Law – December 2013 to July 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 10, 2015|Law|

Books Africa The Moroccan women’s rights movement / Amy Young Evrard. Commercial Law Comparative commercial contracts : law, culture and economic development / by Boris Kozolchyk, Evo DeConcini Comparative Law Comparative law / Mathias Siems. An introduction to comparative law theory and method / Geoffrey Samuel. The method and culture of comparative law : essays in honour of Mark Van Hoecke / edited by Maurice Adams and Dirk Heirbaut. East

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Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica – Dec 2012 to November 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|January 21, 2014|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Red star over Iraq : Iraqi communism before Saddam / Johan Franzén. Languages of love and hate : conflict, communication, and identity in the medieval Mediterranean / edited by Sarah Lambert and Helen Nicholson. Mongol rule in Seljuk Anatolia. The politics of conquest and history-writing 1243-1282. Sara ur Yildiz. The people want : a radical exploration of the Arab Uprising / Gilbert Achcar ; translated from the French by G.M.

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History – September 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 9, 2013|History|0 comments

e-books The rise of fiscal states: a global history, 1500-1914 / edited by Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla, Patrick K. O’Brien ; with Franciso Comín Comín. [e-book from Dawsonera] Akbar / André Wink [e-book fro Dawsonera] The Crusades: a very short introduction / Christopher Tyerman [e-book from ebrary] Western imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958 / D.K. Fieldhouse. [e-book from ebrary] Books Empire, global coloniality and African subjectivity / Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni. Homer’s Turk: how classics

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Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica – November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 10, 2012|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Islam & Islamic philosophy The essentials of Ibāḍī Islam / Valerie J. Hoffman. Muslims and the new media : historical and contemporary debates / Göran Larsson. Walking a tightrope : women and veiling in the United Kingdom / Ayesha Salma Kariapper. Difference and disability in the medieval islamic world : blighted bodies / Kristina L. Richardson. Whatever happened to the islamists : salafis, heavy metal muslims, and the lure of

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Films and Sound Recordings – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 9, 2012|Films and Sound Recordings|0 comments

Films Great African films. Vol. 1 – Faraw!: In Songhai with English subtitles. Haramuya: In Bambara with English subtitles. District 9 / Peter Jackson presents in association with TriStar Pictures and Block/Hanson a Wingnut Films production a film by Neill Blomkamp produced by Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell directed by Neill Blomkamp. Et maintenant, on va où? / Anne-Dominique Toussaint présente ; une co-production Les Films

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