials that are useful for microelectronics or superconductors, for example. This work was published in a recent issue of Science. 

The world of antitrust and consumer protection law is made up of fascinating people, including Rahul Rao, the newest Deputy Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition. How did he go from Big Law associate, to stay-at-home dad, to the Washington state AG's office, and now the FTC? Hosts Alicia Downey and Jeny Maier talk with Deputy Director Rao about his unique career path from private practice to government service, his past and current enforcement priorities, and his advice for up and coming practitioners. Listen to this episode to learn about one lawyer's pathway to a rewarding career in public service. With special guest: Rahul Rao, Deputy Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission Related Links: Washington State Attorney General's Office, No-Poach Initiative Report Press Release, Washington State Attorney General's Office, "Lasting impact: Study finds AG Ferguson's no-poach initiative boosted income for low-wage workers nationwide" Hosted by: Alicia L. Downey, Downey Law LLC and Jeny Maier, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

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A 'Bonafide Saint' albeit charged a sinner, Wg. Cdr. Retd. Koka Rahul Rao is a son, a husband and a father. He's been a fighter pilot, a racer, a national level rallyist, a navigator, a mechanic, a dog lover, a farmer, a golfer, a chef and a bonsai specialist. Tall, dark and handsome, it would be unfair to fault him for his affinity for wine, women and song; we bring to you the charmer who's re discovered motorcycling in his late 60s. This is also the story of a soldier's run in with the state as he battles to protect his name and stature from being sullied as he prays for justice to be done. Freedom, a liberty extra special for a motorcyclist, becomes perhaps even more prized in the face of captivity. In Koka Rao's rediscovery of motorcycling, he has found a sanctuary, letting the road provide the much needed path for the journey inwards. #KTM390adventure #adventure #touring #advtouring #motorcycles #motorcyclling #IndianAirForce #biker #rider #bikersofinstagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

Bronson is back again (and again) as vigilante Paul Kersey I am joined once again by Sean Penalber and a brand new guest Rahul Rao.  Rahul is a big Bronson/Death Wish fan, so he brought us Death Wish 3.  We talk about how this movie is the essence of the 80s schlock violence and even give it a good comparison to Citizen Kane.  We also talk about how Bronson has changed throughout the Death Wish movies.  If you enjoy this podcast you can support it here, or on my Patreon page.  Please follow Sean and Rahul on Instagram.  This podcast can be found on Cross The Streams Media Platform   www.patreon.com/scottwhite www.scottblanco.com www.twitter.com/scottwhite91 www.instagram.com/scottwhite1968 www.instagram.com/theartofceilings www.instagram.com/coyotebloodbath www.crossthestreammedia.com  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scott-white5/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scott-white5/support

Between 2009 and 2014, an anti-homosexuality law circulating in the Ugandan parliament came to be the focus of a global conversation about queer rights. The law attracted attention for the draconian nature of its provisions and for the involvement of US evangelical Christian activists who were said to have lobbied for its passage. Focusing on the Ugandan case, Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (Oxford UP, 2020) seeks to understand the encounters and entanglements across geopolitical divides that produce and contest contemporary queerphobias. It investigates the impact and memory of the colonial encounter on the politics of sexuality, the politics of religiosity of different Christian denominations, and the political economy of contemporary homophobic moral panics.  In addition, Out of Time places the Ugandan experience in conversation with contemporaneous developments in India and Britain--three locations that are yoked together by the experience of British imperialism and its afterlives. Intervening in a queer theoretical literature on temporality, Rahul Rao argues that time and space matter differently in the queer politics of postcolonial countries. By employing an intersectional analysis and drawing on a range of sources, Rao offers an original interpretation of why queerness mutates to become a metonym for categories such as nationality, religiosity, race, class, and caste. The book argues that these mutations reveal the deep grammars forged in the violence that founds and reproduces the social institutions in which queer difference struggles to make space for itself. Dr. Rahul Rao is Reader in Political Theory at SOAS University of London. He is also the author of Out of Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) also published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy collective and blogs at The Disorder of Things. He is currently writing a book about the politics of statues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Between 2009 and 2014, an anti-homosexuality law circulating in the Ugandan parliament came to be the focus of a global conversation about queer rights. The law attracted attention for the draconian nature of its provisions and for the involvement of US evangelical Christian activists who were said to have lobbied for its passage. Focusing on the Ugandan case, Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (Oxford UP, 2020) seeks to understand the encounters and entanglements across geopolitical divides that produce and contest contemporary queerphobias. It investigates the impact and memory of the colonial encounter on the politics of sexuality, the politics of religiosity of different Christian denominations, and the political economy of contemporary homophobic moral panics.  In addition, Out of Time places the Ugandan experience in conversation with contemporaneous developments in India and Britain--three locations that are yoked together by the experience of British imperialism and its afterlives. Intervening in a queer theoretical literature on temporality, Rahul Rao argues that time and space matter differently in the queer politics of postcolonial countries. By employing an intersectional analysis and drawing on a range of sources, Rao offers an original interpretation of why queerness mutates to become a metonym for categories such as nationality, religiosity, race, class, and caste. The book argues that these mutations reveal the deep grammars forged in the violence that founds and reproduces the social institutions in which queer difference struggles to make space for itself. Dr. Rahul Rao is Reader in Political Theory at SOAS University of London. He is also the author of Out of Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) also published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy collective and blogs at The Disorder of Things. He is currently writing a book about the politics of statues.

