Federal Archives at Berlin-Lichterfelde
A review of the Federal Archives – Berlin-Lichterfelde (Bundesarchiv, Berlin-Lichterfelde), Berlin, Germany. The Federal Archives are the largest public archives in Germany and are made…
Monthly Archives: October 2013
The Sonification of Scientific Data
A review of Lobbying for the Ear: The Public Fascination with and Academic Legitimacy of the Sonification of Scientific Data, by Alexandra Supper. Sonification is…
Euthanasia, Islam & Christianity
A review of Islam, Euthanasia and Western Christianity: Drawing on Western Christian Thinking to Develop an Expanded Western Sunni Muslim Perspective on Euthanasia, by Rishad…
Oil, Ore & State-building in Xinjiang 1893-1964
A review of Staking Claims to China’s Borderland: Oil, Ores, and State-building in Xinjiang Province, 1893-1964, by Judd Creighton Kinzley. Staking Claims to China’s Borderland…
Spain, China & Japan in Manila 1571-1644
A review of When Political Economies Meet: Spain, China and Japan in Manila, ca. 1571-1644, by Birgit Magdalena Tremml. Birgit Magdalena Tremml’s study on the…
Politics of Rights & Welfare in Argentina 1982-90
A review of In Search of the “Lost Decade”: The Politics of Rights and Welfare During the Argentine Transition to Democracy, 1982-1990, by Jennifer Adair….
Dissertating, Doubting & Doing It Anyway
Dissertating, Doubting, and Doing It Anyway As anyone who has tried knows well, dissertating is a doubt-laden enterprise. Such was certainly my experience. The dissertation…
Left Wing Student Activists in Thailand
A review of The Rise of the Octobrists: Power and Conflict among Former Left Wing Student Activists in Contemporary Thai Politics, by Kanokrat Lertchoosakul. Karl…
Indian Settlements & the British Law 1726-73
A review of “They Have Travailed into a Wrong Latitude:” The Laws of England, Indian Settlements and the British Imperial Constitution 1726-1773, by Arthur Mitchell…
Automatic Writing in France 1857-1930
A review of Scripting the Mind: Automatic Writing in France, 1857-1930, by Alexandra Katerina Bacopoulos-Viau. This excellent dissertation by Alexandra Bacopoulos-Viau explores automatic writing in…