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 […]
Berghahn Books is proud to be partnering with Knowledge Unlatched to present the Berghahn Migration and Development Studies collection. Every year until 2023 we are adding 20 front-list titles to the collection, covering the topics of international migration and movement as well as the social implications of economic and environmental change for communities. As libraries […]
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 free access to related journal articles.
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Posted 27 January 2023
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Tagged: Auschwitz-Birkenau, 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
World Food Day is celebrated each year on October 16th to promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all. To mark this date, we are delighted to feature a selection of related titles in Food and Nutrition.
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Posted 16 October 2022
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Tagged: Agriculture & Food, Anthropology of Food & Nutrition, Burgundy, Catalonia, Cheese, China, Environmental Biology, Food & Nutrition, Food and Nutrition, food and society, food culture, Food Health, Food Research, food studies, Italian Alps, Japan, New Zealand, Slow Food Activism, South Korea, Strachitunt, sustainability, Terroir, World Food Day
Established in 2011 by the Archaeological Institute of America, International Archaeology Day is celebrated every third Saturday in October, commemorating the field of archaeology and its contributions to society. Local celebrations organized by the AIA and other institutions occur throughout the month of October. There are also many online activities associated with International Archaeology Day, […]
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Tagged: African American Narratives, agriculture, archaeogaming, archaeology, Aztec, Capitalism, Colonialism, counter-witchcraft, crystal skulls, cultural heritage, cultural resource management, education, educational studies, ethnoarchaeology, ethnography, Eugene Boban, excavation, heritage, heritage sites, heritage studies, Historical Archaeology, hybridization, indigenous culture, indigenous people, ingoldian, International Archaeology Day, laboratory manual, laboratory work, lgbtq, Mayan, mesolithic, museum studies, Nathan Harrison, oceans, pastoralism, power relations, Preservation, public engagement, queer preservation, two spirit, video games, witchcraft
German Unity Day is celebrated on October 3rd. Tag der Deutschen Einheit celebrates the 1990 reunification of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic with ceremonial acts and the citizens’ festival Bürgerfest. Browse our relevant titles and journals on the ramifications of a divided Germany below.
August 9, 2023 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 […]
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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
Ingrid Kummels As a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, social arrangements allowing people to carry on despite the restrictions on mobility forced upon them became predominant across the world. From work (home office) and education (home schooling) to birthday parties, meetings, conferences and political campaigns (Zoom, etc.) diverse aspects of life were reoriented to adapt […]
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Tagged: anthropology, anthropology of media, Ayuujk, cultural anthropology, film and media studies, Latin America, mexico, photography, social anthropology, transborder, US, videomaking
Catherine A. Nichols Exchanging Objects and my broader research agenda considers how and why certain objects left museums, institutions so often associated with preservation, archiving, and keeping. It can be an odd thing, to go to a museum to intentionally study things that aren’t there. When the idea for this research was suggested to me […]
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Tagged: anthropology, archives, Berghahn Open Anthro, COVID-19, International Museum Day, mobility, Museum Anthropology, museum day, museum studies, museum worlds, museums, Preservation, Smithsonian
Elizabeth Ward On 17 May 1946, the Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA) was officially founded. Over the course of the following four decades, the studio produced nearly 700 feature films, as well as hundred of animation and documentary films. By the time it was finally privatised and sold following German reunification, DEFA was one of Europe’s largest […]