Between 2009 and 2014, an anti-homosexuality law circulating in the Ugandan parliament came to be the focus of a global conversation about queer rights. The law attracted attention for the draconian nature of its provisions and for the involvement of US evangelical Christian activists who were said to have lobbied for its passage. Focusing on the Ugandan case, Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (Oxford UP, 2020) seeks to understand the encounters and entanglements across geopolitical divides that produce and contest contemporary queerphobias. It investigates the impact and memory of the colonial encounter on the politics of sexuality, the politics of religiosity of different Christian denominations, and the political economy of contemporary homophobic moral panics.  In addition, Out of Time places the Ugandan experience in conversation with contemporaneous developments in India and Britain--three locations that are yoked together by the experience of British imperialism and its afterlives. Intervening in a queer theoretical literature on temporality, Rahul Rao argues that time and space matter differently in the queer politics of postcolonial countries. By employing an intersectional analysis and drawing on a range of sources, Rao offers an original interpretation of why queerness mutates to become a metonym for categories such as nationality, religiosity, race, class, and caste. The book argues that these mutations reveal the deep grammars forged in the violence that founds and reproduces the social institutions in which queer difference struggles to make space for itself. Dr. Rahul Rao is Reader in Political Theory at SOAS University of London. He is also the author of Out of Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) also published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy collective and blogs at The Disorder of Things. He is currently writing a book about the politics of statues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

