Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica – September 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 21, 2013|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Islam Les deux routes syrienne et égyptienne de pèlerinage au nord-ouest de l’Arabie Saoudite / Alî Ibrâhîm al-Ghabbân. Maṭāliʻ al-nūr al-sanī al-munbiʼ ʻan ṭahāraẗ nasab al-Nabiyy al-ʻarabī / ʻan ʻAbdī Afandī al-Būsnawī taḥqīq Josef Dreher.;”مطالع النو السنّي المنبيء عن طهارة نسب النب العربي / عن عبدي أفندي البوسنوي تحقيق يوسف دريهر” Family planning in the legacy of Islam / Abdel Rahim Omran Rock the Casbah : rage and rebellion across the

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China and Inner Asia – September 2012 to May 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 24, 2013|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

Migration, prostitution, and human trafficking : the voice of Chinese women / Min Liu. Taiwan and the rise of China : cross-strait relations in the twenty-first century / edited by Baogang Guo and Chung-chian Teng. Taiwanese identity in the 21st century : domestic, regional, and global perspectives / edited by Gunter Schubert and Jens Damm. Tibet : a history / Sam Van Schaik. Harmony and war : Confucian culture and

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Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 15, 2012|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near East Bārtu nabalkattu ana māt Aššur īpušma uḫatṭạ … : eine Studie zum Vokabular und zur Sprache der Rebellion in ausgewählten neuassyrischen Quellen und in 2 Kön 15-21 / Peter Juhás. Writing Ancient Persia / Thomas Harrison. Semitics Ahuvat ben ha-markịz : roman / Gidʻon Telpaz. אהובת בן המרקיז : רומן / גדעון תלפז. Be-shevaḥ ha-śinʼa / Moshe Dor בשבח השנאה : שירים / משה דור. Hạkụḳ be-even hạtukh

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Korea – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Korea|0 comments

Women and Confucianism in Chosŏn Korea : new perspectives / edited by Youngmin Kim and Michael J. Pettid. IT development in Korea : a broadband nirvana? / Kwang-Suk Lee. The quest for statehood : Korean immigrant nationalism and U.S. sovereignty, 1905-1945 / Richard S. Kim. Militants or partisans : labor unions and democratic politics in Korea and Taiwan / Yoonkyung Lee. Korean unification and the positions and roles of the

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Japan – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Japan|0 comments

The face of Jizō : image and cult in medieval Japanese Buddhism / Hank Glassman. Bonds of the dead : temples, burial, and the transformation of contemporary Japanese Buddhism / Mark Michael Rowe Japan’s shrinking regions in the 21st century / Peter Matanle and Anthony S. Rausch with the Shrinking Regions Research Group. Passionate friendship : the aesthetics of girls’ culture in Japan / Deborah Shamoon. The Okinawan diaspora in

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