Category Archives: media

More LRB posts

In the last year I also wrote 3 pieces for the LRB: “We Blitzed It: Inhabiting the Oil World” on the everyday entanglements of oil “In Sharm-El-Sheikh” on COP27 and one of my favourites, “In Clover: What Does McKinsey Do” … Continue reading

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Podcasts and other media

Over the course of the last year, I have had such immense fun doing a bunch of different podcasts and other interviews and presentations. Below is a list with links: The fabulous Ottoman History Podcast with Matthew Ghazarian: Shipping and … Continue reading

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Reviews of Sinews

So excited to have seen Sinews of War and Trade reviewed by the amazing Charmaine Chua for Boston Review, by John Lanchester for the LRB, and by Linda Roland Danil for LARB.

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Abandoned Seafarers – Kerning Cultures

A half-hour long programme/podcast about abandoned seafarers in the Middle East.

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Big Ship Capitalism with the Dig Podcast

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Media: This Is Hell

A conversation with Chuck Mertz about infrastructures, drawing on the essay I did for Noema magazine on infrastructures and degrowth.

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Interview with 032c Magazine

An interview I did with Victoria Camblin a few months ago is now up on the site of 032c magazine. I won’t cut and paste as their graphics are pretty cool: https://032c.com/laleh-khalili-sinews-of-war-and-trade

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Ports, ships and the human economy of global sea trade: an interview with Laleh Khalili

Little has been written about the sea trade in the Gulf. Laleh Khalili’s latest book explores the complex realities that drive this massive economy.Tugrul Mende30 June 2020 During the COVID-19 pandemic many workers in ports and on ships have either … Continue reading

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SSRC: A Time Capsule for Future Social Researchers

On 15 May 2020 I had a really great conversation with Indian Ocean historian Dr Saarah Jappie about a visual artefact that should be included in an SSRC time capsule on COVID-19. Here is the result of the conversation: Inspired … Continue reading

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Interview with Diepgang magazine

In January I gave a talk at the Erasmus university in Rotterdam. I was incredibly pleased that a lot of seafarers and people working with seafarers came to see it (and some were also critical of the talk – they … Continue reading

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