0805, 2015

Free Trial to the FO Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan- 1947-1980

By Farzana Whitfield|May 8, 2015|Anthropology and Sociology, Archival collections, Economics, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Politics and International Relations, South Asia|0 comments

We have an exciting offer of a free trial to the FO Files for India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan for the period 1947-1980! Many departments, students and researchers will find this digital archive relevant and resourceful for a number of subject disciplines, including History, Politics, Development Studies, Economics, Near Middle Eastern Studies (Afghanistan), South East Asian Studies (Burma) and South Asian Studies. Access is from this link: www.archivesdirect.amdigital.co.uk/FO_India. When off site please

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2101, 2015

Eldis Top Ten Downloads for 2014

By Farzana Whitfield|January 21, 2015|Development Studies|0 comments

Eldis has published a top ten best-seller list of the most downloadable documents during 2014. One of the most requested interests was on the subject of climate change. To find out more, see the link below. http://www.eldis.org/go/latest-news/news/eldis-top-10-downloads-of-2014#.VL_V9Hvp-Dk  

1408, 2013

Round-up of recent web resources on Byzantium

By Mary Fisk|August 14, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology, Gender, History, Literature, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Religions|0 comments

Siege of Constantinople (1453) from a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Nationale (France) (image from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constantinople_1453.jpg ; [this file is in the {PD-US} domain in the United States] Portail des resssources Byzantines (Université de Fribourg, Switzerland) The public part of this portal includes Project Typika (a database of terms relating to artifacts and raw materials mentioned in Byzantine documents), an interactive guide to web resources on Byzantium and a traditional bibliography Dumbarton Oaks Resources

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0409, 2012

History – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 4, 2012|History|0 comments

A search for sovereignty: law and geography in European empires, 1400-1900 / Lauren Benton Tidings from Zion: Helen Bentwich’s letters from Jerusalem, 1919-1931 / edited by Jenifer Glynn. Pacific worlds: a history of seas, peoples, and cultures / Matt K. Matsuda  Victorian visions of global order: empire and international relations in nineteenth-century political thought / edited by Duncan Bell. The imperial security state: British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia

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2607, 2012

Project South Asia- Web Based Digital Library

By Farzana Whitfield|July 26, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

This project is designed to enhance the study and teaching of South Asia, with an emphasis on India and Pakistan. Strengths include: International Relations, Politics, History, Art, Literature, Religion and much more. The resource aims to create links between South Asian academic departments and also promote knowledge through their online journal, titled ‘Teaching South Asia’.  In addition to this, a link is provided to source South Asian texts and documents. For

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