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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Homonationalism and Pinkwashing Conference – live streaming starts today

By David Pearson|April 10, 2013|Gender|0 comments

If you are not already in New York attending the Homonationalism and Pinkwashing Conference, you may be interested to know that the organisers, The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies are streaming the various sessions and keynote speeches. These will also be podcast later. As well as the obvious relevance to those of you studying gender and sexuality, this conference has significant content relating to the SOAS regions and its other subjects, notably

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China and Inner Asia – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 3, 2012|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

Database updates China Academic Journals (CAJ) 中国期刊全文数据库 now includes masters theses and doctoral dissertations The popular Chinese language database now includes access to masters theses (1999-2012) and doctoral dissertations (2000-2012). These can be searched or browsed individually or cross searched with all of our other CAJ packages. A small percentage of the articles are images which can be converted to text-based articles by using the OCR button. http://oversea.cnki.net/ [On-campus] http://bit.ly/CAJTheses

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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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China – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 9, 2012|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

Books Tibet : hitting the high roads / by Jia Lin Quick access to the People’s Republic of China : the first sixty years (1949-2009) / [Zhang Haixing, Qi Pengfei bian zhu]. Chinese literature : great tradition since the Book of songs / Yao Dan … [et al.] ; translated [from the Chinese] by Li Ziliang … [et al.]. Chinese food / Liu Junru ; [translated from the original Chinese

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China and Inner Asia – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|China and Inner Asia|0 comments

Journals Inner-Asia – Volume 1(1999) onwards. Books Newest trends in the study of grammaticalization and lexicalization in chinese /ed. Janet Zhiqun Xing. Confucian philosophy :innovations and transformations /edited by Chung-Ying Cheng and Justin Tiwald. Ming China, 1368-1644 :a concise history of a resilient empire /John W. Dardess. Merchants of Canton and Macao : politics and strategies in eighteenth-century Chinese trade /Paul A. Van Dyke. Reluctant regulators : how the West created

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