The Politics of Russian Archaeology in Ottoman Lands
A review of Byzantine Heritage, Archaeology, and Politics between Russia and the Ottoman Empire: Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople (1894-1914), by Pinar Üre. Pinar Üre’s…
Category Archives: North, Central & West Asia
Modernity and Modernization in Turkey
A Review of Assessing the Turkish Model: The Modernization Trajectory of Turkey through the lens of the Multiple Modernities Paradigm, by Oğuzhan Göksel. Oğuzhan Göksel’s…
A Tibetan Ritual Master’s Objects of Power
A review of Substance and Sense: Objects of Power in the Life, Writings, and Legacy of the Tibetan Ritual Master Sog bzlog pa Blo gros…
Islamic Scholarly Exchange in Central Asia, 1747-1917
A review of The Persianate Sphere during the Age of Empires: Islamic Scholars and Networks of Exchange in Central Asia, 1747-1917, by James Robert Pickett….
Mobility and Senses of Belonging among the Fatani People
A review of Be-longing: Fatanis in Makkah and Jawi, by Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad. Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad offers an intriguing and perceptive study on…
Civil Unrest by Expatriates in Istanbul
A review of Sensemaking of Civil Unrest by Expatriates in Istanbul, Turkey from May 31, 2013 to July 18, 2013 by LeAnn Gale DeHoff. It has…
Ordinary People and Everyday Lives in Kulob, Tajikistan
A review of Temporality and Subjectivity in Kulob, Southern Tajikistan: An Ethnography of Ordinary People and Their Everyday Lives, by Diana Ibañez-Tirado In national-scale studies…
Cambodian Cham Identities in a Global Age
A review of From the Khmer Rouge to Hambali: Cham Identities in a Global Age, by Kok-Thay Eng. The Cambodian Genocide: most scholars have heard…
The Trabzon-Bayezid Road and Modernization in the Late Ottoman Empire
A review of A road in rebellion, a history on the move: The social history of the Trabzon-Bayezid road and the formation of the modern…
Legitimation and Innovation in Tibetan Chöd
A review of Making the Old New Again and Again: Legitimation and Innovation in the Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Tradition, by Michelle Janet Sorensen. Encompassing intellectual…