1204, 2013

Several useful resources for Social Scientists

By Victoria Bird|April 12, 2013|China and Inner Asia, Korea, Politics and International Relations, South East Asia|0 comments

Reproduced with permission from LSE’s Heather Dawson’s excellent “social science sites of the week” email- a round up of new and interesting news for Social Scientists. Thanks Heather! Amnesty international annual review of the Death Penalty. The Amnesty international annual review of the Death Penalty was released this week. See which country executed the most people. The site also has images and video content. Also useful is the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty which

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1104, 2013

Africa – March 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 11, 2013|Africa|0 comments

Africa’s third liberation : the new search for prosperity and jobs / Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills. Capture / Roger Smith The childhood of Jesus / J.M. Coetzee. Contesting transformation : popular resistance in twenty-first-century South Africa / edited by Marcelle C. Dawson and Luke Sinwell. Cross and scalpel : Jean-Marie Coquard among the Egba of Yorubaland / Edmund M. Hogan. Development and diffusionism: looking beyond neopatrimonialism in Nigeria, 1962-1985

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1104, 2013

Open-access books from the British Institute for the Study of Iraq

By Mary Fisk|April 11, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology|0 comments

Apkallu, a winged genius with the head of a bird, from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud. Image from Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apkallu_Nimrud.JPG As a precursor to making all of its new publications available for free download, the British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI) has released a selected of volumes from its back catalogue on open-access (PDF download) These currently are: Series: Cuneiform Texts from Nimrud (click here to access the

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1004, 2013

Datastream e-training sessions

By Victoria Bird|April 10, 2013|Development Studies, Economics, Financial and Management Studies|0 comments

There is a series of e-training sessions being run by Thomson Reuters about Datastream, which might be of use to those collecting data for their dissertations. Details of the upcoming sessions below: Datastream in Office: Learn how to use Datastream from within Excel, Word and PowerPoint Thomson Reuters Datastream University Q&A Session: ask specific questions based on your research You can access these sessions from any PC- you do not

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1004, 2013

Korea – March 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 10, 2013|Korea|0 comments

Korean families : continuity and change / edited by Korean Family Studies Association [authors, Chang, Kyung-Sup [et al.]] Basic reading on Korean unification / Huh Moon Young [et al.] [editor, Center for North Korean Studies] Monetary policy in Korea / [editor, Minho Kim authors, Changho Kim [et al.] English editor, John R. Balson]  Korea’s monetary policy responses to the global financial crisis / In Huh The history of immigration policy

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1004, 2013

Homonationalism and Pinkwashing Conference – live streaming starts today

By David Pearson|April 10, 2013|Gender|0 comments

If you are not already in New York attending the Homonationalism and Pinkwashing Conference, you may be interested to know that the organisers, The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies are streaming the various sessions and keynote speeches. These will also be podcast later. As well as the obvious relevance to those of you studying gender and sexuality, this conference has significant content relating to the SOAS regions and its other subjects, notably

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0904, 2013

Trial ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection

By Victoria Bird|April 9, 2013|Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Law, Politics and International Relations|0 comments

We currently have trial access to the ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection until 7 July 2013. The trial provides access to the following resources, in addition to those the Library already currently subscribes to from ProQuest: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA) (1987 – current) ERIC (1966 – current) PAIS International (1914 – current) PILOTS: Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress (1871 – current) ProQuest Criminal Justice (1981 – current) ProQuest

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0904, 2013

SAGE international studies blogging awards

By Victoria Bird|April 9, 2013|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

Winners of SAGE sponsored international blogging awards announced: Best Group Blog – The Disorder of Things Best Individual Blog – Daniel Drezner Most Promising New Blog – Political Violence @ A Glance Best Blog Post – John M. Hobson, “Eurocentrism, Racism: What’s in a Word?” (The Disorder of Things) Special Achievement Award – Marc Lynch The awards seek to recognise the impact that the English-language international studies blogging community has on scholarly communication. More information can be found on the

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0904, 2013

Japan – March 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 9, 2013|Japan|0 comments

Japanese religions and globalization /  Ugo Dessì The record of Linji : a new translation of the Linjilu in the light of ten Japanese Zen commentaries / Jeffrey L. Broughton with Elise Yoko Watanabe Crossing boundaries in Tokugawa society : Suzuki Bokushi, a rural elite commoner / by Takeshi Moriyama Japan and the Pacific Rim / Dean W. Collinwood Japan’s strategy on the regional economic integration of the Asia-Pacific region

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0804, 2013

Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – March 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 8, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Sacred killing: the archaeology of sacrifice in the ancient Near East / edited by Anne M. Porter and Glenn M. Schwartz Temple building and temple cult:  architecture and cultic paraphernalia of temples in the Levant (2.-1. Mill. B.C.E.) : Proceedings of a conference on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Institute of Biblical Archaeology at the University of Tübingen (28th – 30th of May

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