Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – December 2013 and January 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 7, 2014|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Cyrus the Great: an ancient Iranian king / edited by Touraj Daryaee  “Thus speaks Ishtar of Arbela”: prophecy in Israel, Assyria, and Egypt in the Neo-Assyrian period / edited by Robert P. Gordon and Hans M. Barstad. Models of Mesopotamian landscapes: how small-scale processes contributed to the growth of early civilizations / edited by T.J. Wilkinson, McGuire Gibson and Magnus Widell  Literature as politics, politics as

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Politics – January 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 20, 2013|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

The making of terrorism in Pakistan : historical and social roots of extremism / Eamon Murphy. Deconstructing international politics / by Michael Dillon. Peacebuilding : from concept to commission / by Robert Jenkins. Turkey since 1989 : angry nation / Kerem Oktem. Dancing in the glory of monsters : the collapse of the Congo and the great war of Africa / Jason K. Stearns. Partisan histories : the past in

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Middle East and Central Asia – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 3, 2012|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Middle East Raising capital on Arab equity markets : legal and juridical aspects of Arab securities regulation / Lu’ayy Minwer Al-Rimawi. Peace, propaganda, & the promised land [videorecording] : U.S. media & the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Media Education Foundation directors, Sut Jhally, Bathsheba Ratzkoff producer, Bathsheba Ratzkoff writers, Bathsheba Ratzkoff, Sut Jhally. Psalms [sound recording] / Khaled Jubran. Race and slavery in the Middle East : histories of trans-Saharan Africans

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