Between 2009 and 2014, an anti-homosexuality law circulating in the Ugandan parliament came to be the focus of a global conversation about queer rights. The law attracted attention for the draconian nature of its provisions and for the involvement of US evangelical Christian activists who were said to have lobbied for its passage. Focusing on the Ugandan case, Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (Oxford UP, 2020) seeks to understand the encounters and entanglements across geopolitical divides that produce and contest contemporary queerphobias. It investigates the impact and memory of the colonial encounter on the politics of sexuality, the politics of religiosity of different Christian denominations, and the political economy of contemporary homophobic moral panics.  In addition, Out of Time places the Ugandan experience in conversation with contemporaneous developments in India and Britain--three locations that are yoked together by the experience of British imperialism and its afterlives. Intervening in a queer theoretical literature on temporality, Rahul Rao argues that time and space matter differently in the queer politics of postcolonial countries. By employing an intersectional analysis and drawing on a range of sources, Rao offers an original interpretation of why queerness mutates to become a metonym for categories such as nationality, religiosity, race, class, and caste. The book argues that these mutations reveal the deep grammars forged in the violence that founds and reproduces the social institutions in which queer difference struggles to make space for itself. Dr. Rahul Rao is Reader in Political Theory at SOAS University of London. He is also the author of Out of Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) also published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy collective and blogs at The Disorder of Things. He is currently writing a book about the politics of statues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Between 2009 and 2014, an anti-homosexuality law circulating in the Ugandan parliament came to be the focus of a global conversation about queer rights. The law attracted attention for the draconian nature of its provisions and for the involvement of US evangelical Christian activists who were said to have lobbied for its passage. Focusing on the Ugandan case, Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (Oxford UP, 2020) seeks to understand the encounters and entanglements across geopolitical divides that produce and contest contemporary queerphobias. It investigates the impact and memory of the colonial encounter on the politics of sexuality, the politics of religiosity of different Christian denominations, and the political economy of contemporary homophobic moral panics.  In addition, Out of Time places the Ugandan experience in conversation with contemporaneous developments in India and Britain--three locations that are yoked together by the experience of British imperialism and its afterlives. Intervening in a queer theoretical literature on temporality, Rahul Rao argues that time and space matter differently in the queer politics of postcolonial countries. By employing an intersectional analysis and drawing on a range of sources, Rao offers an original interpretation of why queerness mutates to become a metonym for categories such as nationality, religiosity, race, class, and caste. The book argues that these mutations reveal the deep grammars forged in the violence that founds and reproduces the social institutions in which queer difference struggles to make space for itself. Dr. Rahul Rao is Reader in Political Theory at SOAS University of London. He is also the author of Out of Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) also published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy collective and blogs at The Disorder of Things. He is currently writing a book about the politics of statues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Between 2009 and 2014, an anti-homosexuality law circulating in the Ugandan parliament came to be the focus of a global conversation about queer rights. The law attracted attention for the draconian nature of its provisions and for the involvement of US evangelical Christian activists who were said to have lobbied for its passage. Focusing on the Ugandan case, Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (Oxford UP, 2020) seeks to understand the encounters and entanglements across geopolitical divides that produce and contest contemporary queerphobias. It investigates the impact and memory of the colonial encounter on the politics of sexuality, the politics of religiosity of different Christian denominations, and the political economy of contemporary homophobic moral panics.  In addition, Out of Time places the Ugandan experience in conversation with contemporaneous developments in India and Britain--three locations that are yoked together by the experience of British imperialism and its afterlives. Intervening in a queer theoretical literature on temporality, Rahul Rao argues that time and space matter differently in the queer politics of postcolonial countries. By employing an intersectional analysis and drawing on a range of sources, Rao offers an original interpretation of why queerness mutates to become a metonym for categories such as nationality, religiosity, race, class, and caste. The book argues that these mutations reveal the deep grammars forged in the violence that founds and reproduces the social institutions in which queer difference struggles to make space for itself. Dr. Rahul Rao is Reader in Political Theory at SOAS University of London. He is also the author of Out of Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) also published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy collective and blogs at The Disorder of Things. He is currently writing a book about the politics of statues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

Between 2009 and 2014, an anti-homosexuality law circulating in the Ugandan parliament came to be the focus of a global conversation about queer rights. The law attracted attention for the draconian nature of its provisions and for the involvement of US evangelical Christian activists who were said to have lobbied for its passage. Focusing on the Ugandan case, Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (Oxford UP, 2020) seeks to understand the encounters and entanglements across geopolitical divides that produce and contest contemporary queerphobias. It investigates the impact and memory of the colonial encounter on the politics of sexuality, the politics of religiosity of different Christian denominations, and the political economy of contemporary homophobic moral panics.  In addition, Out of Time places the Ugandan experience in conversation with contemporaneous developments in India and Britain--three locations that are yoked together by the experience of British imperialism and its afterlives. Intervening in a queer theoretical literature on temporality, Rahul Rao argues that time and space matter differently in the queer politics of postcolonial countries. By employing an intersectional analysis and drawing on a range of sources, Rao offers an original interpretation of why queerness mutates to become a metonym for categories such as nationality, religiosity, race, class, and caste. The book argues that these mutations reveal the deep grammars forged in the violence that founds and reproduces the social institutions in which queer difference struggles to make space for itself. Dr. Rahul Rao is Reader in Political Theory at SOAS University of London. He is also the author of Out of Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) also published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy collective and blogs at The Disorder of Things. He is currently writing a book about the politics of statues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

