I’m happy to announce that I have joined
@SOAS
as a Research Associate with the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. I am looking forward to participate in the intellectual life of the School & in the development of collaborative initiatives.
Exciting times ahead! 💫
@HennaThis
@MazMHussain
Yes, you are both right, but river heads are in the north. With the melting of the glaciers, the flow of the rivers adds to the heavy rains. That has been the case for Pakistan’s flooding over decades.
#Climatechangeisreal
Today I am celebrating 100 citations of my work
@ResearchGate
but Google Scholar says 138. I am sending in the cyber space, the picture of a brown woman - me, to shatter the perceived ideals of scientists by others & people like me.
Here is to an equal world
@AcademicChatter
Paper accepted! 🎉 “A sociolinguistic analysis of textbooks in
#Sweden
”
I remember the days when I would not speak to anyone for a week (or more) on a rejection 😭 🤣, now I know better
@OpenAcademics
Today I signed a contract as a Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics
Earlier this year, I was interviewed at 3 universities, while 2 offered positions. I had to turn another fantastic employment abroad too. 🧿
If you have been on precarious employment, you know what that means
I am thrilled to share that I have received an international mobility grant which I will be using later this month to work in one of the most important European archives of 🇬🇧 colonial documents. I am humbled & excited to learn from my learned colleagues there.
I will share! 🥰
@Jairo_I_Funez
1. The Bengal famine of 1943 caused 3.8 million deaths in the Bengal province.
2. Great Bengal famine of 1770 caused a 3 million as well.
That’s the long term cost of British colonization & the British Raj on South Asian health besides losing ancestors to famine.
Another
#truckart
work by Haider Ali. Princess Diana in the middle and the catchy phrase in
#Urdu
says: Love for all, hate for non.
محبت سب کے لئیے
نفرت کسی سے نہیں
After ten years of being rejected for my first article by a leading Journal in my field, I was asked by them to be a reviewer. It was a bittersweet moment but here is my take on it - this might be helpful for PhD students writing their first academic articles.
A 🧵
1/x
After about two years of being on precarious, adhoc & temporary positions, I am looking forward (and counting days) to my first pay day (24/2) after working 100% this month.
If you have ever been an adjunct post-PhD, you know what I mean!
@academicchatter
#PhD
I am happy to share that I am starting a new position as an Assoc Professor of English Linguistics at
@Mittuni
Thankful to colleagues at
@liu_universitet
for their support during my time there and giving me an opportunity to learn and grow with them.
“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, 'I am going to produce a work of art.' I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.”
George Orwell, Why I Write
I started using
#Mendley
last year. I questioned myself why I didn’t try this powerful tool earlier. I particularly like the coloured highlighters feature besides the possibility to keep notes saved in it.
@AcademicChatter
Any tips for further enhancing its use?
If you are not affiliated with any
#university
currently or if you do not have any employ ATM, it does not make you lesser than others. It doesn’t make you less human, less skillful or makes your
#PhD
of less value.
#impostersyndrome
.
@AcademicChatter
Wishing me birthday last night, my son to me: You are more closer to 100 than 1 now, how do you feel?
Me: 1 :), actually I feel like I am 21!
😅
Happy to be alive in this moment, where I am know and who I have become.
Looking at the other side of 51.
- Speaking
#Punjabi
in 🇵🇰 is often shamed in certain spaces eg in Karachi, elitist settings, schools
- Punjabi, a lang spoken in the biggest province population-wise is not taught as a subject in any primary/secondary school since 1947 and the 🇬🇧 era
- it is merely a spoken lang
One rejection today
Keeping the count here on Twitter since I have my 'submitted' threads here as well. ;)
@AcademicChatter
I will be alright in a day or two, but a good piece of cake is all I need to heal this broke heart. Urm, academic rejection.
I started the day with a heavy memory & reminded myself to snap out of it. My already existing anxiety got company then of a recent rejection. I am being tender with myself today. It’s not always
#procrastination
&
#impostersyndrome
, triggers can freeze you too.
