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.
Neriko Musha Doerr’s recent monograph Transforming Study Abroad gives a thought-provoking and insightful look into the practice of study abroad, and discusses how employing theoretical frameworks that elucidate global power structures can deepen experiences and give new meaning to buzzwords like “global citizen” and “cultural competence.”
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Posted 30 October 2019
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Tagged: anthropology, anthropology books, cultural anthropology, education, educational studies, higher education, international education, mobility studies, narrative studies, new book, new book releases, study abroad
Berghahn Books editor Claudia Mitchell has been awarded the Prix du Québec’s Leon-Gerin Prize, the highest honor for Québec researchers. To be considered, recipients must provide a high-quality scope of scientific production, have an international reach, and must have contributed to research training in their field or community development. Mitchell’s distinguished career certainly exceeds these […]
Connecting German-Turkish and Syrian-Turkish Stories By SUSAN BETH ROTTMANN, Özyeğin University
Follow the links below to receive a free eBook chapter of Claudia Leal’s timely examination of the relationship between human societies and the Amazon rain forest.
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Posted 22 October 2019
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Tagged: Amazon Rain Forest, Amazonia, Central & Latin America, Colonialism, deforestation, environment and society, environment in history, environmental history, environmental studies, forest fires, Jungle, Latin America, Latin American Studies
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day by learning more about indigenous populations from around the world.
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Posted 14 October 2019
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Tagged: Alaska, amazon rainforest, Amazonia, Americas, archaeology, australia, Baka, Colonialism, East Cameroon, ethnography, guyana, heritage sites, indigenous culture, Indigenous Peoples' Day, indigenous perspective, Kerala, Kula Ring, mobilization, post-colonial, siberia, south america, Sumatra, Taiga, wapishana, warlpiri
Today marks the 31st anniversary of National Coming Out Day, honoring all who have come out as LGBTQ or as as a straight ally for equality. Check out the Human Rights Campaign for an account of this day’s history as well as ways to participate and celebrate in your community.
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Posted 11 October 2019
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Tagged: archaeology, bisexual, gay, Historical Archaeology, interpretation, Intersectional, lesbian, lgbtq, Preservation, queer, queer preservation, transgender, two spirit
Interview with Series Editor Sam Beck, Romani Studies Did you know Berghahn Books has over one hundred series? Covering a wide range of subjects and areas, Berghahn’s series list continues to grow as new interventions and trends in scholarship are made.
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Posted 09 October 2019
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Tagged: Activism, Contemporary Europe, Decolonizing, Faye Harrison, migration, Roma, romani studies, Romani Studies Series, romanipe, Yugoslavia, Zagreb
BROWSE THIS MONTH’S NEW BOOKS & JOURNALS We’re delighted to offer a selection of latest releases from our core subjects of Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Studies, and History along with our new in paperback titles and new Berghahn journal issues published in September.
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Posted 08 October 2019
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Tagged: anthropology, archaeology, Berlin, bohemia, Caribbean studies, Colonialism, concentration camps, creative writing, cultural studies, development studies, enlightenment, ethics of war, ethnography, Food and Nutrition, food culture, food studies, genocide studies, heritage studies, Historical Archaeology, history, holocaust resistance, holocaust studies, hybridization, indigenous culture, indigenous perspective, jewish refugees, moravia, Niger, otherness, power relations, queer preservation, revolution, rwanda, Shakespeare, shamanism, sonderkommando, Southern Africa, vampire, vienna, water, World War II, Zambia
Heritage-Making, Bagamoyo, and the East African Caravan Trade BY JAN LINDSTRÖM