Between 2009 and 2014, an anti-homosexuality law circulating in the Ugandan parliament came to be the focus of a global conversation about queer rights. The law attracted attention for the draconian nature of its provisions and for the involvement of US evangelical Christian activists who were said to have lobbied for its passage. Focusing on the Ugandan case, Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (Oxford UP, 2020) seeks to understand the encounters and entanglements across geopolitical divides that produce and contest contemporary queerphobias. It investigates the impact and memory of the colonial encounter on the politics of sexuality, the politics of religiosity of different Christian denominations, and the political economy of contemporary homophobic moral panics.  In addition, Out of Time places the Ugandan experience in conversation with contemporaneous developments in India and Britain--three locations that are yoked together by the experience of British imperialism and its afterlives. Intervening in a queer theoretical literature on temporality, Rahul Rao argues that time and space matter differently in the queer politics of postcolonial countries. By employing an intersectional analysis and drawing on a range of sources, Rao offers an original interpretation of why queerness mutates to become a metonym for categories such as nationality, religiosity, race, class, and caste. The book argues that these mutations reveal the deep grammars forged in the violence that founds and reproduces the social institutions in which queer difference struggles to make space for itself. Dr. Rahul Rao is Reader in Political Theory at SOAS University of London. He is also the author of Out of Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) also published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy collective and blogs at The Disorder of Things. He is currently writing a book about the politics of statues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Between 2009 and 2014, an anti-homosexuality law circulating in the Ugandan parliament came to be the focus of a global conversation about queer rights. The law attracted attention for the draconian nature of its provisions and for the involvement of US evangelical Christian activists who were said to have lobbied for its passage. Focusing on the Ugandan case, Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (Oxford UP, 2020) seeks to understand the encounters and entanglements across geopolitical divides that produce and contest contemporary queerphobias. It investigates the impact and memory of the colonial encounter on the politics of sexuality, the politics of religiosity of different Christian denominations, and the political economy of contemporary homophobic moral panics.  In addition, Out of Time places the Ugandan experience in conversation with contemporaneous developments in India and Britain--three locations that are yoked together by the experience of British imperialism and its afterlives. Intervening in a queer theoretical literature on temporality, Rahul Rao argues that time and space matter differently in the queer politics of postcolonial countries. By employing an intersectional analysis and drawing on a range of sources, Rao offers an original interpretation of why queerness mutates to become a metonym for categories such as nationality, religiosity, race, class, and caste. The book argues that these mutations reveal the deep grammars forged in the violence that founds and reproduces the social institutions in which queer difference struggles to make space for itself. Dr. Rahul Rao is Reader in Political Theory at SOAS University of London. He is also the author of Out of Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) also published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy collective and blogs at The Disorder of Things. He is currently writing a book about the politics of statues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Between 2009 and 2014, an anti-homosexuality law circulating in the Ugandan parliament came to be the focus of a global conversation about queer rights. The law attracted attention for the draconian nature of its provisions and for the involvement of US evangelical Christian activists who were said to have lobbied for its passage. Focusing on the Ugandan case, Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality (Oxford UP, 2020) seeks to understand the encounters and entanglements across geopolitical divides that produce and contest contemporary queerphobias. It investigates the impact and memory of the colonial encounter on the politics of sexuality, the politics of religiosity of different Christian denominations, and the political economy of contemporary homophobic moral panics.  In addition, Out of Time places the Ugandan experience in conversation with contemporaneous developments in India and Britain--three locations that are yoked together by the experience of British imperialism and its afterlives. Intervening in a queer theoretical literature on temporality, Rahul Rao argues that time and space matter differently in the queer politics of postcolonial countries. By employing an intersectional analysis and drawing on a range of sources, Rao offers an original interpretation of why queerness mutates to become a metonym for categories such as nationality, religiosity, race, class, and caste. The book argues that these mutations reveal the deep grammars forged in the violence that founds and reproduces the social institutions in which queer difference struggles to make space for itself. Dr. Rahul Rao is Reader in Political Theory at SOAS University of London. He is also the author of Out of Third World Protest: Between Home and the World (2010) also published by Oxford University Press. He is a member of the Radical Philosophy collective and blogs at The Disorder of Things. He is currently writing a book about the politics of statues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

In this new series, 'Reckonings with Europe: Pasts and Present', Surabhi Ranganathan and Megan Donaldson host conversations about enduring legacies of empire, capitalism, and racism in international law and the legal academy. Joined by Matthew Smith, Mezna Qato, and Rahul Rao, they open the series with a discussion about statues, less tangible legacies woven into institutions, and the place of law in struggles about pasts and futures.

