Negotiating Tradition, Authority, and Sovereignty in Pakistan
A review of The ‘Ulamā’ and the State: Negotiating Tradition, Authority and Sovereignty in Contemporary Pakistan, by Mashal Saif The role of religion in Pakistani…
Category Archives: East, South & Southeast Asia
Young Women’s Migration in Modern China
A review of Young Women’s Migration in Modern China: From Rural Villages to Factories in Urban Cities, by Juan Zhong. The present dissertation by Juan…
Human Sexual Dimorphism and Health in Prehistoric Thailand
A review of Human Sexual Dimorphism and Health During the Intensification of Agriculture in Prehistoric Thailand, by Angela L. Clark. This dissertation by Angela Clark…
Social Knowledge & Cultural Memory in Japanese Waka Poetry
A review of Learning with Waka Poetry: Transmission and Production of Social Knowledge and Cultural Memory in Premodern Japan, by Ariel G. Stilerman. Waka, the…
Visual Culture & Artistic Knowledge in Late Mughal Delhi
A review of Art in Between Empires: Visual Culture & Artistic Knowledge in Late Mughal Delhi, 1748-1857, by Yuthika Sharma. In Art Between Empires, Yuthika…
Commodifying Religion in the People’s Republic of China
A review of Commodifying Mount Putuo: State Nationalism, Religious Tourism, and Buddhist Revival, by Courtney Bruntz. In this dissertation, Courtney Bruntz analyzes the contemporary tourism…
Performing the Sacred in Newar Buddhist Art
A review of Dīpaṅkara Buddha and the Patan Samyak Mahādāna in Nepal: Performing the Sacred in Newar Buddhist Art, by Kerry Lucinda Brown. This dissertation…
Refugee Resettlement in Pakistani Punjab, 1947-62
A review of A Betrayed Promise? The Politics of the Everyday State and the Resettling of Refugees in Pakistani Punjab, 1947—62, by Elisabetta Iob. This…
DHAsia 2017 Call for Proposals
DHAsia, a pioneering Digital Humanities initiative at Stanford University, is seeking proposals for its 2017 short-term residency program focused on East, South, Southeast, and Inner/Central…
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A Review of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, Massachusetts, United States) My research interests lie at the intersection of book studies and the…