3107, 2013

Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – July 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 31, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern civilizations Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean, 1989-1996 (Vol. 3 & Vol.4) Ebla and its landscape / edited by Paolo Malthiae & Nicolò Marchetti  Aspetti del sistema preposizionale dell’eblaita / Maria Vittoria Tonietti. The world of the Neo-Hittite kingdoms: a political and military history / Trevor Bryce. Linguistics studies in Phoenician: in memory of J. Brian Peckham / edited by Robert D. Holmstedt and Aaron Schade. The elements of

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3007, 2013

George W. Stocking Jr., ‘Anthropology’s Anthropologist,’ Dies at 84

By David Pearson|July 30, 2013|Anthropology and Sociology, Unknown|0 comments

Read this… A great profile of George W. Stocking, professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago who died earlier this month. Read it here via the New York Times. SOAS Library hold 18 of his books, including studies of anthropology’s pioneers, most notably of Edward Burnett Tylor and Franz Boas. His 2010 book Glimpses into my own Black Box is on order. You also have access

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3007, 2013

Unsung: a new play reworking Rabindranath Tagore’s Short Story

By Farzana Whitfield|July 30, 2013|Literature, Music, Media and Film Studies, South Asia|0 comments

Unsung is a new play based on the short story Punishment, written by Rabindranath Tagore, the most famous Bengali writer. It has been given a modern interpretation set in London, looking at the lives of 2 married brothers, their relationships with their wives and an innocent meeting that has devastating consequences. It examines the themes of love, sacrifice and family. The play is running from August 30th until 8th September 2013

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2807, 2013

Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica – June 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 28, 2013|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Middle East Alliances and treaties between Frankish and Muslim rulers in the Middle East : cross-cultural diplomacy in the period of the Crusades / by Michael Köhler translated by Peter M. Holt revised, edited and introduced by Konrad Hirschler. Texts as objects, objects as texts / Miriam Frenkel Syria’s uprising and the fracturing of the Levant / Emile Hokayem. A very British killing : the death of Baha Mousa /

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2607, 2013

Open Data for Africa

By Victoria Bird|July 26, 2013|Africa, Development Studies, Economics, Financial and Management Studies, Politics and International Relations|0 comments

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has completed the network of Open Data Platforms in all 54 African countries. This resource provides data on a myriad of topics- ranging from food prices and economic data, through to mobile telephone ownership. It will allow open access to the data needed for managing and monitoring development results in African countries, including tracking progress on the Millennium Development Goals. The Open Data Platform is

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2507, 2013

Chinese Sign Language Recognition and Translation with X-Box Kinect

By David Pearson|July 25, 2013|China and Inner Asia, Linguistics|0 comments

Amazing research… In a collaborative research project, Microsoft Research Asia and Institute of Computing Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have been using the XBox 360 Kinect motion sensor’s body-tracking capabilities to provide sign language recognition capabilities for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. The team have released a new paper (PDF). See their work demonstrated in this video: http://youtu.be/pFUClV1FNYo [Via: TheRegister]

2407, 2013

Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica – May 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 24, 2013|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Middle East Brokers of deceit : how the US has undermined peace in the Middle East / Rashid Khalidi. Everyday Arab identity : the daily reproduction of the Arab world / Christopher Phillips. Regional economic integration in the Middle East and North Africa : beyond trade reform / Mustapha Rouis and Steven R. Tabor. Atlas of the Gulf states / by Phillip Cadene and Bridgette Dumortier. The Seljuks of Anatolia

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2207, 2013

Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica – April 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 22, 2013|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Middle East Living in historic Cairo : past and present in an Islamic city / edited by Farhad Daftary, Elizabeth Fernea and Azim Nanji. The social dimension of Christian missions in the Middle East : historical studies of the 19th and 20th centuries / edited by Norbert Friedrich, Uwe Kaminsky, Roland Löffler. Visual productions of knowledge : toward a different Middle East / edited by Hanan Sabea, Mark R. Westmoreland

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2007, 2013

Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica – March 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 20, 2013|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Middle East Distant witness : social media, the Arab Spring and a journalism revolution / Andy Carvin. Popular culture in the Middle East and North Africa : a postcolonial outlook / edited by Walid El Hamamsy and Mounira Soliman. Middle East authoritarianisms : governance, contestation, and regime resilience in Syria and Iran / edited by Steven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders. The bazaar in the Islamic City : design, culture, and

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1907, 2013

South Asia – June 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 19, 2013|South Asia|0 comments

Architecture and nationalism in Sri Lanka : the trouser under the cloth / Anoma Pieris. Civil society and democratization in India : institutions, ideologies and interests / Sarbeswar Sahoo. Displacement and resettlement in India : the human cost of development / Hari Mohan Mathur India in South Asia : domestic identity politics and foreign policy from Nehru to the BJP / Sinderpal Singh. India’s rights revolution : has it worked

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