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North, Central & West Asia

Museum Studies

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 (1...
Ottoman/Turkish

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 Göks...
Religious Studies

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...
Inner/Central Asia

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 Pic...
Diaspora/Migration

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 st...
Diaspora/Migration

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...
Inner/Central Asia

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-Ti...
Islamic 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...
Ottoman/Turkish

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...
Tibetan/Himalayan

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. Encomp...
Islamic Studies

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 ...
Inner/Central Asia

Mobilization and Ethnicity in Kazakhstan during World War II

A review of “A Fortress of the Soviet Home Front”: Mobilization and Ethnicity in Kazakhstan during World War II, by Roberto Carmack. Roberto Carmack h...
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