1203, 2013

Archives ouvertes de l’IFPO / IFPO Open Archives

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|March 12, 2013|Anthropology and Sociology, Art and Archaeology, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Politics and International Relations, Religions|0 comments

The French Institute for the Near East (Ifpo) collections serves the advancement of knowledge on the Middle East in general and Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, the Palestinian territories and Iraq in particular, in all the disciplines of humanities and social sciences, from Antiquity to our times. From its three firmly grounded scientific departments (Contemporary Studies, Medieval and Modern Arab Studies and Archaeology and Ancient History), Ifpo has developed a large academic spectrum,

1902, 2013

Open-access texts from the Institut français du Proche-Orient

By Mary Fisk|February 19, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology, History, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Religions|0 comments

The prestigious Institut français du Proche-Orient, with offices in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, aims to bring together study and research on all aspects of the ancient and modern civilizations of the Near East (including Libya, Syria, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian territories and Iraq) A large number of IFPO publications are now available on open-access from http://ifpo.revues.org/ The content is fully searchable and includes books, archaeological reports and the research reports, Les

1202, 2013

Art and Archaeology – December 2012 & January 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|February 12, 2013|Art and Archaeology|0 comments

Modern art in Africa, Asia, and Latin America : an introduction to global modernisms / edited by Elaine O’Brien… [et al.]. Global studies : mapping contemporary art and culture / Hans Belting … [et al.] (eds.) texts by Julia T.S. Binter … [et al.]. The last sane man : Michael Cardew : modern pots, colonialism, and counter-culture / Tanya Harrod. Jaina archaeology outside India / by Jineshwar Das Jain. A

3001, 2013

Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit online

By Mary Fisk|January 30, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology, History, Religions|0 comments

This is a digital index to Die Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit (PbmZ) currently being complied by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy with the aim of documenting the lives of individuals active in the Byzantine World. Part 1 (641-867 AD) is now completely indexed and searchable (some 11,500 articles) Although copyright restrictions mean the full-text cannot be viewed, you can see an opening extract and obtain the page references for the print volume. Part 2

2401, 2013

Vicino Oriente is back!

By Mary Fisk|January 24, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology, History|0 comments

(By Dbachmann at en.wikipedia [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons : http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Orient.png) The journal Vicino Oriente (published by the Oriental Studies Section of Rome “La Sapienza” University”) is back on open access – although you will have to download a whole issue rather than browse and view individual articles on screen. The open-access content is currently from Vol.8 (1989) to Vol.15 (2011). Vicino Oriente covers Near Eastern archaeology, history and epigraphy and also takes

2201, 2013

Newly online from the Oriental Institute (University of Chicago)

By Mary Fisk|January 22, 2013|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology|0 comments

(1) The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has recently announced further releases of its back-listed publications online. These can be freely viewed as PDFs Click here to see titles released on 14th January 2013. (2) The bulk of the Oriental Institute’s Research Archives are also available. Click here to access via the AWOL blog (3) The latest Oriental Institute Seminar paper – Iconoclasm and text destruction in the Ancient Near East and

1501, 2013

The World Digital Library

By Dominique Akhoun-Schwarb|January 15, 2013|Africa, Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica, Art and Archaeology, China and Inner Asia, Films and Sound Recordings, History, Literature, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, South Asia, South East Asia|0 comments

The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. There are, as of today, 6600+ items spanning from 8000BE to present, in a variety of formats (photographs, books, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, sound recordings, etc.) and languages, and covering a wide-range of subjects. Items on the WDL may easily be browsed by place,

0401, 2013

A Pictorial Story of a Tamil Community in North London

By Farzana Whitfield|January 4, 2013|Anthropology and Sociology, Art and Archaeology, South Asia|0 comments

Chiara Contrino has worked closely with the Hindu Sri Lankan Tamil communities in North London since 2006 to produce an exhibition that documents aspects of their culture and religious rituals, and to explore their significance for the participants. According to an old Tamil proverb, there cannot be a place called home without a Temple. Wherever in the world a Tamil community establishes itself, statues of the Gods will follow the

0612, 2012

Art and Archaeology – November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 6, 2012|Art and Archaeology|0 comments

Traveling the Silk Road : ancient pathway to the modern world / Mark Norell, Denise Patry Leidy & The American Museum of Natural History with Laura Ross. Visualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism / Ingvild Flaskerud. Productoon : نخستین جشنواره بین المللى کاریاتور بهرهورى = The First International Productivity Cartoon Festival, 1386 – 2007. Shifting paradigms in East Asian visual culture : a festschrift in honour of Lothar Ledderose

2011, 2012

Art and Archaeology – October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 20, 2012|Art and Archaeology|0 comments

Primitive art & society / edited by Anthony Forge. Images of otherness in medieval and early modern times : exclusion, inclusion and assimilation / edited by Anja Eisenbeiß, Lieselotte E. Saurma-Jeltsch. Visualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism / Ingvild Flaskerud. The Silk Road : a new history / Valerie Hansen. 东方美朮史教程 / 邓惠伯著. Oracle bone collections in the United States / by Hung-hsiang Chou. Chinese export ceramics / Rose