2702, 2013

Have you have ever wondered why e-books are so complicated to read, download and print..?

By David Pearson|February 27, 2013|Unknown|0 comments

If you have been using e-books at SOAS or elsewhere, you may have wondered why they are so much harder to use when compared to electronic journal articles. In yesterday’s Higher Education Network, Jeff Pooley examines the differences and argues for electronic books to be published in formats that can are easy to annotate, search, print and share. Read it here: Digital rights management: downloads, downers and a call for

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2502, 2013

Mesopotamian deities: new web resource

By Mary Fisk|February 25, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Religions|0 comments

All you need to know about fifty ancient Mesopotamian deities, from Anu to Zababa, is brought together on Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (AMGG), a new resource from ORACC (Open Richly Annoated Cuneiform Corpus). Enlil and Ninlil – from a mural decoration at Susa (image Paul Bedson http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EnlilandNinlil.jpg) The site is aimed at undergraduate students and provides concise information on the deities, with links to images, further readings and online projects. Click

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2502, 2013

Arab Human Rights Index

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|February 25, 2013|Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Politics and International Relations|0 comments

The Human Rights Index for the Arab Countries, sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR), is a repository for the entire set of United Nations documents pertaining to human rights and the responses, including reservations, by the Arab member states to the committees that monitor the core international human rights treaties. The Arab Human Rights Index (AHR) covers each Arab country’s ratification of

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2502, 2013

SOAS Centre of Islamic Studies’ seminar series

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|February 25, 2013|Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica|0 comments

The Centre of Islamic Studies’ seminar  ‘New Manuscript Discoveries from 12th-Century Islamic Thought’  will be delivered by Ayman Shihadeh (SOAS, University of London), this Wednesday (27th Feb. 2013),  between 1-2 pm  in G51 (SOAS Main Campus, Philips Building)  *** [Note: the seminar series is open to everyone and no registration is required.] ***

2202, 2013

Music, Media and Film Studies – January 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 22, 2013|Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Towards a global music theory : practical concepts and methods for the analysis of music across human cultures / Mark Hijleh. Turkish metal: music, meaning, and morality in a Muslim society / Pierre Hecker. Grupo Lokito : a practice-based investigation into contemporary links between Congolese and Cuban popular music / Sara E. McGuinness. [Also available from SOAS Research Online] Creating their own space : the development of an Indian-Caribbean musical

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2102, 2013

Films and Sound Recordings – January 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 21, 2013|Films and Sound Recordings|0 comments

Films Susahnya jadi perawan  Kamulah satu-satunya The Tarix Jabrix  Ill gotten gains / Spats Films written for the screen, produced and directed by Joel Ben Marsden. The middle passage / HBO Films presents a Kreol Productions and Raphia Films Production script by Claude Chonville and Patrick Chamoiseau narration written by Walter Mosley director, Guy Deslauriers produced for HBO by David Gaines. Adanggaman / a New Yorker Films release ; Tiziana

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2102, 2013

China and Inner Asia – January 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 21, 2013|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

Is China a responsible developing country? : climate change diplomacy and national image building / Sanna Kopra. Modalities of change : the interface of tradition and modernity in East Asia / James Wilkerson and Robert Parkin, editors. [Also available as an e-book via Dawsonera] Cybercrime in the Greater China Region : regulatory responses and crime prevention across the Taiwan Strait / Yao-Chung Chang. 二十世紀中國文學圖志 / 楊義, 中井政喜, 張中良著. 經濟史、都市文化與物質文化 :

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2002, 2013

Politics – January 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 20, 2013|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

The making of terrorism in Pakistan : historical and social roots of extremism / Eamon Murphy. Deconstructing international politics / by Michael Dillon. Peacebuilding : from concept to commission / by Robert Jenkins. Turkey since 1989 : angry nation / Kerem Oktem. Dancing in the glory of monsters : the collapse of the Congo and the great war of Africa / Jason K. Stearns. Partisan histories : the past in

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1902, 2013

Open-access texts from the Institut français du Proche-Orient

By Mary Fisk|February 19, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Religions|0 comments

The prestigious Institut français du Proche-Orient, with offices in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, aims to bring together study and research on all aspects of the ancient and modern civilizations of the Near East (including Libya, Syria, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian territories and Iraq) A large number of IFPO publications are  now available on open-access from http://ifpo.revues.org/   The content is fully searchable and includes books, archaeological reports and the research reports, Les

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1302, 2013

Law – December 2012 and January 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 13, 2013|Law|0 comments

Africa and Middle East Aspects of disability law in Africa / Ilze Grobbelaar-du Plessis and Tobias van Reenen (editors) Beyond occupation : apartheid, colonialism and international law in the occupied Palestinian territories / edited by Virginia Tilley  Gender justice and legal pluralities : Latin American and African perspectives / edited by Rachel Sieder, John-Andrew McNeish The taxation of trusts in South Africa / Michael Honiball, Lynette Olivier Asia China’s journey

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