Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – September 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 14, 2014|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Tribe and state: the dynamics of international politics and the reign of Zimri-Lim / by Adam E. Miglio. “Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Netherworld” and the Sumerian Gilgamesh cycle / by Alhena Gadotti. Karkemish : an ancient capital on the Euphrates / edited by Nicolò Marchetti Sourcebook for ancient Mesopotamian medicine / by JoAnn Scurlock. Byzantium From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt: religion, identity and politics after the

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Africa – September 2012 to May 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 13, 2013|Africa|0 comments

Conflict and social transformation in Eastern DR Congo / [edited by] Koen Vlassenroot, Timothy Raeymaekers. Dialektologie des Komorischen : quantitative und qualitative Untersuchungen zur internen Gliederung der östlichsten Bantusprache / Wolfram Full. Slaves, freedmen, and indentured laborers in colonial Mauritius / Richard B. Allen. Economic policies and the irrigated agriculture in Sudan : lessons from the Gezira scheme / Amel M. Mubarak, Ali A. Salih, Khalid H. A. Siddig. Rwanda

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Politics and International Relations – September to November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 20, 2012|Politics|0 comments

Great games, local rules : the new power contest in Central Asia / Alexander Cooley. Chaos, violence, dynasty : politics and Islam in Central Asia / Eric McGlinchey. Understanding Central Asia : politics and contested transformations / Sally Cummings. Movement, power and place in Central Asia and beyond : contested trajectories / edited by Madeleine Reeves. Extremists in our midst: confronting terror [electronic resource] / Abdul Haqq Baker. [Available as

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