@AcademicChatter
@oartezey
I don’t want to kill the vibes, but I read some tweets some time ago from people who had dedications (and acknowledgements) of their PhD thesis/ books written to their EX husbands/ wives! Imagine the pain! 😂
My Ammi passed away 3 months ago; for the first time, I went in to meet my neighbourhood forest. I would 📞 her on my walk - the birds, the rabbits, the deers, the plum trees, the apple trees, the soil on my neighbourhood hill - all had become acquainted to her voice, I am sure.
Abstract submitted ✔️
Are you one of those researchers who by the end of submission have two abstracts - one that you submitted, and another one got born out of it? 🙈
@AcademicChatter
@markcurtis30
British Queen still owns our
#Mughal
King’s biggest diamond stone called Koh-I-noor which used to be placed in the Sheesh Mahal (palace) with tiny mirrors in
#Lahore
. And oh: 200 years of (uninvited) colonization & humiliation of indigenous communities of the sub-continent.
I am pleased to share information about a research seminar which I will be chairing, and will be hosted by the English section at
@Mittuni
by Professor Li Wei of University College London
@professorliwei1
See the zoom link & details in the poster.
I am thrilled to announce that I will be a keynote speaker at Sakarya University 🇹🇷 in November at the international conference on political, economic & social studies on the theme of migration and society.
I will keep posting further details here.
Day 1 of
#Zoom
teaching for this term. I have done it last term too. I am always super excited about meeting new students, but anxious too. Anyone in a similar mode?
@AcademicChatter
#highered
I am delighted to share news of my first book which will be published by
@Palgrave
in the summer. Many thanks to the editors, and the publishing team for their support throughout this journey. The book is based on my research and has been in the making for many years
#linguistics
I asked you all today to keep my mother in their duas (prayers) for a surgery she will be going. I truly believe in the power of good thoughts; if you do, may you be rewarded in the hereafter.
PS She is wearing an emerald green sari here which my sister took 🙄
The animals in Urdu language proverbs:
1. Ghar ki murghi, daal brabar
گھر کی مرغی، دال برابر
Literally: Chicken cooked at home is like plain insipid lentils.
Said when someone doesn’t value what they have or referring to acquaintance bringing contempt.
Any others?
Pakistan is a classic case of diglossia - a well known phenomenon in sociolinguistics. A 🧵
Diglossia means that a linguistic community may use two different languages/ dialects for different purposes - often labeled as a H & L variety. For ex, in Pakistani Punjab,
In sports, some loose, some win. But what a joy for some when a Muslim majority country loses a cricket match.
Islamophobia is when you openly connect the cricket team of a Muslim majority country in another region with terrorist organizations.
#WorldCup
#CWC2023
Apologise
I am an academic and I call for a free Palestine and an end to the Israeli state's apartheid. This is integral to both my moral world view and my scholarship. Pass it on.
I am an academic and I call for a free Palestine and an end to the Israeli state's apartheid. This is integral to both my moral world view and my scholarship. Pass it on.
@JuneSim63
@Taj_Ali1
I was chased by teenagers in the 80s screaming P*ki at us while I was walking with my siblings to the uni. I was visiting my uncle from another country and as teenagers we were surprised & wondered how they knew about our heritage, but their gestures were telling - it was racism
Thrilled to give a talk at
@SOASFoodStudies
&
@SOAS_SAI
Title: Perceptions on the wider representation of Pakistani and Kashmiri culinary landscapes: An exploration of language, identity, and visual images
Venue: Brunei Gallery
Date: 12/06
8 years ago, this day, I defended my PhD thesis at
@liu_universitet
Felt nice to see hard work & labour of love of 5 years coming to its culmination!
#PhD
29/11/2013
Upon waiting for my sons to arrive for Eid (we haven’t had the chance in 3 years), I realized we don’t actually say: I love you in Urdu (except for couples), BUT we do say: here are shami kababs & pulao, I made gulab jamuns for you too. And that is ❤️, one way to say it.
When the
#Ottomans
were defeated by the
#Bulgarians
, a
#cholera
outbreak spread as well.
The team from (the then) India headed by Dr Muhtar assisted on the front lines, both during the Balkan wars & the cholera outbreak.
First class tomorrow 🤲🏽🤲🏽
Duas, please!
Sociolinguistics + English linguistics, here we come!