提前计划了一年，又推迟了一年，涉及到病毒、种族、底层劳工移民等议题的展览“林从欣：猪仔叹和毒物赋”还是被2021年3月的现实迎头赶上了。在被疫情无限拉长的当下，艺术圈可能还在思考“做什么”或“怎么办”，而对全球的大多数人来说，问题就已经变成了“怎么活”。我们倾向于相信今天的算法系统，比19世纪的种植园经济有了很大的进步；我们也可能认为21世纪资本自由流动和新经济驱动的全球化，已经远离了殖民主义和帝国贸易对人和自然资源的压迫和掠夺。然而，决定历史书写的档案，却并不能告诉我们一切，未来的人们来整理留存在网络上的数据和资料的时候，也可能得出跟我们今天不同的结论。在去年4月录制的第二期“生滚粥”里面，向在荣谈到了其实是快递小哥和外卖骑手在维系着世界表面的繁盛，也谈到了后殖民经验与某些中国经验的水土不服。这一期，我们结合艺术家林从欣对殖民历史和帝国档案的关注，又邀请两位文学研究背景的年轻学者黄琨和康康，和她们聊聊什么是帝国档案。档案和文本的边界何在？艺术家研究和学术研究有何种交叉？白盒子为什么“白”又何以不“白”？ 当种族身份成为一种强化差异又可能抹除具体性的标签的时候，跨族裔、跨文化沟通的桥梁和空间又在哪里？嘉宾：黄琨，康奈尔大学比较文学博士生，研究近现代中国关于非洲与黑人的种族话语，研究兴趣包括种族批评理论、黑人研究 (Black Studies)、亚非连结、去帝国/去殖民的文艺与社会实践等。康康，作者、译者、艺术家，西北大学比较文学博士在读。2020以来试图在纽约和芝加哥的隔离中想象和创造共同生活的可能。主持人：蔡影茜剪辑、编辑：蔡俏凌、许琳斐片尾音乐：《Blackheart Breakables》 Otay:onii片头音乐：致谢Dim Sum production04:50 在向全球南方和被种族化的底层人民倾斜的灾难中，生活作为抗争有什么意义？05:35 骆里山的《四大洲的亲密关系》，如何串起欧洲自由主义兴起中四大洲的联系，发掘种族身份是如何在全球资本主义殖民体系下形成的09:40 萨义德以降帝国研究和批判的传统，后殖民话语体系的局限11:55 哈特曼提出的“批判性虚构”，赋予了阅读帝国档案的能动性，也给阅读者带来了伦理上的压力14:10 帝国档案真的能勾勒出它的书写者和被速写者的真实样貌和遭遇吗？帝国档案的边界在哪里？它的负空间是怎么形成的？18:50 林从欣与奥马尔·法斯特都曾经在唐人街做展览并引起讨论和争议，反士绅化运动的困境23:10 “香料（Spice）”从纽约唐人街搬到时代美术馆，其重新呈现考虑的因素24:22 什么是“白盒子”空间？“白盒子”的历史与悖论27:00 如何看待艺术家用物质和图像的方式诠释及反思历史？30:00 艺术创作和学术研究的交叉越来越普遍，但这种跨界也可能是某种等级、选择和准入门槛形塑的结果32:00与林从欣所在的美国西岸相比，中国艺术家能获得的研究支持非常有限，国内学术界对当代艺术也缺乏认识和兴趣35:30 单一国别的种族化历史的危险，林从欣的作品警醒我们注意殖民体系如何在不同的人之间制造不平等39:20 非普遍化的亚裔或者黄种人，达成新团结是有希望的方向，但当批判对象超出西方殖民和资本主义，这种亚裔内部的复杂多样很难被展开讨论42:09 我们的生物性被全方位纳入不断进行价值生产的经济体系里，我们不同程度地同意进入到这个体系里，对这些生物性非生物性面向进行买卖46:00 关注种族歧视当下的事件和历史时，也应该审视并批判自己的位置，警醒是否忽略了非模范少数族裔的亚裔，而不只是寻找自由主义这个稻草人本期节目提到的书籍和文章：1. 骆里山《四大洲的亲密关系》（Lisa Lowe, The Intimacies of Four Continents）2. 赛蒂亚·哈特曼《维纳斯双幕剧》（Saidiya Hartman, Venus in Two Acts）Link: https://www.timesmuseum.org/cn/journal/south-of-the-south/venus-in-two-acts 3. Achille Mbembe, Criticque of Black Reason黑色读书会书单：1. Cedric Robinson, The Making of the Black Radical Tradition2. Vijay Prashad, The Darker Nations3. Mariama Ba, So Long a Letter (Une si longue lettre)4. Saidiya V. Hartman, Scenes of Subjection5. Lisa Lowe, The Intimacies of Four Continents6. Rahul Rao, Third World Protest: Between Home and the World7. Adom Getachew, Worldmaking after Empire8. Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider9. Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Decolonization, Development and Knowledge in Africa10 Ufrieda Ho, Paper Sons and Daughters: Growing up Chinese in South Africa

