2209, 2014

Free trial access to Hebrew journals collection on JSTOR

By Mary Fisk|September 22, 2014|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Anthropology and Sociology, Linguistics, Literature, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Religions|0 comments

From today (22nd September) to 20th October, SOAS Library has free trial access to JSTOR’s Hebrew journals collection. These will be cross-searchable with other JSTOR content at http://www.jstor.org/. The scope of the collection covers a wide range of subjects from ancient history and religious studies, through literature to sociology, economics and public administration of contemporary Israel. Although primarily in Hebrew, journals also include abstracts and summaries of content in English.

1909, 2014

Exploring the World of Shan Manuscripts

By Jotika Khur-Yearn|September 19, 2014|Anthropology and Sociology, Archival collections, Art and Archaeology, South East Asia|0 comments

In my previous blog post, An Introduction to the World of Shan Manuscripts, I wrote “the Shans created manuscripts in their own unique styles, features and formats.” For this post, I would like to extend my writing on or along the line of the ‘features’ of Shan manuscripts. To start with, it is worth noting that many Shan manuscripts were ended up in the archives and special collections in the

0109, 2014

Opening up your research: a guide to self-archiving

By David Pearson|September 1, 2014|Anthropology and Sociology, Art and Archaeology, China and Inner Asia, Development Studies, Financial and Management Studies, Gender, History, Information Literacy, Japan, Korea, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Music, Media and Film Studies, Politics and International Relations, Religions, South Asia, South East Asia, Unknown|0 comments

Making your research available on open access services increases citation and helps ensure greater impact, argues Deborah Lupton. In this post she has advice for sociologists in particular on different ways to self-archive, formatting and how to overcome barriers such as complex copyright legislation. Read the full article here. Deborah Lupton is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney. She blogs at This Sociological Life and tweets @DALupton and is currently writing

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

1507, 2014

Trial access to Asian Films Online from Alexander Street Press

By Jiyeon Wood|July 15, 2014|Anthropology and Sociology, China and Inner Asia, Films and Sound Recordings, Japan, Korea, Linguistics, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Music, Media and Film Studies, Politics and International Relations, South Asia, South East Asia, Unknown|0 comments

We have trial access to Asian Film Online Volumes I and II from Alexander Street Press until 15th August 2014. Asian Film Online is an online streaming video collection of narrative feature films, documentaries, and shorts.This will be useful for scholarship in Asian studies, Middle Eastern studies, political science, postcolonial theory and criticism, anthropology, and linguistics. Asian Film Online: Volume I features more than 600 hours of film across the region with

0406, 2014

AUC Digitizes Historic Collection of 19th-Century Egypt

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|June 4, 2014|Anthropology and Sociology, Archival collections, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica|0 comments

The rare books library has digitized 101 photographs documenting 19th-century Egyptian culture and the history of travel in the Middle East. Commissioned by the Underwood & Underwood publishing company, the photographs offer a wide range of possibilities for online research and teaching in a diverse array of courses, from rhetoric to history and anthropology. More info on their website: http://www.aucegypt.edu/newsatauc/Pages/story.aspx?eid=992

0206, 2014

Lifelines: a short video documentary from the Indian Himalayas

By David Pearson|June 2, 2014|Anthropology and Sociology, Development Studies, South Asia, Unknown|0 comments

Dr Jane Dyson has just announced the release of her short (15 minute) video documentary, titled Lifelines. Based on long-term ethnographic research in the Indian Himalayas, it is one man’s story of juggling responsibilities and fighting for dreams, both for himself and his community. She plans to add teaching resources to the website soon. Available online at: www.lifelinesfilm.com Jane Dyson’s new book [Dyson, J. (2014) Working Childhoods: Youth agency and

2305, 2014

Research Ethics Guidebook Online Resource

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 23, 2014|Anthropology and Sociology, Development Studies, Economics, Politics and International Relations|0 comments

Students who are new to social science research should take a look at the Research Ethics Guidebook website which has recently been developed at the Institute of Education with funding from the ESRC. It can serve as guide through the regulatory processes and procedures that can apply to social science research and it also links to more detailed information as well as the six ethics principles set out in the

0904, 2014

Afghanistan’s next president may be an anthropologist..

By David Pearson|April 9, 2014|Anthropology and Sociology, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Politics and International Relations, Unknown|0 comments

I spotted this article on the Savage Minds blog, see the original here. It’s written by Alex Golub whose new book, Leviathans at the gold mine : creating indigenous and corporate actors in Papua New Guinea is on order for SOAS Library. Afghanistan’s next president may be an anthropologist by Alex Golub Afghanistan’s upcoming elections have received a lot of coverage here in the United States, and all over the world. But