In commemoration of #BiWeek, we are featuring titles edited by Katherine Crawford-Lackey and Megan E. Springate that emphasize the history and preservation of two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer settings in the United States. Browse the editors’ works below and read freely accessible excerpts by following the links.
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Posted 23 September 2020
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Tagged: archaeology, bisexual, historic preservation, Historical Archaeology, Intersectional, lgbtq, Preservation, queer, queer preservation, two spirit, us history
World Refugee Day (June 20) honors those who leave everything behind to escape war, persecution, or terror. This day celebrates the courage and resilience of refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, stateless persons, and returnees, as the plight of those fleeing conflict is often met with overwhelming uncertainty and assault on human rights.
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Posted 19 June 2020
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Tagged: boat, burma, Cambodia, deportation, east africa, european-turkish, gender studies, genocide studies, Germany, kakuma, karen activism, migration, mobility studies, refugee and migration studies, refugee shelter, refugees, resettlement, rwanda, somalia, thailand, tibet, ubumwe, World Refugee Day
May 28 is the International Day of Action for Women’s Health. For over 30 years, women’s rights advocates and allies in the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) movement worldwide have commemorated this day in diverse ways. Visit the campaign’s website for more information and ways to participate. At a time when women’s human […]
On May 17th 1990, the World Health Organization decided to declassify homosexuality as a mental disorder. 14 years later, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was established to expose the relentless violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexuals, transgender, intersex people and all other people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or […]
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Posted 17 May 2020
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Tagged: #IDAHOTB2020, archaeology, bisexual, case studies, gay, Historical Archaeology, lesbian, lgbtq, place, public history, queer, queer preservation, setting, transgender, two spirit
All Anthropology titles are discounted 25% from now until March 1st!
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Posted 20 February 2020
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Tagged: Anthro, anthropology, belize, Capitalism, charity, credit, cultural space, EASA, EASA Series, economic anthropology, economics, economy, Egalitarianism, ethnography, foreign aid, global political economy, human economy series, Israel, israeli academics, management consultancy, national ideology, New Directions in Anthropology, palestine, political economy, social anthropology, studies in social analysis, tourism, world anthropology day
The following is an excerpt from Ute Frevert’s “The Emotional Language of Flowers,” a chapter found in FEELINGS MATERIALIZED: Emotions, Bodies, and Things in Germany, 1500–1950, edited by Derek Hillard, Heikki Lempa, and Russell Spinney. Learn more about the book here.
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Posted 13 February 2020
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Tagged: aesthetics, communication, Emotion, Feelings, Flower Industry, Flowers, gender, German culture, german studies, holidays, Mothers Day, politics, romanticism, symbolism, Valentines Day
We are delighted to inform you that Berghahn Books will be attending the Society for Historical Archaeology‘s annual meeting on January 8–11, 2020. Please stop by Table #23 to browse our selection of books at discounted prices and meet Archaeology, Heritage Studies and Museum Studies Editor Caryn M. Berg!
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Posted 06 January 2020
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Tagged: American archaeology, american history, archaeogaming, archaeology, Colonialism, counter-witchcraft, cultural resource management, education, heritage studies, historic preservation, Historical Archaeology, historical fiction, indigenous studies, labor history, laboratory manual, lgbtq, pedagogy, post-colonial, SHA20, SHA2020
Dear Colleague, We are delighted to inform you that we will be attending the American Historical Association’s annual meeting in New York, NY, on January 3rd–6th, 2020. Please stop by Booth #1007 to browse our latest selection of books at discounted prices and pick up free journal samples. Scroll down for a preview of the new releases on display.
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Tagged: AHA20, AHA2020, American Historical Association, bohemia, Caribbean studies, czech, environmental history, environmental studies, eugenics, genocide studies, heritage, history, holocaust, holocaust studies, jewish refugees, Jewish studies, Latin American History, Latin American Studies, moravia, Nuclear crisis, perpetrator, postsocialist, Raul Hilberg, Spanish History, Steven Pinker, The Destruction of the European Jews, ungemach, violence in society, WLM, women's history
We are delighted to inform you that we will be attending the American Anthropological Association‘s annual meeting on November 20–24, 2019. Please stop by booth #308 to browse our selection of books and pick up free journal samples. See a sneak peak of our AAA offerings here. Please join us on Thursday, November 21st at 3:30 PM for a wine reception at the Berghahn […]
10/31/19 Yesterday the US House of Representatives voted to recognize the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One as a genocide. Learn more about the Armenian Genocide by browsing the titles below. Visit our Genocide Studies page for more titles and sign up to receive subject-specific updates here.