2006, 2022

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: Collection for African Studies (June 2022)

By Dawn Vaux|June 20, 2022|Africa|

Here is a selection of titles recently added to our African Studies collection; The black speculative arts movement, black futurity art+ design /edited by Reynaldo Anderson and Clinton R. Fluker ; foreword by Sheree Renée Thomas With open eyes : women and African cinema /edited by Kenneth W. Harrow Tunisie : une démocratisation au-dessus de tout soupçon? / sous la direction de Amin Allal et Vincent Geisser Futurism and the

0905, 2022

[New e-Resources] Seoul Press Online

By Jiyeon Wood|May 9, 2022|Japan, Korea|

The Seoul Press (published 1907-1937) was Japan’s Korean news flagship. Its mission was to validate the natural justice of Japanese imperialism in Korea, and Japan as the redeeming, organising, and modernising force in East Asia. The Seoul Press represented the Japanese administration of Korea to the world. The Collection include the years 1907-09 and 1928-37. SOAS Library has Photographic reproduction of Nos.22-576 (Mar.1907-Dec.1908) only so this acquisition fills the gap

0905, 2022

[New e-Resources] Bungei shunjū Archives (文藝春秋アーカイブズ)

By Jiyeon Wood|May 9, 2022|Japan|

Bungei Shunjū is a general monthly magazine founded by the author Kikuchi Kan in January 1923. It is one of the most popular and influential literary magazine in Japan. It has been a central venue for numerous contemporary writers to publish their essays, debates and other literary works, including Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (1892-1927), Kume Masao (1891-1952), Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972), Kobayashi Hideo (1902-1983), and Naoki Sanjūgo (1891-1934). Bungei Shunjū Archives offers online

0905, 2022

[New e-Resources] Taiyo (太陽)

By Jiyeon Wood|May 9, 2022|Japan|

Taiyo ( 太陽= The Sun) is considered indispensable for the study of Japan’s modern period. Taiyo was a comprehensive magazine published by Hakubunkan (博文館) from January 1895 to February 1928 (a total of 34 volumes, 531 issues of approximately 175000 printed pages). It was Japan’s first general interest popular magazine which offered political, military, economic and social commentary as well as articles on the natural science, literary works, cultural trends and

0405, 2022

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: Collection for African Studies (April- May 2022)

By Dawn Vaux|May 4, 2022|Africa|

This is a selection of titles received by the Library and recently added to our African collection. Africa economic development (second edition) / edited by Emmanuel Nnadozie and Afeikhena Jerome Making identity on the Swahili coast, urban life, community, and belonging in Bagamoyo / Steven Fabian Policing and politics in Nigeria, a comprehensive history / Akali Omeni Making the Tunisian Resurgence / Mahmoud Sami Nabi Globalisation and seed sovereignty in

2004, 2022

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: African and Middle Eastern Collections (April 2022)

By Dawn Vaux|April 20, 2022|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|

We have some new Middle Eastern fiction books being added to the collection this month; for example; Foi Turquoise / Abdennour Bouyahyaoui , Un coeur marocain / Jean Zaganiaris and Rhapsodies de Tanit la captive /Ahmed Boukous. For more information, visit SOAS Library’s online catalogue at https://library.soas.ac.uk/

0111, 2019

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: Middle East and Central Asia (October 2019)

By Carlos Leo Roca|November 1, 2019|Ancient Near East, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Semitics & Judaica|

This is a selection of titles received by the Library and recently added to our Middle Eastern and Central Asian collections. Ancient Near Eastern Studies Gilgamesh : The Life of a Poem [ebook] / Michael Schmidt. Prince of the Orient: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in memory of H.I. Prince Takahito Mikasa / edited by Ichiro Nakata. The first Great Powers: Babylon and Assyria / Arthur Cotterel. Central Asian Studies A

1010, 2019

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: Collection for Gender Studies (September-October 2019)

By Jotika Khur-Yearn|October 10, 2019|Gender|

Ebooks Gender hate online : understanding the new anti-feminism / editors, Debbie Ging and Eugenia Siapera. Pedagogies of crossing : meditations on feminism, sexual politics, memory, and the sacred / M. Jacqui Alexander. Positive images : gay men & HIV/AIDS in the culture of ‘post crisis’ / Dion Kagan. Shimmering images : trans cinema, embodiment, and the aesthetics of change / Eliza Steinbock. The empire of love : toward a

0810, 2019

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: Linguistics & Literature Collections (September-October 2019)

By Jotika Khur-Yearn|October 8, 2019|Linguistics, Literature|

Ebooks The Cambridge dictionary of linguistics / Keith Brown and Jim Miller. Fun for All : Translation and Accessibility Practices in Video Games /edited by Carmen Mangiron Implicatures / Sandrine Zufferey, Jacques Moeschler, Anne Reboul. Language contact in Europe : the perfect tense through history / Bridget Drinka. Philosophical semantics : reintegrating theoretical philosophy / by Claudio Costa. Translation and empire : postcolonial theories explained / Douglas Robinson. Paper Books

0509, 2019

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: South East Asia Collections (July-August 2019)

By Jotika Khur-Yearn|September 5, 2019|South East Asia|

Ebooks Routledge handbook of Southeast Asian history / edited by Norman G. Owen. Japan’s colonial moment in Southeast Asia, 1942-1945 : the occupiers’ experience / by Satoshi Nakano. Myanmar media in transition : legacies, challenges, and change / edited by Lisa Brooten, Jane Madlyn McElhone, Gayathry Venkiteswaran. The Thiri Rama : finding Ramayana in Myanmar / edited by Dawn F. Rooney Chinese religion in Malaysia : temples and communities /

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Our academic focus on the languages, cultures and societies of Africa, Asia and the Middle East makes us an indispensable interpreter in a complex world.

As a global academic base and a crucial resource for London, SOAS is distinctively positioned to analyse, understand and explain some of the most challenging issues facing us in the world today.

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: Collection for African Studies (June 2022)

[New e-Resources] Seoul Press Online

[New e-Resources] Bungei shunjū Archives (文藝春秋アーカイブズ)

[New e-Resources] Taiyo (太陽)

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: Collection for African Studies (April- May 2022)

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: African and Middle Eastern Collections (April 2022)

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: Middle East and Central Asia (October 2019)

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: Collection for Gender Studies (September-October 2019)

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: Linguistics & Literature Collections (September-October 2019)

New Acquisitions for SOAS Library: South East Asia Collections (July-August 2019)

Our academic focus on the languages, cultures and societies of Africa, Asia and the Middle East makes us an indispensable interpreter in a complex world.

As a global academic base and a crucial resource for London, SOAS is distinctively positioned to analyse, understand and explain some of the most challenging issues facing us in the world today.

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