South East Asia and Pacific Islands – June 2012 to May 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 25, 2013|South East Asia|0 comments

The “other” Karen in Myanmar : ethnic minorities and the struggle without arms / Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung. Global Filipinos : migrants’ lives in the virtual village / Deirdre McKay. “Siam” : ten ways to look at Thailand’s past / Barend Jan Terwiel. Aid dependence in Cambodia : how foreign assistance undermines democracy / Sophal Ear. The Politics of Timor-leste : democratic consolidation after intervention / Michael Leach … [et al.],

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South East Asia – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 18, 2012|South East Asia|0 comments

2010 International Seminar and Screening of Thai Cinema : proceedings, 16-18 April, 2010, Shanghai, China / [edited by Raksarn Wiwatsinudom … [et al.].]. A gentleman’s word : the legacy of Subhas Chandra Bose in Southeast Asia / Nilanjana Sengupta. An end to a war : a Japanese soldier’s experience of the 1945 death marches of North Borneo / written by Ueno Itsuyoshi, translated by Mika Reilly, edited by Richard W.

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Religions – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 4, 2012|Religions|0 comments

e-Journals Journal of Religion in Japan Vol.1 (2012) onwards [Available to all users on-campus, and SOAS Students/Staff off-campus] Journal of Hindu Studies. Volume 1 (2008) onwards. [Available to all users on-campus, and SOAS Students/Staff off-campus] Books The Almohad revolution: politics and religion in the Islamic West during the twelfth-thirteenth centuries / Maribel Fierro Buddhist funeral cultures of Southeast Asia and China / edited by Paul Williams and Patrice Ladwig. Citizens

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South East Asia and Pacific – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 1, 2012|South East Asia|0 comments

A history of Sino-Malaysian interactions / by Zhou Weimin, Tang Lingling ; adapted & ed. by See Hoon Peow ; translated by Tan Yau Chong. Belgian tourists in Burma, Siam, Vietnam and Cambodia (1897 & 1900) / Captain Georges ‘Puck’ Chaudoir, Mr. and Mrs. Émile Jottrand ; translated and with introductions by Walter E. J. Tips. Borneo transformed : agricultural expansion on the Southeast Asian frontier / edited by Rodolphe

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Development Studies – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|July 28, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

‘Good health at low cost’ 25 years on : what makes a successful health care system? / editors: Dina Balabanova, Martin McKee and Anne Mills. Environmental impact / editors, C.A. Brebbia, T.-S. Chon. Provocations for Development / Robert Chambers Representations of global poverty : aid, development and international NGOs / Nandita Dogra.

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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Films and Sound Recordings – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Films and Sound Recordings|0 comments

Films Arna’s children written and directed by Juliano Mer Khamis and Danniel Danniel.  워낭소리 / 제작, 스튜디오 느림보 ; 감독, 이 충렬 ; 프로듀서, 고 영재.  Old partner = Wŏnang sori written, edited, and directed by Lee Chung-Ryoul. No one killed Jessica written & directed by Raj Kumar Gupta.  Planeat  edited & directed by Shelley Lee Davies & Or Shlomi  The shooting of Thomas Hurndall  directed by Rowan Joffe. Chū

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