General and thematic Echoes of empire: memory, identity and the legacy of imperialism / Kalypso S. Nicolaidis, Berny Sebe & Gabrielle Maas The rise of the West: a history of the human community: with a retrospective essay / by William H. McNeill; drawings by Béla Petheö. Europe and the Islamic world: a history / John Tolan, Gilles Veinstein, and Henry Laurens translated by Jane Marie Todd with a foreword by
George Blaker, who was born in India in 1912 and died in England in 2001, spent time in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Burma in the 1950’s-60’s. He took a large collection of beautiful photos of Indian classical and regional dance. Now with the help of George Blaker’s daughter, Jenny Blaker these pictures have been brought to life in high quality colour and added to the SOAS digital library! The
We currently have trial access (until 20 Feb 2015) to the Armed Conflict Database (ACD) from the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Armed Conflict Database monitors armed conflicts worldwide, focusing on political, military and humanitarian trends in current conflicts, whether they are local rebellions, long-term insurgencies, civil wars or inter-state conflicts. In addition to the comprehensive historical background for each conflict, the weekly timelines and the monthly updates, the
Image courtesy of: www.broadcastnow.co.uk Channel 4 will be airing a new exciting 10 part drama series, focusing on the rise and fall of the British Raj. Revealed through both Indian and British eyes, the story is set against the sweeping Himalayas and tea gardens in the north of India. It is 1932 and India dreams of independence, Simla known as ‘little England’, introduces a number of character stories living
From today (22nd September) to 20th October, SOAS Library has free trial access to JSTOR’s Hebrew journals collection. These will be cross-searchable with other JSTOR content at http://www.jstor.org/. The scope of the collection covers a wide range of subjects from ancient history and religious studies, through literature to sociology, economics and public administration of contemporary Israel. Although primarily in Hebrew, journals also include abstracts and summaries of content in English.
The University of London is launching a MOOC (massive open online courses- see The Complete University Guide for a brief synopsis), titled The Camera Never Lies, which might be worth checking out over the summer. This short history course aims to provide: “an introduction to use of images and other media as historical evidence in the twentieth century, issues of authenticity and manipulation, and the place of film and historical
Yesterday morning I was shown an interesting piece on the International Institute of Social History website about commodity pricing in late Achaemenid and Hellenistic Babylon, by R.J. van der Spek from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. The prices were recorded alongside other data by astronomers in the employ of the king. There are six key commodities in the listing: these are barley, dates, mustard, cress, sesame and wool. The earliest commodity price in
E-Books South Asian Feminisms / Ania Loomba, & Ritty A. Lukose. Public administration in South Asia : India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan / edited by Meghna Sabharwal and Evan M. Berman. Books Reform and productivity growth in India : issues and trends in the labour markets / Dibyendu Maiti. Development and public health in the Himalaya / edited by Ian Harper. Participolis : consent and contention in neoliberal urban India /
e-books Conflict and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka : Caught in the Peace Trap? / Goodhand, Jonathan, Spencer, Jonathan & Korf, Benedikt South Asia Across the Disciplines : Document Raj : Writing and Scribes in Early Colonial South India / Raman, Bhavani Islamic Civilization in South Asia : A History of Muslim Power and Presence in the Indian Subcontinent / Avari, Burjor Everyday ethnicity in Sri Lanka : up-country Tamil identity politics
Fashion India : spectacular capitalism / edited by Tereza Kuldova. Dying wisdom : rise, fall and potential of India’s traditional water harvesting systems / editors, Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain. Partitioned lives : migrants, refugees, citizens in India and Pakistan, 1947-1965 / Haimanti Roy. Edge of empire : the British political officer and tribal administration on the North-West Frontier, 1877-1947 / Christian Tripodi. The life style of the eunuchs /
