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The Politics of Russian Archaeology in Ottoman Lands

  • Kalliopi Amygdalou
  • 7 minute read
A review of Byzantine Heritage, Archaeology, and Politics between Russia and the Ottoman Empire: Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople (1894-1914),…
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Modernity and Modernization in Turkey

  • Zenonas Tziarras
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  • 5 minute read
A Review of Assessing the Turkish Model: The Modernization Trajectory of Turkey through the lens of the Multiple Modernities Paradigm,…
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A Tibetan Ritual Master’s Objects of Power

  • Christopher Bell
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  • 16 minute read
A review of Substance and Sense: Objects of Power in the Life, Writings, and Legacy of the Tibetan Ritual Master…
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Islamic Scholarly Exchange in Central Asia, 1747-1917

  • Rian Thum
  • 6 minute read
A review of The Persianate Sphere during the Age of Empires: Islamic Scholars and Networks of Exchange in Central Asia,…
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Mobility and Senses of Belonging among the Fatani People

  • Francis R. Bradley
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A review of Be-longing: Fatanis in Makkah and Jawi, by Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad. Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad offers an…
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Civil Unrest by Expatriates in Istanbul

  • Cynthia Grguric
  • 5 minute read
A review of Sensemaking of Civil Unrest by Expatriates in Istanbul, Turkey from May 31, 2013 to July 18, 2013 by…
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Ordinary People and Everyday Lives in Kulob, Tajikistan

  • Till Mostowlansky
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A review of Temporality and Subjectivity in Kulob, Southern Tajikistan: An Ethnography of Ordinary People and Their Everyday Lives, by…
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Cambodian Cham Identities in a Global Age

  • William Noseworthy
  • 4 minute read
A review of From the Khmer Rouge to Hambali: Cham Identities in a Global Age, by Kok-Thay Eng. The Cambodian…
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The Trabzon-Bayezid Road and Modernization in the Late Ottoman Empire

  • Emre Erol
  • 5 minute read
A review of A road in rebellion, a history on the move: The social history of the Trabzon-Bayezid road and…
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Legitimation and Innovation in Tibetan Chöd

  • Susan Zakin
  • 12 minute read
A review of Making the Old New Again and Again: Legitimation and Innovation in the Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Tradition, by…
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