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The beginning of a Germany divided

August 13th marks the anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall. The concrete barrier physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Along with separating West Berlin from East German territory, it came to symbolize the “Iron Curtain” that separated Western Europe and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Browse relevant Berghahn titles on the history of […]

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples

August 9, 2022 The United Nations’ International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed on August 9 each year to honor the estimated 370 million indigenous people around the world. The day was established to recognize the first meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations held in Geneva in 1982. This year’s […]

¶ Posted 09 August 2022 § Blog § Events § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Aboriginal communities, Alaska, Amazon, Amerindian, Amerindian communities, anthropology, archaeology, australia, Baka, Colonialism, East Cameroon, guyana, indigenous, indigenous culture, indigenous people, Indigenous Peoples' Day, indigenous perspective, indigenous societies, indigenous studies, Kerala, Kula Ring, Lewis Henry Morgan, Melanesia, Orang Rimba, siberia, south america, Sumatra, Taiga, wapishana, warlpiri

Series Spotlight: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies

Celebrated on July, 14, Bastille Day is the French national day and one of the most important bank holidays in France. The day commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution with the storming of the Bastille on the 14th July 1789, a medieval fortress and prison which was a symbol of tyrannical Bourbon authority and […]

¶ Posted 14 July 2022 § Blog § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: bastille day, france, french history, french politics culture and society, French Revolution, French Studies

Excerpt: Time and Midwifery Practice

The International Day of the Midwife (5 May) has been celebrated every year since 1992, recognizing the vital role midwives play in reproductive care. This year’s theme, Follow the Data: Invest in Midwives, focuses on coming together as a global midwife community to advocate for investment in quality midwifery care around the world, improving sexual, […]

¶ Posted 05 May 2022 § Blog § Chapter Excerpt § Free Chapter ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: anthropology, Fertility, Fertility Reproduction and Sexuality Series, international day of the midwife, international day of the midwife 2020, medical anthropology, midwives, time and midwifery practice

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day is held annually on April 24th to recognize and mourn more than 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide, the most tragic element of Armenian history.

¶ Posted 24 April 2022 § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: 20th century, 20th Century History, Armenian Genocide, Armenian History, commemoration, cultural history, genocide, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, genocide studies, history, Memory studies, middle east, middle east history, Ottoman Empire, War and Genocide, war and Genocide studies

International Roma Day

International Roma Day (8 April) recognizes the history and celebrates the cultures, traditions, and contributions of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveler communities.

¶ Posted 08 April 2022 § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Activism, anthropology, Gypsy, migration, Roma, roma activism, romani studies, Romani Studies Series, romanipe, Traveller

Celebrating Anthropology Day with Open Access from Berghahn Books

Berghahn Books supports practical open access policies that help make scholarship available to a broader audience in a sustainable way. In addition to offering gold open access options that uphold publication mandates instituted by our authors’ funding partners, we also participate in initiatives, such as Knowledge Unlatched, which provide collective funding opportunities for selected titles. […]

¶ Posted 16 February 2022 § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: anthropology, migration studies, Open Access, refugee studies

Remembering the Holocaust

In recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we would like to present a list of new and recent Holocaust and Genocide Studies titles, as well as related journal articles.

¶ Posted 27 January 2022 § Blog § Catalog § Events § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Caribbean studies, german history, holocaust, Holocaust Justice, holocaust memory, holocaust resistance, holocaust studies, Holocaust Survivors, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jewish history, jewish refugees, Jewish studies, Raul Hilberg, sonderkommando, The Destruction of the European Jews, Viktor Frankl, World War II, world war ii history

The Legacy of the Wannsee Conference: 80 Years Later

The New York Times recently featured an article on the Wannsee Conference, one of the most significant events in the history of The Holocaust. On 20 January 1942, fifteen senior German government officials attended a short meeting in Berlin to discuss the deportation and murder of the Jews of Nazi-occupied Europe. Despite lasting less than […]

¶ Posted 25 January 2022 § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: final solution, history, holocaust, Jewish studies, wannsee conference

Resilience and transformation in the Vietnamese marketplace

by Kirsten W. Endres, author of Market Frictions: Trade and Urbanization at the Vietnam-China Border

¶ Posted 30 November 2021 § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: anthropology, books, sociology

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