2004, 2015

Trial access to SCC Online database of full text case law, legislation and law journal articles from Asia & Africa

By Bob Burns|April 20, 2015|Africa, Law, South Asia, South East Asia|0 comments

From today until 16 May 2015 we have trial access to SCC Online, a full text database of case law, legislation and journal articles from a variety of Asian & African jurisdictions. The main focus of the database is on case law, legislation and journal articles (15 titles) from India. It also has comprehensive coverage of case law from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and more limited coverage of case

1911, 2014

An Exhibition on Shan Culture: Arts, Manuscripts, Festivals

By Jotika Khur-Yearn|November 19, 2014|South East Asia|0 comments

Exhibition for Raising Awareness of Information on Tai or Shan Cultural Studies Where: Wolfson Gallery in SOAS Library, University of London When: November and December 2014; Admission: Free (Subject to Library Admission – http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/using/admission/) The Shan ethnic group, who call themselves “Tai”, is one of the Asian ethnic groups with a long history of civilization as seen in their rich cultural traditions, visual and performance arts, literary works and seasonal festivals.

1410, 2014

History – September 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|October 14, 2014|History|0 comments

General and comparative A history of market performance: from ancient Babylonia to the modern world / [edited by] R.J. Van der Spek, Jan Luiten van Zanden, E.S. van Leeuwen. A global conceptual history of Asia, 1860-1940 / edited by Hagen Schulz-Forberg. Historians debate the rise of the West / Jonathan Daly. Africa Berber government: the Kabyle polity in pre-colonial Algeria / Hugh Roberts. The politics of chieftaincy: authority and

2509, 2014

History – August 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 25, 2014|History|0 comments

General and comparative The Oxford history of historical writing [Vol.2: 400-1400]/ Daniel Woolf, general editor. The Oxford handbook of the history of medicine / edited by Mark Jackson. Africa An African in Paris / Bernard Binlin Dadié ; translated by Karen C. Hatch. Blue dahlia, black gold: a journey into Angola / Daniel Metcalfe Lost and found in Johannesburg, a memoir / Mark Gevisser. Good morning, Mr Mandela / by

1908, 2014

An Introduction to the World of Shan Manuscripts

By Jotika Khur-Yearn|August 19, 2014|Anthropology and Sociology, Archival collections, Linguistics, Literature, Religions, South East Asia, Unknown|0 comments

Sample of Shan Manuscript Covers The tradition of producing manuscripts has been an important custom among Shan communities for centuries. The production of manuscripts is in fact a way of publishing, as was also the case in other countries before the era of printing press, but the tradition still continues in Shan communities even in the age of eprint or online publication (although this tradition of making manuscript is now fast

0907, 2014

South East Asia – April to June 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 9, 2014|South East Asia|0 comments

SEA General The aesthetics of grammar : sound and meaning in the languages of mainland Southeast Asia / edited by Jeffrey P. Williams Transnational dynamics in Southeast Asia : the greater Mekong Subregion and Malacca Straits economic corridors / edited by Nathalie Fau, Sirivanh Khonthapane, Christian Taillard. Cold War Southeast Asia /Murfett, Malcom H. (Ebook) Brunei The history of the Sultans of Brunei accession to the throne / Pehin Jawatan Dalam

0503, 2014

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

0612, 2013

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

3010, 2013

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 /

0810, 2013

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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