South East Asia – February 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 5, 2014|South East Asia|0 comments

SEA General Buddhist narrative in Asia and beyond : in honor of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on her fifty-fifth birth anniversary / edited by Peter Skilling and Justin McDaniel. Ceramics of seduction : glazed wares from Southeast Asia / Dawn F. Rooney ; editors: Narisa Chakrabongse, Alice Williamson ; photography: Andrew Smart. Gambling with the land : the contemporary evolution of Southeast Asian agriculture / Rodolphe De Koninck, Jean-François

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Southeast Asian Studies – an open access journal published by Kyoto University

By Jotika Khur-Yearn|February 5, 2014|South East Asia|0 comments

Southeast Asian Studies is an open access journal published by Kyoto University. The journal engages in wide-ranging and in-depth discussions that are attuned to the issues, debates, and imperatives within the region, while affirming the importance of learning and sharing ideas on a cross-country, global, and historical scale. Being an open access journal, it means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users

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South East Asia and Pacific Islands – November 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 6, 2013|South East Asia|0 comments

SEA/Pacific general Golden dragon and purple phoenix : the Chinese and their multi-ethnic descendants in Southeast Asia / Lee Khoon Choy. Longing for the past [sound recording] : the 78 RPM era in southeast Asia. Theravada Buddhism : continuity, diversity and identity / Kate Crosby. Burma/Myanmar The making of the Zo : the Chin of Burma and the Lushai and Kuki of India through colonial and local narratives 1826–1917 and

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DNSA and Southeast Asia

By Jotika Khur-Yearn|November 12, 2013|China and Inner Asia, Japan, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, South East Asia, Unknown|0 comments

SOAS Library has recently acquired a new database called DNSA (Digital National Security Archive). The database contains the most comprehensive set of declassified government documents available covering large areas of Asia and the Middle East. The resource now includes 40 collections consisting of over 94,000 meticulously indexed documents, with more than 650,000 total pages. Each of these collections, compiled by top scholars and experts, exhaustively covers the most critical world

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South East Asia – October 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 30, 2013|South East Asia|0 comments

SEA/Pacific general A heritage of ruins : the ancient sites of Southeast Asia and their conservation / William Chapman. Gender and Islam in Southeast Asia : women’s rights movements, religious resurgence and local traditions / edited by Susanne Schröter. Southeast Asian cinema / ouvrage publié sous la direction/edited by Gaëtan Margirier & Jean-Pierre Gimenez = Le cinéma d’Asie du Sud-Est. Performance, popular culture, and piety in Muslim Southeast Asia /

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South East Asia – September 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 8, 2013|South East Asia|0 comments

SEA/Pacific general Cosmopolitan sex workers : women and migration in a global city / Christine B.N. Chin. The longest journey : Southeast Asians and the pilgrimage to Mecca / Eric Tagliacozzo. Brunei Post-war Borneo, 1945-1950 : nationalism, empire, and state-building / Ooi Keat Gin. Burma/Myanmar The era of general Ne Win : a biographical approach of his military and political career considering Burmese traditions of political succession / Larah Wessendorf.

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Literature – April 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 15, 2013|Literature|0 comments

Criticism & interpretation Women writing violence : the novel and radical feminist imaginaries / Shreerekha Subramanian. Approaches to teaching The story of the stone (Dream of the red chamber) / edited by Andrew Schonebaum and Tina Lu. 文学革命与”新青年”传播 /陈斯华著 – Wen xue ge ming yu “Xin qing nian” chuan bo / Chen Sihua zhu. 子彈鴉片 : 天安門大屠殺的生死故事 / 廖亦武  – Zi dan ya pian : Tian’anmen da tu sha de

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Economics – December 2012 & January 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 5, 2013|Economics|0 comments

The Philippines in ASEAN : reflections from the listening room / M. C. Abad Jr. From miracle to maturity : the growth of the Korean economy / Barry Eichengreen, Dwight H. Perkins, and Kwanho Shin. The growth of international business / edited by Mark Casson. International trade : selected readings / ed. by Jagdish Bhagwati. Invested interests : capital, culture, and the World Bank / Bret Benjamin. The global grapevine

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South East Asia and Pacific – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 6, 2012|South East Asia|0 comments

Beyond combat : women and gender in the Vietnam War era / Heather Marie Stur. Early interactions between South and Southeast Asia : reflections on cross-cultural exchange / edited by Pierre-Yves Manguin, A. Mani, Geoff Wade. Earth dance / Oka Rusmini ; translated by Rani Amboyo and Thomas M. Hunter ; edited by Laura Noszlopy with an afterword by Pamella Allen. Engaging the spirit world : popular beliefs and practices

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