History – March 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 11, 2015|History|0 comments

General and thematic The true history of tea / Victor H. Mair & Erling Hoh Trophies, relics and curios? : Missionary heritage from Africa and the Pacific / edited by Karen Jacobs, Chantal Knowles, Chris Wingfield Guantánamo diary / Mohamedou Ould Slahi ; introduction by Larry Siems ; edited by Larry Siems Case studies in transmission / Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, Ilkka Lindstedt, Robert Rollinger und Raija Mattila (Hgg.) The British industrial

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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

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UN report on Human Rights in North Korea

By Victoria Bird|February 18, 2014|Korea, Law, Politics and International Relations|0 comments

The UN Report containing the findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was published yesterday. The report documents in great detail the wide-ranging array of crimes against humanity allegedly being committed in the country. “The gravity, scale and nature of these violations reveal a State that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world,” it states. The Commission will formally

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Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – March 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 8, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations Sacred killing: the archaeology of sacrifice in the ancient Near East / edited by Anne M. Porter and Glenn M. Schwartz Temple building and temple cult:  architecture and cultic paraphernalia of temples in the Levant (2.-1. Mill. B.C.E.) : Proceedings of a conference on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Institute of Biblical Archaeology at the University of Tübingen (28th – 30th of May

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Arab Human Rights Index

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|February 25, 2013|Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Politics and International Relations|0 comments

The Human Rights Index for the Arab Countries, sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme on Governance in the Arab Region (UNDP-POGAR), is a repository for the entire set of United Nations documents pertaining to human rights and the responses, including reservations, by the Arab member states to the committees that monitor the core international human rights treaties. The Arab Human Rights Index (AHR) covers each Arab country’s ratification of

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South Asia – September and October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 22, 2012|South Asia|0 comments

E- Book Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504-1719 / Munis D. Faruqui. Available from Dawsonera The tiger vanquished : LTTE’s story / M.R. Narayan Swamy. Available from ebrary Print Journal The International Journal of Jaina Studies Books Nartanam. vol. 12, no. 2. –  Special issue of the journal ‘Narantam’ on Tagore’s vision of dance. Penser, dire et représenter l’animal dans le monde indien / textes réunis par Nalini Balbir et Georges-Jean

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Films and Sound Recordings – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 1, 2012|Films and Sound Recordings|0 comments

Films Not one less / Columbia Tristar Home Video directed by Zhang Yimou.  New Dragon Gate Inn / directed by Li Hui Min produced by Tsui Hark. Son of Babylon / a film by Mohamed Al-Daradji. b19121763 Sergio / HBO Documentary Films and BBC Storyville present a Passion Pictures and Silverbridge production a film by Greg Barker produced by John Battsek, Greg Barker, Julie Goldman directed by Greg Barker.  Le

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Politics and International Relations – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

Journals Cultural Politics – Volume 8(2012) onwards. Red pepper – Dec 2011 onwards. Books Europe, the USA and political Islam : strategies for engagement / edited by Michelle Pace. After the nation? : critical reflections on nationalism and postnationalism / edited by Keith Breen and Shane O’Neill . The Iran-Iraq War / Rob Johnson. Religion and politics in international relations : the modern myth / Timothy Fitzgerald. The best of

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Middle East and Central Asia – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Journals Arabica  – Volume 1(1954) onwards. Books International migration and development in the Arab region : challenges and opportunities / Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). Sources for the history of Sasanian and post-Sasanian Iran / edendum curavit Rika Gyselen. Islam, the state, and political authority : medieval issues and modern concerns / edited by Asma Afsaruddin. Angels in Islam : Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyuṭī’s al-Hạbāʼik fī akhbār al-malāʼik /

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