Rahul Rao, scholar and author of Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality, in conversation with writer Kavya Murthy talks about the inheritance that the former colonies are living with and how they have managed to warp and expand the imperialist biases and criminalisation of the Queer community. Primarily examining three locations - India, Uganda and Britain - the relationship between the state and interaction with the international position, Culpability of colonial powers, current trans lives conditions in India and the responses of the UN and other international bodies, Out of Time ties together the aspects of Race, caste, class and human rights in the struggle for queer identity rights across centuries in the past and the future. Rahul Rao has research interests in international relations theory, the international relations of South Asia, comparative political thought, and gender and sexuality.  Kavya Murthy is a writer, editor and content strategist for digital platforms and curates books and events for Champaca Bookstores.

The SOAS Radio Research Forum is a vehicle for us to promote SOAS research projects. Through quality audio content with the expertise of SOAS Radio, the podcast will facilitate discussions around our academics' collaborative research, including partners and other stakeholders, and impact. For more information about Rahul: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff50829.php For more information about Sian: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31080.php

Author and scholar Usha Iyer talks to dancer Poorna Swami about the rich history of women dancing in Hindi cinema. Usha and Poorna explore the agency and power dynamics that various Indian actors and dancers had over the decades, how dancing in cinema can be seen as a continuation of various dance traditions in India, and discuss the roles played by important women like Vyjayanthimala, Helen, Madhuri Dixit and Saroj Khan. Usha Iyer is an assistant professor of film and media studies at Stanford University. She is the author of Dancing Women: Choreographing Corporeal Histories of Indian Cinema (Oxford University Press, 2020).  Usha’s research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of cinema, performance, and gender and sexuality studies, with a specific focus on film and performance histories, body cultures, and Global South cultural traffic along the vectors of race, gender, caste, and religion. Poorna Swami is an independent writer, choreographer and dancer based in Bangalore. At the age of seven, she began training in the classical Indian dance form Bharatanatyam, before extending her training to contemporary dance and post-modern techniques.  Poorna has previously hosted two episodes of BIC Talks: #28 with Rahul Rao about the politics and morality of taking down problematic statues; and #35 with Annie Zaidi about home, belonging, displacement and identity.  BIC Talks is brought to you by the Bangalore International Centre. Visit the BIC website for show notes, links and more information about the guests.

On the surface, Dr. Rahul Rao's book is about the anti-homosexuality law which was debated between 2009 and 2014 in the Ugandan parliament and its links to US evangelical Christian activists as well as its relationship with colonial law. The book also looks at similar dynamics in postcolonial India and other parts of the world where sexuality is more than a personal issue, but one of major political significance. However, at a deeper level, the book is about how even sexuality, perhaps one of the most personal aspects of our lives, is not only political but geopolitical. I speak here about the book and Rahul's thoughts about queer theory's relationship with feminist theory - and about what inspired him to write the book.

Author Annie Zaidi and writer Poorna Swami discuss home, belonging, displacement and identity on Episode 35 of BIC Talks. Annie Zaidi won the Nine Dots Prize for 2019-20 by exploring the question, ‘Is there still no place like home?’ and published Bread, Cement, Cactus: A Memoir of Belonging and Dislocation in May 2020.  Annie and Poorna discuss how where people are born, where they live, what they speak, where they feel safe are all tied to their sense of identity and belonging, sometimes determined by themselves, and sometimes by others.  Annie Zaidi is a journalist, scriptwriter and author, and Bread, Cement, Cactus is her fourth book. The full book is available for free reading as a PDF download, and physical copies can be purchased as well. Poorna Swami is an independent writer and journalist based in Bangalore. Poorna was also on BIC Talks on Episode 28, where she spoke to Rahul Rao about the politics and the morality of taking down problematic statues.   BIC Talks is brought to you by the Bangalore International Centre. Visit the BIC website for show notes, links and more information about the guest. 

