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• Book review: Chinas Brave New World

  
  Indiana University Press blog — Authority: 125
  "...engaged, elegant essay[s] ... aimed both at the academic and the more general reader. [Wasserstroms] ideas are so stimulating that they will make many readers rethink their assumptions, and that alone makes the book well worth reading." —Rana Mitter, T otalitarian Movements and Political Religions
  6 days ago

• Sharing intelligence with Pakistan — A post by James I. Walsh

  
  Columbia University Press — Authority: 123
  Every so often, we like to feature blogs maintained by Columbia University Press authors. Today, we look at Back Channels, a blog by James I. Walsh, author of The International Politics of Intelligence Sharing. As Walsh describes it, he uses the blog to “write about how social scientists analyze bad things such as ...
  1 week ago

• The World selects Sōseki as an international read for the holidays

  
  Columbia University Press — Authority: 123
  One of the more interesting year-end lists comes from Bill Marx at PRI’s The World. Marx, a champion of books in translation and works published by university and independent presses, chooses a list of titles that raise the thorny issue of the relationship between literature new and the old.Among his choices and the ...
  1 week ago

• Pak must take decisive action against LeT: Experts

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Washington, Dec. 10 (ANI): The arrest of David Coleman Headley, a US national of Pakistani origin who was apprehended in Chicago in October on terror charges, has highlighted the fact that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is closely connected to Al-Qaeda and is part of a global terrorist syndicate that threatens not only ...
  2 weeks ago

• Two Great Interviews

  
  Duke University Press Log — Authority: 119
  Listen to two great interviews with our authors. Maya Soetoro-Ng, daughter of S. Ann Dunham and sister of President Barack Obama, was interviewed this weekend by NPRs Guy Raz. She talks about her mothers book, Surviving against the Odds , about growing up in Indonesia and accompanying her mother on research ...
  3 weeks ago

• Dunham Launch Today

  
  Duke University Press Log — Authority: 119
  Everyone at the Press is excited for the big launch of S. Ann Dunhams Surviving against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia today. Dunham, the mother of President Obama, submitted her dissertation on metal workers in Java in 1992 and died before she she could get it published. Now, fourteen years after her ...
  3 weeks ago

• Maya Soetoro-Ng on Diane Rehm Today

  
  Duke University Press Log — Authority: 119
  Today in the second hour of her program, Diane Rehm interviews Maya Soetoro-Ng, daughter of S. Ann Dunham and sister of President Barack Obama. Dunham died in 1995, before she was able to revise her dissertation, so Soetoro-Ng worked with editors Nancy Cooper and Alice Dewey to bring the work to publication. ...
  4 weeks ago

• India behind Dalai Lama trip to Arunachal: Chinese scholar

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  By Devirupa MitraNew Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) India uses the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to strengthen its claim on Arunachal Pradesh, a sprawling region that Beijing claims, a Chinese scholar has said.“In the eyes of Chinese, we believe that you use the Dalai Lama to strengthen your argument (for ...
  4 weeks ago

• US can apply four policies to encourage change in Pak mindset: Expert

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Washington, Dec.1 (ANI): An expert on South Asian affairs has said that the US can pursue, support and encourage Pakistan in its transition from tolerating to fighting the various militant groups on its territory, with the help of four policies.According to Lisa Curtis, senior research fellow in the Asian Studies ...
  4 weeks ago

• Public Lecture: A Millennium of Shipwreck Artifacts and the Stories they Tell

  
  SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog — Authority: 103
  Folks in Singapore interested about the wealth of archaeological treasures found in the water of Southeast Asia might be interested in Dr Flecker’s talk at NUS on Tuesday. Assorted Treasures: A Millennium of Shipwreck Artifacts and the Stories they Tell Tuesday, 01 Dec 2009, 4.00pm – 6.00pm Seminar Room II, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Engaged Buddhism Conference in Chiangmai

  
  Thailand Voice — Authority: 155
  On 15-17 November 2009 the International Network of Engaged Buddhism (INEB) held their “Festival of Peace and Social Transformation,” in Chiangmai, Thailand, in order to celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the organization. The mornings of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were devoted to panels on key issues of … ...
  5 weeks ago

• Book review: Censorship in South Asia

  
  Indiana University Press blog — Authority: 125
  " Censorship in South Asia traces the genealogy of censorship through time to reveal its ever-contested presence in Indian cinema and beyond." —Maria Khan, Feminist Review
  5 weeks ago

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