We will cover language change & language variation by focusing on the history of English language & its variation.
#Englishes
This album created bet 1850 - 1860 contains 86 drawings about various professions in Kashmir. This was part of the growing trend in S. Asia to document everyday activities.
With many thanks to
@britishlibrary
I wish to see the others as well - here is
bread making in
#Kashmir
It just slipped out of my mind, but as of last month I have started working as a Senior Lecturer in
#English
#Linguistics
@liu_universitet
(Linköping Uni)
I am super pleased that I will be working with many of my former teachers, supervisors, & colleagues!
@Sprak_o_Kultur
As a linguist, Alia Amir studies how code-switching and language policy are applied by students and teachers in bilingual English classrooms. Read more about her work:
#ResearcherStories
#ResearchGate
I recently gave a talk at the
@SOAS
South Asia institute entitled ‘Perceptions on the wider representation of Pakistani and Kashmiri culinary landscapes. As a follow up,
@AsianVoiceNews
interviewed me, here is the link:
#AcademicTwitter
One way to become more inclusive in informal settings:
1. Pass the microphone
2. Take less conversational floor
3. Use less first person pronoun
4. Shut up 🤐 & listen attentively & use the same energy you spend telling your stories
#AcademicChatter
One of the best things the pandemic 😷 has done is that it has made many institutions & (elitist) speakers more accessible to ALL, and FREE of cost without traveling & in the comfort of your home.
This 👇🏽 series seems promising for
#English
@AcademicChatter
📢 Delighted to announce this year’s
#English
Language and
#Linguistics
Research Seminars
@wminhumanities
Open to all! Join us online on alternate Wednesdays at 16:00 (🇬🇧 🕰) Link:
Men win and become icons and legends worldwide.
Women win and become overshadowed by a misogynist fuck who assaulted a world champion as the entire world watched, and who has spent the past week demanding that we disbelieve our eyes.
Almost last ten days of Ramadan upon us! Time flies!
Rooh Afza روح افزا، راحتِ جاں 😅
What do you call those black seeds in your language/s?
#Ramadan2022
The Muslims of the sub-continent
reacted against the European and British involvement. Sentiments were high for the Ottomans as the rulers of the holy places. When the call for volunteers was set at the MAO
#Aligarh
, Peshawari joined in & was sent to
#Turkey
fr
#Bombay
in 1912
Some powerful Tuesday energy needed on my side this week, Twitter folks! 🤲🏽
I think my eyes are boiling out of their sockets from reading students’ essays! We got this! 👊🏾 We will get through May
@AcademicChatter
!
Today I started working at
@liu_universitet
/ Linköping University where I wrote my MA & PhD thesis (and later worked).
Glad to be working with my former teachers and colleagues after 7 years!
Old picture from LiU website.
@AcademicChatter
@PhD_Genie
It's official—I'm excited to announce being elected as one of the committee members for the
@MultilingSIG
during Dec’s AGM. I look forward to collaborating with fellow members and designing engaging activities. Keep an eye on this space for updates!
#Multilingualism
@__BAAL
🚨New Publication: Proud to announce that our latest article on
'children’s gaming practices' is available as a pre-print, co-authored w/
@Saudiwriter
,
@Huq3Rizwanul
&
@si_mcav
is available as a pre-print in SSRN by
@ElsevierConnect
Open access here:
Today was one of the last seminars on Zoom for this term for me. I covered Ireland, Scotland, Wales & England for the British Cultural Studies with about 80 students in different seminars. I am buzzing with student’s energy.
Also, there is (no) 🐱 in the picture.
#phdlife
Hey Twitter/X!
Thanks for the 5000 followers! 🎉
My journey here has been of learning, about & from diverse communities across the 🌎, especially about e-academia & digital communities.
This occasion calls for an intro about my work which will follow this tweet.
#langtwitter
As a background: In the early 20th century, Indian (now the whole sub-continent) Muslim political dev contained a pan-Islamic & especial solidarity with the Ottoman empire.
Read more here:
Map from 1909
I completed my PhD in 2014 and have long been on short term contracts. These temporary positions drain you of energy & block your planning. Research costs money but short term contracts are so depressing & costly that a long term career & life decisions are difficult to make.