Rahul Rao (@thariel) and Poorna Swami discuss whether cities, nations and communities should retain statues honouring 18th and 19th century slave traders and imperialists.  There are movements to bring down the statues of Confederate Generals in the United States of America, Colonial rulers in Europe, Gandhi in Africa. Rahul and Poorna explore if they are morally justified. If they are, where does one draw the line? Rahul Rao is a senior lecturer at SOAS, the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and the author of ‘Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality’ (Oxford University Press 2020). Poorna Swami is an independent writer and journalist based in Bangalore.  BIC Talks is brought to you by the Bangalore International Centre. Visit the BIC website for show notes, links and more information about the guest.

Thousands of protesters in Oxford have demanded Oriel College remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes, whilst a statue of slaveholder Robert Milligan has been taken down in London. Historian Sir Simon Schama discusses the legacy of former prime minister William Gladstone and his statue. SOAS politics lecturer Dr Rahul Rao argues the Cecil Rhodes statue is linked to "very real, material injustices", and Oxford University chancellor Lord Chris Patten says it would be hypocritical to remove it. (Image: Robert Milligan statue, credit: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Well... Coronavirus is here and Conner and Ned are practicing "social distancing" so they decided to host a "quaran-stream" from their living room! They were joined via video chat by long time friend of the show Rahul Rao to discuss this new era of self-imposed isolation and to talk about the party they're going to throw when this is all over.Effin' Rager would like to encourage all of our fans AND haters to please practice social distancing. This will be over soon and we have to stay apart now so that we can come together later.Check us out LIVE on the air on KPFT HD2 every Monday at 8PM!www.effinrager.comLeave us voicemail at 910 447-2437 and we'll play it on the show!

Tucked away in the City of London is one of the UK’s most successful invisible exports. But is the Commercial Court threatened by international developments? Joshua Rozenberg investigates. Italy has extended its emergency coronavirus measures and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has ordered people to stay at home. Lawyer Mariella Melandri tells Law In Action how this is affecting her legal practice and clients. The government is planning emergency legislation allowing people who are forced to self-isolate to appear in court by video link or telephone. Is this an adequate substitute for a face-to-face hearing? Joshua speaks to immigration barrister Colin Yeo. Also, is India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) unconstitutional? Dr Rahul Rao, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University, explains why this controversial law is being challenged in the Indian Supreme Court. Producer: Neil Koenig Researcher: Di Richardson

Frequent guest and frequent visitor to our house Rahul Rao returns to the studio to talk about summer plans and summer jams! The three butthole boys you know and love put together a playlist of the songs they think about when they think about summer and they want to share it with you! Oh and it turns out, Conner doesn't know a thing about music!Wanna listen to the playlist they put together? Here it is: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4O541ENFtlX60Y9KpgZKcM?si=Lq3jHECRR6qDiRNxSsLUAACheck us out LIVE on the air on KPFT HD2 every Monday at 8PM!www.effinrager.comLeave us voicemail at 910 447-2437 and we'll play it on the show!

UGH! HERE’S YOUR FREAKIN’ ANIMOO, YAH WEEB-TRASH! This week the Binge Boys are joined by Rahul Rao to take on their first animated show with the wildly popular anime series Naruto!! Will the binge be worth it? Will the boys become the next Hokages!? Will some neck breather correct their misquotes within hours of posting … Continue reading "EP 18 Talkin’ ‘To with the Bros! w/ Rahul Rao"

In this edition, I talk with the musical group Only Beast, the poet Rahul Rao, the French buldog Freddie the Frenchy, and the painter Natalia Victoria.

In this episode Andy Davis talks to Rahul Rao, Director of engineering at yieldmo. On the show Rahul explains why many people have a negative opinion of AdTech and what he’s trying to do to change that. They also discuss how to keep up with the rate of change of technology. Andy asks Rahul about how he made the transition to management. Show Notes: 1.10 The negative perceptions of AdTech. 2.56 Does the ethical objections to AdTech come from a tech culture standpoint? 6.07 Monetising platforms with adverts. 8.08 Improving the AdTech space, educating the end user and putting the control in their hands. 10.21 Building a great customer experience into AdTech. 12.45 Managing the rate of change in technology. 16.05 Being proactive in the technical world even if you’re in a management position. 16.57 Being able to figure things out and always be constantly learning. 21.53 Creating an environment where you can “Give people a go” and learn from their mistakes. 24.20 How your goals change when you step into management. 29.15 Being able to adapt to whichever coding language you need use.

Rahul Rao, Lecturer, Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS, gives a talk for the Oxford Transnational and Global History Seminar series.