2205, 2015

The Siddi people of India, a photographic exhibition (and gallery talks tonight, 22nd May)

By David Pearson|May 22, 2015|Africa, Anthropology and Sociology, South Asia|0 comments

On Belonging: Photographs of Indians of African Descent National Portrait Gallery [NPG], 13 April – 31 August 2015, Room 33, Free, Open late Thursday & Friday One of India’s leading contemporary photographers, Ketaki Sheth has a long-standing interest in questions of identity and representation. In her most recent project, shown here at the NPG, she features the Siddi, a people of African descent living in India. Ketaki has been working on

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0505, 2015

Recent Acquisitions to SOAS Library reviewed

By Mary Fisk|May 5, 2015|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Gender, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Music, Media and Film Studies, Religions|0 comments

The following books have all been recently acquired by SOAS Library either in print or as e-books. Slandering the Jew: sexuality and difference in early Christian texts / Susanna Drake. [e-book only, via ebrary] – reviewed by Gail Labovitz on H-Net (who states that there is “much to be learnt” from this study on gender, sexuality and stereotypes of Jews within early Christian writings) Ancient Syria : a three thousand year

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1308, 2012

Africa – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 13, 2012|Africa|0 comments

e-books Africa Yearbook Online [Available to all users on-campus, and to SOAS staff/students only off-campus] Books A.B.Xuma : autobiography and selected works / ed. by Peter Limb. Africa since independence : a comparative history. Bolya : nomade cosmopolite mais sédentaire de l’éthique / sous la direction de Françoise Naudillon. Economic development of Africa, 1880-1939 / general editor, David Sunderland ; advisory editor, Godfrey N. Uzoigwe. Les fantômes de Jérusalem :

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2507, 2012

The South Asianist- Open Access Source on South Asia

By Farzana Whitfield|July 25, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

Hosted by the University of Edinburgh, this is an interdisciplinary student run journal focusing on the languages, cultures, religions, politics and History of South Asia.  To find out more, click on the following link: http://journals.ed.ac.uk/southasianist/index