2711, 2014

Invitation to join Ebola Anthropology Initiative

By David Pearson|November 27, 2014|Africa, Anthropology and Sociology, Medical Anthropology|0 comments

I just spotted this via the H-MedAnthro [medical anthropology] mailing list – http://bit.ly/1tlRdon Anthropologists in ten countries are working together to inform policy and practice surrounding the Ebola response. We invite you to join our network by signing up for the listserv and discussion board below, and by sharing information and resources to address specific issues impacting the response in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Please join us – we need

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2111, 2014

Two new resources for Jewish studies

By Mary Fisk|November 21, 2014|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Archival collections, History, Religions|0 comments

Ancient Jew Review (follow on Twitter at @ancientjew) is a web platform for the study of ancient Judaism containing “original pieces, surveys of the field, book reviews” and video content. It is edited by PhD students at Columbia and Yale Recent content includes Ayyssa Gray’s retrospective on her first book A Talmud in exile and a podcast interview with Dr Richard Kalmin of the Jewish Theological Seminary on his recently published

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2111, 2014

Trial access to Human Rights Studies Online

By Bob Burns|November 21, 2014|Africa, Anthropology and Sociology, Development Studies, Films and Sound Recordings, History, Law, Politics and International Relations, South East Asia|0 comments

SOAS Library currently has trial access (until 21 December 2014) to Human Rights Studies Online from Alexander Street Press. Access (on-campus only) at: http://search.alexanderstreet.com/huri The collection brings together comprehensive, comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes in the 20th and 21st centuries. The collection includes 75,000 pages of text and 150 hours of video. The collection takes a case study approach, providing primary and

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1911, 2014

An Exhibition on Shan Culture: Arts, Manuscripts, Festivals

By Jotika Khur-Yearn|November 19, 2014|South East Asia|0 comments

Exhibition for Raising Awareness of Information on Tai or Shan Cultural Studies Where: Wolfson Gallery in SOAS Library, University of London When: November and December 2014; Admission: Free (Subject to Library Admission – http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/using/admission/) The Shan ethnic group, who call themselves “Tai”, is one of the Asian ethnic groups with a long history of civilization as seen in their rich cultural traditions, visual and performance arts, literary works and seasonal festivals.

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1011, 2014

Middle East & Islamic Studies : 15 Brill’s articles free accessible until 31 January 2015

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|November 10, 2014|Gender, Law, Literature, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Philosophy, Religions|0 comments

“The following articles are freely available until 31 January 2015!* Islamic Law in the Modern World Author: Aharon Layish Islamic Law and Society, (Volume 21, No. 3, pp. 276-307) An Epistemic Shift in Islamic Law Author: Aria Nakissa Islamic Law and Society, (Volume 21, No. 3, pp. 209-251) Reconstructing Archival Practices in Abbasid Baghdad Author: Maaike van Berkel Journal of Abbasid Studies, (Volume 1, No. 1, pp. 7-22) The Early

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0711, 2014

Persian Grammar Guide

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|November 7, 2014|Linguistics, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica|0 comments

“The Persian Grammar Guide is a free online resource for Persian language learners. The grammar guides have been created with the aid and resources available at San Diego State University’s Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) in order to allow Persian language learners the opportunity to build on their learning experience through an interactive, comprehensive, and self-paced online resource, filled with descriptions, examples, audio, and activities. You can click through the

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0611, 2014

Book review: Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam / Aaron Hughes

By Mary Fisk|November 6, 2014|Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Religions|0 comments

Published in 2013 by Columbia University Press (New York), Aaron Hughes’ Muslim identities: an introduction to Islam is reviewed on H-Net (https://www.h-net.org) by Keren Abbou Hershkovits of the Middle Eastern Studies Department of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. She concludes that this introductory study is “helpful and illuminating” . Click here to read the full review and see further reading suggestions Muslim identities can be found in SOAS Library at N297 /

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