Happy Thanksgiving 2014
With Thanksgiving coming up on Thursday, November 27, we will take a one-week break and return to work on Monday, December 1. With best wishes…
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Transnational Networks & Religious Freedom in China
A Review of Quiet Confrontations: Transnational Advocacy Networks, Local Churches and the Pursuit of Religious Freedoms in China, by Yun Wang Yun Wang investigates the…
Alliance and Rivalry on the Ottoman-Iranian Frontier
A review of The Politics of Alliance and Rivalry on the Ottoman-Iranian Frontier: The Babans 1500-1851, by Metin Atmaca. There is little doubt that the…
Political Rule & Legitimacy in the Pamir Mountains
A review of To Rule the Roof of the World: Power and Patronage in Afghan Kyrgyz Society, by Edward M. Callahan, Jr. This anthropological study…
Qing Colonial Legal Culture in Amdo Tibet
Qing Colonial Legal Culture in Amdo Tibet An earlier version of this article was published at the International Society for Chinese Law and History In…
Online Presence for Your Early Career
Talking Shop: Creating Online Presence for Early Career Researchers Hardcopy letterhead and dossiers sent out by your department are fast becoming historical artifacts of the…
A Book of Wisdom for Persian Kings & Courtly Elites
A review of The Medieval Reception of Firdausī’s Shāhnāma: The Ardashīr Cycle as a Mirror for Princes, by Nasrin Askari. Nasrin Askari begins her dissertation by reminding…
Anti-Communism and Adoption in Cold War South Korea
A Review of A New American Comes “Home”: Korean War Adoptees and Cold War Sentiments of Race and Nation, by Susie Woo. Tracing the histories…
“Objective Authorship” in 20th-Century Russian Writing and Photography
A review of Objective Authorship: Photography and Writing in Russia, 1905-1975, by Katherine Hill Reischl. Katherine Hill Reischl’s Objective Authorship: Photography and Writing in Russia,…
Participatory Archival Research in The Hague and Jakarta
“We have finally discovered who you really are!”, the volunteers of the Expatriate Archive Centre (EAC) in The Hague exclaimed. A small book with a…