Video: Islam – Part III of #FutureCentralAsia
In this panel, the three discussants, Till Mostowlansky (Hong Kong), Aksana Ismailbekova (Halle) and Eva-Marie Dubuisson (New York) are discussing the following three books:…
Read MoreIn this panel, the three discussants, Till Mostowlansky (Hong Kong), Aksana Ismailbekova (Halle) and Eva-Marie Dubuisson (New York) are discussing the following three books:…
Read MoreIn an address to students at Indiana University in 2015, anthropologist and journalist Sarah Kendzior described Central Asian Studies as a ‘dying field’ and…
Read MoreAre Eastern and Central regions of the EU more Islamophobic than its Western part? This was the question that brought together scholars from different…
Read MoreFeminism is not an immutable and easily-defined concept. It is conditioned by culture, religion, politics, education and other social factors. The secular-humanist approach to…
Read MoreIt’s once again time for us to help your eardrums get some anthropological loving in collaboration with our dear friends, New Books in Anthropology….
Read MoreHi there pod-pickers, here’s another earful of podcasts for you to squeeze into your drums, freshly prepared by our audiophile associates New Books in…
Read MoreAfter getting all worked up about new publications via last week’s #Reviews, we thought to indulge a bit more – by revisiting podcasts on…
Read MoreOn December 2nd 2015, the Shia community in Myanmar celebrated Arba’een – the fourtieth day after Ashura. I recorded this martyr song around midnight…
Read MoreToday’s inquiry into the nature of legal fictions takes us to Jordan’s government-run Sharia courts, where the concept of “divorce before consummation” (ṭalāq qabl…
Read MoreSince the 1950s, there has been a continuous flow of Tibetans fleeing across the Himalayas, seeking refuge in exiled communities in Nepal, India and…
Read MoreWhat is it like to do fieldwork within a marginalized social group? Especially when you – the researcher – hail from the dominant community?…
Read MoreThe goal should be human rights, freedom, and dignity for all, and Black Muslims in the United States have been at the vanguard of…
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